With the 2019-20 athletic season coming to an abrupt and unfortunate end, much of the Marauders events scheduled for the remainder of the school year followed suit.

Included in these cancelled events was the 96^th edition of the McMaster Athletics Awards night. 
 
But the department of Athletics & Recreation has come together and decided our student-athletes that don the Maroon so proudly deserved to be recognized for all their efforts.
 
In that same breath, the department has decided that the show must go on.
 
During the week of March 23^rd – 27^th, the finalists from each of the nine major award categories will be announced on our social media channels, starting today at 2pm with the Joyce Wignall Award finalists.
 
The lead up of award announcements will culminate in a one-hour online awards show on Sunday, March 29^th starting at 7pm. Over the course of the hour we will release the winners of each major award – all taking place on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram channels.
 
Leading the week of finalists is the announcement of our 50 team MVPs across McMaster's sport offerings. With plenty of familiar faces, Alex Drover, Briana Wice, Noah Hallett, Emily Heming, and Jack McRogers all repeat as their respective team MVPs. 
 
Fifth-year distance swimmer, Mitch Muizelaar, picks up his fourth consecutive MVP award. 
 
Caroline Forbes, who was named the female track winner last season, has now earned the same honour in cross country this season. 
 
Nordic Skiing features a pair of athletes on the list, after competing in their first season in recent history. 
 
After sharing co-recipient honours a year ago for their respective teams, Jessie Nairn, and Ameen Aghamirian both return to the list this year.
 
Full List of MVPs:
 

Women's Badminton	Vania Wu
Women's Badminton	Talia Ng
Baseball	Nik Motruk
Men's Basketball	Jordan Henry
Women's Basketball	Christina Buttenham
Cheerleading	Emily Vinken
Men's Cross-Country	Evan Ubene
Women's Cross-Country	Caroline Forbes
Men's Track	Alex Drover
Women's Track	Morgan McKeown
Men's Curling	Daniel Van Veghel
Women's Curling	Madelyn Warriner
Fastpitch	Michelle Vallejo
Men's Fencing	Zachary Smith
Women's Fencing	Tamara Dubljevic
Field Hockey	Briana Wice
Figure Skating	Belvina Mao
Football - Offence	Andreas Dueck
Football - Defence	Noah Hallett
Men's Golf	Sam Coons
Women's Golf	Emily Heming
Women's Hockey	Alex Wong
Women's Lacrosse	Sophie Skillen
Men's Nordi Ski	Errol Bowman
Women's Nordic Ski	Soren Meeuwisse
Men's Rowing	James Sinclair
Women's Rowing	Myma Okuda-Rayfuse
Men's Rugby	Jack McRogers
Women's Rugby	Britni French
Sailing	Rowland Goddard
Men's Soccer	Matthew Monteiro
Women's Soccer	Stephanie Roberts
Men's Squash	Sachin Ahuja
Women's Squash	Liana Loughlin
Men's Swimming	Mitchell Muizelaar
Women's Swimming	Isabelle Lei
Synchro Swim	Oishika Tarafdar
Men's Tennis	Martin Zelikovsky
Women's Tennis	Janna Malone
Men's Ultimate - Competitive Team	Jordan Atchison
Men's Ultimate - Developmental Team	Emmett Brundage
Women's Ultimate	Sasha Palmert
Men's Volleyball	Jordan Pereira
Women's Volleyball	Jessie Nairn
Men's Water Polo	Zack Maclellan
Women's Water Polo	Zoe Shore
Men's Wrestling	Ameen Aghamirian
Men's Wrestling	Ben Zahra
Women's Wrestling	Simi Jayeoba

 
 
Award Finalist Announcement Schedule:
 
Monday, March 23^rd – 2pm: Joyce Wignall Award Finalists
Tuesday, March 24^th – 11am: Bruce Cochrane Award Finalists 2pm: Les Prince Award Finalists
Wednesday, March 25^th – 11am/2pm: Mel & Marilyn Hawkrigg Male & Female Rookie of the Year Finalists
Thursday, March 26^th – 11am: Dr. Edna Guest Graduating female student-athlete Finalists 2pm: Dr. Ray Johnson Graduating Male student-athlete finalists
Friday, March 27^th – 11am: Ivory Wynne Male Athlete of the Year finalists 2pm: Therese Quigley Female Athlete of the Year Finalists