University of Toronto Varsity Blues men’s soccer team captain Yannis Gianniotis was named a first team all-Canadian as the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) announced major award winners on Wednesday, November 11.
A third-year defender, Gianniotis led the Blues to an 11-1-2 record and an OUA silver medal this season. The Toronto native scored four goals in 14 games and helped Toronto to the fewest goals against (6) in Canada.
Fourth-year Trinity Western defender Paul Hamilton became the second Spartan to receive the Joe Johnson memorial trophy, given to the player of the year, since TWU joined CIS in 2001. Midfielder Nick Perugini was honoured in 2007.
Other CIS major award winners announced during the All-Canadian Banquet were Guelph’s Robert Murphy of Ottawa, who was named rookie of the year, Saint Mary’s Guiseppe Scichilone of Gondola Point, N. B., who received the Student-Athlete Community Service award, and Laval’s Samir Ghrib, who earned the coach-of-the-year award, presented by Coaches of Canada.
The 2009 CIS championship gets under way Thursday at Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C. The national final is slated for Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. SSN Canada will have live webcasts of all main-bracket duels (www.ssncanada.ca or www.cis-sic.ca).
2009 CIS MEN'S SOCCER AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
Joe Johnson Memorial trophy (player of the year): Paul Hamilton, Trinity Western
Rookie of the year: Robert Murphy, Guelph
Student-Athlete Community Service award: Guiseppe Scichilone, Saint Mary’s
Coach of the year, presented by Coaches of Canada: Samir Ghrib, Laval
First Team
Position Athlete University Year Hometown Faculty
Goalkeeper Gerardo Argento Montreal 5 Montreal, Que. Law
Defender Paul Hamilton Trinity Western 4 Calgary, Alta. Education
Defender Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay Laval 5 Baie-Saint-Paul, Que. Law
Defender Graham Smith UBC 5 Abbotsford, B.C. Commerce
Defender Yannis Gianniotis Toronto 3 Toronto, Ont. History/Geography
Midfield Francesco Bruno York 4 Toronto, Ont. Business & Society
Midfield Alhassane Fox Montreal 2 Conakry, Guinea Criminology
Midfield Andrew Rigby Cape Breton 1 Nottingham, England BACS
Midfield Ross Hagen Dalhousie 4 Calgary, Alta. Commerce
Striker Keishen Bean Cape Breton 2 Sandys, Bermuda BACS
Striker Cole McFarlane Victoria 5 Calgary, Alta. Humanities
Second Team
Goalkeeper Scott Cliff Laurentian 5 Hanmer, Ont. Physical Education
Defender Franco Ruscetta York 5 Woodbridge, Ont. Business
Defender Nathan Snowie UPEI 3 Harrington, P.E.I. Business Administration
Defender Ken Morrison UNB 5 Fredericton, N.B Kinesiology
Midfield Yohann Capolungo McGill 2 Vallan, France Arts & Science (Economics & Math)
Midfield Josh Northey Saskatchewan 3 Saskatoon, Sask. Arts & Science
Midfield Olivier Babineau Moncton 4 Dieppe, N.B. Kinesiology
Midfield Alex Braletic Ryerson 2 Thornhill, Ont. Engineering
Midfield Brett Colvin Alberta 3 Calgary, Alta. Business
Striker Gabriel Moreau Laval 3 St-Hyacinthe, Que. Sciences
Striker Thaddeus Bolton Trent 4 Bowmanville, Ont. Business Administration
Source: CIS
