George Brown College turned to its veterans this year for the prestigious annual Athlete of the Year awards given for sports excellence.
And both were from the sport of basketball.
Vadim Halimov
George Brown President Anne Sado attended the event along with an array of special guests that included Perdita Felicien, a former Olympian and Canada's Golden Girl of the hurdles.
The Honourable Bal Gosal, Canada's Federal Minister of State responsible for Sport handed out awards, as did The Honourable Michael Chan, Ontario Minister of Sport and
It was the finale to a sports year highlighting excellent achievements by athletes, coaches and others involved in one of the most successful seasons in sport in the College's history.
Halimov, with a remarkable year as a shooting guard, piled up a more than 12 awards in his final year of eligibility – including Canadian College Player of the Year as well as three Ontario Colleges Athletic Association records. Poised, confident and feisty, the performance of the 6-foot-3 Halimov was powerful on the basketball hardwood and he was instrumental in the Huskies posting a 15-5 record.
The 25-year old Business Marketing student, a four-time all-star, was also nominated for Athlete of the Year in Ontario and Canada. Halimov, an Academic All-Canadian, also did well in the classroom pulling off one of the highest academic averages. On the hardwood, averaging 31.20 points a game and No. 1 in the country - he set provincial records in all-time career points, single-season scoring and free throw shooting.
Charles, from Toronto, is skilled and gifted capping her George Brown basketball career in fine fashion.
A multi-provincial all-star, the 24-year old forward was team captain had the best shooting average from the field, was the Huskies top rebounder finishing 11
Graduating this year from the Youth Worker Program, Charles is also a repeat winner of the Huskies Athlete of the Week awards and had a season high 25 points in a win over Fleming.
She has had many accomplishments in her George Brown career including a First Team all-star two years ago, a two-time team MVP and twice led the Huskies in scoring during her four year playing career.
Mark also recognized the support system – from coaches to assistants, therapists to managers – who devoted countless hours to the success of all George Brown athletes.
George Brown College also won several major awards from the OCAA including all-star selection for
Other George Brown Huskies winning awards were those chosen as Most Valuable Players for their respective teams:
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A series of special awards were also announced with the
The Michael "Pinball" Clemons Award for academic excellence went to soccer player
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