Burnaby Winter Club product Kimberly Newell was named the rookie of the year for the Princeton University women's hockey team.
The true freshman goalie jumped into the starting role, finishing her first season in NCAA Division I with a 0.915 save percentage, a 2.90 goals against average and a record of 1014-2. She was also named an East Coast conference player of the week in February.
Last week, Newell was the youngest player invited to Hockey Canada's under22 national goaltenders camp in Calgary.
Scholar athlete
Simon Fraser University track and field athlete Helen Crofts was voted the 2012/13 Great Northwest Athletic Conference female scholar-athlete of the year.
Crofts will now be candidate for the 2013 Conference Commissioners scholar athlete of the year award, which will be selected this summer.
The award comes a week after Crofts was named the conference co-female athlete of the year.
Crofts had an impressive career not only on the track, but also in the classroom, compiling a near-perfect 4.14 grade-point average.
A biological science major with a concentration in cells, molecules and physiology, Crofts compiled the highest grade point average among Clan athletes this year, earning the Bill DeVries Award for excellence in academics and athletics.
Crofts accomplished her classroom standing while winning two national titles and four All-American awards at the NCAA indoor and outdoor national championships.
Team inducted
Columbus FC, one of B.C.'s and Canada's most successful soccer clubs, was recently inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.
Founded in 1953, Columbus celebrated its 60th season this year and was recognized as an organization of distinction at the ceremony held in Toronto.
