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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
2/13/2017 Hochan Ryu Swimming
2/13/2017 Kylie Masse Women's Swimming
2/6/2017 Devin Johnson Men's Basketball
2/6/2017 Alina Dormann Women's Volleyball
1/30/2017 Reilly Reid Men's Basketball
1/30/2017 Taylor Day Women's Ice Hockey
1/23/2017 Casey Knight Men's Ice Hockey
1/23/2017 Alina Dormann Women's Volleyball
1/16/2017 Manny Sahota Men's Basketball
1/16/2017 Kylie Masse Women's Swimming
1/9/2017 Aidan Wallace Men's Ice Hockey
1/9/2017 Taylor Day Women's Ice Hockey
12/5/2016 Rostam Turner Track and Field
12/5/2016 Diedre Edwards Women's Basketball
11/28/2016 Daniel Ugray Men's Water Polo
11/28/2016 Megan MacCormac Women's Water Polo
11/21/2016 Max Lindsay Men's Ice Hockey
11/21/2016 Taylor Day Women's Ice Hockey
11/15/2016 William Colucci Men's Volleyball
11/15/2016 Lucia Stafford Women's Cross Country
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