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2012 SAIT Trojans awards

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SAIT Trojans Awards Banquet 2012

The SAIT Trojans award winners pose for a photos following the Annual Athletics Awards Banquet Friday, Mar. 30 at the Red & White Club. JESSICA BURTNICK PHOTO

Few surprises came at this year’s annual Trojans awards banquet held on March 30 at the Calgary Stampeders Red and White club.

Top players Rachel Caputo, Darcee Froese and Jon Malin received due acknowledgment for their contributions and performance this year.

The additional SAIT Trojans who earned Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference’s (ACAC) award for either first or second all-star team status for the 2011-12 season are as follows:

Men’s basketball guard Ajay Sihota, first-year information technology, South Division second team

Women’s basketball guard Jordyn Rabbitt, second-year academic upgrading, South Division second team

Men’s soccer midfielder Jaron Broom, first-year business administration, South Division first team

Women’s soccer midfielder Katie Morrison, first-year business administration, South Division first team

Women’s volleyball middle Christine Charlemagne, third-year business administration, ACAC second team

The Trojan women’s cross-country running team earned the ACAC bronze for the provincial championships, which were held Oct. 29, 2011.

SAIT Trojans team-by-team individual awards:

Women’s Basketball:

MVP: Caputo, Top Freshman: Clarise Jennings, first-year bachelor of business administration accounting, Trojan Award: Meachel Carnahan, fifth-year database administrator.

Men’s Basketball

MVP: Sihota, Top Freshman: Justin Makasiar, first-year business administration, Trojan Award: Dalton Hackett first-year electrical engineering technology.

Women’s Hockey

MVP: Rylee Scott, third-year dental assisting, Top Freshman: Kali Jamieson, first-year rehabilitation therapy assistant, Trojan Award: Sarah Williams, first-year medical radiologic technology.

Men’s Hockey

MVP: Pettapiece, Top Freshman: Andy Williams, first-year business administration, Trojan Award: Malin.

Women’s Soccer

MVP: Courtney Thomas, second-year baking and pastry arts, Top Freshman: Elizabeth Hoyeck, first-year environmental technology, Trojan Award: Meaghan Schnell, second-year library information technology.

Men’s Soccer

MVP: Jordan Alvarez, second-year professional cooking, Top Freshman: Seamus Smyth, Trojan Award: Seth Van Loon, third-year emergency medical technician.

Women’s Volleyball

MVP: Charlemagne, Top Freshman: Caia Morstad, fourth-year petroleum engineering technology, Trojan Award: Shelby Hunt, first-year academic upgrading.

Men’s Volleyball

MVP: Froese, Top Freshman: Jonathan Macdonald, first-year business administration, Trojan Award: Nic Davies, fourth year nutrition for healthy lifestyles

Cross-Country Running

Female MVP: Britton, Male MVP: Kiprop, Top Freshman: Lisa Curle, first-year environmental technology, Trojan Award: Alison McPherson, first-year nutrition for healthy lifestyles.

Women’s Club Fastball

MVP: Payton Eldridge, Architectural Technologies,  Freshman: Kristy Artinger, Business Administration, Trojan Award: McLachlan.