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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
9/26/2011 Tamara Jewett Women's Cross Country
9/26/2011 Marek Deska Baseball
9/19/2011 Wilkerson DeSouza Football
9/19/2011 Hannah Tighe Field Hockey
9/12/2011 Mario Kovacevic Men's Soccer
9/12/2011 Eilish McConville Women's Soccer
9/6/2011 Laura Machado Women's Soccer
9/6/2011 Darragh McGee Men's Soccer
3/21/2011 Nicki Schutz Women's Basketball
3/14/2011 Alex Witmer Track and Field
3/14/2011 Sarah Boyle Women's Track & Field
3/7/2011 Jill Stratton Women's Basketball
3/7/2011 Ryan Zufelt Men's Squash
2/28/2011 Zack Chetrat Swimming
2/28/2011 Sarah Boyle Women's Track & Field
2/21/2011 Josh McGuire Fencing
2/21/2011 Sarah Boyle Women's Track & Field
2/14/2011 Zack Chetrat Swimming
2/14/2011 Andrea Jurenovskis Women's Swimming
2/7/2011 Robert Kay Men's Ice Hockey
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