Posted on March 23: McMaster celebrates athletic excellence

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McMaster's Department of Athletics and Recreation announced the award winners for 2003/2004 at the annual athletic awards presentation and celebration Monday.

The Ivor Wynne Award for the Male Athlete of the Year was shared between McMaster basketball all-Canadian Adam Guiney and McMaster football all-Canadian Jesse Lumsden.

The Female Athlete of the Year Award was presented to CIS gold medal winning wrestler Pam Wilson.

The Dr. Ray Johnson trophy for the graduating player that demonstrates leadership on and off the field while exhibiting the “Spirit of McMaster” was awarded to OUA all around men's rugby player of the year Harry Cheung.

The Dr. Edna Guest Award for the graduating player that participated in varsity sports each year at McMaster that displays outstanding athletic ability and the “Spirit of McMaster” is co-president of the McMaster Athletic Council, and women's volleyball player Deborah VanBolderen.

The Bruce Cochrane Award for the support personnel person that has best demonstrated dedication and service is Matt Wood, the manager of the men's basketball team.

The Les Prince Award for Community service went to Katrina Cox, the outreach co-ordinator on the McMaster Athletic Council and a member of the women's swimming team.

The Joyce Wignall Award for Community service by a team was presented to the McMaster fencing team for providing more than 300 hours of service and raising nearly $4,200 for charity.

McMaster also presented the team MVP awards to: Chris Barnes (men's badminton); Erin Parkes (women's badminton); Jeremy Paikin (baseball); Adam Guiney & Ben Katz (men's basketball); Christin Dickenson (women's basketball); Tanya Kahkonen (cheerleading); Tyler Murphy (men's cross country); Rosalind Mullins (women's cross country); Sasha Banks (fastpitch); Margo Sloan (women's fencing); Stefan Muniak (men's fencing); Amandev Aulakh (field hockey); Jesse Lumsden (football (offensive)); Tristan Clovis (football (defensive)); Andrew McCarthy (men's golf); Kali Webber (gymnastics); Katy Renaud (women's lacrosse); Nick Reed (men's lacrosse); Dominik Roos (men's rowing); Katie Moyer (women's rowing); Nicole Nerling (women's rugby); Aaron Carpenter (men's rugby); Sandra Hill (women's soccer); Ross Jones (men's soccer); Carly Thompson (women's squash); Sanjeev Chada (men's squash); Iain Greensmith (men's swimming); Naomi Cermak (women's swimming); Jay Barlow (men's tennis); Anne DeNure (women's tennis); Rosalind Mullins (women's track (distance)); Rob Switzer (men's track (distance)); Jaclyn Durante (women's track (sprint)); Glenn Brooks (men's track (sprint)); Arin Bush (women's volleyball); Sean Panchal (men's volleyball); Laurie Hendrie (women's waterpolo); Jon Markle (men's waterpolo); Josiah Boyd (men's wrestling); Pam Wilson (women's wrestling).

McMaster presented the “M”, and Plaque awards to varsity athletes that have accumulated the required number of points under the varsity award system.

McMaster also recognized Hamilton Spectator sportswriter Ken Peters, who will be leaving the McMaster beat to cover the Hamilton Tigercats.