Cami Marmoush, Megan Northey and Adrian Pond earned all-star recognition as Ontario University Athletics (OUA) announced the 2010 squash major award winners and all-stars, presented by The Jesters Club on Wednesday, February 10.
Hassan Muhammad (Scarborough, Ont.) of the McMaster Marauders and Strachan Jarvis (Toronto) of the Western Mustangs are OUA men’s co-players of the year. Muhammad led the Marauders to their second straight OUA championship berth, finishing fourth in the standings.
Brian Hong (Toronto) of the Mustangs is the 2010 men’s rookie of the year, following in the footsteps of teammate Ryan Herden (Vancouver), who took the award last year. Western is the No. 1 seed entering the OUA championship, a title it has won 26 consecutive seasons.
Eric Dingle of the McGill Redmen was named 2010 men’s coach of the year.
Muhammad, Jarvis and Hong have all been named OUA first-team all-stars. Also named to the first-team list are Paul Gartenburg (Toronto) of the Queen's Gaels, Ben Marien (Westmount, Que.) of the McGill Redmen and Ahmed Shohayeb (Hamilton, Ont.) of the McMaster Marauders.
Men’s second-team all-stars include Kimesh Chetty (Hamilton, Ont.) and Herden of the Western Mustangs, Nick James (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Hussein Rahemtulla (Vancouver) of the McGill Redmen, Kumar Erramilli (Scarborough, Ont.) of the Waterloo Warriors and Adrian Pond (Toronto) of the Toronto Varsity Blues.
Giselle Delgado (North Vancouver, B.C.) of the Mustangs is the 2010 women’s player of the year, continuing the reign of Western women as OUA top female squash player following in the footsteps of two-time award winner Stephanie Edmison (Toronto).
Erin Roberts (Calgary) of the Gaels was named top female rookie. Queen’s is the top-ranked women’s team heading into the OUA championship.
Both Rachael Forgeron of Western and Doug Hamilton of McMaster are the women’s co-coaches of the year. Hamilton has won this award four straight seasons, with Forgeron receiving the honour for the first time.
Joining Roberts as OUA first-team all-stars are Rachael Forgeron (St. Catharines, Ont.) and Samantha Hennings (Georgetown, Ont.) of Western, Heather Lamb (Calgary) of Queen's, Carly Hong (Toronto) of McGill and Kristina Taylor (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.) of McMaster.
OUA women’s second-team all-stars include Julia Dales (Ottawa) and Caitlin Klein (Toronto) of Queen's, Cami Marmoush (Cairo, Egypt) and Megan Northey (Victoria) of the Varsity Blues, Sunaya Gupta (North York, Ont.) of McMaster and Nora Hutchinson (Montreal) of McGill.
2010 OUA SQUASH MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
MEN’S MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
Player of the Year: Hassan Muhammad (McMaster), Strachan Jarvis (Western)
Rookie of the Year: Brian Hong (Western)
Coach of the Year: Eric Dingle (McGill)
MEN’S ALL-STARS
First Team
Paul Gartenburg (Toronto) - Queen's
Brian Hong (Toronto) - Western
Strachan Jarvis (Toronto) - Western
Ben Marien (Westmount, Que.) - McGill
Hassan Muhammad (Scarborough, Ont.) - McMaster
Ahmed Shohayeb (Hamilton, Ont.) - McMaster
Second Team
Kimesh Chetty (Hamilton, Ont.) - Western
Kumar Erramilli (Scarborough, Ont.) - Waterloo
Ryan Herden (Vancouver) - Western
Nick James (North Vancouver, B.C.) - McGill
Adrian Pond (Toronto) - Toronto
Hussein Rahemtulla (Vancouver) - McGill
WOMEN’S MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
Player of the Year: Giselle Delgado (Western)
Rookie of the Year: Erin Roberts (Queen's)
Coach of the Year: Rachael Forgeron (Western), Doug Hamilton (McMaster)
WOMEN’S ALL-STARS
First Team
Rachael Forgeron (St. Catharines, Ont.) - Western
Samantha Hennings (Georgetown, Ont.) - Western
Carly Hong (Toronto) - McGill
Heather Lamb (Calgary) - Queen's
Erin Roberts (Calgary) - Queen's
Kristina Taylor (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.) - McMaster
Second Team
Julia Dales (Ottawa) - Queen's
Sunaya Gupta (North York, Ont.) - McMaster
Nora Hutchinson (Montreal) - McGill
Caitlin Klein (Toronto) - Queen's
Cami Marmoush (Cairo, Egypt) – Toronto
Megan Northey (Victoria) - Toronto
Source: OUA
