Redmen Porter becomes first volleyball player to win a major award.
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MONTREAL - Jeffrey Porter and Matthew Mosseler, both members of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ men's volleyball team, have earned second team all-star honours from the Quebec Student's Sports Federation, which has announced its all-stars and major award winners for the 2009-10 season.
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Porter, a 19-year-old science sophomore, majoring in kinesiology, was also voted as libero of the year in the Quebec conference and becomes the first Redmen volleyball player in school history to win one of the league's major awards. The 5-foot-9, 150-pound native of Toronto led the league in digs with 206 in 55 sets (an average of 3.75 per set), almost double the amount compiled by the next closest player.
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Mosseler, a 6-foot-3, 170-pound power-hitter from Fredericton, N.B., made the dream team for the second consecutive season. The 21-year-old anatomy and cell biology senior ranked fourth among the league's dig leaders (2.45 per game) and was seventh in kills, averaging 2.67 per game,
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2010 QSSF MEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-STARS & MAJOR AWARDS:
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FIRST TEAM
Position, nom, université, programme d'études, ville
natale, province
POWER-HITTER: Karl De Grandpré, ÌýLaval,
Statistique, Pierreville, Que.
POWER-HITTER: Frédéric Desbiens, Laval, Éducation
physique, La Malbaie, Que.
POWER-HITTER: Emmanuel André-Morin, Montréal, HEC
Montréal, Comptabilité publique Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Que.
POWER-HITTER: Andy Oshima, Montréal, Architecture,
Saitama-Ken, Japan
CENTRE: Pierre-Marc Lussier, Sherbrooke, Maîtrise
en administration, Fleurimont,ÌýQue.
SETTERÌý: Justin Boudreault, Laval, Éducation
physique et santé, Dolbeau, Que.
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DEUXIÈMEÌý ÉQUIPE
D'ÉTOILES
LIBERO, Jeff
Porter, McGill, Education (Kinesiology), Toronto,
Ont,
POWER-HITTER: Maxime-Rock Claessens Rivest,
Sherbrooke, Études politiques, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Que.
CENTRE: Jonathan Marcoux, ÌýLaval, Études libres, Gatineau,
Que.
POWER-HITTER: Maxim Morin, Montréal, Enseignement au secondaire,
Ottawa, Ont.
CENTRE: Simon Fecteau-Boutin, Laval, Éducation physique, Lévis,
Que.
POWER-HITTER: Matthew Mosseler, McGill, Science,
Fredericton, N.B.
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Attaquant, Karl De Grandpré, Laval, Statistique,
Pierreville, Que.
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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Attaquant, Frédéric Mondou, Laval, Études libres,
Verchères, Que.
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LIBÉRO OF THE YEAR
Jeff Porter, McGill, Education (Kinesiology), Toronto,
Ontario, Sir John A. MacDonald HS
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ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS & CITIZENSHIP (DALE IWANOCZKO
AWARD)
Attaquant, Emmanuel
André-Morin, Montréal, HEC Montréal, Comptabilité publique
Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Que.
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COACH OF THE YEAR
Pascal
Clément, Laval
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
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514-398-7012 (Tel.)
514-398-1956 (Fax)
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