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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
12/5/2011 Garrett Sheehan Men's Ice Hockey
12/5/2011 Vanessa Treasure Women's Swimming
11/28/2011 Casey Pottier Women's Water Polo
11/28/2011 Andrew Wasik Men's Basketball
11/21/2011 Jill Stratton Women's Basketball
11/21/2011 Milos Radojcic Men's Water Polo
11/14/2011 Tamara Jewett Women's Cross Country
11/14/2011 Dan Brewer Men's Ice Hockey
11/7/2011 Malena Rapaport Women's Volleyball
11/7/2011 Ezequiel Lubocki Men's Soccer
10/31/2011 John Smits Men's Soccer
10/31/2011 Tamara Jewett Women's Cross Country
10/24/2011 Tyler Wilson Baseball
10/24/2011 Charlotte Sider Women's Volleyball
10/17/2011 Renee Ridout Softball
10/17/2011 Mario Kovacevic Men's Soccer
10/11/2011 Eilish McConville Women's Soccer
10/11/2011 Eren Turkmenler Men's Tennis
10/3/2011 Ryan Donnelly Baseball
10/3/2011 Lee-Anne Corrigan Women's Rugby
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