Oakville's high school senior athletes of the year The Halton Secondary School Athletic Association recently recognized each member school's senior athletes of the year with a barbecue at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Below are brief bios of the winning male and female athletes from all nine of the Oakville schools. 33 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, June 25, 2009 TA BLAKELOCK · Jennifer Hyland was the Tigers' basketball captain and MVP this past season, also competing in volleyball and track. The highlight of the past year for the 18year-old was posting a personal-best time in the 400-metre dash at last month's south regional championships. Hyland will attend McMaster University in the fall, where she will pursue a career in sciences. She hopes to compete in cross-country for the Marauders and also remain active in intramural sports. · Keenan Randall was the captain of the Tigers' volleyball, hockey and soccer teams this past year. The 17-year-old, a three-time Blakelock volleyball MVP who participated in the Halton all-star game, lists winning OFSAA soccer bronze in 2008 as the athletic highlight of his time at Blakelock. Randall hopes to complete a four-year program at Queen's University and then gain acceptance to medical school, where he would pursue a career in pediatrics. He also plans to participate in intramurals as well as coach or mentor young athletes. Some of Oakville's top high school athletes are (front, left to right) St.Thomas Aquinas' Taryn McKenna,White Oaks' Sarah Mooney,T.A. Blakelock's Jennifer Hyland, Iroquois Ridge's Michelle Fraser, Oakville Trafalgar's Karina Sils, Ridge's Kyle Adams, (back, left to right) Aquinas' Tyler Vadacchino, Holy Trinity's Kristin Sprukulis,White Oaks' Dan Doherty, Loyola's Chris Hong and Blakelock's Keenan Randall. GRAHAM PAINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER LOYOLA · Megan Hickingbottom played basketball, volleyball, badminton and soccer for the Hawks in 2008-09. She helped Loyola reach the Halton girls' soccer finals each of the past two seasons, and competed in provincials last year. Hickingbottom, 18, will study kinesiology at Western University and eventually hopes to become an athletic therapist. · Chris Hong was a go-to player for the Hawks' rugby and football teams during his time at Loyola. He was the Hawks' rugby MVP as a midget, then received similar honours as a junior and senior football player. The 18-year-old led Loyola to the Halton rugby finals in 2007 and 2009. He will study health sciences at McMaster University this fall and hopes to further develop his leadership by participating in athletics at the school. She will return to White Oaks in the fall, and hopes to eventually study kinesiology at the University of Toronto. · Dan Doherty excelled both on the pitch and on the snow for the Wildcats. Doherty, 18, received awards for being White Oaks' most outstanding player on both the rugby and snowboarding teams. He won a Halton rugby title with the Wildcats last month. Doherty intends to remain active when he attends the University of Ottawa this fall. HOLY TRINITY · Winning awards is nothing new to Kristin Sprukulis. The Grade 11 student was Trinity's MVP in volleyball, badminton and softball this past year. She was the MVP of two teams in 200708, when she was named the school's female junior athlete of the year, and was also named top athlete of her elementary school when she graduated in 2006. Sprukulis, 16, is most interested in softball and has helped Trinity reach the Halton finals each of the past two seasons. Her goal is to play the sport at an NCAA school in the future. · Jordan Catterall will return to Holy Trinity in the fall for a fifth year, and that's good news for the school's basketball and football squads. He was the Titans' MVP in both sports this past year while also running with the school's 4x100m relay team. Catterall, who was also Trinity's senior male athlete of the year in 2008, scored 24 touchdowns last fall and led the Titans to a Halton Division 2 championship. The 18-year-old hopes to obtain either a basketball or football Division 1 scholarship in the future. being named the school's sportswoman of the year in 2008, junior female athlete of the year in 2007, and rookie of the year in 2006. Her most memorable moment as a Raider was winning gold at the 2006 provincial soccer championships. McKenna, 18, also suited up for the Raiders in volleyball and basketball this past year. She will attend Dalhousie University in the fall. · Tyler Vadacchino competed in volleyball, hockey, badminton, soccer and dragon boating this past year. He and teammate Josh Ruys, Aquinas' comale athletes of the year, led the Raiders' hockey team to an appearance in the Halton finals and a surprising bronze at the OFSAA championships. Vadacchino, 17, will be back at Aquinas next year. Abbey Park Eagles. Smith brought home the Eagles' silver medal in the 4x400-metre relay at the OFSAA trackand-field championships, where she individually posted an eighth-place finish in the 400m. Smith, who helped Abbey Park win two OFSAA junior cross-country titles, almost added another medal. She was the school's top finisher at the provincial championships, where the Eagles finished fourth. · Bryn Johnson earned MVP honours for the Eagles' swimming and baseball teams. He helped Abbey Park win the silver medal in the medley relay at the Halton/GHAC swim meet. Johnson also played badminton and volleyball for Abbey Park. In addition to his strong performances on the field of play, Johnson also helped the next generation of Eagles, serving as co-coach for the junior boys' volleyball team. ABBEY PARK · She may have been the anchor, but Corinne Smith did nothing to slow down the OAKVILLE TRAFALGAR · Karina Sils excels in the endurance sports, particularly swimming and running. See Sils page 33 WHITE OAKS · Sarah Mooney has shone in basketball and on the track, but that's not what she cherishes most about her time at White Oaks. The 18-year-old ranks improving as an individual, being recognized as a role model and sharing experiences with younger athletes as the best things about being a Wildcat. Mooney, who also played volleyball and badminton this past year, won silver medals at the Halton and Golden Horseshoe trackand-field championships this spring. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS · Taryn McKenna's selection as Aquinas senior female athlete of the year follows