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Courtney, Steacy earn top honours

trevor.kenney — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:40:54 +0000

Pronghorns Athletics celebrated with its annual Blue and Gold Awards Banquet recently, announcing its Male and Female Athletes of the Year, President's Award winner, Team Academic Award, as well as the respective most valuable players for each program.

Male Athlete of the Year
Andrew Courtney (men's hockey)

Over his five seasons with the Pronghorns, Andrew Courtney not only excelled on the ice, but he was active in the community, embracing the true spirit of what it means to be a Pronghorns athlete.

He was known throughout the program as the first to support other Horns teams and is actively involved in the local community with the Boys and Girls Club. Courtney also planned and executed the highly successful Movember campaign that raised over $10,000 for prostate cancer research.

On the ice, Courtney returned from a serious knee injury to finish fourth in the conference in goal scoring, leading the Horns with 14 goals. He was also 13th in the Canada West in total scoring with 23 points, despite missing all of the pre-season and the first two weeks of conference action.

Courtney finished his Pronghorn career with 43 goals and 26 assists in 97 conference games.

Female Athlete of the Year
Heather Steacy (women's track)

Throughout her Pronghorns career, Heather Steacy has become synonymous with outstanding performances. This past season she raised her performance to an unprecedented level.

Steacy opened the season by reaching a monumental mark, becoming the first woman in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history to eclipse the 20-metre mark in the weight throw with a toss of 20.28 metres at the Bison Open in Winnipeg. She followed that performance with her fourth Canada West gold medal victory, setting a new conference record of 19.82 metres in the process. Steacy was also recognized with the Outstanding Female Performance of the Meet.

Steacy completed her season by then winning silver at the CIS Championship meet in Sherbrooke, Que., her fourth medal in as many trips to the national meet.

President's Award

Emily Brown of the women's track & field team earned the President's Award, which rewards the student athlete with the highest academic standing at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. Brown achieved a GPA of 3.92, while balancing her academic and athletic commitments.

Team Academic Award

The Horns women's basketball team received the Team Academic Award for accumulating a combined GPA of 3.32.

Following are team most valuable players, as voted by their fellow team members.

Men's Soccer – Steve Brown
Women's Soccer – Kathy Curtis
Men's Hockey – Winston Day Chief and Andrew Courtney
Women's Hockey – Shelby Ballendine
Men's Basketball – Randy Davis
Women's Basketball – Becky Heninger
Men's Track – Kyle Murray
Women's Track – Heather Steacy
Women's Rugby – Kelsey Willoughby
Men's Swimming – Jeff Nicol
Women's Swimming – Jessica Kelly

This story first appeared in the Legend. For a look at the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Horns hand out year-end hardware

trevor.kenney — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:55:51 +0000

Male Athlete of the Year
Andrew Courtney (men's hockey)

Over his five seasons with the Pronghorns, Andrew Courtney not only excelled on the ice, but he was active in the community, embracing the true spirit of what it means to be a Pronghorns athlete.

Courtney finished his Pronghorn career with 43 goals and 26 assists in 97 conference games.

Female Athlete of the Year
Heather Steacy (women's track)

Throughout her Pronghorns career, Heather Steacy has become synonymous with outstanding performances. This past season she raised her performance to an unprecedented level.

Steacy completed her season by then winning silver at the CIS Championship meet in Sherbrooke, Que., her fourth medal in as many trips to the national meet.

President's Award

The Horns women's basketball team received the Team Academic Award for accumulating a combined GPA of 3.32.

Following are team most valuable players, as voted by their fellow team members.

For a look at the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Heninger, Davis named athletes of the week

trevor.kenney — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:52:09 +0000

Becky Heninger and Randy Davis, members of the Horns women's and men's basketball teams respectively, earned Pronghorn Athlete of the Week honours this week.

Heninger, a fifth-year guard and former ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary Dino, helped the Horns gain a split of two games against her former team this past weekend. On Friday night, in a Horns loss, Heninger scored a team high 23 points on 7-for-11 shooting and added five rebounds and four steals.

The next night, in the Horns' 64-52 win, Heninger scored another 16 points, hauled down five rebounds, collected five steals and chipped in three assists.

Through four games, Heninger is second in the conference in scoring and steals, averaging 18 points and four steals per contest.

Davis staked the Horns to their first victory of the season when he hit a three-point shot at the buzzer for an 80-79 victory on Friday night. The fifth-year guard had 19 points on the night as the Horns beat the Dinos in Calgary.

On Saturday night, Davis scored another 16 points and added five rebounds in a loss to the Dinos.

Through two weeks of conference action, Davis leads the Horns scoring and sits 10th on the conference scoring list, averaging 18.8 points per game.

Heninger, Matte named athletes of the week

trevor.kenney — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:09:41 +0000

Becky Heninger tormented her former team and Brian Matte made an impressive debut for his new team as each player earned Subway Pronghorn Athlete of the Week honours.

Heninger, a fourth-year guard and former ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary Dino, kicked off the second semester of Canada West women's basketball conference action with her best offensive output of the season.

Playing against her former team, the Medicine Hat native scored a team-high 21 points in only 29 minutes of action. She went 7-of-12 from the field and 7-for-8 from the free throw line as the Horns beat the Dinos 90-83 on Saturday night.

The win was the sixth in seven games for the Horns and improved their record to 6-5 on the season, tying the Dinos and ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Winnipeg for the fourth and final conference playoff position.

On the men's side, first-year forward Brian Matte made an impressive debut for the Pronghorns men's hockey team.

After joining the team following the semester break, Matte registered a team-leading eight shots on goal in his Canada West debut Friday night, a 1-0 loss to ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Manitoba Bisons.

Saturday night, the former Prince George Cougar then opened the scoring with his first CIS goal and later assisted on the game-winning goal in a 6-4 Horns win over the Bisons. He also recorded another six shots on net.

Davis, Heninger named athletes of the week

trevor.kenney — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:38:11 +0000

A pair of sweeps from the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's and women's basketball teams netted Randy Davis and Becky Heninger kudos as Subway Pronghorn Athletes of the Week.

College transfer Randy Davis had his finest weekend in a Horns uniform, combining for 41 points in the Horns' weekend sweep of the Manitoba Bisons.

Friday night, Davis picked up 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting; including 4-of-6 from behind the three point arc, in the Horns' 87-68 win over the Bisons.

The next night Davis erupted for a game and career-high 27 points, including an impressive six three-pointers, as the Horns romped to a 90-63 victory.

On the season, Davis is averaging 10.3 points in his first year with the Horns after transferring from Red Deer College.

Guard Becky Heninger came off the bench both games this past weekend and proved to be a huge spark that ignited the Pronghorns women's team in a weekend sweep of the Manitoba Bisons.

Heninger brought great defensive energy and was a part of changing the momentum in both games as the Horns extended their win streak to four.

Friday night, Heninger scored 19 points and tied for the team lead in rebounds with seven in the Horns' 98-87 win.

Saturday night, Heninger picked up another seven points and hauled in five rebounds. Her energy coming off the bench was one of the key factors as the Horns ripped off a 33-4 run in the second quarter, en route to a 89-61 win.

Through eight games this season, Heninger is third in team scoring averaging over nine points per game.

Heninger, Kadima earn awards

trevor.kenney — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:39:37 +0000

A pair of basketball players was named Pronghorn Athletes of the Week after their respective teams closed out the Canada West regular season this past weekend.

Point guard Becky Heninger wrapped up the Horns season with a pair of strong games for the women's program. She helped the Horns to a weekend split against ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Saskatchewan Huskies, giving the Horns their third win over a nationally ranked team this season.

Friday night, Heninger recorded her first double-double for the Horns, picking up 11 points and 11 rebounds in the a 65-61 loss. The next night, in a thrilling 71-70 overtime victory over the Huskies, Heninger netted seven points and grabbed four rebounds.

Senior point guard Allen Kadima, playing his final Canada West games, had a record-setting weekend in picking up the Male Athlete of the Week honour.

Over the two games, Kadima scored 24 points and added 25 assists, helping him establish a new Pronghorn single-season mark for assists with 144. Harpal Manhas set the previous record of 137 during the 1993-94 season.

Friday night, Kadima set a single-game assist mark when he dished out 16 helpers in the Horns' 87-67 win over Saskatchewan. He also scored 13 points and was credited with three rebounds in the win. On Saturday, Kadima scored another 11 points and registered nine more assists in a 102-77 loss.

Kadima led both the Canada West conference and CIS in assists per game this season, averaging 6.55 assists per contest. In only two seasons with the Horns, Kadima moved into the top-10 on the Horns' career assist list with 213 total assists.

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