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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
11/7/2016 Mark Rogal Men's Soccer
11/7/2016 Valencia Yordanov Women's Ice Hockey
10/31/2016 Nikolay Saveliev Men's Soccer
10/31/2016 Alison Lee Field Hockey
10/24/2016 Harry Michelis Men's Soccer
10/24/2016 Ana Peric Women's Golf
10/17/2016 Lukas MacNaughton Men's Soccer
10/17/2016 Natasha Klasios Women's Soccer
10/11/2016 Russell Rodrigues Men's Soccer
10/11/2016 Laura Upenieks Women's Golf
10/3/2016 Mark Rogal Men's Soccer
10/3/2016 Andrea Burley Mountain Biking
9/26/2016 Lukas MacNaughton Men's Soccer
9/25/2016 Lucia Stafford Women's Cross Country
9/19/2016 Marcus Hobbs Football
9/19/2016 Laurel McGillis Women's Lacrosse
9/12/2016 Colin Edwards Baseball
9/12/2016 Shelby Reid Softball
9/6/2016 Rahul Madan Football
9/6/2016 Natasha Klasios Women's Soccer
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