OSHAWA, ON – Durham College held its 50^th annual athletic banquet on Wednesday evening, with Mia Hildebrandt (Winnipeg, MB), Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge, ON) and Malcolm Hooper (Orangeville, ON) earning 2021-22 Athlete of the Year honours.
 
Hildebrandt had an award-filled season as the East Division Player of the Year and scoring leader. The OCAA named her a first-team all-star and championship all-star in a season that ended with a bronze medal. Nationally recognized, Hildebrandt was a CCAA All-Canadian on the court and a CCAA All-Canadian Academic Award winner. In regular season and postseason combined play, Hildebrandt finished the season with 192.0 points, 120 kills, 42 blocks and 30 service aces. She also earned the "Stan Marchut" MVP award for the women's volleyball team.
 
Fraser, a dual-sport athlete, earned bronze medals at the CCAA Golf National Championship and OCAA Women's Volleyball Championship this season. She finished the volleyball season with 97 digs and 13 assists through 41 sets played. Also a standout student in the classroom, Fraser earned the "Bert Dejeet" Highest Overall GPA award, along with CCAA Academic All-Canadian and OCAA All-Academic Awards. At the 50^th athletic banquet, Fraser also took home hardware as Women's Golf MVP.
 
Hooper rounds out his season with the "William Avery Memorial" Overall Male Athlete of the Year Award, adding to a collection for the season which includes a spot on the OCAA Men's Rugby All-Star team, Durham Lords Men's Rugby MVP and Five-Year Award. Coming back from injury, Hooper continued to be a leader on and off the field and an integral contributor in the teams' bronze medal.
 
The banquet night was extra special, marking Durham College's 50^th time gathering postseason to recognize athletes and coaches alike for their accomplishments during the season, as well as the first time in three years that everybody was able to celebrate these achievements in person.
 
The night began with a video highlighting memories from the past 50 years, along with speeches from Athletic Director Ken Babcock, President Don Lovisa and Dean of Students Tara Koski. Student-athlete Glory Ezeude (Vaughan, ON) led the annual athletes prayer before dinner, and the rest of the night was spent recognizing incredible accomplishments for the 2021-22 season.
 
 
50^th DURHAM COLLEGE ATHLETIC BANQUET AWARD WINNERS
 
"Margaret Greenley" Overall Female Athlete of the Year Award
Mia Hildebrandt (Winnipeg, MB)
Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge, ON)
 
"William Avery Memorial" Overall Male Athlete of the Year Award
Malcolm Hooper (Orangeville, ON)
 
Female Freshman Athlete of the Year
Brooke Young (Chestermere, AB)
 
"David Stewart" Male Freshman Athlete of the Year
Tyler Chong (Markham, ON)
 
"Bonnie Ginter-Brown" Leadership Award
Female: Jillian Thompson (Oshawa, ON)
Male: Liam Spafford (Oshawa, ON)
 
Team of the Year
Women's Softball
 
#DC4DC Award
Women's Volleyball
 
 
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
Four-Year Award
Bailey Colangelo (Whitby, ON)
Kaelin Wright (Ajax, ON)
Natassha Hassenstein (Oshawa, ON)
Isiah Passley (Pickering, ON)
Nate Paine (Whitby, ON)
Griffin Oliver (Oshawa, ON)
Jason Crouse (Oshawa, ON)
Kaleigh MacIntyre (Guelph, ON)
Harrison Wood (Uxbridge, ON)
Liam Spafford (Oshawa, ON)
Robbie Eliadis (Uxbridge, ON)
Patrick Lynch (Oshawa, ON)
Aaron Ramlochan (Whitby, ON)
 
Five-Year Award
Ryan Cullen (Pickering, ON)
Malcolm Hooper (Orangeville, ON)
Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge, ON)
Nicole Mancini (Toronto, ON)
 
Athletic Therapy Student Trainer of the Year
Brianne Schneider
 
ETS Commitment Award
Female: Katie Stewart (Gananoque, ON)
Male: Daniel Agyekum Harris (Fairfax, Virginia)
 
Athletic Director's Award of Excellence
Allan Fournier
Garnet Dalzell
 
 
TEAM-BY-TEAM AWARDS
 
Baseball
"Bob Johnston" Rookie of the Year: Tyler Chong (Markham, ON)
"Boom Baker" MVP: Tyler Chong (Markham, ON)
"Sam Dempster" Leadership Award: Palmer Cruickshank (Oshawa, ON)
Top Pitcher: Ben Spunde (Elmira, ON)
 
Softball
Rookie of the Year: Abi Suffel (Whitby, ON)
"Richard Snowden" MVP: Alexis Pereira (Newmarket, ON)
"Jim Nemish" Leadership Award: Nicole Mancini (Toronto, ON)
Top Pitcher: Morgan Salter (Battersea, ON)
 
Golf
"Gary Pettit" Men's MVP: Nathanial Coombes (Port Perry, ON)
Women's MVP: Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge, ON)
"Ryan Hughes" Rookie of the Year: Ryan Williams (Courtice, ON)
"Tyler Martin" Leadership Award: Cam Lyon (Kingston, ON)
Women's Leadership Award: Julia Davis (London, ON)
 
Women's Soccer
"Gail Reid" Rookie of the Year: Laura Smith (Queensville, ON)
"Vaso Vujanovic" MVP: Bailey Colangelo (Whitby, ON)
"Gord Oliver" Leadership Award: Shannon Brown (Whitby, ON)
 
Men's Soccer
"Mario Bombino" Rookie of the Year: Isaac Moniz (Pontypool, ON)
"Vaso Vujanovic" MVP: Garrett Werner (Ajax, ON)
"Gord Oliver" Leadership Award: Ryan Cullen (Pickering, ON)
 
Indoor Soccer
Women's MVP: Jessica Ferreira (Ajax, ON)
Men's MVP: Joshua Lee (Ajax, ON)
 
Women's Rugby
Rookie of the Year: Shay Morris (Ajax, ON)
MVP: Sam Gates (Uxbridge, ON)
Leadership Award: Heather Bews (Whitby, ON)
 
Men's Rugby
Rookie of the Year: Brendyn Beck (Port Hope, ON)
MVP: Malcolm Hooper (Orangeville, ON)
Leadership Award: Liam Spafford (Oshawa, ON)
 
Women's Basketball
"Lindsay Panchan" Rookie of the Year: Onika Leveridge (Scarborough, ON)
"Bonnie Slaughter" MVP: Rusheda Gibbs (Winnipeg, MB)
Leadership Award: Jillian Thompson (Oshawa, ON)
 
Men's Basketball
"Anthony Batchelor" Rookie of the Year: Keeth Tennant (Toronto, ON)
"Ted Harrison" MVP: RJ Stephenson (Markham, ON)
"Ernie Rainbow" Leadership Award: Angelo Sarsonas (Toronto, ON)
 
Women's Volleyball
"Carol Cruwys-Hart" Rookie of the Year: Brooke Young (Chestermere, AB)
"Stan Marchut" MVP: Mia Hildebrandt (Winnipeg, MB)
Leadership Award: Katie Stewart (Gananoque, ON)
 
Men's Volleyball
"David Dobson" Rookie of the Year: Kyle Travis (Courtice, ON)
"Laurence Bishop" MVP: Tyler Jegen (Calgary, AB)
Leadership Award: Quinton Hudgins (Port Perry, ON)
 
Esports
Rocket League MVP: Drew Fairbrother (Bradford, ON)
Hearthstone MVP: Nick Heise (Barrie, ON)
League of Legends MVP: Kyle McDonald (Cornwall, ON)
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate MVP: Nathan Thompson (Oshawa, ON)
CS:GO MVP: Eric Duthie (Pickering, ON)
Valorant MVP: Matt Kot (Whitby, ON)
Rainbow Six Siege MVP: Connor Coombs (Uxbridge, ON)
Leadership Award: Jack Dryswak (Newcastle, ON)