2022/2023 VARSITY ATHLETIC AWARDS
Adrian Chin & Savic Vellios
Grade 12 Male Athletes of the Year
Bill Gray Memorial Award
Adrian was the leader on both of our Senior Boys Volleyball and Golf Teams. His poise and inner-confidence was the perfect reference point for our teams to embrace, reflect and be inspired to compete in their respective leagues. Savic was an integral member of our Senior Boys Soccer team. Named team captain, Savic utilized his determination, work ethic and dynamic skill-set to lead our team throughout the season and playoffs.
Grade 12 Male Athletes of the Year
Bill Gray Memorial Award
Adrian was the leader on both of our Senior Boys Volleyball and Golf Teams. His poise and inner-confidence was the perfect reference point for our teams to embrace, reflect and be inspired to compete in their respective leagues. Savic was an integral member of our Senior Boys Soccer team. Named team captain, Savic utilized his determination, work ethic and dynamic skill-set to lead our team throughout the season and playoffs.
Anisa Mendoza, Angela Santico, & Erika Sunga
Grade 12 Female Athletes of the Year
Diane Murphy Memorial Award
Anisa, Angela and Erika all were multisport athletes; Anisa (Volleyball and Ultimate), Angela (Volleyball & Soccer), Erika (Basketball & Soccer). All three were integral in helping their respective teams compete during their seasons. All three were the easy choices to be team leaders and captains who demonstrated peak levels of respect, fair play and upholding the values of our Varsity Athletics program.
Grade 12 Female Athletes of the Year
Diane Murphy Memorial Award
Anisa, Angela and Erika all were multisport athletes; Anisa (Volleyball and Ultimate), Angela (Volleyball & Soccer), Erika (Basketball & Soccer). All three were integral in helping their respective teams compete during their seasons. All three were the easy choices to be team leaders and captains who demonstrated peak levels of respect, fair play and upholding the values of our Varsity Athletics program.
Syahira Munawar
Grade 12 Female Sportsmanship
Florence Peterson Memorial Award
Syahira personified this Sportsmanship award. She consistently demonstrated all the quality traits of being a student-athlete at Burnaby South by putting her maximum effort into the multiple sports she participated on.
Grade 12 Female Sportsmanship
Florence Peterson Memorial Award
Syahira personified this Sportsmanship award. She consistently demonstrated all the quality traits of being a student-athlete at Burnaby South by putting her maximum effort into the multiple sports she participated on.
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Philippe Bamba, Ericka Cortez, Gisselle Gierczak,
Fiona Hng, Syahira Munawar, Erika Sunga, Felicia Wong, & Rainbow Yang RAC Scholarships - Through her entire five-year high school career, Zyre has epitomized sportsmanship both on and off the Varsity athletic arena court. In each of her grade years, she was a multi-sport athlete being a premier athlete on each of the teams she played on. Zyre's dedication to our Athletics' program extended to game operations and varsity events. She was always willing to lend her spare time to help ensure our events ran smoothly. She easily assumed the role of senior leader mentoring our younger RAC students in event hosting and officiating. Zyre's newly found passion for photography helped our program capture stunning action photos of our student-atheletes and events that we will cherish for years to come. |
Philippe Bamba, Ericka Cortez, & Rainbow Yang
RAC Administration, Sportsmanship Ability in Sports
Ernie Fletcher Memorial Award
Philippe, Ericka and Rainbow were the cornerstones of our Rebels Athletic Crew (RAC) team for our 2022/23 Varsity Athletic Season. All three were immense in keeping our RAC team focused and on-task to help guide our team in hosting our various Varsity home games, tournaments and school-related events.
Philippe, Ericka and Rainbow were instrumental in setting up a culture to recruit, train and develop new RAC team members. They collectively strategized and successfully implemented systems that will help further sustain the RAC movement within the school community of Burnaby South. Their work has been deeply valued and are grateful for their work and their continued support, now as alumni, to our RAC team.
RAC Administration, Sportsmanship Ability in Sports
Ernie Fletcher Memorial Award
Philippe, Ericka and Rainbow were the cornerstones of our Rebels Athletic Crew (RAC) team for our 2022/23 Varsity Athletic Season. All three were immense in keeping our RAC team focused and on-task to help guide our team in hosting our various Varsity home games, tournaments and school-related events.
Philippe, Ericka and Rainbow were instrumental in setting up a culture to recruit, train and develop new RAC team members. They collectively strategized and successfully implemented systems that will help further sustain the RAC movement within the school community of Burnaby South. Their work has been deeply valued and are grateful for their work and their continued support, now as alumni, to our RAC team.
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Peter Boudjok & Roan Mendoza
Grade 11 Male Athletes of the Year - [Trophy Name] Peter and Roan Peter: Cross Country, Basketball & Tennis Roan: Cross Country, Basketball & Ultimate Conlin was a deserving winner of this award. He was a multi-sport athlete competing on our Varsity Swim, Basketball and Ultimate teams this year. His passion for athletics is vibrant and the ideal role model for our younger student-athletes to strive towards. Conlin is a quiet individual who lets his work ethic, pride and care for his teammates and teams speak volumes. Sport has enabled Conlin to grow his confidence and respect. Conlin has a bright future as he heads into his Senior Varsity year next year and has aspirations and is one of the front-runners to win the Grade 12 Athlete of the Year. |
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Jessica Ho & Elyse Piskacek
Grade 11 Female Athletes of the Year - Elyse Piskacek: Volleyball, Basketball & Netball Diya returns to the award stage earning the Grade 11 Athlete of the Year award with her contributions on our Senior Girls Volleyball and Basketball teams. Her tenacious work ethic and her attention to detail has helped our Volleyball and Basketball teams acheive new heights this year, with our Basketball team returning to the BC Provincial Championships. Diya is a quiet leader who lets her athleticism, industrious and passion for sport be the example for others to follow. We are excited to have Diya continue to represent the Black and Yellow and look forward to watching her compete on our Varsity teams for her Grade 12 Graduation year. |
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Kailer Edwards
Grade 10 Male Athlete of the Year - Both Jimmy and Karan have been full value on winning this prestigous award in the name of Burnaby South teacher and coach Dave Milne. Jimmy and Karan were multisport atheltes, competing to help acheive success on our Junior Boys Volleyball team and Senior Boys Basketball teams. Our Junior Boys excelled to earn a spot at the BC Invitiational Provincial Championships. Both of these young and talented players played key roles in helping our Senior Boys Basketball team win the Provincial Championships, our second school title in the past three years. Both are quiet but have a drive and burning passion to be the best they can be on the court. We are proud to have these two be the young pillars of our program and look forward to these young men become leaders on our Senior Varsity teams. |
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Laura Berger
Grade 10 Female Athlete of the Year We are proud to distinguish Emma as our Grade 10 Athlete of the Year. Emma was an elite multisport athlete, competing on our Junior Girls Volleyball team and began the work on helping organize our Junior and Senior Girls Soccer team. Whilst excelling on the court as a go-to player, she has quickly garnered the respect and trust within our Athletics' program to become a point person to help organize and complete tasks in our bustling program. Emma has a natural nurturing ability to lead by example and is always quick to help our younger members of our Athletics' program whenever help is needed. Her vibrant positivity and beaming smile has become a staple for others to embody and carry forward. We are excited to watch Emma's continued growth for her Grade 11 and 12 academic years. |
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Ricco Huang, Ethan Wang, and Nate Ulanday-Parial
Grade 9 Male Athletes of the Year Humble, kind, positive and caring are all traits that define Charley well. His care for others permiates through his pours, for others to see and do themselves. Along with this caring side, is also a wildly competitive and hard-working side that enables Charley to succeed as a multisport Athlete. Charley was a member of our Grade 9 Boys Basketball and Volleyball teams this year and would have been a member of our Ball Hockey team if a spring season was to be completed. We are excited to have Charley as a member of our vibrant program and look forward to his continued development both in and out of the sporting arena. |
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Celina Gandhi & Erin Knoll
Grade 9 Female Athletes of the Year - Carol was a multi-sport athlete, competing on our Grade 9 Volleyball and Junior Co-ed Badminton teams this year. Although our Badminton season was cut short, Carol's work ethic and sportsmanship was on full display during our Volleyball season. Carol has quickly gained the trust of her coaches and team-mates with her industriousness and her eagerness to compete to get better every single day. We are excited to have a front row seat for Carol's Grade 10 Varsity season next year. |
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Angelo Dela Cruz
Grade 8 Male Athlete of the Year - With the early conclusion to our 2020 Varsity season, left us with six deserving recipients for our Grade 8 Boys Athlete of the Year award. Matthew Aprim, Akash Seth, Peter Boujdok, Mitchell Rahman, Marcel Tesson and Roan Mendoza were all members of our Basketball and Volleyball teams. Above their performance on the court, they were all involved in our Athletics' program helping RAC host our many Rebels Classic Varsity tournaments. |
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Corina Huang, Rachel Kim, Semiah Lail, Yusy Mahmood, Lauren Mukai, & Ella Suarez.
Grade 8 Female Athlete of the Year - Both Tracy and Jessica were well deserving of winning this award as they competed on our Volleyball and Basketball teams this year. They were always seen playing hard in games and practices to help our teams compete. Both of these young ladies have been tremendous additions to our RAC team as their smiles and bring constanst positivity was always welcomed. We are fortunate to have these two young student-athletes in our program for years to come! |