(VANCOUVER, B.C.) - Jessie Noseworthy of the Memorial Sea-Hawks women's soccer team has been named the 2015 recipient of the CIS student-athlete community service award.
The national awards awards banquet took place Wednesday evening in Vancouver. The 2015 CIS women's soccer championship is being hosted Nov. 12-15 by the University of British Columbia.
Noseworthy became the second Sea-Hawk to win the award, following Samantha Hansford in 2010.
In her third AUS season, the talented striker was named a first-team all-star after finishing fourth in the conference with a team-leading nine goals in 13 league games.
The St. John's native is an exemplary student-athlete, balancing athletics, academics and extensive community involvement. The nursing student is a long-time volunteer with the Easter Seals program, teaching weekly swim lessons to children with physical and mental disabilities. She also volunteers with the Ronald McDonald House Home for Dinner Program and with Eastern Health in the palliative care unit.
A driving force behind the Street Reach Christmas Stockings drive, Noseworthy is in her second year of coordinating the initiative in which the Memorial varsity athletics community collects personal care items and small gifts to put together Christmas stockings for a local organization.
Last June, Noseworthy travelled on a four-week volunteer trip to India, spending time time in a small Tibetan refugee village and travelling to different Tibetan schools, monasteries and old age homes. Along with some of her teammates, she has also volunteered with the Association for New Canadians to coordinate and organize a food drive at home soccer games, with all food collected being donated to the annual Thanksgiving dinner.
"We are very proud of Jessie and all that she accomplishes," said Memorial head coach Mike Power. "She is a tremendous leader in our community and on our team. Jessie's output as a student-athlete is extremely impressive and we are thrilled she has been honoured with this award."
The other nominees were McGill defender Julia Vetere, Guelph defender Bianca Ferlisi and Alberta midfielder Annalise Schellenberg.
The complete list of national awards winners is below. (Recipients from the Atlantic conference are in bold.)
CIS WOMEN'S SOCCER: 2015 AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
Chantal Navert Memorial Award (player of the year): Nour Ghoneim, York
Rookie of the year: Rachel Hutchinson, Trinity Western
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Jessie Noseworthy, Memorial
Coach of the year: Helder Duarte, Laval
First Team
Pos. - Athlete - University - Year - Hometown - Academic Program
GK - Marie-Joëlle Vandal - Laval - 2 - Lavaltrie, Que. - Occupational Therapy
D - Mélissa Roy - Laval - 2 - Lévis, Que. - Education
D - Emily Nickerson - Acadia - 3 - Coldbrook, N.S. - Kinesiology
M - Audrey Lagarde - Sherbrooke - 3 - Laval, Que. - Education
M - Tamara Brown - Cape Breton - 3 - Whitby, Ont. - Arts
M - Vanessa Kovacs - TWU - 5 - North Delta, B.C. - Business
M - Sarah Wong - York - 5 - Toronto, Ont. - Kin. & Health Science
S - Emma Greig - Victoria - 5 - Tofino, B.C. - Science
S - Nour Ghoneim - York - 4 - Aurora, Ont. - Psychology
S - Meghan Earle - Acadia - 3 - Mount Pearl, Nfld. - Kinesiology
S - Pilar Khoury - Ottawa - 5 - Ottawa, Ont. - Health Sciences
Second Team
GK - Ally Williamson - TWU - 4 - Langley, B.C. - General Studies
D - Kylie Bordeleau - UOIT - 4 - Cambridge, Ont. - Health Sciences
D - Meagan Manson - Saskatchewan - 4 - Prince Albert, Sask. - Business
D - Shannon Wood - York - 5 - Brampton, Ont. - Education
M - Hannah Rivkin - Memorial - 4 - St. John's, Nfld. - Biochemistry
M - Maude Leblanc - Montreal - 1 - St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. - Physical Ed. & Health
M - Nicole Lyon - Laurier - 2 Kitchener, Ont. - Sociology
M - Arielle Roy-Petitclerc - Laval - 3 - St-Nicolas, Que. - Sports Intervention
S - Marie-Ève Jacques - Sherbrooke - 4 - Sherbrooke, Que. - Pharmacology
S - Keona Simmonds - Cape Breton - 2 - Brampton, Ont. - Arts
S - Jasmin Dhanda - UBC - 3 - Surrey, B.C. - Kinesiology
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Source: CIS Communications