Wesmen Athletics
Sonia Rossy Named CIS Rookie of The Year
First year WVB player Sonia Rossy was named the CIS Women's Volleyball Rookie of The Year..
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen along with the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Association (CIS) is pleased to announce that women’s volleyball player Sonia Rossy has been named the CIS Women’s Volleyball Rookie of the Year. The announcement was made at the CIS Women’s Volleyball Championship banquet held this evening in Edmonton, Alberta.
Rossy becomes the third member of the Wesmen to claim the Mark Tennant award. Tara Patrick was the first-ever winner of the trophy in 1990-91, while Sandy Newsham was the second recipient. The 18-year-old arts student, who joined the Wesmen out of Westwood Collegiate, started all 20 conference matches for Winnipeg in her university debut. The 5-foot-11 left side tallied 176 kills, 293 defensive digs and 28 blocks, racking up 10 or more kills in eight contests and 10 or more digs in 14 matches. She finished third in Canada West with 3.71 digs per set and reached a season-high 30 digs versus Trinity Western on January 22, the second best total in the conference this season.
"We are ecstatic and so pleased with the announcement of Sonia Rossy being named CIS Rookie of the Year. This is an outstanding accomplishment for Sonia and fantastic recognition for our University of Winnipeg Women's Volleyball program. This is a great starting point for future success. Back in 1990/91(Tara Patrick), 1991/92 (Sandy Newsham) when our program had back to back CIS Rookie of the Year honors it set a tone for the next Championship team of 1992-93. With the group of young athletes in our program and the evolution potential in up coming years Sonia and company will only improve. Sonia worked extremely hard to prepare herself physically for her 1st CIS season, she grew as a person and as a student-athlete learning how to handle the physical, emotional and mental load! Although this award single's out Sonia, she will be the first to tell you how important her team mates are to her and that it is all about the TEAM”, added Wesmen Head Coach Diane Scott.
