Niagara College held its athletic banquet Tuesday. Pictured left to right are female athlete of the year Janee Harrison, male rookie athlete of the year Matthew Takacs, college president Sean Kennedy, female rookie athlete of the year Sam Cormier and male athlete of the year Carter Thurman.

St. Catharines native Janee Harrison was named Niagara College’s female athlete of the year at the school’s awards banquet Tuesday night.

The six-foot guard/forward led the Knights to a bronze medal at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association championships, in the process earning a player of the game award in the semifinals and a spot on the tournament all-star team. She led Niagara in scoring at the OCAA championships contributing 13 points and nine rebounds in the semifinal and 14 points and 20 rebounds in the bronze medal game against St. Clair. Harrison was a Second Team OCAA All-Star after averaging 12.1 points and six rebounds per game. The policing foundations major  also excelled in the classroom, earning an OCAA All-Academic Award and being named a CCAA Academic All-Canadian.

“We are extremely proud of Janee. She put the work in over the summer and throughout the year to have a bounceback season,” Niagara head coach Chris Rao said. “These awards are often tied to team success. We had a very good year as a team and it’s great to see that recognized by this award. Janee battled so much this year personally and injury-wise and maintained a high level through it all.”

Other major award winners were: male athlete of the year Carter Thurman; female rookie athlete of the year Sam Cormier; male rookie athlete of the year Matthew Takacs; Jamira Rousseau, female top leadership award; Reggie Williams, male top leadership award; Tori Hultink, female top scholastic award; Ethan Alino-Dela Cruz, male top scholastic award; male tournament sport player of the year Aidan Mcvey; Rao, Ralph Nero Memorial Award for coaching excellence and outstanding contributions to student recruitment and retention; and, Danny Cvetanovic, Niagara’s student administrative council operations manager, winner of the Luciano Berardocco Memorial Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to intercollegiate athletics.

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