George M. Biggs Trophy
Osvald Nitski earned U SPORTS and U of T male rookie of the year honours in 2015-16 in helping the Blues to the national title. The five-time OUA all-star and three-time U SPORTS all-Canadian has also been a member of five OUA championship teams.
Nitski was named U of T’s top scholar athlete and earned U SPORTS Top 8 academic all-Canadian honours in 2016-17. A four-time academic all-Canadian, Nitski has won numerous scholarships, including the J. Colin Finlayson admission, mechanical and industrial engineering, William Bernard Silverston and Eric Miglin scholarships. His academic awards include the Rudolph and Frieda Siedl memorial, Albert & Teresa Li engineering, Earl Charles Lyons memorial and NSERC research grant awards.
When he’s not in the pool or classroom, Nitski gives back to the community as a Blues Buddy Up ambassador, sits on the Blues engineering executive and is a volunteer tutor, serves as a mentor for the mechanical and industrial engineering departments and is a volunteer with the Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative, U of T Chapter.
