March 16, 2006
BIG \"O\" TAKES MOSER TROPHY AS CIS MVP
HALIFAX (CIS) - Guard Osvaldo Jeanty of the three-time defending national champion Carleton University Ravens is the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's basketball player of the year for the 2005-06 season.
Jeanty of Gloucester, Ont. is the first Raven in history to receive the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as season MVP.
Other major award winners announced on Wednesday were St. Francis Xavier University's Garry Gallimore of Ottawa, who was named defensive player of the year for the second consecutive season, University of Victoria's Jacob Doerksen of Abbotsford, B.C., who claimed the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy as rookie of the year, University of British Columbia's Kevin Hanson of Regina, a first-time recipient of the Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy as coach of the year, and Acadia University's Jordan Sheriko of Wolfville, N.S., who received the Ken Shields Award recognizing his excellence in athletics, academics and community involvement.
Jeanty, a 6-foot, fourth-year team captain led the Ravens and finished eighth in the OUA in scoring during the regular season averaging 14.8 points per outing over 22 games. The 22-year-old commerce student led the OUA in three-point shots made with 62, banking 45 percent of his attempts, and finished first in the OUA and fourth in the nation with an 85.9 percent success rate from the free-throw line. Jeanty, who spent over 31 minutes on the court on average, also placed among the top 10 in Ontario with 3.32 assists per contest. As seems to be the case every year, the veteran Raven stepped it up a notch in the playoffs averaging 21.0 points and 5.5 rebounds over two games while making good on 50 percent of his attempts from long distance. His remarkable and steady play helped Carleton finish atop the OUA East Division for the sixth straight year with a 20-2 mark, reach the OUA East championship game, and earn the third seed going into this weekend's Final 10 where the Ravens will try to become only the second team in history to capture four straight W.P. McGee Trophies as CIS champions.
A two-time OUA first-team all-star, Jeanty was also named to the first all-Canadian team for the first time, following a selection on the second CIS dream squad in 2004-05. Carrying a reputation as a player who elevates his game as the stakes get higher, Jeanty has been named player of the match in each of the last three national finals, and received the Jack Donohue Trophy as championship MVP in his rookie season. His record as a Raven at the CIS tournament is a perfect 11-0, part of his astounding 98-4 regular and post-season career record at Carleton, good for a .960 winning percentage. He is a graduate of Samuel Genest High School in Gloucester.
"Osvaldo is the ultimate team player, he will do anything necessary to help the Ravens succeed," said Carleton head coach Dave Smart, who has coached Jeanty his entire adult career with the Ottawa Guardsman, the Ontario Provincial Program, and for the past four years with the Ravens. "At the same time, he is also the ultimate go-to player. He wants the ball in his hands when the game is on the line. Oz is one of the most clutch players I've seen, nothing seems to faze him."
Gallimore, a 6-foot-3, third-year guard was also the recipient of the defensive-player-of-the-year award when it was first introduced in 2004-05. The sociology student recorded 23 steals and 48 defensive rebounds in 18 conference games this season, earning AUS all-star honours for the second straight year, and leading the X-Men to their third consecutive conference title. Gallimore is a former member of Canada's Under-21 national team.
"After winning the inaugural award a year ago, Garry has built on that reputation and continued to defend at a very high level," commented StFX legendary bench boss Steve Konchalski, in his 31st campaign at the helm of the X-Men. "He routinely keeps the opposition's best offensive players to around 30 percent shooting."
Doerksen, a 6-foot-7 forward led a veteran-laden UVic squad in both scoring and rebounding in his CIS debut, averaging 12.9 points and 5.5 boards per game in conference play, while logging almost 24 minutes per night. His strong play caught the eye of coaches in Canada West, who named him to the conference second all-star team. Doerksen and the Vikes are seeded No. 1 going into this weekend's Final 10 after capturing the Canada West banner.
"Jacob has led our team offensively and on the boards since the beginning of the year," said UVic head coach Craig Beaucamp. "He seals harder than anyone inside but can step out and hit the three at anytime. He is destined to be a CIS all-Canadian."
In his sixth year behind the UBC bench, Hanson has established the program as a national power, guiding the T-Birds to a perfect 20-0 regular season and a No. 1 national ranking for the majority of the year. It marked the second unbeaten conference campaign in school history and first since 1969-70. It was also just the second 20-0 campaign in the history of the Canada West Conference, while the No. 1 ranking was the first for UBC in a decade. The Canada West finalist T-Birds are seeded No. 2 for the Final 10 tournament.
Sheriko, a third-year team captain and guard for the Axemen, had a solid season on the court finishing second in team scoring with 10.3 points per game. His school's nominee for the prestigious AUS James Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award in 2005-06, Sheriko is a Dean's List student who topped the Acadia male Academic all-Canadian list with an 88.1 percent average a year ago in his Bachelor of Science studies. He dedicates most of his spare time volunteering in fundraising efforts for the Canadian Cancer Society, and has been a team leader for the past two years for the CIBC's Run for the Cure.
"Jordan is an exceptional young man with outstanding leadership skills who always gives of himself to help others," commented Acadia head coach Les Berry. "He is a mature, responsible individual who exemplifies everything the Ken Shields Award embodies."
The all-Canadian teams were also announced on Wednesday.
Joining Jeanty on the first CIS squad were UBC guard Casey Archibald of Salmon Arm, B.C., Laval guard Dominic Soucy of Lethbridge, Alta., Saint Mary's forward Jerome Goodman of Baltimore, Md., and Brock centre Kevin Stienstra of Vineland, Ont.
Stienstra, the CIS player of the year in 2004-05, is the only returning member on the first CIS team.
Heading the second elite squad are Saskatchewan forward Andrew Spagrud of Saskatoon and UPEI guard / forward Sherone Edwards of Toronto, both member of the first team a year ago. Spagrud was the CIS rookie of the year in 2003-04, while Edwards led the nation in scoring this season averaging 22.5 points per game.
UVic fifth-year guard Chris Trumpy of Victoria earned a spot on the second team for the second straight year.
The 2006 CIS men's basketball championship, hosted by Atlantic University Sport in Halifax, gets under way on Thursday, March 16 with a pair of opening-round match-ups. No. 7 Cape Breton takes on No. 10 Laurier at 6 p.m. Atlantic Time, and No. 8 York faces No. 9 Saskatchewan at 8 p.m. AT. The winners will join the top-six seeds in Friday's quarter-finals.
Championship web site: www.cisport.ca/e/championships/m_basketball/2006
TISSOT - PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Mike Moser Memorial Trophy): Osvaldo Jeanty, Carleton University Ravens
Osvaldo Jeanty of Gloucester, Ont. is the first Carleton Raven in history to receive the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as season MVP.
Jeanty, a 6-foot, fourth-year guard and team captain led the Ravens and finished eighth in the OUA in scoring during the regular season averaging 14.8 points per outing over 22 games. The 22-year-old commerce student led the OUA in three-point shots made with 62, banking 45 percent of his attempts, and finished first in the OUA and fourth in the nation with an 85.9 percent success rate from the free-throw line. Jeanty, who spent over 31 minutes on the court on average, also placed among the top 10 in Ontario with 3.32 assists per contest. As seems to be the case every year, the veteran Raven stepped it up a notch in the playoffs averaging 21.0 points and 5.5 rebounds over two games while making good on 50 percent of his attempts from long distance. His remarkable and steady play helped Carleton finish atop the OUA East Division for the sixth straight year with a 20-2 mark, reach the OUA East championship game, and earn the third seed going into this weekend's Final 10 where the Ravens will try to become only the second team in history to capture four straight W.P. McGee Trophies as CIS champions.
A two-time OUA first-team all-star, Jeanty was also named to the first all-Canadian team for the first time, following a selection on the second CIS dream squad in 2004-05. Carrying a reputation as a player who elevates his game as the stakes get higher, he has been named player of the match in each of the last three national finals, and received the Jack Donohue Trophy as championship MVP in his rookie season.
Jeanty's record as a Raven at the CIS tournament is a perfect 11-0, part of his astounding 98-4 regular and post-season career record at Carleton, good for a .960 winning percentage. He was part of the Ravens record-breaking streak of 87 consecutive wins in regular and post-season play which ended over the course of the 2005-06 campaign. A graduate of Samuel Genest High School in Gloucester, Jeanty has played for Dave Smart his entire adult career first with the Ottawa Guardsman, then for the Ontario Provincial Program, and for the past four years at Carleton.
In April of 2005, Jeanty was named Radio-Canada / Le Droit "Personality of the Week" after leading the Ravens to the improbable CIS three-peat. In February of 2006, he became a finalist for the "Personality of the Year Award", and went on to win the athletic component of the award, becoming the first francophone student from an anglophone university to claim the honours.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Garry Gallimore, St. Francis Xavier University X-Men
StFX's Garry Gallimore claims CIS defensive-player-of-the-year honours for the second consecutive season. The native of Ottawa was the original recipient when the award was first introduced in 2004-05.
A third-year guard, Gallimore kept up his defensive prowess throughout the 2005-06 season. The sociology student recorded 48 defensive rebounds and 23 steals in 18 conference games, good enough to be named as an AUS second-team all-star for the second consecutive campaign. Among his best performances of the season, Gallimore held UNB's high-scoring Doug Thompson (19.3 ppg) to 11-for-36 from the field over two games, and Cape Breton's Paul Blake (19.9 ppg) to 14-for-35 over two contests. In exhibition play, he limited the University of Maryland's ACC all-star Nick Caner-Medley to a mere six points over 25 minutes.
The 6-foot-3 junior has led the X-Men to the AUS title and an appearance at the national championship in each of his three campaigns in Antigonish, and was an CIS tournament all-star and AUS tournament MVP in 2005. Gallimore is a former AUS Rookie of the Year (2003-04), and has been a member of Canada's Under-21 national team.
TISSOT - ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy): Jacob Doerksen, University of Victoria Vikes
Abbotsford, B.C. native Jacob Doerksen joins an elite group of UVic alumni who were recipients of the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy as CIS rookie of the year since the inception of the award in 1987-88. Doerksen follows in the footsteps of Robbie Green (1998-99), Aaron Olson ("˜96-97), and Eric Hinrichsen ('94-95). Olson and Hinrichsen led the Vikes to their last CIS title in '96-97, and the latter went on to capture two CIS player-of-the-year awards.
Highly recruited for basketball and football by both Canadian and American schools, Doerksen, a towering 6-foot-7 forward, was sensational in his university debut leading a veteran-laden UVic squad in both scoring and rebounding, averaging 12.9 points and 5.5 boards per game in conference play, while logging almost 24 minutes per night, a very rare feat for a Vikes rookie. His strong play caught the eye of coaches in Canada West, who named him to the conference second all-star team. Just weeks into the season, Doerksen was named Canada West male athlete of the week after tallying a combined 47 points and 10 rebounds in a pair of road wins over Winnipeg.
The addition of Doersken to the lineup was a major factor in the success of the Vikes, which kept a 15-5 record in conference play before claiming the Canada West banner, and earning the No. 1 seed for the Final 10 tournament.
COACH OF THE YEAR (Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy): Kevin Hanson, University of British Columbia Thunderbirds
A native of Regina, Kevin Hanson is the second UBC coach in history to be honoured with the Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy. He joins four-time winner Bruce Enns, who claimed the award with UBC on three occasions (1995-96, '90-91, "˜89-90), after winning with Winnipeg (1977-78).
In his sixth year behind the UBC bench, Hanson has established the program as a national power, guiding the T-Birds to a perfect 20-0 regular season and a No. 1 national ranking for the majority of the year. It marked the second unbeaten conference campaign in school history and first since 1969-70. It was also just the second 20-0 campaign in the history of the Canada West Conference, while the No. 1 ranking was the first for UBC in a decade. The Canada West finalist T-Birds are seeded No. 2 going into this weekend's Final 10.
Hanson, who guided the Thunderbirds to back-to-back CIS tournament appearances in 2002-03 and '03-04, came to the Point Grey campus after nine years behind the bench at Langara College in Vancouver. He guided the Falcons to five BCCAA provincial championships and two CCAA national championships in 1997-98 and 1998-99. Hanson has also been involved with Basketball Canada for several years, leading Canada's Universiade team to a bronze-medal finish at the 2003 Summer Games in Korea. He was also the head coach of the 2005 World University Games team in Turkey and was one of three final candidates for the senior men's national team head coaching position in 2004. Formerly, Hanson was head coach of the B.C. under-19 boys that won a gold medal at the 1997 Canada Summer Games.
Hanson has been recognized for his success with numerous coaching awards, including Canada West co-coach of the year in 2001-02. He is a four-time BCCAA Coach of the Year ("˜92,'94,'99,'00), was twice presented with the CCAA Coaching Excellence Award ("˜94 and "˜99), and was also named Basketball B.C. Coach of the Year in 1992 and 1994.
As a player, Hanson was named Langara's outstanding male athlete and a CCAA all-Canadian in 1984. After joining the T-Birds the following season, he was a CIS tournament all-star in 1987, the year the "˜Birds won silver. In his final game at War Memorial Gymnasium, Hanson captained the "˜Birds to one of the biggest upsets in CIS history when UBC defeated the seven-time defending national champion Victoria Vikes in the Canada West Final.
Hanson graduated from UBC's Faculty of Human Kinetics in 1988 and earned his master's in human kinetics from UBC in 1994. Hanson and wife Theresa, who is the manager of intercollegiate sport at UBC, have an eight-year-old daughter named Jessica.
KEN SHIELDS AWARD (student-athlete - community service): Jordan Sheriko, Acadia University Axemen
Wolfville, N.S. native Jordan Sheriko of the Acadia University Axemen is the 2005-06 recipient of the Ken Shields Award, presented annually to a student-athlete who exhibits outstanding achievement in athletics, academics and community involvement.
A graduate of Horton High School, Sheriko is a Dean's List student who earlier this year was Acadia's nominee for the prestigious James Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award presented by the AUS. While excelling in basketball as a co-captain for the Axemen, he is also a CIS Academic all-Canadian, and topped the Acadia male Academic all-Canadian list last year with an 88.1 percent average in his Bachelor of Science studies.
In addition to being the model student-athlete at Acadia, Sheriko dedicates most of his spare time volunteering in fundraising efforts for the Canadian Cancer Society. He has been a team leader for the past two years for the CIBC's Run for the Cure. Through his efforts, the Axemen men's basketball team raised the most money of any Acadia varsity squad over the past three years. Sheriko also serves as a Big Brother in the local King's County Big Brother and Big Sisters, is the track and field coach at Horton, and volunteers each week with Acadia's SMILE program (Sensory Motor Instructional Learning Experience).
Sheriko's experiences during childhood with his father battling the ravages of cancer led to his most recent project, Camp Triumph. Centered in Cavendish, P.E.I., and brainstormed in part by Sheriko and his mother, the camp offers children who have family members living with cancer and other chronic illnesses a place and the opportunity to enjoy life carefree. This camp is free to those living in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia.
On the court, Sheriko finished second in team scoring this season averaging 10.3 points per game, and ranked seventh in conference three-point field goal percentage.
2005-06 CIS MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CANADIANS
First Team
Position - Athlete - University - Year - Hometown - Faculty
Guard - Osvaldo Jeanty - Carleton - 4 - Gloucester, Ont. - Commerce
Guard - Casey Archibald - UBC - 4 - Salmon Arm, B.C. - Human Kinetics
Guard - Dominic Soucy - Laval - 5 - Lethbridge, Alta. - Physiotherapy
Forward - Jerome Goodman - Saint Mary's - 5 - Baltimore, Md. Social Science
Centre - Kevin Stienstra - Brock - 5 - Vineland, Ont. - Account. Co-op
Second Team
Forward - Andrew Spagrud - Saskatchewan - 3 - Saskatoon, Sask. - Engineering
G / Forward - Sherone Edwards - UPEI - 4 - Toronto, Ont. - Administration
Forward - Patrick Perrotte - Concordia - 4 - Verdun, Que. - Leisure Sc.
Guard - Chris Trumpy - Victoria - 5 - Victoria, B.C. - Masters
Forward - Aaron Doornekamp - Carleton - 2 - Odessa, Ont. - Commerce
All-Rookie Team
Forward - Jacob Doerksen - Victoria - 1 - Abbotsford, B.C. - Social Science
Shoot. Guard - Michael Kemp - Brock - 1 - Niagara Falls, Ont. - Bus. Admin.
Point Guard - Mark McLaughlin - Saint Mary's - 1 - Dartmouth, N.S. - Comm.
Forward - Yannick Chouinard - McGill - 1 - Granby, Que. - Engineering
Guard - Josh Gibson-Bascombe - Ottawa - 1 - Toronto, Ont. - Social Science
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(Phto: Fourth-year guard Osvaldo Jeanty becomes the first Carleton Raven player to ever win the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as CIS MVP.)
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Jeanty of Gloucester, Ont. is the first Raven in history to receive the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as season MVP.
Other major award winners announced on Wednesday were St. Francis Xavier University's Garry Gallimore of Ottawa, who was named defensive player of the year for the second consecutive season, University of Victoria's Jacob Doerksen of Abbotsford, B.C., who claimed the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy as rookie of the year, University of British Columbia's Kevin Hanson of Regina, a first-time recipient of the Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy as coach of the year, and Acadia University's Jordan Sheriko of Wolfville, N.S., who received the Ken Shields Award recognizing his excellence in athletics, academics and community involvement.
Jeanty, a 6-foot, fourth-year team captain led the Ravens and finished eighth in the OUA in scoring during the regular season averaging 14.8 points per outing over 22 games. The 22-year-old commerce student led the OUA in three-point shots made with 62, banking 45 percent of his attempts, and finished first in the OUA and fourth in the nation with an 85.9 percent success rate from the free-throw line. Jeanty, who spent over 31 minutes on the court on average, also placed among the top 10 in Ontario with 3.32 assists per contest. As seems to be the case every year, the veteran Raven stepped it up a notch in the playoffs averaging 21.0 points and 5.5 rebounds over two games while making good on 50 percent of his attempts from long distance. His remarkable and steady play helped Carleton finish atop the OUA East Division for the sixth straight year with a 20-2 mark, reach the OUA East championship game, and earn the third seed going into this weekend's Final 10 where the Ravens will try to become only the second team in history to capture four straight W.P. McGee Trophies as CIS champions.
A two-time OUA first-team all-star, Jeanty was also named to the first all-Canadian team for the first time, following a selection on the second CIS dream squad in 2004-05. Carrying a reputation as a player who elevates his game as the stakes get higher, Jeanty has been named player of the match in each of the last three national finals, and received the Jack Donohue Trophy as championship MVP in his rookie season. His record as a Raven at the CIS tournament is a perfect 11-0, part of his astounding 98-4 regular and post-season career record at Carleton, good for a .960 winning percentage. He is a graduate of Samuel Genest High School in Gloucester.
"Osvaldo is the ultimate team player, he will do anything necessary to help the Ravens succeed," said Carleton head coach Dave Smart, who has coached Jeanty his entire adult career with the Ottawa Guardsman, the Ontario Provincial Program, and for the past four years with the Ravens. "At the same time, he is also the ultimate go-to player. He wants the ball in his hands when the game is on the line. Oz is one of the most clutch players I've seen, nothing seems to faze him."
Gallimore, a 6-foot-3, third-year guard was also the recipient of the defensive-player-of-the-year award when it was first introduced in 2004-05. The sociology student recorded 23 steals and 48 defensive rebounds in 18 conference games this season, earning AUS all-star honours for the second straight year, and leading the X-Men to their third consecutive conference title. Gallimore is a former member of Canada's Under-21 national team.
"After winning the inaugural award a year ago, Garry has built on that reputation and continued to defend at a very high level," commented StFX legendary bench boss Steve Konchalski, in his 31st campaign at the helm of the X-Men. "He routinely keeps the opposition's best offensive players to around 30 percent shooting."
Doerksen, a 6-foot-7 forward led a veteran-laden UVic squad in both scoring and rebounding in his CIS debut, averaging 12.9 points and 5.5 boards per game in conference play, while logging almost 24 minutes per night. His strong play caught the eye of coaches in Canada West, who named him to the conference second all-star team. Doerksen and the Vikes are seeded No. 1 going into this weekend's Final 10 after capturing the Canada West banner.
"Jacob has led our team offensively and on the boards since the beginning of the year," said UVic head coach Craig Beaucamp. "He seals harder than anyone inside but can step out and hit the three at anytime. He is destined to be a CIS all-Canadian."
In his sixth year behind the UBC bench, Hanson has established the program as a national power, guiding the T-Birds to a perfect 20-0 regular season and a No. 1 national ranking for the majority of the year. It marked the second unbeaten conference campaign in school history and first since 1969-70. It was also just the second 20-0 campaign in the history of the Canada West Conference, while the No. 1 ranking was the first for UBC in a decade. The Canada West finalist T-Birds are seeded No. 2 for the Final 10 tournament.
Sheriko, a third-year team captain and guard for the Axemen, had a solid season on the court finishing second in team scoring with 10.3 points per game. His school's nominee for the prestigious AUS James Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award in 2005-06, Sheriko is a Dean's List student who topped the Acadia male Academic all-Canadian list with an 88.1 percent average a year ago in his Bachelor of Science studies. He dedicates most of his spare time volunteering in fundraising efforts for the Canadian Cancer Society, and has been a team leader for the past two years for the CIBC's Run for the Cure.
"Jordan is an exceptional young man with outstanding leadership skills who always gives of himself to help others," commented Acadia head coach Les Berry. "He is a mature, responsible individual who exemplifies everything the Ken Shields Award embodies."
The all-Canadian teams were also announced on Wednesday.
Joining Jeanty on the first CIS squad were UBC guard Casey Archibald of Salmon Arm, B.C., Laval guard Dominic Soucy of Lethbridge, Alta., Saint Mary's forward Jerome Goodman of Baltimore, Md., and Brock centre Kevin Stienstra of Vineland, Ont.
Stienstra, the CIS player of the year in 2004-05, is the only returning member on the first CIS team.
Heading the second elite squad are Saskatchewan forward Andrew Spagrud of Saskatoon and UPEI guard / forward Sherone Edwards of Toronto, both member of the first team a year ago. Spagrud was the CIS rookie of the year in 2003-04, while Edwards led the nation in scoring this season averaging 22.5 points per game.
UVic fifth-year guard Chris Trumpy of Victoria earned a spot on the second team for the second straight year.
The 2006 CIS men's basketball championship, hosted by Atlantic University Sport in Halifax, gets under way on Thursday, March 16 with a pair of opening-round match-ups. No. 7 Cape Breton takes on No. 10 Laurier at 6 p.m. Atlantic Time, and No. 8 York faces No. 9 Saskatchewan at 8 p.m. AT. The winners will join the top-six seeds in Friday's quarter-finals.
Championship web site: www.cisport.ca/e/championships/m_basketball/2006
TISSOT - PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Mike Moser Memorial Trophy): Osvaldo Jeanty, Carleton University Ravens
Osvaldo Jeanty of Gloucester, Ont. is the first Carleton Raven in history to receive the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as season MVP.
Jeanty, a 6-foot, fourth-year guard and team captain led the Ravens and finished eighth in the OUA in scoring during the regular season averaging 14.8 points per outing over 22 games. The 22-year-old commerce student led the OUA in three-point shots made with 62, banking 45 percent of his attempts, and finished first in the OUA and fourth in the nation with an 85.9 percent success rate from the free-throw line. Jeanty, who spent over 31 minutes on the court on average, also placed among the top 10 in Ontario with 3.32 assists per contest. As seems to be the case every year, the veteran Raven stepped it up a notch in the playoffs averaging 21.0 points and 5.5 rebounds over two games while making good on 50 percent of his attempts from long distance. His remarkable and steady play helped Carleton finish atop the OUA East Division for the sixth straight year with a 20-2 mark, reach the OUA East championship game, and earn the third seed going into this weekend's Final 10 where the Ravens will try to become only the second team in history to capture four straight W.P. McGee Trophies as CIS champions.
A two-time OUA first-team all-star, Jeanty was also named to the first all-Canadian team for the first time, following a selection on the second CIS dream squad in 2004-05. Carrying a reputation as a player who elevates his game as the stakes get higher, he has been named player of the match in each of the last three national finals, and received the Jack Donohue Trophy as championship MVP in his rookie season.
Jeanty's record as a Raven at the CIS tournament is a perfect 11-0, part of his astounding 98-4 regular and post-season career record at Carleton, good for a .960 winning percentage. He was part of the Ravens record-breaking streak of 87 consecutive wins in regular and post-season play which ended over the course of the 2005-06 campaign. A graduate of Samuel Genest High School in Gloucester, Jeanty has played for Dave Smart his entire adult career first with the Ottawa Guardsman, then for the Ontario Provincial Program, and for the past four years at Carleton.
In April of 2005, Jeanty was named Radio-Canada / Le Droit "Personality of the Week" after leading the Ravens to the improbable CIS three-peat. In February of 2006, he became a finalist for the "Personality of the Year Award", and went on to win the athletic component of the award, becoming the first francophone student from an anglophone university to claim the honours.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Garry Gallimore, St. Francis Xavier University X-Men
StFX's Garry Gallimore claims CIS defensive-player-of-the-year honours for the second consecutive season. The native of Ottawa was the original recipient when the award was first introduced in 2004-05.
A third-year guard, Gallimore kept up his defensive prowess throughout the 2005-06 season. The sociology student recorded 48 defensive rebounds and 23 steals in 18 conference games, good enough to be named as an AUS second-team all-star for the second consecutive campaign. Among his best performances of the season, Gallimore held UNB's high-scoring Doug Thompson (19.3 ppg) to 11-for-36 from the field over two games, and Cape Breton's Paul Blake (19.9 ppg) to 14-for-35 over two contests. In exhibition play, he limited the University of Maryland's ACC all-star Nick Caner-Medley to a mere six points over 25 minutes.
The 6-foot-3 junior has led the X-Men to the AUS title and an appearance at the national championship in each of his three campaigns in Antigonish, and was an CIS tournament all-star and AUS tournament MVP in 2005. Gallimore is a former AUS Rookie of the Year (2003-04), and has been a member of Canada's Under-21 national team.
TISSOT - ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy): Jacob Doerksen, University of Victoria Vikes
Abbotsford, B.C. native Jacob Doerksen joins an elite group of UVic alumni who were recipients of the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy as CIS rookie of the year since the inception of the award in 1987-88. Doerksen follows in the footsteps of Robbie Green (1998-99), Aaron Olson ("˜96-97), and Eric Hinrichsen ('94-95). Olson and Hinrichsen led the Vikes to their last CIS title in '96-97, and the latter went on to capture two CIS player-of-the-year awards.
Highly recruited for basketball and football by both Canadian and American schools, Doerksen, a towering 6-foot-7 forward, was sensational in his university debut leading a veteran-laden UVic squad in both scoring and rebounding, averaging 12.9 points and 5.5 boards per game in conference play, while logging almost 24 minutes per night, a very rare feat for a Vikes rookie. His strong play caught the eye of coaches in Canada West, who named him to the conference second all-star team. Just weeks into the season, Doerksen was named Canada West male athlete of the week after tallying a combined 47 points and 10 rebounds in a pair of road wins over Winnipeg.
The addition of Doersken to the lineup was a major factor in the success of the Vikes, which kept a 15-5 record in conference play before claiming the Canada West banner, and earning the No. 1 seed for the Final 10 tournament.
COACH OF THE YEAR (Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy): Kevin Hanson, University of British Columbia Thunderbirds
A native of Regina, Kevin Hanson is the second UBC coach in history to be honoured with the Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy. He joins four-time winner Bruce Enns, who claimed the award with UBC on three occasions (1995-96, '90-91, "˜89-90), after winning with Winnipeg (1977-78).
In his sixth year behind the UBC bench, Hanson has established the program as a national power, guiding the T-Birds to a perfect 20-0 regular season and a No. 1 national ranking for the majority of the year. It marked the second unbeaten conference campaign in school history and first since 1969-70. It was also just the second 20-0 campaign in the history of the Canada West Conference, while the No. 1 ranking was the first for UBC in a decade. The Canada West finalist T-Birds are seeded No. 2 going into this weekend's Final 10.
Hanson, who guided the Thunderbirds to back-to-back CIS tournament appearances in 2002-03 and '03-04, came to the Point Grey campus after nine years behind the bench at Langara College in Vancouver. He guided the Falcons to five BCCAA provincial championships and two CCAA national championships in 1997-98 and 1998-99. Hanson has also been involved with Basketball Canada for several years, leading Canada's Universiade team to a bronze-medal finish at the 2003 Summer Games in Korea. He was also the head coach of the 2005 World University Games team in Turkey and was one of three final candidates for the senior men's national team head coaching position in 2004. Formerly, Hanson was head coach of the B.C. under-19 boys that won a gold medal at the 1997 Canada Summer Games.
Hanson has been recognized for his success with numerous coaching awards, including Canada West co-coach of the year in 2001-02. He is a four-time BCCAA Coach of the Year ("˜92,'94,'99,'00), was twice presented with the CCAA Coaching Excellence Award ("˜94 and "˜99), and was also named Basketball B.C. Coach of the Year in 1992 and 1994.
As a player, Hanson was named Langara's outstanding male athlete and a CCAA all-Canadian in 1984. After joining the T-Birds the following season, he was a CIS tournament all-star in 1987, the year the "˜Birds won silver. In his final game at War Memorial Gymnasium, Hanson captained the "˜Birds to one of the biggest upsets in CIS history when UBC defeated the seven-time defending national champion Victoria Vikes in the Canada West Final.
Hanson graduated from UBC's Faculty of Human Kinetics in 1988 and earned his master's in human kinetics from UBC in 1994. Hanson and wife Theresa, who is the manager of intercollegiate sport at UBC, have an eight-year-old daughter named Jessica.
KEN SHIELDS AWARD (student-athlete - community service): Jordan Sheriko, Acadia University Axemen
Wolfville, N.S. native Jordan Sheriko of the Acadia University Axemen is the 2005-06 recipient of the Ken Shields Award, presented annually to a student-athlete who exhibits outstanding achievement in athletics, academics and community involvement.
A graduate of Horton High School, Sheriko is a Dean's List student who earlier this year was Acadia's nominee for the prestigious James Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award presented by the AUS. While excelling in basketball as a co-captain for the Axemen, he is also a CIS Academic all-Canadian, and topped the Acadia male Academic all-Canadian list last year with an 88.1 percent average in his Bachelor of Science studies.
In addition to being the model student-athlete at Acadia, Sheriko dedicates most of his spare time volunteering in fundraising efforts for the Canadian Cancer Society. He has been a team leader for the past two years for the CIBC's Run for the Cure. Through his efforts, the Axemen men's basketball team raised the most money of any Acadia varsity squad over the past three years. Sheriko also serves as a Big Brother in the local King's County Big Brother and Big Sisters, is the track and field coach at Horton, and volunteers each week with Acadia's SMILE program (Sensory Motor Instructional Learning Experience).
Sheriko's experiences during childhood with his father battling the ravages of cancer led to his most recent project, Camp Triumph. Centered in Cavendish, P.E.I., and brainstormed in part by Sheriko and his mother, the camp offers children who have family members living with cancer and other chronic illnesses a place and the opportunity to enjoy life carefree. This camp is free to those living in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia.
On the court, Sheriko finished second in team scoring this season averaging 10.3 points per game, and ranked seventh in conference three-point field goal percentage.
2005-06 CIS MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CANADIANS
First Team
Position - Athlete - University - Year - Hometown - Faculty
Guard - Osvaldo Jeanty - Carleton - 4 - Gloucester, Ont. - Commerce
Guard - Casey Archibald - UBC - 4 - Salmon Arm, B.C. - Human Kinetics
Guard - Dominic Soucy - Laval - 5 - Lethbridge, Alta. - Physiotherapy
Forward - Jerome Goodman - Saint Mary's - 5 - Baltimore, Md. Social Science
Centre - Kevin Stienstra - Brock - 5 - Vineland, Ont. - Account. Co-op
Second Team
Forward - Andrew Spagrud - Saskatchewan - 3 - Saskatoon, Sask. - Engineering
G / Forward - Sherone Edwards - UPEI - 4 - Toronto, Ont. - Administration
Forward - Patrick Perrotte - Concordia - 4 - Verdun, Que. - Leisure Sc.
Guard - Chris Trumpy - Victoria - 5 - Victoria, B.C. - Masters
Forward - Aaron Doornekamp - Carleton - 2 - Odessa, Ont. - Commerce
All-Rookie Team
Forward - Jacob Doerksen - Victoria - 1 - Abbotsford, B.C. - Social Science
Shoot. Guard - Michael Kemp - Brock - 1 - Niagara Falls, Ont. - Bus. Admin.
Point Guard - Mark McLaughlin - Saint Mary's - 1 - Dartmouth, N.S. - Comm.
Forward - Yannick Chouinard - McGill - 1 - Granby, Que. - Engineering
Guard - Josh Gibson-Bascombe - Ottawa - 1 - Toronto, Ont. - Social Science
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(Phto: Fourth-year guard Osvaldo Jeanty becomes the first Carleton Raven player to ever win the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as CIS MVP.)
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Canadian Interuniversity Sport
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