ST. PAUL - While a list of awards were handed out to student athletes from St. Paul Regional High School on June 11 through a virtual recording posted to the St. Paul Education YouTube channel, two awards were notably missing from the list.
"This year as a coaching staff, we have decided that it would be too difficult to award our female and male Athlete of the Year without being able to fully participate in all of our scheduled sports," said Hank Smid, athletic director for the school. "Some students did not get the opportunity to compete in sports that they normally would have, and there are a number of students in both categories where the point totals are very close."
Classes were cancelled just as the badminton season was set to begin. The RCMP Road Race, which typically takes place in May, was cancelled, along with the entire track and field season. This left the point totals incomplete and inaccurate, said Smid, adding, it was a difficult decision to make.
Results from this year's athletic awards include:
Golf
Most Valuable Player Female – Sophie Pasitney
Most Valuable Player Male – Colin Pasitney
Cross Country
Male MVP – Dustin Dubrule
Female MVP – Denver Graling
Outstanding Performance – Shawn Lysons
Football
Most Valuable Player-Braden Paziuk
Heart- Kyler Tichkowsky
Top Defensive Player- Lane Peters
Rookie of The Year- Tyler Foote
Most Improved Player-Tulsen Wells
Best Offensive Lineman-Kise White and Dawson Poliakiwski
Best Defensive Lineman-Brady Fodness
Leadership- Adam Berlinguette
Volleyball
Sr. Boys
Most Valuable Player – Dustin Dubrule
Rookie of the Year – Colin Pasitney
Sr. Girls
Most Valuable Player – Taylor Hebert
Impact Athlete Award – Sarah Mistol and Samantha Silva
Most Improved – Trista St. Arnault
Rookie of the Year – Jessie Kurek and Lexis Ouellette
Leadership Award – Sarah Silva and Jorja Gates
Curling
Ladies Most Valuable Player – Cameron Kuzma
Men’s Most Valuable Player - Blake Gratton
Mixed Most Valuable Player – Logan Gratton
Most Sportsmanlike Award – Cameron Kuzma and Grace Fontaine
Most Improved Player – Justin St. Arnault
Basketball
SPAA Girls
Most Valuable Player – Sophie Pasitney
Rookie of the Year – Jordyn Papirny
Heart Award – Sydney Leroux
SPAA Boys
Most Valuable Player – Evan Gamache
Sportsmanship Award – John Francis Sapigao
Rookie of the Year – Dax Johnstone
Sr. Boys
Most Valuable Player – Dustin Dubrule
Rookie of the Year – Colin Pasitney, Ted Dorceus, Lucas Debelt
Sr. Girls
Outstanding Players of the Player – Jorja Gates, Sarah Silva and Samantha Silva
Leadership Award – Alyssa Adkins
Rookie of the Year – Jessie Kurek
The Grade 12 graduating athletes competing in two sports or more for all three years of high school are: Sarah Silva, Dustin Dubrule, Jorja Gates, Josh Foote, Georgia Doonanco, Tristan Masse, Cameron Kuzma, Kyler Tichkowsky, Brooke Kotowich, Blake Gratton, Sophie Pasitney, Dreden Mahingan, Keeley Dell, Braden Paziuk, Hannah Faucher, Kise White, Kaylee Krawchuk, David Campeau, and Milla Boisvert.
