Department of Athletics and Recreation

Saint Mary's University Athletes of the Week

Jane Pegg

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of February 7, 2012

Jane Pegg, Volleyball

Jane Pegg,  a 3rd year Setter from Weyburn, SK helped lead the Huskies to a sweep of the Memorial Seahawks last weekend.  The Huskies defeated MUN 3-1 on Saturday, and 3-0 on Sunday.  Pegg was named Player of the Game in Saturdays match.

Lucas Bloodoff

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of February 7, 2012

Lucas Bloodoff, Hockey

Bloodoff picked up three goals for the Huskies in the 8-2 win over the Tommies in wekend play.  All goals came in the 3rd period for Bloodoff, who is 6th in team scoring with 17 points.

Susanne Canvin

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of January 30, 2012

Susanne Canvin, Basketball

5th year forward Canvin, lead the Huskies to a 73-62 win over the Dalhousie Tigers January 25th.  She put up 24 points and 7 rebounds in the win.  The Huskies are currently tied for 1st spot with 30 points.

Colby Pridham

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of January 30, 2012

Colby Pridham, Hockey

4th year team captain Pridham, had a combined 7 points in the Huskies two weekend wins.  In the 3-2 OT win over STU, he had a goal and assist and in 5-0 win over UdeM added 3 goals and two assists.  He is currently tied for 8th spot in AUS scoring with 26 pts. AUS Athletie of Week.

Kerri Smit

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of January 22, 2012

Kerri Smit, Volleyball

Smit, cotinued her strong play on the weekend, being named Player of the Game for road matches vs StFX and CBU.  The Huskies defeated StFX 3-1 and CBU 3-0.  She had a combined 34 kills, 37 digs, and 39 points for the Huskies. 

Tory Fassett

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of January 22, 2012

 

Tory Fassett, Basketball

Fassett netted 22 points and 9 rebounds in SMU's 79-66 victory over the visiting Capers on Friday night.  He continues to lead the AUS scoring with 22.2 ppg and is 2nd in the CiS.

Arial Smith

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of January 16

 

Arial Smith, Volleyball

Fourth year RS, Smith was named Player of the Game in the Huskies 3-1 win over UdeM on Saturday.  She finished the day with 16 kills, 11 digs, and 17 points.

O'Donnell

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of January 16

 

Shawn O'Donnell, Hockey

O'Donnell, a 3rd year Forward from Halifax, NS had 4 points in the Huskies weekend wins over the visiting UNB Varsity Reds and PEI Panthers. 

Justine Colley

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of January 9

 

Justine Colley, Basketball

Colley, the current CIS leading scorer led the Huskies to wins over the visting Panthers.  On Saturday she had 14 pts and 8 assists, and Sunday scored 30 pts, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.  The Huskies sit in first place with a 8-1 record.

Riley Halpin

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of January 9

 

Riley Halpin, Basketball

Riley a third year Commerce student from Halifax, NS was the big man for the Huskies in their 2 weekend wins vs PEI.  He had a combined 36 pts and 7 rebounds and was named POG in Saturday's game.

Justine Colley

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of  December 5

 

Justine Colley, Basketball

Justine, the leading scorer in the conference and CIS had two big games for the Huskies.  In their 96-76 win over StFX, she had 28 points and in their road victory over CBU, she had a game high 33 points.  She was also named AUS Athlete of the Week.

Cam Fergus

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of December 5

 

Cam Fergus, Hockey

5th year Forward, Cam Fergus earned 6 points in the Huskies two wins last week.  In a comeback win over StFX, he had a goal and 3 assists and in their 4-2 win over Acadia, he added 2 more assists.

Antasia Callaghan

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of November 28

 

Anatasia Callaghan, Volleyball

Callaghan, a 2nd year Libero from Truro, NS, led the Huskies in digs in both their wins this weekend.  17 vs Dalhousie, in 3-1 win and 19 vs Acadia, in 3-0 win.  She currently leads the confernce in digs with 4.13 pg. AUS Athletic of the Week.

Mike Stickland

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of November 28

 

Mike Stickland, Hockey

Stickland, netted the winner two minutes in overtime, to lift the Huskies to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on November 25th.  Mike is a 2nd year forward from Red Deer, AB.

Kerri Smit

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of November 20

 

Kerri Smit, Volleyball

5th year Left Side, Kerri Smit led her team to their 6th straight win over the UNB Varsity Reds, with 21 kills, 6 digs and 23 points.  She currently leads the league in kills with a 4.39 average per game. 

Tory Fassett

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of November 20

 

Tory Fassett, Basketball

Fasset, a 2nd year Forward from Columbia MD, lead the team in scoring with 29 points and 11 rebounds in their 101 - 75 win over UNB.  Fassett is leading the league in scoring with 23.4 ppg.

Justine Colley

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of November 14

 

Justine Colley, Basketball

Colley, last year's CIS top scorer, had a combined 42 points, 11 rebounds, in the Huskies two wins over the Panthers on the weekend.

Justin Wallingford

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of November 14

 

Justin Wallingford, Hockey

Wallingford, had the only two goals for the Huskies on November 11th, to top the Tommies, 2-1 in OT.

Kelly Burgess

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of November 7

 

Kelly Burgess, Soccer

5th year,  Halifax, NS

AUS League MVP - A native of Halifax, N.S., Kelly has been a consistent performer for the Huskies in each of her five years with the program and was also named an AUS all-star for the fifth time in as many years Thursday.

The 2011 season saw Burgess score a career-high 13 goals, tying her for the league lead and good enough to rank her third overall in CIS scoring.

Elvir Gigolaj

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of November 7

 

Elvir Gigolaj, Soccer

2nd year, London, ON

Gigolaj led the Huskies to a repeat performance as AUS Champions last weekend in Sydney, netting 6 goals in the playoffs. He also led the team in regular season scoring with 5 goals.  AUS & CIS Athlete of the Week.

Anne Langley

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 31

 

Anne Langley, Soccer

5th year, Halifax, NS

The Huskies captured two shutouts in 3 games, in part due to the strong defensive play from Langley. The Huskies clinched 2nd place and have earned themselves a bye heading into the AUS Championships set for Fredericton this weekend.

Gerrard Grant

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 31

 

Gerrard Grant, Hockey

1st year, Halifax, NS

Forward, Gerrard Grant is the Saint Mary's Male Athlete of the Week. Grant had two assists in the Huskies' win 5-3 over StFX on October 26 and added another two vs STU on October 28th.

Maggie Poliseno

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 24

 

Maggie Poliseno

2nd year, Montreal, PQ

Poliseno lead the Huskies to their 4-3 home opener win over Dalhousie with two goals and a solid performance.  The Huskies travel to Antigonish to take on the X-Women on October 30th.

Ryan Tremblay

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 24

Ryan Tremblay, Football

5th year, London ON

Trembly had 124 yards and 1 TD in the Huskies 41-28 loss to the Axemen on the weekend.  He currently sits 3rd in league receiving yards with 450.

Kerri Smit

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 16

 

Kerri Smit, Volleyball

Kerri was named Tournament MVP, at the McGill Invitational on the weekend.  The 5th year left side, guided her Huskies to a gold medal win over the Dal Tigers in the final game.

Elvir Gigolaj

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 16

 

Elvir Gigolaj, Soccer

Gigaloj's goal on Sunday, earned the Huskies a win over the undefeated X-Men.  Gigaloj is 1st in team scoring with 5 goals.

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 10

 

Jean Baker, Rugby

Despite a loss to PEI on the weekend, Baker scored two tries for the Huskies and was selected POG. 

Kyle Norris

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 10

 

Kyle Norris, Football

Norris and the Huskies defense guided SMU to a 40-16 win over StFX on October 7th. Norris had 5 solo tackles, 2 assisted, and 2 TFL in the game.

Lindsay Millett

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 3

Lindsay Millett, Soccer

Millett, a 4th year Midfielder from Bedford, scored the Huskies winning goal vs MUN on September 30 and continued her strong play for their October 2, 2-1 win as well.  The Huskies have won 5 in a row and are tied for 2nd place.

Craig Leger

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of October 3

 

Craig Leger, Football

Leger a 5th year from Salmon River, ran for 102 yards in the Huskies 8 - 3 victory over the Axemen on October 1st. He currently leads the league in rushing with 377 yards. 

Michelle Yates

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of September 26

 

Michelle Yates, Soccer

Michelle scored the winning goal to put the Huskies give the Huskies a 1-0 win over the Capers.  Michelle is a 3rd year Criminology student from Fall River, NS

Melvin Abankwah

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of Sepember 26

Melvin Abankwah, Football

First year receiver Abankwah had 94 yards rushing and 112 receiving in the Huskies 60-6 win over the Mounties. 

Kelly Burgess

Female Athlete of the Week
For the week of September 19

 

Kelly Burgess, Soccer

Burgess, a fifth year Science student from Halifax, NS, scored five goals in a pair of road wins this past weekend over UNB and Moncton.  She was also named AUS and CIS Female Athlete of the Week.

Rob Jubenville

Male Athlete of the Week
For the week of September 19

 

Rob Jubenville, Football

4th year, Ottawa, ON

In the Huskies 11-10 loss to Montreal,  Jubenville led the defense with 8 takes, 3 TFL, 2.5 sacks.


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