LANGLEY, B.C. – For the second year in a row, Trinity Western fourth-year men's hockey forward Jarrett Fontaine (Humboldt, Sask.) is the male winner of the Murray Hall Leadership Legacy Award, as the Spartans officially launch the unveiling of their 2019-20 Athletic Awards.  

Fontaine is joined by women's soccer defender Kristen Sakaki (Burnaby, B.C.) as this year's male and female Murray Hall Leadership Legacy Award winners. 

Fontaine is the ultimate role model within the Spartans men's hockey program. He is the team's faith leader and academic leader and he is heavily involved in volunteer opportunities throughout the Langley community. He is the Spartans captain and will help lead the men's hockey team's transition into the Canada West conference starting in 2020-21. 

On the ice, Fontaine is a clutch player who was named the BCIHL's Playoff MVP in both 2017-18 and 2018-19 as he helped TWU capture back-to-back league championships. This year, he tallied eight goals and 12 assists in 19 games, while guiding TWU to a regular season leading 19-4-0-1 record. 

Murray Hall Leadership Legacy Award
This award is a scholarship that is presented to one female and one male athlete each year who is a returning 3rd or 4th-year student and who has demonstrated significant leadership on his or her team. These student-athletes have led in such a way that he or she is leaving a legacy for his or her program and the Department that will live on for future leaders to build upon.

This award is in honour of Murray Hall, who was the Director of Athletics at TWU for 28 years, and was on staff at TWU for 32 years in total. 

SPARTAN AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT SCHEDULE
Murray Hall Legacy Leadership Legacy Awards | Kristen Sakaki (WSOC) & Jarrett Fontaine (MHKY)
Bahta Melles Awards | April 3 | 10 a.m. (PT)
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards | April 6 | 10 a.m. (PT)
Rookie of the Year Awards | April 7 | 10 a.m. (PT)
Athlete of the Year Awards | April 8 | 10 a.m. (PT)
Complate Champion Awards | April 9 | 10 a.m. (PT)

About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 29 Canada West team championships.

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