TORONTO - St. Lawrence College's Hanno Fourie (Mill Bay, B.C.) is the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Men's Rugby Player of the Year.
The second-year student-athlete was the pinnacle of the Surge defence this season, and is an outstanding leader on and off the field. Fourie recorded over 65 tackles during the regular season. Fourie is also the East Division Player of the Year and headlines the East Division League All-Stars.
Tarik Pacha (Guelph) of Conestoga College is the OCAA Rookie of the Year. Pacha scored three tries in five regular season matches and as a first-year player is very accurate at line out time and dominant in scrums. Pacha is also the West Division Rookie of the Year and is also a West Division League All-Star.
Johnny Watkins of Durham College is the OCAA Coach of the Year. Watkins led the Lords to an East Division title with a perfect 5-0 record. Durham led all teams with 224 points scored, while allowing a league-low 31 points against. Watkins is also the East Division Coach of the Year.
Tyler Janes (Pickering) of Durham is the OCAA League Scoring Champion. The second-year fly half scored 57 points with three tries, 15 converts and four penalty kicks in five matches. The East Division Scoring Champion is also an East Division League All-Star.
Conestoga's Hudson Young (Toronto) is the West Division Player of the Year. The second-year centre was third in OCAA scoring during the regular season with 34 points on three tries, five converts and three penalty kicks in five matches. Young is also a West Division League All-Star.
St. Lawrence's Philip Chukwuma (Ottawa) is the East Division Rookie of the Year. Brand new to the sport of rugby, Chukwuma had an impact on both the offensive and defensive side as well as a force with the ball, scoring a pair of tries in five matches. Chukwuma is also an East Division League All-Star.
Joshua Van Horne of Conestoga is the West Division Coach of the Year. The Condors returned to OCAA men's rugby for the first time since 2019 and immediately earned respect with a 2-3 record, clinching a playoff berth. Each of Conestoga's three losses were by five points or fewer.
Nicholas Chomyn (Oakville) of Sheridan College is the West Division Scoring Champion. The fourth-year centre scored 35 points on two tries, 11 converts and one penalty kick in four matches.
In addition to Fourie, Janes and Chukwuma, East Division League All-Stars include Eric Carchidi (Ottawa) and Pascal McCaffrey (Oakville) of Algonquin College; Terrell Carter (Oshawa), Alex Lee (Pickering), Liam Spafford (Oshawa) and Reese Watkins (Oshawa) of Durham; Josh Barss (Cobourgh), Logan De Verteuil (Metcalfe) and Brady Fawcett (Wolfe Island) of St. Lawrence; and Vicente Correa (Venezuela), Nolan McCullough (Newmarket) and Kyle Moller (South Africa) of Seneca Polytechnic.
Joining Pacha and Young as West Division League All-Stars are Bailey Mason (Mississauga) of Conestoga; Troy Dyce (Fergus), Donovan Jacko (Barrie), Rylan Moulton (Barrie), Kade Rennie (Collingwood) and James Robb-Kennedy (Barrie) of West Division champion Georgian College; Jason Barbato (Brampton), Aidan Canning (East Gwillimbury), Declan Forgie (Pickering), Seth Kirkham (Mississauga) and Gospel Ogoanah (Toronto) of Humber College; and Raheem Malek (Mississauga) and Tafara Muzamhindo (Zimbabwe) of Sheridan.
2023 OCAA MEN'S RUGBY AWARDS
OCAA Men's Rugby Player of the Year
Hanno Fourie, St. Lawrence
OCAA Men's Rugby Rookie of the Year
Tarik Pacha, Conestoga
OCAA Men's Rugby Coach of the Year
Johnny Watkins, Durham
OCAA Men's Rugby Scoring Champion
Tyler Janes, Durham
OCAA Men's Rugby East Division Player of the Year
Hanno Fourie, St. Lawrence
OCAA Men's Rugby West Division Player of the Year
Hudson Young, Conestoga
OCAA Men's Rugby East Division Rookie of the Year
Philip Chukwuma, St. Lawrence
OCAA Men's Rugby West Division Rookie of the Year
Tarik Pacha, Conestoga
OCAA Men's Rugby East Division Coach of the Year
Johnny Watkins, Durham
OCAA Men's Rugby West Division Coach of the Year
Joshua Van Horne, Conestoga
OCAA Men's Rugby East Division Scoring Champion
Tyler Janes, Durham
OCAA Men's Rugby West Division Scoring Champion
Nicholas Chomyn, Sheridan
OCAA Men's Rugby East Division Champion
Durham Lords
OCAA Men's Rugby West Division Champion
Georgian Grizzlies
OCAA Men's Rugby East Division All-Stars
Josh Barss, St. Lawrence
Eric Carchidi, Algonquin
Terrell Carter, Durham
Philip Chukwuma, St. Lawrence
Vicente Correa, Seneca
Logan De Verteuil, St. Lawrence
Brady Fawcett, St. Lawrence
Hanno Fourie, St. Lawrence
Tyler Janes, Durham
Alex Lee, Durham
Pascal McCaffrey, Algonquin
Nolan McCullough, Seneca
Kyle Moller, Seneca
Liam Spafford, Durham
Reese Watkins, Durham
OCAA Men's Rugby West Division All-Stars
Jason Barbato, Humber
Aidan Canning, Humber
Troy Dyce, Georgian
Declan Forgie, Humber
Donovan Jacko, Georgian
Seth Kirkham, Humber
Raheem Malek, Sheridan
Bailey Mason, Conestoga
Rylan Moulton, Georgian
Tafara Muzamhindo, Sheridan
Gospel Ogoanah, Humber
Tarik Pacha, Conestoga
Kade Rennie, Georgian
James Robb-Kennedy, Georgian
Hudson Young, Conestoga
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