SYDNEY, N.S. – Trinity Western head coach Graham Roxburgh was named the Fox 40 Coach of the Year, as the national award winners were celebrated at the annual All-Canadian Gala Wednesday.

Roxburgh was one of our Spartans honoured at the evening event, as TWU's Elizabeth Hicks (Surrey, B.C.) and Anna Dunn (Edmonton) were both named U SPORTS First Team All-Canadians, while Tilly James (Vancouver) was named to the U SPORTS All-Rookie Team. 

TWU's Roxburgh was one of four major award winners on the night, with Calgary midfielder Montana Leonard being honoured with the Chantal Navert Memorial Award as U SPORTS women's soccer Player of the Year, while Guelph midfielder Cloey Uddenberg captured Rookie of the Year and Bishop's Defender Kayla Kyle earned the Student-Athlete Community Service Award for her outstanding contribution both on and off the playing field. 

FOX 40 COACH OF THE YEAR: Graham Roxburgh, Trinity Western
Trinity Western Spartans head coach Graham Roxburgh is the 2021 Fox 40 Coach of the Year, after being nominated for the second straight season.
 
In his 22nd season as the Spartans head coach, Roxburgh guided Trinity Western to an unblemished 11-0-1 record in 2021. The Spartans earned the top seed in Canada West's West Division and earned the Canada West conference banner, defeating UBC 1-0.

As a team, Trinity Western led the conference in scoring with 34 goals in 12 matches. The Spartans also tied for the conference lead in goals allowed, with just four, and posted a conference best nine shutouts.

The honour is the second time Roxburgh has been named the national coach of the year, having previously won in 2011. 

Nominees
CW: Graham Roxburgh, Trinity Western (Winner)
OUA: Steve Johnson, Ottawa
RSEQ: Kevin McConnell, Montreal
AUS: Mike Power, Memorial

CHANTAL NAVERT MEMORIAL AWARD (Player of the Year): Montana Leonard, Calgary
After a record-breaking season on the pitch for the Calgary Dinos, Montana Leonard was named the U SPORTS women soccer Player of the Year.
The fifth-year forward from Richmond, B.C. scored a conference record 17 times in 2021, breaking the previous record of 16 set just a season ago in 2019-20 and became the Dino's all-time leading scorer with her triumphant season
Leonard's record-breaking season helped the Dinos to a 9-2-1 mark during the regular season, and a second-place finish in the conference's Central Division.
Leonard is the fifth Dino to win the Player of the Year award, and the first since Jordan Smith in 2016.

Nominees
CW : Montana Leonard, Calgary (winner) 
OUA :    Emma Lefebvre, Ottawa    
RSEQ : Marie-Ève Bernard O'Breham, Montreal
AUS : Holly O'Neill, Memorial
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Cloey Uddenberg, Guelph
After an excellent rookie campaign with the Guelph Gryphons, midfielder Cloey Uddenberg has been named U SPORTS rookie of the year. The Richmond Hill, Ont. native who is currently in her second year of study at the Guelph, played almost every minute of every game for the Gryphons in 2021, helping lead the team to a 6-2-2 regular season record and berth in the OUA postseason as the conference's No. 5 seed. Almost immediately emerging as the engine in the Gryphons' midfield, the bio-medical science student showcased an elite level of fitness throughout the season to go along with tremendous technical skills and on-field vision.

Continuing what has already been an impressive season, Uddenberg is also expected to take part in CONCACAF Women's World Cup qualifying, where suiting up at the international level with Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Nominees
CW: Sophia Ferreira, UBC 
OUA: Cloey Uddenberg, Guelph (Winner)
RSEQ: Mara Bouchard, McGill
AUS: Megan Chiasson, Dalhousie

STUDENT-ATHLETE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: Kayla Kyle, Bishop's
Bishop's centre back Kayla Kyle is the 2021 recipient of the U SPORTS Student-Athlete Community Service Award. Kyle, fourth-year Gaiters' captain, led Bishop's throughout the 2021 RSEQ season playing in all 14 games. Kyle scored 3 goals, added 2 assists for the Gaiters. 

As a two-time Academic All-Canadian and RSEQ All-Star, Kyle has been a leader and role model within the Bishop's and Sherbrooke communities. The sociology student was an active founding member of our Bishop's University Student-Athlete Leadership Council (SALC) and was instrumental in developing the council's mission, vision, and values, while also creating a code of conduct. As a volunteer with the Jr Gaiters Program and regular community events like the Terry Fox Run, Pumpkin Patrol, Kyle has become a role model to young female athletes in the community. 

Nominees
CW: Janai Martens, Mount Royal
OUA: Sayan Ladhani, Guelph
RSEQ: Kayla Kyle, Bishop's (Winner)
AUS: Holly Buckler, Dalhousie

2021 U SPORTS WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-CANADIANS
First Team
Pos.    First Name    Last Name    School    Elig.    Hometown    Program
M    Montana     Leonard    Calgary    5    Richmond, BC    Open Studies 
F    Holly    O'Neill    Memorial    5    St. John's, NL    Business
D    Marie-Ève     Bernard O'Breham    Montréal    5    Longueuil, QC    Electrical Engineering
F    Emma    Lefebvre    Ottawa    4    Nepean, ON    Special Student 
D    Abby    Wroe    Nipissing    4    Collingwood, ON    BScN
D    Elizabeth    Hicks    Trinity Western    5    Surrey, BC    Education
M    Arielle     Roy Petitclerc    Laval    5    Lévis, QC    Business Administration
M    Mégane     Sauvé    Montréal    4    St-Hyacinthe, QC    Secondary Education
D    Lauren    Jodrey    Acadia    3    Bedford, NS    Community Development
F    Anna    Dunn    Trinity Western    4    Edmonton, AB    Education
GK    Mykaela    Volpe    Nipissing    5    Whitby, ON    Education
 
Second Team
Pos.    First Name    Last Name    School    Elig.    Hometown    Program
F    Joëlle     Mercier    Laval    4    Québec, QC    Social Work
M    Cloey    Uddenberg    Guelph    1    Richmond Hill, ON    BSCH.BIOM 
D    Trinity    Esprit    Ottawa    2    Scarborough, ON    Sociology, Psychology
F    Christie    Gray    Queen's    4    Kingston, ON    Commerce 
D    Kayla     Kyle    Bishop's    3    Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC    Social Sciences
F    Amanda    Smith    StFX    3    Ottawa, ON    BSc HK 
M    Riley    Donovan    Dalhousie    3    Toronto, ON    Psychology and Creative Writing
D    Fatou    Ndiaye    Cape Breton    4    Montréal, QC    BSc
D    Samantha     Gouveia    MacEwan    5    Edmonton, AB    Bachelor of Commerce
D    Sophia     Ferreira    UBC    1    Coquitlam, BC    Kinesiology
G    Emily    Moore    UBC     5    Victoria, BC    Arts
    
All-Rookie Team
Pos.    First Name    Last Name    School    Hometown    Program
M    Megan    Chiasson    Dalhousie    Lower Sackville, NS    Bachelor of Science
F    Claire    Langille    Memorial    Windsor Junction, NS    Science
F    Brynn    Jurus    StFX    Ancaster, ON    BSc HK 
F    Marilou     Dugrenier    Sherbrooke    Sherbrooke, QC    Preschool and Primary Education
M    Mara     Bouchard    McGill    Granby, QC    Psychology
D    Stephanie     Hill    McGill    Dollard-Des Ormeaux, QC    Physical Therapy
M    Cloey    Uddenberg    Guelph    Richmond Hill, ON    BSCH.BIOM 
F    Hannah    Harkin    Toronto    Brooklin, ON    Human Biology 
F    Cassandra    Provost    Ottawa    Acton Vale, QC    Business Science/Accounting
D    Tilly    James    Trinity Western    Vancouver, BC    Biology
M    Jayden     Berg    Calgary    Calgary, AB    Arts
F    Bianca    Cavalcanti    Manitoba     Saint-Eustache, QC    Preschool and Primary Education

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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