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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
11/5/2012 Tegan Stairs Field Hockey
11/5/2012 Mitchell Woodside Men's Volleyball
10/29/2012 Tyler Liukkonen Men's Ice Hockey
10/29/2012 Kate Sauks Women's Rowing
10/22/2012 Mario Kovacevic Men's Soccer
10/22/2012 Sarah Dunning Women's Golf
10/15/2012 Andy Orfanakos Baseball
10/15/2012 Kelley Lusk Field Hockey
10/9/2012 Steffi Wong Women's Tennis
10/9/2012 Harrison Carmichael Baseball
10/1/2012 Simon Nassar Football
10/1/2012 Shannon Rossall Women's Volleyball
9/24/2012 Tamara Jewett Women's Cross Country
9/24/2012 Chris Wedeles Mountain Biking
9/17/2012 Zain Manji Men's Tennis
9/17/2012 Samantha Wagler Mountain Biking
9/10/2012 Karla Telidetzki Women's Rugby
9/10/2012 Drew Taylor Baseball
9/4/2012 Ashton Nelson Football
9/4/2012 Sara Petrucci Women's Soccer
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