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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
10/25/2010 Laura Upenieks Women's Golf
10/25/2010 Mike Ayotte Men's Lacrosse
10/18/2010 Alexander Raphael Men's Soccer
10/18/2010 Alex Thicke Field Hockey
10/12/2010 Ezequiel Lubocki Men's Soccer
10/12/2010 Shirley Ho Women's Soccer
10/4/2010 Andrew Gillis Football
10/4/2010 Roxana Soica Women's Tennis
9/27/2010 Ally Evanyshyn Field Hockey
9/27/2010 Steven Hersch Baseball
9/20/2010 Aaron Milton Football
9/20/2010 Kaelan Watson Field Hockey
9/13/2010 Nordo Gooden Men's Soccer
9/13/2010 Kelli Shoebridge Softball
9/7/2010 Yannis Gianniotis Men's Soccer
9/7/2010 Kate Crowley Women's Soccer
3/15/2010 Jason Wurster Track and Field
3/15/2010 Sarah Boyle Women's Track & Field
3/8/2010 Shujon Mazumder Wrestling
3/8/2010 Heather Bansley Women's Volleyball
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