2021-22 LAKERS AWARD WINNERS
2021-22 AWARD WINNERS
Women’s Basketball
MVP – Megan McCarter
Rookie – Kennedy Joyce
PRIDE – Vanessa Willis
Men’s Basketball
MVP – Nathan Riley
Rookie – Ricardo Neves
PRIDE – Jack Hagerty
Women’s Cross Country
MVP – Kaitlyn L’Abbe
Rookie – Kaitlyn L’Abbe
PRIDE – Emily Gibson
Men’s Cross Country
MVP – Ethan Aarts
Rookie – Ethan Aarts
PRIDE – Alex Maycock
Women’s Hockey
MVP – Maria Dominico
Rookie – Katie Chomiak
PRIDE - Katelyn Heppner
Men’s Hockey
Dr. Dennis Mock MVP – Gael Lubwele and Michael Herringer
Rookie – Harrison Caines
PRIDE – Colby Tower
Lacrosse
Dr. Mike DeGagne MVP – Scott Dominey and Quinn Harding
Rookie – Zach Tarr
PRIDE – Carter Tait
Women’s Nordic Skiing
MVP – Olivia Westbrooke
Rookie – Ella Tucker
PRIDE – Emerson Bach
Men’s Nordic Skiing
MVP – Sebastian Gingras
Rookie – Ethan Aarts
PRIDE – Noah Sullivan
Women’s Rowing
MVP – Jill Sommers
Rookie – Alexa Groat
PRIDE – Brianna Fournier
Men’s Rowing
MVP – Khashayar Abbasabadi
PRIDE – Tallon Zecca
Women’s Soccer
MVP – Abby Wroe
Rookie – Jen Milligan
PRIDE – Simone Branch and Avery Duguay
Men’s Soccer
MVP – Jack Collins
Rookie – Cedric Devos and Astel Essindi
PRIDE – Achuthan Shanmugaratnam
Women’s Volleyball
MVP – Shayla Kessler and Rebecca Illingworth
Rookie – Kassandra Pavlic
PRIDE – Shaelyn Francis
Men’s Volleyball
MVP - Jackson Young
Rookie – Thomas Wrigley
PRIDE – Mason Blais and Randy Beauchamp
2021-22 OUA All-Stars
Abby Wroe - Women’s Soccer
Mykaela Volpe - Women’s Soccer
Rylee Traicoff - Women’s Soccer
Jessica Emmerton - Women’s Soccer
Jennifer Milligan - Women’s Soccer
Ashley Mlinaric - Women’s Soccer
Jack Collins - Men’s Soccer
Maria Dominico - Women’s Hockey
Madison Laberge - Women’s Hockey
Brianna Gaffney - Women’s Hockey
Katie Chomiak - Women’s Hockey
Harrison Caines - Men’s Hockey
Shayla Kessler - Women’s Volleyball
Rebecca Illingwortth - Women’s Volleyball
Jackson Young - Men’s Volleyball
Tyrus Cuculick - Men’s Volleyball
Thomas Wrigley - Men’s Volleyball
Olivia Westbrooke - Women’s Nordic
Alexander Maycock - Men’s Nordic
Sebastian Gingras - Men’s Nordic
OUA AWARD WINNERS
Maria Dominico – OUA East Division Forward of the Year
Taijon Graham – OUA East Division Ken Shields Award
Abby Wroe – OUA Central Division Player of the Year
Mike McParland – OUA Eastern Conference Coach of the Year
David Bitonti – OUA Central Division Coach of the Year
USPORTS ALL-CANADIANS
Abby Wroe - Women's Soccer
Mykaela Volpe - Women's Soccer
Jackson Young – Men’s Volleyball
Maria Dominico – Women’s Hockey
Leckie Award
Matt Franche, Men’s Hockey
M.E. Follis Award
Taijon Graham, Men's Basketball
Constable Andrew Keating Memorial Award
Liam Ludlow, Men's Volleyball
Joshua Carfagnini Awards
Kaitlyn L'Abbe, Cross Country
Randy Beauchamp, Men's Volleyball
Nipissing University Lakers Mental Health Leadership Award
Deven Doodnath
Lakers Spirit Award
Logan Rye
Shelby Dickey Memorial Scholarship
Olivia Westbrooke, Nordic Skiing
Brian 'Doc' Duval Student Trainer of the Year Award
Shelby Moodie
Nick Hoey
Rookie Athletes of the Year
Female
Jennifer Milligan, Women's Soccer
Male
Harrison Caines, Men's Hockey
Zach Tarr, Lacrosse
Athletes of the Year
Jack and Mary Ann Jones Female Athlete of the Year
Maria Dominico, Women’s Hockey
Al Carfagnini Male Athlete of the Year
Jackson Young
Athletes of the Year
Jack and Mary Ann Jones Female Athlete of the Year – Maria Dominico
Once again, the speedy, skilled forward set the pace offensively for the Lakers this season.
She led the team and OUA in points with 18, led the team in goals with 10 and added two game-winning goals in the process.
She was an OUA First Team All-Star and OUA East Division Forward of the Year, as well as a USports First Team All-Canadian.
Dominico was among the USports leaders as well, sitting 17th in points, tied-eighth in goals and tied-second in hat-tricks.
The North Bay, ON native had multi-point effort in half of her games played this season, including a hat trick against York on Nov. 12.
On top of leading the league in points, she ranked, second in goals scored and sixth in assists.
She was also named to the USports National Championship Tournament All-Star team, earning a silver medal, to go with her OUA silver medal.
Dominico was also on the FISU Team Canada roster, although the event was cancelled.
She continues to add to her impressive resume with more hardware.
Al Carfagnini Male Athlete of the Year – Jackson Young
The team's top scorer, Young had an unreal season, leading the Lakers – and the OUA in a number of categories, cementing himself as one of the top players in the country.
Young hit double digits in kills in six of his eight matches and double digits in points in seven of eight.
He capped off the regular season with 22 kills and 30 points.
The Etobicoke, ON native ranked third in the OUA and 10th in the country in kills per set and was first in aces per set.
He totalled 104 kills, 142.5 points and tacked on 25 service aces in eight matches and 26 sets.
Young led both the OUA and USports in points (5.5) and Aces (.96) per set. He was fourth in OUA with hitting percentage. Young was a member of the Canada's Junior National Team this past summer and is a 2028 Los Angeles candidate for the senior team.
He was named an OUA First team all start and USports Second team All-Canadian.
By far, one of the best individual seasons from our program being able to lead the nation in two categories. Without a doubt, one of the best players in Canada.
