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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
10/7/2013 Laura Upenieks Women's Golf
9/30/2013 Simon Nassar Football
9/30/2013 Nicki Parkes Women's Soccer
9/23/2013 Paul de Pass Football
9/23/2013 Ally Evanyshyn Field Hockey
9/16/2013 Jonathan Isaac Baseball
9/16/2013 Sarah Jamieson Women's Lacrosse
9/9/2013 Paul de Pass Football
9/9/2013 Sara Petrucci Women's Soccer
9/3/2013 Harrison Beeforth Football
8/26/2013 Aisha Lewis Women's Soccer
8/26/2013 Trevor Harvey Football
3/11/2013 Alicia Brown Women's Track & Field
3/11/2013 Mike Trnkus Track and Field
3/4/2013 Patrick Monette Nordic Skiing
3/4/2013 Grace Bannerman Women's Wrestling
2/25/2013 Zack Chetrat Swimming
2/25/2013 Khamica Bingham Women's Track & Field
2/18/2013 Natalie Crofts Lydia Schultz Figure Skating
2/18/2013 Kyle Chan Fencing
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