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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
1/13/2014 Gregory MacNeill Track and Field
1/6/2014 Alex Hill Men's Basketball
1/6/2014 Rachael Sider Women's Basketball
12/2/2013 Gorast Tasevski Men's Water Polo
12/2/2013 Breanna Gadzosa Women's Water Polo
11/25/2013 Aleksa Miladinovic Men's Volleyball
11/25/2013 Paige Schultz Women's Swimming
11/18/2013 Andrew Doyle Men's Ice Hockey
11/18/2013 Charlotte Sider Women's Volleyball
11/11/2013 Diana Esteireiro Women's Soccer
11/11/2013 Jake Dysselhof Men's Volleyball
11/4/2013 Michael Markovic Men's Ice Hockey
11/4/2013 Nicole Kesteris Women's Ice Hockey
10/28/2013 Truman Tai Golf
10/28/2013 Laura Upenieks Women's Golf
10/21/2013 Paul de Pass Football
10/21/2013 Aisha Lewis Women's Soccer
10/14/2013 Zain Manji Men's Tennis
10/14/2013 Steffi Wong Women's Tennis
10/7/2013 Philip Arci Golf
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