CHARLES, SYLLA ARE CEGEP AAA MVPs

Champlain St. Lambert forward Yann Charles and Montmorency centre Mariam Sylla were named men's and women's Player of the Year in the CEGEP AAA basketball league at the provincial awards banquet on Saturday evening.

Charles, a 6-5 wing, averaged 17.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game while shooting 42.8 per cent from the three-point line.

His teammate, point guard Simon Bibeau, was named Rookie of the Year for 2009-2010. The 6-2 dynamo led the league in scoring (20.8 ppg) and three-point percentage (.446) while placing second in free-throw percentage (.827) and seventh in steals (2.2). The St. Bruno native was formerly a member of the National Elite Development Academy in Toronto.

Charles showed elite wing skills for the

top-rated Cavaliers.

MILLER TIME

Montmorency Head Coach Bobby Miller has now reached the top of the mountain as a player as well a a coach.

The legendary Momo guard was named the Coach of the Year after guiding his team to a 12-4 third-place finish this regular season.

ROOKIE SENSATION

The African nation of Guinea is not the first place you'd expect to find basketball stars, and that makes Montmorency's Mariam Sylla a rare find. The 6-1 centre swept Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honours after placing in the top ten in the league in rebounding (11.6), field-goal percentage (.477) and blocks (1.3) to go with a 14.6 ppg scoring average.

Sylla dominated on the low block all season long.

Dawson's Trevor Williams was named Coach of the Year after leading his team to a

17-3 record, good for second place in the league.

2009-2010 CEGEP AAA AWARD WINNERS

*=Repeat winner
 

MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Yann Charles, forward, Champlain Saint-Lambert

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Simon Bibeau, Champlain Saint-Lambert

COACH OF THE YEAR
Bobby Miller, Montmorency

SPORTS ETHICS AWARD
Champlain Saint-Lambert Cavaliers

STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
*Olivier Lefebvre, Sainte-Foy

FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM
Yann Charles, forward, Champlain Saint-Lambert
Robinson Odoch Opong, guard, Sainte-Foy
Hichem Benayad, forward, Montmorency
Simon Bibeau, guard, Champlain Saint-Lambert
Hugues Ryan, guard, Montmorency

SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM
*Adam Chmielewski, guard, Champlain Saint-Lambert
Boris Hadzimuratovic, centre, Sainte-Foy
Lenny Austin Antwi, guard, Vanier
Jesse-Rodney Memette, guard, Montmorency
Kareem Jackson, guard, Vanier

ACADEMIC MERIT AWARD

*Olivier Lefebvre, Sainte-Foy
Paterson Deshommes, Ahuntsic
Azaria Estifanos, Champlain Saint-Lambert
*Nyv Segev, Dawson
Thibaud Dezutter, Edouard-Montpetit
Nathan Joyal, John Abbott
*Francois Loignon, Limoilou
*Vincent Lanctot-Fortier, Montmorency
Kazadi Nyanguila, Vanier


WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Mariam Sylla, Montmorency

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Mariam Sylla, Montmorency

COACH OF THE YEAR
Trevor Williams, Dawson

SPORTS ETHICS AWARD
The PréU of Nouvelles-Frontieres

STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Veronique Johnson, Champlain St.Lawrence

FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM
Mariam Sylla, centre, Montmorency
*Emilie Cloutier, forward, Sainte-Foy
*Catherine Groleau, forward, Sainte-Foy
Mathilde Larochelle, guard, Vanier
Serginha Estime, forward, Dawson

SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM
Natasha Raposo, forward, Vanier
Gabrielle Chamberland, guard, Sherbrooke
Jannie Jacques, forward, Montmorency
Valerie Gauvin, guard, Edouard-Montpetit
Janice Quintos, guard, Dawson

ACADEMIC MERIT AWARD
*Laura-Emilie Cyr, Champlain Saint-Lambert
*Veronique Johnson, Champlain St. Lawrence
Elizabeth Tremblay, Dawson
Carolane Gill, Edouard-Montpetit
*Tatiana Hanlan, John Abbott
Stephanie Forget, Montmorency
Caroline Binette, Nouvelles-Frontieres
Veronique Fortin-Tremblay, Sainte-Foy
Marie-Christine Parent, Sherbrooke
*Catherine Belanger-Paquet, Trois-Rivières
Liane Bailey, Vanier