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Athletes of the Week

John Smits

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/8/2010
  • Sport
    Men's Soccer
  • Bio
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Third-year goalkeeper John Smits pulled out all the stops, denying three penalty kicks to lead the Varsity Blues men’s soccer team to a 1-0 upset over the No. 2 York Lions and their first OUA banner since 2002 this past weekend.
 
A native of Mississauga, Ont., Smits recorded his 10th shutout of the season and fifth in the last eight games en route to player of the game laurels in Sunday’s final versus York. 
 
The two-time OUA all-star denied OUA West most valuable player Adrian Pena’s penalty kick attempt, diving to his side to keep the game deadlocked in the 37th minute.  
 
After posting 10 saves over 90 minutes of regulation and 30 of extra time, Smits then stepped up in a big way and made two huge saves over six rounds of penalty kicks, including the game-winning stop on Carlos Noguiera to secure the 1-0 victory.  
 
The fifth-year biology major also led the team to a 3-1 semi-final victory over the Western Mustangs on Saturday, making eight saves in the process.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/8/2018 Mathilde De Serres Women's Ice Hockey
12/4/2017 Keyira Parkes Women's Basketball
12/4/2017 Sage Usher Men's Basketball
11/27/2017 Reilly Reid Men's Basketball
11/27/2017 Kylie Masse Women's Swimming
11/20/2017 Jordan Figueira Men's Volleyball
11/20/2017 Anna Feore Women's Volleyball
11/13/2017 Hunter Atchison Men's Ice Hockey
11/13/2017 Sasha Gollish Women's Cross Country
11/6/2017 Alex Barnes Men's Volleyball
11/6/2017 Alina Dormann Women's Volleyball
10/30/2017 Sasha Gollish Women's Cross Country
10/30/2017 Andrei Vovk Rowing
10/23/2017 Evan MacEachern Men's Ice Hockey
10/23/2017 Madeline Albert Women's Ice Hockey
10/16/2017 Graham Tebbit Baseball
10/16/2017 Laura Upenieks Women's Golf
10/10/2017 Sasha Obucina Men's Tennis
10/10/2017 Ellice Hong Women's Golf
10/2/2017 Euan Scoffield Men's Water Polo
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