Twenty-six finalists for seven awards!
Unfortunately, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, there will not be a glitzy awards night to honour the best of Huskie Athletics from the 2019-20 season. But, the Major 7 Awards will be announced throughout the day on April 1 on social media.
Also, in lieu of the in-person Huskie Salute gala, Huskie Athletics will also honour Canada West major award winners, U Sports All-Canadians and Major Award winners plus fifth year athletes and hand out the Trainer of the Year award.
The list of finalists for the Major 7 Awards follows in the news release from Huskie Athletics…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2020
2020 Huskie Athletics Major 7 Awards nominees announced
Huskie Athletics
SASKATOON – Huskie Athletics is proud to announce the nominees for the Major 7 Awards after yet another fantastic season in 2019-20. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Huskie Athletics has made the decision to cancel the in-person Salute gala and will instead be announcing winners live on social media throughout the day on Wednesday, April 1. The Major 7 Awards are handed to those athletes who have had outstanding seasons for the green and white, as well as made big contributions on the field, in the classroom and in the community during their time with the Huskies. Huskie Athletics will also honour Canada West Major Award Winners, U SPORTS All-Canadians and Major Award Winners and fifth-year athletes, as well as hand out the Trainer of the Year award. And the nominees are… Howard Nixon Trophy – Male Rookie of the Year Two-time Canada West Second Team All-Star and U SPORTS Silver medallist … Michael Akintunde, Track & Field Leading the team with 43 tackles and Canada West Rookie of the Year … Ramsey Derbas, Football Canada West Rookie of the Year after a team-high 28 points and member of the U SPORTS All-Rookie Team … Jared Dmytriw, Hockey Canada West and U SPORTS Rookie of the Year as well as conference and national gold medallist … Carson Lee, Wrestling Patricia Lawson Trophy – Female Rookie of the Year Starting all 28 games and leading the team to a third place finish … Kate Ball, Hockey Canada West First Team All-Star and U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian … Kaitlyn Harrison, Cross Country Member of the Canada West All-Rookie Team and ranking fourth on the team in minutes played … Halle Krynowsky, Soccer E. Kent Phillips Trophy – Male Athlete of the Year U SPORTS Goaltender & Player of the Year after leading the conference in every goalie category … Taran Kozun, Hockey Canada West and U SPORTS gold medallist… Hunter Lee, Wrestling Canada West & U SPORTS Track Athlete of the Year after breaking a 35-year old Huskie record … Karson Lehner, Track & Field U SPORTS Defensive Player of the Year and setting a new conference mark for interception return yards … Nelson Lokombo, Football Mary Ethel Cartwright Trophy – Female Athlete of the Year Canada West First Team All-Star and tying for 2nd in single-season goals in Huskie history … Maya Gabruch, Soccer U SPORTS Track Athlete of the Year and Athlete of the Meet, breaking two conference and one nationals record… Michelle Harrison, Track & Field Canada West First Team All-Star and U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian, breaking her own Huskie record for single-season kills… Emily Koshinsky, Volleyball U SPORTS First Team All-Canadian and Final 8 Tournament All-Star … Summer Masikewich, Basketball Rusty McDonald Trophy – All-Round Male Athlete Two-time U SPORTS First Team All-Canadian and Huskie All-Academic… Evan Machibroda, Football Team captain, U SPORTS All-Canadian and community volunteer … Jacob Powell, Soccer Canada West All-Star and Order of Gabriel Dumont Bronze Medal recipient … Daulton Sinoski, Volleyball Valerie Girsberger Trophy – All-Round Female Athlete Winner of two U SPORTS titles and four Canada West championships in five years … Megan Ahlstrom, Basketball Two-time Academic All-Canadian and captain of a team that reached the playoffs for the first time since 2001-02 … Taylor Annala, Volleyball Canada West Student-Athlete Community Service Award winner and three-time Academic All-Canadian … Brooklyn Haubrich, Hockey Winner of three U SPORTS gold medals and B.Sc. Kinesiology with great distinction graduate … Alexandra Schell, Wrestling Colb McEwon – Coach of the Year Canada West Coach of the Year and guiding the Huskies back to the conference title game … Scott Flory, Football Capturing the Canada West women’s title and being named CW Coach of the Year … Jason Reindl, Track & Field Winning a Canada West men’s title and leading both the men and women to second place in the nation … Daniel Olver, Wrestling Claiming a fourth Canada West title in the past five seasons and the second U SPORTS title in program history … Lisa Thomaidis, Basketball
