It’s been a month filled with awards and honours for RDC Athletics. For the Kings Basketball team, Ian Tevis has been selected as the 2016-17 ACAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.

In a release, RDC Athletic Director Diane St-Denis says “It’s great to see Ian acknowledged for his strong season, He’s the first Kings Basketball player ever to receive this honour, and it means a great deal to our basketball program and to RDC Athletics as a whole to have our student athletes recognized for their high level of play within the ACAC.”

In addition to being named Player of the Year, Tevis was also named to the ACAC Men’s Basketball All-Conference First Team, which recognizes him as one of the top five players in the conference. Two other members of Kings Basketball also received All-Conference recognition at the ACAC Men’s Basketball Award Presentations held at Medicine Hat College on March 1st. Forward Shayne Stumpf and forward Matt Matear were both named to the All-Conference Second Team, acknowledging them as top 10 players in the conference as voted on by other coaches.

Elsewhere, the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Curling season has concluded and RDC is pleased to announce that Marla Sherrer, Skip of the Women’s Curling team has received the prestigious honour of being named the 2016-17 ACAC Female Curler of the Year. Sherrer led her team to a tie for second at this year’s Regionals. At the 2016-17 ACAC Curling Championships, the team finished first in the round robin and then won their first playoff game before earning silver.

In a release, Curling Head Coach Brad Hamilton says “Marla has done a great job helping the team adjust to having two new players this year, and they’ve had a strong season.”

Also, some Queens hockey players have been named to ACAC All-Conference teams. Forwards, Ashley Graf and Jade Petrie were both named to the All-Conference First Team, while goaltender Tracie Kikuchi and forward Emily Swier received All-Conference Second Team Awards. All four student-athletes received the honours at the 2016-17 ACAC Women’s Hockey Finals on March 4th at Grant MacEwan University.

In a release, Kelly Coulter, Queens Hockey Head Coach says “Having these players acknowledged helps our team by recognizing the type of student-athletes they are and the skills that are needed to play at this level. They help set the bar for the attributes a Queens hockey player and ACAC student-athletes should have to be successful at the college level.”