Soccer Tigers Kenney & Leon earn national recognition

- November 7, 2019

Award winners
Award winners

Fourth-year defender Sydney Kenney was named the 2019 Women's Soccer Student-Athlete Community Service Award winner, while first-year midfielder Morgan Leon was named to the U SPORTS All-Rookie Team. Leon started 10 of the Tigers 12 games this year and played a major role in their success.

STUDENT-ATHLETE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: Sydney Kenney, Dalhousie

A neuroscience student from Halifax, N.S., Kenney has had success on the soccer field and in the classroom, while also volunteering her time in the community.  

She played in all 12 games for the Tigers this season, starting in 11 of them. The fourth-year defender helped the Tigers to a 6-3-3 record, with just eight goals allowed all season.  

In the classroom, she is a three-time Academic All-Canadian, boasting a 3.94 GPA and hopes to pursue a career in medicine in the future.  

She is heavily involved in the community both on and off campus. Off campus, she volunteers her time with the Veterans Memorial Hospital, Victoria General Hospital and the IWK's Children's Heart Centre.  

On campus she has leant her time to initiatives such as SAMHI (Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative) and the Special Tigers program (volunteering with young people with intellectual disabilities).  

Kenney has also done volunteer work for Special Olympics, Ronald McDonald House, and other causes.  

Kenney is the first player from the Dalhousie Tigers to receive the women's soccer Student-Athlete Community Service award, since its inception in 2005. 

“Sydney has been a consistent performer playing in every game of her four years with us,” said Dalhousie head coach Cindy Tye. “An academic All-Canadian each year, she has given back to the Dalhousie and Halifax communities through many initiatives and we are proud she is being recognized.”   

2019 U SPORTS WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

Pos.

First Name

Last Name

School

Hometown

Program

M

Bryana

Buttar

Fraser Valley

Abbotsford, B.C.

Arts

F

Cecilia

Way

Queen’s

Victorial, B.C.

Business

M

Karima

Lemire

UQAM

Longueuil, Que.

Accounting

F

Alliyah

Rowe

Cape Breton

Kitchener, Ont.

Sports and Physical Activity Leadership

M

Madicynn

Harnish

Acadia

Lower Sackville, N.S.

Science

D

Ariel

Carignan

McGill

Sherbrooke, Que.

Arts

F

Kate

Knafelc

Guelph

Ridgeville, Ont.

Marine & Freshwater Biology

M

Jessica

Tsai

Manitoba

Winnipeg, Man.

Science

D

Trinity

Esprit

Ottawa

Scarborough, Ont.

Sociology

M

Morgan

Leon

Dalhousie

Toronto, Ont.

Biology

M

Sofia

DiGiacomo

MacEwan

Calgary, Alta.

Arts

G

Catherine

Langelier

Montreal

Saint-Eustache, Que.

Preschool and Primary Ed.

 


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