Athletic award winners

Not since Adrienne Power has an athlete been given the top honour of Dalhousie athlete of the year for three consecutive years. Jeff Weiler has now garnered the highly coveted male-athlete-of-the-year award for the third consecutive year, making him only the second athlete to accomplish such a feat.

Mr. Weiler is a fifth-year kinesiology student and a senior member of the menÕs volleyball team. He has been recognized for his contributions on and off the court, leading the Tigers to a fifth-place Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) finish, and earning such accolades as Academic All-Canadian status three times and CIS Libero of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.

Award winners Team Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards: Basketball  (M) Monte Francois/Germain Bendegue     (W) Kelly Donald Cross Country  (M) Robert Jewer  (W) Janice Ashworth Hockey (M) Jordan Morrison (W) Leah Merkley Soccer  (M) Ryan Haughn (W) Leanne Huck Swimming (M) Matthew Terauds     (W) Ashley Aitken     Track & Field  (M) Geoff Harris (W) Alicia Dobranowski Volleyball  (M) Jeff Weiler (W) Maggie Morrison Manager of the Year: Maggie Bezanson Trainer of the Year: Meghan McInnis, MenÕs Volleyball  Rookies of the Year: (M)  Ð Jordan Morrison, Hockey (W)  Ð Alex Legge, Basketball Coach of the Year Award: David Fry, Swimming PresidentÕs Award for academics, athletics, leadership and community service: Niklas Rademacher, MenÕs Volleyball Class of Õ55 Award Ð Female Athlete of the Year: Leanne Huck, Soccer/Track and Field Climo Award Ð Male Athlete of the Year: Jeff Weiler, MenÕs Volleyball

Leanne Huck, a fourth-year multi-sport athlete also studying kinesiology, is the female athlete of the year. Leanne was named the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) league MVP in womenÕs soccer, a first team All-Canadian and the AUS track and field champion in the 60, 300 and 4x200m events. Her talents extend off the field Ñ she is a two-time Academic All-Canadian and a DeanÕs list student. Ms. Huck gives back to her sport and community, finding time to volunteer with the Special Olympics as a youth track and soccer coach.

Kathleen Spurr, a former member of the womenÕs basketball team, is the 2007 recipient of DalhousieÕs A.J. ÒSandy” Young Award for her contribution to Nova Scotia sports as an athlete and a coach. She has had an impressive career as an athlete, despite not picking up basketball until her senior year of high school. Ms. Spurr worked hard and, under the guidance of Coach Carolyn Savoy, went on to earn a spot on CanadaÕs National Team only three years after taking up the sport. Ms. Spurr still considers Coach Savoy a mentor in coaching and life to this day.

Continually giving back to the sport she loves best, Ms. Spurr has worked on several organizing committees and continues to develop future athletes as a coach with the Halifax Grammar School. In the past she has coached at the provincial level, administered and coached CanadaÕs Basketball Small Ball Program and served as assistant coach with the Tigers in 1992-94. In 2001, she was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame, recognized for her achievements on the court and in the sport of basketball.