(MONTREAL, Que.) Dalhousie forward Gracious Kasheke earned the Student-Athlete Community Service Award for his outstanding contribution both on and off the playing field Wednesday morning, as the national award winners were celebrated at the annual All-Canadian breakfast.
AUS student-athletes from Cape Breton, StFX and UNB were honoured as U SPORTS all-Canadians, while players from the Capers, Memorial Sea-Hawks and Saint Mary's Huskies earned a place on the national all-rookie team.
Montreal midfielder Aboubacar Sissoko was honoured with the Joe Johnson Memorial Trophy as U SPORTS men's soccer Player of the Year. Mount Royal midfielder Dane Domic captured the Lou Bilek award as Rookie of the Year, Carleton bench boss Kwesi Loney received the Fox 40 Coach of the Year award.
STUDENT-ATHLETE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: Gracious Kasheke, Dalhousie
A student-athlete in Dalhousie's challenging neuroscience program, Kasheke played in seven games for the Tigers this season and started in six of them.
The Halifax, N.S. native scored three goals and added two assists for five points on the season, while also volunteering his time extensively.
He serves as the vice president for the Dalhousie Undergraduate Neuroscience Society, with which he organizes and runs various fundraisers for Direction 180. Direction 180 is a harm-reduction based methadone clinic which focuses on supporting members of the Mi'kmaq population suffering with opiate addiction.
Kasheke is a volunteer researcher with both the Mayo Clinic and Dalhousie University.
He has also volunteered with such organizations as Habitat for Humanity, the Channel One Food Bank and the Greater Love Street Team – which packs and distributes food to the homeless.
Kasheke is the fifth player from the Dalhousie Tigers to receive the Men's Soccer student-athlete community service award
Other Dalhousie winners include: Jonathan Doucett (2016), Sangmuk Choi (2015), Nathan Rogers (2013) and Ryan Haughn (2006).
"Gracious is a great example of what a U SPORTS student-athlete should be. He balances his academics, athletics and community service exceptionally well." said head coach Pat Nearing, "He is a well-respected teammate and player in the league. We expect great thing in Gracious' future."
2019 U SPORTS MEN'S SOCCER ALL-CANADIANS
*AUS student-athletes in bold
First Team
| POS. | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SCHOOL | ELIG. | HOMETOWN | PROGRAM |
| GK | Félix | Clapin-Girard | UQTR | 3 | Gatineau, Que. | Environmental Geography |
| D | Peter | Schaale | Cape Breton | 4 | Bernkastel-Kues, Germany | Business Admin. |
| D | Jackson | Farmer | UBC | 3 | Edmonton, Alta. | Arts |
| D | Jean-Simon | Cournoyer | UQTR | 5 | St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. | Teaching Physical & Health Ed. |
| D | Francesco | Sinopoli | York | 5 | Maple, Ont. | Accounting |
| M | Aboubacar | Sissoko | Montreal | 5 | Bamako, Mali | Arts and Science |
| M | Alexander | Zis | Guelph | 4 | Oakville, Ont. | Marketing Management |
| M | Dario | Conte | Carleton | 3 | Ottawa, Ont. | Economics |
| M | Isaac | Koch | Victoria | 4 | West Kelowna, B.C. | Humanities |
| M | Dan | Hayfield | StFX | 5 | Exeter, U.K. | Arts |
| F | Cory | Bent | Cape Breton | 4 | Preston, U.K. | Community Studies |
Second Team
| POS. | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SCHOOL | ELIG. | HOMETOWN | PROGRAM |
| GK | Jake | Ruschkowski | Calgary | 3 | Calgary, Alta. | Engineering |
| D | Josh | Read | StFX | 4 | Bath, England | Human Kinetics |
| D | Jacob | Powell | Saskatchewan | 5 | Coquitlam, B.C. | Business |
| D | Omar | Kreim | Montreal | 4 | Casablanca, Morocco | Law |
| D | Jorgo | Nika | York | 5 | East York, Ont. | Business and Society |
| M | Abdallah | El-Chanti | Ryerson | 4 | Toronto, Ont. | Geographic Analysis |
| M | Ben | Gorringe | UNB | 5 | Mount Uniacke, N.S. | Environmental Sciences |
| F | Gabriel | Bitar | Carleton | 3 | Ottawa, Ont. | Arts |
| F | Moe | El Gandour | Mount Royal | 2 | Calgary, Alta. | Business |
| F | Victory | Shumbusho | UBC | 3 | Chilliwack, B.C. | Arts |
| F | Mehdi Ibn | Brahim | McGill | 4 | Laval, Que. | Mathematics |
All-Rookie Team
| POS. | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SCHOOL | HOMETOWN | PROGRAM |
| M | Isaiah | Johnston | Cape Breton | Milton, Ont. | Community Studies |
| F | Jacob | Grant | Memorial | St. John's, N.L. | Business |
| F | James | Spence | Saint Mary's | Hammonds Plains, N.S. | Arts |
| M | Alessandro | Bertacchini | UQTR | Laval, Que. | Industrial Engineering |
| M | Souleymane Junior | Camara | Montreal | Montreal, Que. | Preparatory Year |
| F | Simon | Spénard-Lapierre | Concordia | Laval, Que. | Finance |
| F | Fadi | Salback | Ontario Tech | Bowmanville, Ont. | Software Engineering |
| D | Moses | Kafeero | Guelph | Ottawa, Ont. | Mechanical Engineering |
| D | Kyler | Smalling | Toronto | Mississauga, Ont. | Life Science |
| M | Dane | Domic | Mount Royal | Calgary, Alta | Open Studies |
| D | Jake | Ruby | Trinity Western | North Vancouver, B.C. | General Studies |
| F | Jehmrode | Kahlon | Fraser Valley | Abbotsford, B.C. | Science |
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