BLAIN AND CHAPDELAINE GET CIS NOD
OTTAWA (CIS) – Fraser Valley soccer player Ellen Kuyer and Ottawa hockey player Luc Blain are the BlackBerry Canadian Interuniversity Sport female and male athletes of the week for the period ending Oct. 10, 2010.
Blain, a first-year arts student from Longueuil, Que., racked up seven points over the first two games of his CIS career including all four Gee-Gees goals on Saturday in a 4-3 overtime win over RMC. In Friday’s season opener, a 7-6 shootout loss to Queen’s, the 6-foot-3 forward tallied three assists including a pair in the third period as Ottawa (1-0-1) rallied from a 6-3 deficit to force extra time. He followed up on Saturday with a performance for the ages, completing his hat trick early in the third frame and then capping off the Gee-Gees’ three-point weekend with an unassisted goal 3:23 into overtime.
Female nominees:
AUS: Allison Jordan, rugby, Acadia
QSSF: Conference winner from a non-CIS sport
OUA: Beth Clause, hockey, Brock
CWUAA: Ellen Kuyer, soccer, Fraser Valley (recipient)
Male nominees:
AUS: Connor McGuire, cross country, StFX
QSSF: Conference winner from a non-CIS sport
OUA: Luc Blain, hockey, Ottawa (recipient)
CWUAA: Danfi Parker, soccer, Trinity Western
Queen’s quarterback Justin Chapdelaine and Saint Mary’s teammates, defensive back Mark Holden and kick returner Jahmeek Taylor, are the Canadian Interuniversity Sport football players of the week for the period ending Oct. 9, 2010.
The selection was made by a committee comprised of members of Football Reporters of Canada (FRC).
Chapdelaine, a second-year physical education student from Abbotsford, B.C., was honoured on offence after he became the first quarterback in Gaels (2-4) history to throw for six touchdowns in a single game in a 66-1 domination of Toronto, on Saturday. The 6-foot, 187-pound first-year starter, who also scored on a four-yard run to open the scoring midway through the first quarter, racked up 284 yards on 21-of-25 passing (84%) on the day and found four different receivers in the end zone, including a pair of TD strikes of over 30 yards in the second frame. His six passing majors were one short of the OUA single-game record and two short of the CIS mark.
Offensive nominees:
AUS: Kyle Graves, quarterback, Acadia
QUFL: Jesse Andrews, quarterback, Bishop’s
OUA: Justin Chapdelaine, quarterback, Queen’s (recipient)
CWUAA: No nominee (bye week)
Defensive nominees:
AUS: Mark Holden, defensive back, Saint Mary’s (recipient)
QUFL: Samaël Lavaud, linebacker, Laval
OUA: Sam Sabourin, linebacker, Queen’s
CWUAA: No nominee (bye week)
Special team nominees:
AUS: Jahmeek Taylor, kick returner, Saint Mary’s (recipient)
QUFL: Christopher Milo, kicker, Laval
OUA: Dan Village, kicker, Queen’s
CWUAA: No nominee (bye week)
