Laval’s Mathieu Betts and UBC’s Kiera Van Ryk named U Sports athletes of the year Globe_Sports
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Laval football player Mathieu Betts and University of British Columbia volleyball player Kiera Van Ryk have been named Canadian university sport athletes of the year. Betts, a defensive end for the Rouge et Or, and Van Ryk, who led the Thunderbirds to a national championship, were the recipients of the Lieutenant Governor Athletics Awards on Thursday in Calgary.
In her second season, Van Ryk had 24 kills, three aces and 13 digs in the national championship final for the Thunderbirds, who beat Ryerson for the title. Van Ryk was named tournament MVP.Betts was named Canada’s most outstanding lineman a third straight year and became the first to earn the J.P. Metras Trophy three consecutive seasons.
The brand was relaunched this year by Alberta’s lieutenant-governor Lois Mitchell and husband Doug Mitchell, a BLG co-chair and former CFL player and commissioner who founded the awards.
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