Broncos Athletics Celebrates Athletic & Academic Excellence at the 2021-22 Awards Night

Olds, AB

For the first time since 2019, Broncos Athletics held their annual Awards Night to recognize student-athlete achievements. The 2021-22 Broncos Awards Night had a great turnout by student-athletes, Broncos Athletics staff, Olds College Executive,faculty and partners of the Broncos. Emceed by Broncos alum Bernd Van'T Klooster of CabK Broadcasting the evening was full of laughs and positive vibes all around. 

The evening got started with the recognition of two of our very own Broncos Coaches as Women's Hockey Coach Chris Leeming was recognized as the ACAC Women's Hockey Coach of the Year and Men's Volleyball Coach Ryan Marsden was named as the ACAC Men's Volleyball South Division Coach of the Year and the CCAA National Coach of the Year. Following the acknowledgement of the coaches, a great season recap video produced by Haiden Hurtig was played which also featured an In Memoriam tribute for late Broncos Badminton Coach Gokarn Ramdhani. 

"It was an incredible night to be back together celebrating the outstanding achievements of our student-athletes and coaches. Congratulations to all of the award winners on their fantastic seasons. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the Broncos this season", stated Broncos Athletics Manager Trina Radcliffe.

As the evening continued, the event shifted focus to the awards section as each team celebrated a Rookie of the Year, an Impact Athlete of the Year, and an overall Athlete of the Year before an athletics wide winner was named for each category. 

In order to be nominated for Rookie of the Year, a student- athlete must be in their first season of eligibility/participation in intercollegiate sport, exemplary character, sportsmanship and integrity, made outstanding contributions to the team in competition, and maintained a cumulative GPA over 2.0. Your 2021-22 Rookies of the Year by sport are:

Rookies of the Year:

Badminton: Abigail Taylor

Men's Basketball: Tyreik Lennox

Women's Basketball: Amelia Furst

Men's Futsal: Armando Rodriguez

Women's Futsal: Tiona Paton

Women's Hockey: Hailey Hoogkamp

Rodeo: Denton Dunham

Men's Soccer: Alan Attokkaran

Women's Soccer: Tiona Paton

Men's Volleyball: Reed Grusing

Women's Volleyball: Sydney Joyce

In order to be nominated for Impact Athlete of the Year, a student-athlete must have exemplary character, sportsmanship and integrity, made recognizable contributions to the team in competition, made recognizable contributions to the campus community, made recognizable contributions to the community of Olds, and maintained a Cumulative GPA over 2.0. Your 2021-22 Impact Athletes of the Year are:

Impact Athletes of the Year: 

Badminton: Tye Belanger

Men's Basketball: Mobin Ali

Women's Basketball: Brooke Heggie

Men's Futsal: Valentin Kirchner

Women's Futsal: MJ Vergara

Women's Hockey: Jesse Jack

Rodeo: Ryen Freeman

Men's Soccer: Valentin Kirchner

Women's Soccer: Kassidy Kelly

Men's Volleyball: Phil Sutherland

Women's Volleyball: Tabitha Martin & Avery Stoddart

In order to be nominated for Athlete of the Year, a student-athlete must have exemplary character, sportsmanship and integrity, demonstrated outstanding ability in their sport, and maintained a Cumulative GPA over 2.0 throughout the year. Your 2021-22 Athletes of the Year are:

Athletes of the Year:

Badminton: Priyanna Ramdhani

Men's Basketball: Adrian Deere

Women's Basketball: Mackenzie Hooson

Men's Futsal: Luiz Guimaraes

Women's Futsal: Kassidy Kelly

Women's Hockey: Jesse Jack

Men's Rodeo: Sam Schellenberg

Women's Rodeo: Cassidy Maffenbeier

Men's Soccer: Luiz Guimaraes

Women's Soccer: Felicia Rodney

Men's Volleyball: Jesse Stoddart

Women's Volleyball: Francesca Sandini

The overall award winners for each category were as follows:

Top Academic Male Student-Athlete: Valentin Kirchner, Men's Soccer

Top Academic Female Student- Athlete: Jorja Werenka, Women's Hockey

Men's Rookie of the Year: Denton Dunham

Women's Rookie of the Year: Hailey Hoogkamp & Sydney Joyce

Men's Impact Athlete of the Year: Tye Belanger

Women's Impact Athlete of the Year: Tabitha Martin

Men's Athlete of the Year: Jesse Stoddart

Women's Athlete of the Year: Jesse Jack & Priyanna Ramdhani 

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