John Smits (11/8/2010) - Athlete Awards - University of Toronto Athletics

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11/8/2010
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Men's Soccer
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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 10^th 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 37^th 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
2/7/2011	Alison Doyle	Women's Fencing
1/31/2011	Justin Holmes	Men's Basketball
1/24/2011	Byron Elliott	Men's Ice Hockey
1/24/2011	Amanda Tully	Figure Skating
1/17/2011	Shannon Rossall	Women's Volleyball
1/17/2011	Jeremie Holdom	Swimming
1/10/2011	Andrew Wasik	Men's Basketball
1/10/2011	Amanda Fawns	Women's Ice Hockey
12/6/2010	Zack Chetrat	Swimming
12/6/2010	Vanessa Treasure	Women's Swimming
11/29/2010	Alan Chung	Men's Water Polo
11/29/2010	Nicole Brown	Women's Water Polo
11/22/2010	Andrew Wasik	Men's Basketball
11/22/2010	Nicole Kesteris	Women's Ice Hockey
11/15/2010	Stefan Srnic	Men's Tennis
11/15/2010	Poppy Ruksys	Women's Swimming
11/8/2010	John Smits	Men's Soccer
11/8/2010	Kaelan Watson	Field Hockey
11/1/2010	Jen & Kate Sauks	Women's Rowing
11/1/2010	Blake Boddy	Men's Ice Hockey