TORONTO - Algonquin College's Thomas Kump (Belleville) is the 2018 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Men's Rugby Player of the Year.
The third-year flanker/hooker was the leader on an Algonquin team which improved by three wins during the 2018 regular season. Kump is also an OCAA All-Star.
The Loyalist Lancers had a pair of major award winners. Mark Napier (Kingston) is the OCAA Rookie of the Year, showing great promise in his debut season, while Kyle Ripley is the OCAA Coach of the Year. Both were also the recipients of these awards in the East Division.
Ryan Connolly (Barrie) of Georgian is the OCAA Scoring Champion. The second-year scrum half scored 96 points on four tries and a league-high 38 converts.
Connolly's Georgian teammate Tennyson Brown (Alliston) is the OCAA West Division Rookie of the Year. The wing scored a team-high nine tries in six matches. Brown is also an OCAA All-Star.
John Daggett of Georgian is the OCAA West Division Coach of the Year. He led the Grizzlies to a fourth consecutive West Division championship with a 5-1 record.
Along with Kump, OCAA East Division All-Stars include Algonquin's Ryan Gillis (Peterborough), Pierre Gouombas (Montreal, Que.) and Matt Taylor (Lunenburg, N.S.); Durham's Daniel Cooper (Uxbridge), Taylor Dallas (Port Perry), Malcolm Hooper (Orangeville), Ty Jacob (Oshawa) and John Stewart (Whitby); Fleming's Mason Flesch (Cobourg) and Bradan Vanstone (Caledon); Loyalist's Nate Hobin (Newcastle) and Thomas Paul (Haliburton); and St. Lawrence's D'Shawn Bowen (Mississauga), Colby Leakey (Kingston) and Elias Pickell (Kingston).
Along with Brown, OCAA West Division All-Stars include Conestoga's Aaron Melnyk (Simcoe) and Cam Warner (Kitchener); Georgian's Alex Butt (Mississauga), Donovan Jacko (Brampton), Liam Wilson (Orillia) and Jacob Young (Barrie); Mohawk's Jaiden Peters (Halton Hills) and Daniel Prentice-Chowen (Grimsby); Seneca's Liam McGuckian (Richmond Hill), Omario Mullings (Scarborough) and Roy Walters (Toronto); and Sheridan's Michael Galipo (Vaughan), Tristan Hylton-Hastings (Mississauga), Justin Tota (Tottenham) and Adam Yhip (Oakville).
2018 OCAA MEN'S RUGBY AWARDS
OCAA Men's Rugby Player of the Year
Thomas Kump, Algonquin
OCAA Men's Rugby Rookie of the Year
Mark Napier, Loyalist
OCAA Men's Rugby Coach of the Year
Kyle Ripley, Loyalist
OCAA Men's Rugby League Scoring Champion
Ryan Connolly, Georgian
OCAA East Division Rookie of the Year
Mark Napier, Loyalist
OCAA West Division Rookie of the Year
Tennyson Brown, Georgian
OCAA East Division Coach of the Year
Kyle Ripley, Loyalist
OCAA West Division Coach of the Year
John Daggett, Georgian
OCAA East Division League Champion
Durham Lords
OCAA West Division League Champion
Georgian Grizzlies
OCAA East Division All-Stars
D'Shawn Bowen, St. Lawrence
Daniel Cooper, Durham
Taylor Dallas, Durham
Mason Flesch, Fleming
Ryan Gillis, Algonquin
Pierre Gouombas, Algonquin
Nate Hobin, Loyalist
Malcolm Hooper, Durham
Ty Jacob, Durham
Thomas Kump, Algonquin
Colby Leakey, St. Lawrence
Thomas Paul, Loyalist
Elias Pickell, St. Lawrence
John Stewart, Durham
Matt Taylor, Algonquin
Bradan Vanstone, Fleming
OCAA West Division All-Stars
Tennyson Brown, Georgian
Alex Butt, Georgian
Michael Galipo, Sheridan
Tristan Hylton-Hastings, Sheridan
Donovan Jacko, Georgian
Liam McGuckian, Seneca
Aaron Melnyk, Conestoga
Omario Mullings, Seneca
Jaiden Peters, Mohawk
Daniel Prentice-Chowen, Mohawk
Justin Tota, Sheridan
Roy Walters, Seneca
Cam Warner, Conestoga
Liam Wilson, Georgian
Adam Yhip, Sheridan
Jacob Young, Georgian
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