CALGARY — University of Montreal quarterback Jonathan Senecal and Laval sprinter Audrey Leduc were named Canada's U Sports athletes of the year Monday.
The 24-year-old from Mirabel, Que., was just the second player to claim all three football trophies after Calgary's Don Blair in 1995. Other finalists for the female award were UNB basketball player Jayda Veinot, Brock volleyball player Sara Rohr and University of British Columbia soccer player Katalin Tolnai.The top U Sports male and female athletes have been recognized since 1993 when former CFL player and commissioner and UBC football alum Doug Mitchell founded the awards. Mitchell died in 2022 at the age of 83.
Previous winners also include CFL players Blair, Jesse Lumsden and Andrew Buckley as well as Olympic swimmer Kylie Masse, heptathlete Jessica Zelinka and hockey player Kim St. Pierre.
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