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2026 Annual Athletic Awards

On March 26, 2026, UKC Athletics celebrated their 26th Annual Athletic Awards banquet. It was a night where we celebrated excellence on the court, field, classroom and community!

Team Awards

Women’s Rugby 7’s

Rookie of the Year: Daisy Uhres-Todd

MVP: Norah Cook

Men’s Rugby

Rookie of the Year: Aadil Rahaman

MVP: Nolan Isenor

Women’s Soccer

Rookie of the Year: Annika Power

MVP: Adrianne Proudfoot

Men’s Soccer

Aidan Harrington Award: Sam Hodd

MVP: Liam Collings

MVP: Luke Kotaska

Women’s Basketball

Rookie of the Year: Carlie Best

MVP: Sydney Flora Kirsch

Men’s Basketball

G.H. McConnell Award: Kevin Ofime

MVP: Kalon MacDonald-Wood

MVP: Kevahn Taylor

Women’s Volleyball

Rookie of the Year: Karina Poyner

MVP: Kaitlyn Legault

Badminton

Dedication Award: Jonah Sisco

Impact Award: Sam Hodd

 

Atlantic All-Stars

Women’s Rugby 7’s

 

Norah Cook

 

Men’s Rugby

 

Owen Williams, Nolan Isenor, Garrett Niall, Carter Doucet

 

Women’s Soccer

 

Simona Busillo, Adrianne Proudfoot, Annika Power, Hannah MacDonald

 

Men’s Soccer

 

Liam Collings, Ewan McKinnon, Darien Slawter, Luke Kotaska, Jai Cunsolo-Willox, Michael Zinck

 

Badminton

 

Ritu Shah, Rachel Gillies, Akshaya Jayakeerthi

 

 

Class of 2026

Graduating Senior Athletes

Women’s Rugby 7’s

Lucy Boudreau

Georgia Brady

Catherine St-Jean

Zoe Woods
Men’s Rugby

Donavon Clarke

Carter Doucet

Nicholas Ferguson

Ethan Hunt

Bradley Jardine

Holden McLennan

Sasha Maher-Martin

Kees Nagel

Garrett Niall
Women’s Soccer

Trinity Adams

Simona Busillo

Kaylee Downey

Katie Hagopian

Emily Hansen

Callie Jurmain

Tia Lovegrove

Kennedy MacKill

Ainslie Nicholl-Penman

Adrianne Proudfoot
Men’s Soccer

Noah Baird

Jonah Cameron

Liam Collings

Jai Cunsolo-Willox

Sam Hodd

Luke Kotaska

Ewan McKinnon

Paul Nanos

DeAndre Paris

Darien Slawter
Women’s Volleyball

Frances Cooke

Maddie Dever

Kaitlyn Legault
Men’s Basketball

Aidan MacDonald
Badminton

Thomas Ashton

Lucy Boudreau

Simona Busillo

Sam Hodd

Lyle Huth

DeAndre Paris

Ritu Shah

Jonah Sisco

 

Honour Roll

Presented to student athletes who have achieved a minimum GPA of 3.7 in the fall semseter

Women’s Rugby 7’s

Lucy Boudreau

Georgia Brady

Miqaela Olatundun

Chloe Stone

Daisy Uhres-Todd

Marg Zabyrina
Men’s Rugby

Garrett Niall
Women’s Soccer

Trinity Adams

Riley Aubey

Ruby Boyd

Faith Braine

Simona Busillo

Erika Cox

Kaylee Downey

Georgia Gavas

Callie Jurmain

Tia Lovegrove

Hannah MacDonald

MaKena MacDonald

Kathryn MacEchern

Ainslie Nicholl-Penman

Alexia Ntakos

Adrianne Proudfoot

Avery Sorenson

Iriana Theoharopoulos
Men’s Soccer

Jonah Cameron

Jai Cunsolo-Willox

Quinlan Glenan

Luke Kotaska

DeAndre Paris

Cario Smolar
Women’s Basketball

Sydney Flora-Kirsch

Carlie Best

MaKena MacDonald

Renee Thibault
Men’s Basketball

Heath Taylor
Women’s Volleyball

Frances Cooke

Grace Ecker

Olivia Festing

Maya Hughes

Jane MacLean

Maggie Malfair
Badminton

Lucy Boudreau

Simona Busillo

Rachel Gillies

Lyle Huth

DeAndre Paris

Ritu Shah

Jonah Sisco

Rosalyn Smith

Avery Sorenson

 

Academic Excellence Award

Presented to the student athlete(s) who has achieved the highest GPA during the first semester. This year, we celebrated a record-breaking four student athletes who have achieved a 4.3!

Ruby Boyd
Callie Jurmain
Ainslie Nicholl-Penman
Trinity Adams
Presented by Kutay Ulkuer (Chief Enrolment and Student Life Officer)

Major Awards

Bleed Blue Award: President Bill Lahey

 

Female Rookie of the Year: Annika Power (WSOC)

 

Calvin Headley Male Rookie of the Year: Tevin Brothers (MBB)

 

Gary MacLean Award for Outstanding Dedication & Commitment: Frances Cooke (WVB)

 

Norman Grant Award for Outstanding Dedication & Commitment: Jonah Cameron (MSOC)

 

H.L. Puxley Female Athlete of the Year: Ritu Shah (BDM)

 

E.E. Bisset Male Athlete of the Year: Luke Kotaska (MSOC)