Sport and Recreation
Premier’s Athletic Awards

Mitchell Grandberg, Alpine Ski – Special Olympics

• 2008 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games:
• 1^st Place – Giant Slalom (advance)
• 1^st Place – Slalom (advance)
• 2^nd Place – Downhill (advance)
• Member of Special Olympics Team Canada for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games

Alysson Marshall, Cross Country Ski

• World Junior Championships:
  • 25^th Place – Women's Sprint (free technique)
  • 32^nd Place – Women's 5km (classic technique)
• National Championship Aggregate Champion – 2^nd Place, Junior Women
• CCUNC Aggregate Champion – 2^nd Place

Kathleen McDonald, Hockey

• Invited to Hockey Canada U18 Player Identification Camp
• 2007 Team BC member – U18 National Championships
• Selected to 2008 Team BC
• BC Winter Games – Gold Medal (Okanagan U18 Team)

Gord Perrin, Volleyball

• Junior National Team Member
• NORCECA Championships 'Best Blocker' Award
• Canadian Interuniversity National Volleyball Championships – Bronze Medal with Thompson Rivers University
• Canada West Rookie of the Year

Jessica Hewitt, Speed Skating

• National Team Selection #3 – 5^th Place Overall
• 8^th Place Rank at end of 2007-08 season, earning a spot on the National Development Team
• World Cup (Salt Lake) – Bronze Medal, 3000m Relay event
• World Cup (Vancouver) – Bronze Medal, 3000m Relay event

Avital Yarosky, Cross Country Ski – Special Olympics

• 2008 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games:
  • 1^st Place – Classical 100m
  • 1^st Place – Classical 500m
  • 3^rd Place – Classical 1km
• Member of the Special Olympics Team Canada for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games

Bob Ursel, Curling

• 2007-08 Men's Provincial Curling Champion
• 2008 Canadian Championship Finalist

Curtis Gerein, Gymnastics - Trampoline

• 2008 Indo Pacific Trampoline Championships (age group 15-16) – 1^st Place Double Mini Trampoline, 3^rd Place Trampoline
• 2007 World Age Group Championships (age group 13-14) – 3^rd place Double Mini Trampoline, 11^th Place Trampoline
• 2008 Canadian Gymnastics Championships (Youth) – 2^nd Place Double Mini Trampoline, 2^nd Place Trampoline
• 2008 Canada Cup (Youth) – 1^st Place Double Mini Trampoline, 2^nd Place Trampoline

Maddison McCammon, Water Ski

• Western Canadian Championships – Silver Medals, Slalom, Trick, Jump and Overall
• Canadian National Championships:
  • Gold Medal – Slalom
  • Bronze Medal – Jump
• Member of Canada's Junior Can Am Team – Gold medal, Slalom and Team (Canada vs. USA)
• Nationally Ranked #1 – Junior Women's Slalom

Tammy Thomas, College Female – Volleyball

• Member of University of British Columbia Okanagan Women's Volleyball Team
• Canadian Colleges Athletic Association National Championships – Bronze Medal
• Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Athlete of the Month, All Canadian and Athlete of the Year Nominee
• British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association First Team All Star, Player of the Year and Silver Medallist

Matt Crosby, Freestyle Ski

• 2008 World Cup – 17^th Place, Single Moguls
• Nor-Am 2008 – 4^th Place, Single Moguls
• 2008 Canadian National Championships – 6^th Place, Single Moguls

Wiktoria Glowczynski, Alpine Ski

• Canadian Championships – 15^th Place, Super-Combined Event
• Pontiac Cup – 1^st Place Podium, Slalom Event
• Hershey Cup – 1^st Place Podium, Slalom Event
• BC Cup Speed Series – 2^nd Place Podium, Super-G

Michael Rusak, Racquetball

• Junior National Championships – 4^th Place
• Junior Provincials – 2^nd Place
• Seattle Open – 4^th Place, Elite Division