2025-2026 Athletics Award Winners

March 28, 2026

On Saturday, March 28th, we celebrated the end of our 2025-2026 year with all of our varsity and club student-athletes. With another exciting and successful year behind us, we would like to thank all our student-athletes, coaches, sponsors, and supporters for all of your dedication to Lakehead University and our athletics department. We would also like to congratulate all of our award winners this year! Award winners listed below:

Athlete of the Year: Alexis-Jane Seddon (Varsity Women's Soccer & Extramural Women's Hockey)

Tyler Jackman (Varsity Men's Soccer & Extramural Men's Hockey)

Principles Award (Leadership in Athletics): Taliah Lalande (Student Worker)

MVP

Varsity Men's Soccer: Holden Vuksan

Varsity Women's Soccer: Jocelyn Mallany

Extramural Men's Hockey: Noah Sands

Extramural Women's Hockey: Madeline Niskanen

Thunderwolves Dance Pac: Maddie Hilliard

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Varsity Men's Soccer: Lucas Baptista

Varsity Women's Soccer: Francesca Minogue

Extramural Men's Hockey: Conner Schmidt

Extramural Women's Hockey: Grace Kelloway

Thunderwolves Dance Pac: Alexa De Cassan