UPEI Captures Three of Six Major AUS Soccer Awards
The major AUS soccer awards were released on November 3. UPEI players captured three out of six major awards. Male AUS Soccer MVP is Ryan Anstey, Female AUS Soccer MVP is Amy Connolly, and Female AUS Soccer Rookie of the Year is Tessa Roche. See details below:
Women's Soccer Major Awards Announced-Two Panthers
UPEI-Amy Connolly - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2005 women's soccer major award-winners as selected by the conference's head coaches.
The 2005 Atlantic University Sport Player of the Year is fifth year centre midfielder Amy Connolly of the UPEI Panthers. Amy netted four goals this season for the high scoring Panthers and was directly involved in 75 per cent of her team's scoring. The Panthers scored a league-best 47 goals in 13 games. She is known throughout the conference as a great tackler, passer and considered to be a complete player. "Amy is the best women's player ever to wear the green and white at UPEI," says head coach Mike Redmond. "She has been the heart and soul of the Panthers program for her five years with the team." Connolly is the first UPEI women's soccer player to be named league MVP.
UPEI's Tessa Roche is the 2005 women's soccer Rookie of the Year. Roche, a first year Arts student from Pownal, led the conference and the nation in scoring this season with 15 goals in 13 games. Tessa potted nine of her goals in the final five games of the season and recorded three multiple-goal games, including a five-goal performance in a 5-0 victory over Moncton. Roche becomes the first UPEI player to be named conference Rookie of the Year.
Men's Soccer Major Awards Announced- Panther wins MVP
UPEI-Ryan Anstey(November 3, 2005) HALIFAX, NS - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2005 Men's Soccer Major Award Winners as selected by the conference's head coaches.
Ryan Anstey of the UPEI Panthers is the 2005 Atlantic University Sport Player of the Year. Ryan led the Atlantic conference and the nation in scoring this season with 15 goals was named a first team conference all-star for the third consecutive year. In five years with the Panthers, Anstey has scored 43 career regular season goals, ranking him 3rd all-time in the conference behind Dalhousie's Jeff Hibberts (47) and SMU's Ross Webb (72). UPEI's Pat O'Connell was the last Panther to be named Atlantic conference MVP. Ryan is the league's nominee for the Joe Johnson Memorial Trophy as the CIS Player of the Year. UPEI's Glen Miller (1998) is the only Panther to have received the award.
