StFX athletes & coaches receive AUS and CIS recognition

The first half of the AUS season saw numerous X-Women and X-Men recognized at both the AUS and CIS levels for their play.

Six StFX teams accumulated 25 AUS all-star awards and six CIS All-Canadian recognitions. In addition, six AUS major awards went to StFX athletes and coaches,  and three X-Women rugby players were honored as CIS tournament all-stars.

The AUS champion X-Women rugby team earned eight AUS all-star nods including Asya Bartley, Olivia DeMerchant, Jamee George, Beth MacNeill, Tyson Beukeboom, Magali Harvey, Amanda Thornborough, and Lisa Gauthier. Beukeboom, Gauthier and Harvey were also honored as CIS All-Canadians, while Beukeboom, Gauthier and Sarah Kaljuvee took home CIS tournament all-star awards. Tyson Beukeboom was named the AUS Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season and head coach Mike Cavanagh was recognized by his peers as the 2011 AUS Coach of the Year.

The football X-Men had two defensive players and two offensive players named as 2011 AUS all-stars. Linebackers Brett Hubbeard and Raye Hartmann, receiver Jordan Catterall and offensive linesman Colin Wicks all made the cut, while Donnie Davis was named the AUS Volunteer Coach of the Year.

On the soccer field, veteran X-Men forward Michael Marousek was named an AUS first team all-star, rounding out five consecutive all-star awards in his career. Teammates Jamar Dixon and Max Maund were also named to the AUS first team all-star squad. Marousek was honored as a CIS first team All-Canadian and Dixon received a CIS second team All-Canadian award.

X-Women soccer defender Meaghan Ramsden was recognized as an AUS first team all-star, while freshman teammate Maura Woodman was an AUS second team all-star. Ramsden also earned a CIS second team All-Canadian award, the first soccer X-Women to earn All-Canadian status since Christa Barber in 2005.

The AUS champion X-Men cross country team brought in a haul of AUS awards, sweeping all four AUS major award categories. Individual AUS champion Connor McGuire was named the AUS Male Runner of the Year, Riley Johnston earned AUS Rookie of the Year honors, and Zach MacDonald was the AUS Student-Athlete Community Service award winner. Rounding out the major award winners was head coach Bernie Chisholm who was named the 2011 AUS Men’s Coach of the Year. McGuire and Johnston were also named AUS all-stars, as was Aaron Doucette and Dennis Kayumba. 

In women’s cross country, three X-Women received AUS all-star recognition including Natalie Kannenberg, Kelly MacDonald and Melissa Hardy.