OTTAWA – Fifth-year University of Calgary Dinos forward
Ross Bekkering has earned a spot on the second All-Canadian team for the second straight season.
The award, announced Thursday night at the CIS All-Canadian Reception in advance of the Final 8 national championship tournament, follows a similar nod in 2008-09 for Bekkering, who will wrap up his stellar career with the Dinos at Scotiabank Place this weekend.
Seventh-seeded Calgary takes on No. 2 Cape Breton, the Atlantic champions, in the first game of the tournament. Quarterfinal action gets underway at 12:30 p.m. local (10:30 a.m. MT), and the game will be broadcast live on SSNCanada.ca.
Calgary native Josh Whyte of the UBC Thunderbirds earned the evening’s highest honour, taking home the Mike Moser Trophy as the CIS Player of the Year.
Other CIS major award winners announced during the All-Canadian Banquet at the Marriott Hotel in Ottawa were Cape Breton forward Phillip Nkrumah of Malton, Ont., who was named the nation’s top defensive player; Brock guard Clinton Springer-Williams of London, Ont., who received the Dr. Peter Mullins trophy as rookie of the year; UBC’s Kevin Hanson of Vancouver, who captured a second Stuart W. Aberdeen memorial trophy as coach of the year; and Dalhousie’s Andrew Sullivan of Riverview, N.B., who received the Ken Shields award recognizing his excellence in basketball, academics and community involvement.
Bekkering closes his career as the sixth-best scorer (1,424 points) and the all-time leading rebounder (914) in University of Calgary history. He is just the third player in school history to receive two All-Canadian selections, joining Richard Bohne and Karl Tilleman as players with that distinction.
2009-2010 CIS MEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
Mike Moser memorial trophy (player of the year): Josh Whyte, UBC
Defensive player of the year: Phillip Nkrumah, Cape Breton
Dr. Peter Mullins trophy (rookie of the year): Clinton Springer-Williams, Brock
Stuart W. Aberdeen memorial trophy (coach of the year), presented by Coaches of Canada: Kevin Hanson, UBC
Ken Shields award (outstanding student-athlete / community service): Andrew Sullivan, Dalhousie
First Team All-Canadians
G Josh Whyte, UBC
G Josh Gibson-Bascombe, Ottawa
PG Christian Upshaw, StFX
G Showron Glover, Saskatchewan
F Keenan Jeppesen, McMaster
Second Team
F Kevin McCleery, Carleton
F Ross Bekkering, Calgary
G Matthew Thornhill, McGill
G Joel Haywood, Saint Mary’s
F Andrew Wedemire, Western
All-Rookie Team
G/F Clinton Springer-Williams, Brock
G Jordan Baker, Alberta
F Owen Klassen, Acadia
PG Olivier Bouchard, McGill
G Emanual Pasquale, Laurentian
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