Simon named soccer coach of the year; Four Redmen earn all-star status
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MONTREAL - David Simon of the 9I制作厂免费 men's soccer team has won coach-of-the-year honours and four of his players have earned a berth on the league all-star squad in voting conducted by the R茅seau du sport 茅tudiant du Qu茅bec.
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9I制作厂免费 defenders Alexis 笔谤补诲颈茅, a native of Marseille, France, and Thomas Lucas of Kirkland, Que., were first team selections while teammates George Banks of Baltimore, Md., and Yohann Capolungo of the Auxerre-Vallan region in France, each merited a second-team berth.
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Simon guided the Redmen to a 7-3-2 second-place finish in the eight-team RSEQ conference, finishing with the second-best offensive and defensive records. A native of Paris, France, Simon played three years at Tufts University, then transferred to 9I制作厂免费, where he was an all-star midfielder, playing from 1998 to 1999, while earning a law degree. He put that education to good use and when he is not coaching the Redmen, serves as a crown prosecutor for the city of Montreal.
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笔谤补诲颈茅, a six-foot, 175-pound defender, finished tied for sixth among Quebec league goal-scoring leaders with four and was 10th in points with five in 11 games. The 24-year-old MBA student is in his first year with the Redmen after transferring from the NAIA's Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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Lucas, the team captain, is a 5-foot-6, 155-pound fullback who collected two assists and played a major role in 9I制作厂免费 registering the second-best defensive record in the league with only 11 goals against in 12 contests. The fifth-year physical therapy senior is a four-time all-star with the Redmen.
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Capolungo, a 5-foot-9, 165-pound striker, tied for sixth among Quebec league goal-scoring leaders with four. The 23-year-old finance senior, he has merited all-conference status in each of his four seasons and was a second-team all-Canadian in 2009.
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Eleven of the 22 all-stars hail from France.
Other major award winners announced include Laval midfielder Samuel Georget, who was named player of the year, Montreal Carabins defender Alexandre Haddad, who earned rookie-of-the-year honours and goaltender Vincent Cournoyer of the Laval Rouge et Or, who received the conference nomination for combining academics with athletics and citizenship.
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2011 RSEQ WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-STARS
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FIRST TEAM
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POSITION, NAME, UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIC PROGRAM, HOMETOWN
GOALKEEPER: Gabard F茅nelon, UQAM, Kinesiology, Port-de-Paix, Ha茂ti.
DEFENDER: Alexis 笔谤补诲颈茅, 9I制作厂免费, Management, Marseille, France.
DEFENDER: Alexandre Haddad, Montr茅al, Economics & Political Science, Montr茅al, Que.
DEFENDER: Thomas Lucas, 9I制作厂免费, Physical Therapy, Kirkland, Que.
DEFENDER: Jean-Fran莽ois Fournier, UQTR, Leisure Studies, Repentigny, Que.
MIDFIELDER: Samuel Georget, Laval, Psychology (Master's), Segr茅, France.
MIDFIELDER: Julien Priol, Laval, Public Relations (Master's), Quimper, France.
MIDFIELDER: Maxime Laurey, Montr茅al, Arts & Science, St-Germain-en-Laye, France.
MIDFIELDER: Kevin Chan-Yu-Tin, Montr茅al, Kinesiology, Montr茅al, Que.
FORWARD: Sylvain Willot, Montr茅al, Arts & Science, Sainte-Catherine les Arras, France
FORWARD: Louis-Charles Lalibert茅, Laval, Leisure Studies, Otterburn Park, Que.
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SECOND TEAM
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POSITION, NAME, UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIC PROGRAM, HOMETOWN
GOALKEEPER: Nizar Houhou, Montr茅al, Arts & Science, Melun, France.
DEFENDER: Serge Dinkota, Laval, Teaching, Kinshasa, Congo.
DEFENDER: Nafi Dicko-Raynaud, Laval, Engineering, Gatineau.
DEFENDER: Mouhamadou Sall, Montr茅al, Communications, Montpellier, France.
DEFENDER: C茅dric Le猫s-M茅lou, Sherbrooke, Physical Education, Langon, France.
MIDFIELDER: Yohann Capolungo, 9I制作厂免费, Finance, Auxere, France.
MIDFIELDER: Mathieu Begue, UQTR, Electrical Engineering, Saint-Andr茅, France.
MIDFIELDER: Jawad Guizaoui, UQAM, Administration, Casablanca, Morocco.
MIDFIELDER: Karim Haroun, Concordia, Civil Engineering, Damas, Syria.
FORWARD: George Banks, 9I制作厂免费, Chemistry, Baltimore, Maryland (USA).
FORWARD: Guillaume Surot, UQTR, MBA, Cholet, France.
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Samuel Georget, Laval, Psychology (Master's), Segr茅, France.
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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD:
Alexandre Haddad, Montr茅al, Economics & Political Science, Montr茅al, Que.
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ACADEMICS & CITIZENSHIP AWARD:
Vincent Cournoyer, Laval, Physical & Health Education, St.Hyacinthe, Que.
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COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD:
David Simon, 9I制作厂免费, Paris, France
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
9I制作厂免费 Athletics & Communications
514-398-7012
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