Eighteen Tri-City residents were named recipients of the 2nd annual Burnaby Mountain Selects (BMS) field lacrosse scholar-athlete awards, it was announced Tuesday.
Brent Hoskins, head coach of the Simon Fraser University men's team and executive director of the Burnaby Mountain Lacrosse Elite Development Program, named the winners via a press release.
The prestigious awards were developed to recognize academic achievement and on-field excellence for each scholastic year. This year's BMS scholar-athlete awards recognize a total of 56 student-athletes who competed in the fall 2010 and/or summer 2011 BMS Elite Touring program and achieved an academic average of 80% or higher for the 2010-2011 school year.
This year's class comes from public and private schools in 19 communities across B.C.'s Lower Mainland, the Interior and Washington state.
Winners include Anmore's Dylan Kaminski (midfield); Coquitlam's Gordy Bowden (goal); Dylan Chand (defence); John Hofseth (midfield); Robert Hofseth (midfield); Julian Infanti (midfield); Josh Kemp (attack); Jordan Stroup (midfield); Mark Sund (defence); Ethan Ticehurst (midfield); Alex Thomson (defence); Port Coquitlam's Kyran Clarke (attack); Brodie Gillespie (midfield); Ryland Hemmerling-Rees (midfield); Will Kinnaird (defence); Gordie Phillips (defence); Nick Theobald (defence); and Port Moody's Kyle Dozzi (defence). Each of the scholar-athlete winners will also be acknowledged for their outstanding academic achievement and receive an award certificate at the next Maple Leaf Awards Dinner in January 2012, an event that celebrates youth and collegiate field lacrosse in B.C.
