VANCOUVER (CIS) – The 2015-16 CIS men's basketball major award winners and all-Canadians were announced Wednesday night during the All-Canadian Awards Gala held at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver.
AUS rookie of the year Jordan Aquino-Serjue, from the Dalhousie Tigers, was named to the CIS all-rookie team.
Mike L'Africain, a fifth-year guard from the University of Ottawa, was named the CIS player of the year in men's basketball, on Wednesday night.
L'Africain, a communications student from Oakville, Ont., became the second straight Gee-Gee to claim the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy after former teammate guard Johnny Berhanemeskel, who was the program's first-ever recipient in 2015.
Other CIS award winners announced were fellow Ottawa guard Caleb Agada, who was voted the defensive player of the year; Windsor guard Isiah Osborne, who received the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy as rookie of the year; Ryerson sideline boss Patrick Tatham, who merited the Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy as the TIMEX coach of the year; as well as McGill guard Vincent Dufort, who earned the Ken Shields Award in recognition of his excellence in basketball, academics and community involvement.
The ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS championship, hosted by the University of British Columbia, gets under way Thursday at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre and culminates Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time (8:30 p.m. Eastern) with the national final, live on Sportsnet 360. Saturday's semifinals are also live on Sportsnet 360 (3 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. Pacific), while all 11 games from the eight-team tournament will be streamed on www.CIS-SIC.tv.
ALL-CANADIAN TEAMS
The all-Canadian teams were also announced on Wednesday.
Joining CIS MVP Mike L'Africain of Ottawa on the top unit were forward Dani Elgadi of Brock (19.9 points & 11.7 rebounds per game), as well as guards Thomas Cooper of Calgary (25.8 ppg), Javon Masters of UNB (28.0 ppg) and Kewyn Blain of UQAM (17.5 ppg).
Masters has claimed the CIS scoring title in each of his three campaigns with the Varsity Reds. He received the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy and was named a second-team all-Canadian in his university debut in 2014, before meriting first-team status for the first time a year ago.
The second CIS dream squad for 2015-16 is comprised of five guards, including Aaron Best of Ryerson, Tyler Scott of UPEI, Kevon Parchment of Fraser Valley, Kaza Kajami-Keane of Carleton and Jordan Jensen-Whyte of UBC.
It marked Scott's second straight selection to the second group.
The first-year standouts joining Isiah Osborne of Windsor on this season's all-rookie squad are guards Jordan Aquino-Serjue of Dalhousie and Chan De Ciman of Saskatchewan, along with forwards Brody Clarke of Alberta and Abdul Kamane of Bishop's.
2015-2016 CIS MEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
*Atlantic conference recipients in bold
Mike Moser Memorial Trophy (player of the year): Mike L'Africain, Ottawa
Defensive player of the year: Caleb Agada, Ottawa
Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy (rookie of the year): Isiah Osborne, Windsor
Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy (TIMEX coach of the year): Patrick Tatham, Ryerson
Ken Shields Award (basketball, academics & community service): Vincent Dufort, McGill
Pos. Athlete University Year Hometown Academic Program
First Team
G Michael L'Africain Ottawa 5 Oakville, Ont. Communications
G Thomas Cooper Calgary 4 Chattanooga, Tenn. Social Sciences
G Javon Masters UNB 3 Kitchener, Ont. Arts
G Kewyn Blain UQAM 3 Saint-Léonard, Que. Physical Education
F Dani Elgadi Brock 3 Waterloo, Ont. Undeclared Arts
Second Team
G Aaron Best Ryerson 5 Scarborough, Ont. Business Management
G Tyler Scott UPEI 4 Halifax, N.S. Arts
G Kevon Parchment Fraser Valley 5 Scarborough, Ont. Kinesiology & Phy. Ed.
G Kaza Kajami-Keane Carleton 4 Ajax, Ont. Communications
G Jordan Jensen-Whyte UBC 4 Calgary, Alta. Arts
All-Rookie Team
G Isiah Osborne Windsor 1 Windsor, Ont. Human Kinetics
F Brody Clarke Alberta 1 Toronto, Ont. Engineering
F Abdul Kamane Bishop's 1 Montreal, Que. Sociology
G Jordan Aquino-Serjue Dalhousie 1 Montreal, Que. Kinesiology
G Chan De Ciman Saskatchewan 1 Regina, Sask. Engineering
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Source: CIS Communications