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STMC hands out athletic awards

Burnaby independent school also gave out Knight of the Year honours

 

Zion Corrales-Nelson and Justin DesLauriers were named the senior athletes of the year at St. Thomas More Collegiate.

Caileen Corbett and Anthony Prpic picked up the girls’ and boys’ junior athletes of the year, respectively, while Shiloh Corrales-Nelson and Michael Risi were the Grade 8 athletes of the year at the Burnaby independent school.

STM also handed out its Knight of the Year awards.

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Zion Corrales-Nelson, in red, was named the senior female athlete of the year at St. Thomas More Collegiate this season. - courtesy Wilson Wong/UBC athletics

Taylor McIntosh won the senior award over runner-ups Alessandro Te, Ivan Anicic, Julia Halabourda and Nabil Ali-Mohamad.

Joel Calica was named Grade 11 Knight over a shortlist of Renzelle Mendoza, Stephanie Von Reidemann, Lachlan Williams and Olivia Padron.

Andrew Juni took the junior Knight honour.

Anthony Prpic, Juliana Casas and Maria Napolitano were also nominated.

Grade 9 Knight of the Year went to Maya Mistry. Jana Galvez, Tyler Eckert and Joshua Marchese were runners-up.

Daniel Auld won Grade 8 Knight of the Year, while Mathew Ponis, Sara Smyth and Amanda Silveri were also nominated.

Winners of the age-grade spirt awards were Gabriella Bellini, Kayla Hayek, Luke Bondi, Natalie Nelson and Lorenzo Cirillo.

David Durnberger won the Larry Johnston Memorial Award for STM’s outstanding citizen.