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â€"Sport Waterio If Wilfrid Laurier University‘s top athletes were in the limelight during their respective seasons, the same cannot necessarily be said for their awards banquet Thursday night at the Waterloo Inn. Male and female athlete of the year awards went to fifth year football player Alex Troop and rookie basketball player Kris Peel. Troop is a threeâ€"time Ontario Universities Athletic Association allâ€"star at the linebacker position and Peel has just finished an excellent season as a freshman guard with the Lady Hawks. But it was also a night to heap praise on the WLU coaches, four of whom were named OUAA coach of the year in their various sports. * The four coaches were: Rich Newbrough, athletic director and football coach, soccer coach Barry Lyon, basketball coach Chris Coulthard and hockey coach Wayne Gowing. Waterioo collegiate gymnast Kathy Yang performs an aerial cartwheel during her floor exercise routine at the recent recent Waterioo County high school meet won by WCI for the third consecutive year. See story on page 24. Richard O ‘Brien photo Troop and Peel top WLU athletes TURNING INSIDE OUT Newbrough led his team to a share of first place in the regular season standings and to the finals in the OUAA playoffs. Lyon also guided his club to the OUAA finals, as did Gowing. For Coulthard, it was the second time in five years he‘d been named Kris Peel OUAA coach of the year. Lyon has coached Golden Hawks to a 47â€"16â€"16 wonâ€"lostâ€"tied record since 1979. He has led the team to two firstâ€"place finishes in regular season play as well as an OUAA playoff crown and a Westâ€" ern Canada playoff championâ€" ship. His team was a finallist in the 1980 Canadian Interuniverâ€" sity Athletic Union playdowns. In 13 years as hockey coach, Gowing has amassed a record of 163â€"78â€"30. This season his team went as far as the CIAU regional playoffs. In 1983 his team took the OUAA playoff championship and advanced to the CIAU finals It was Gowing who won the firstâ€"ever Glenn Carroll Hawk award. Each year it will be presented to the coachat WLU for his character building efforts with his athletes. But the four men‘s coaches were not the only ones to be honored. Women‘s curling coach Anne Moore was recognised for Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Stafft The new byâ€"laws presented to the newly incorporated Waterloo Minor Hockey Association were approved without any problems at a special meeting of the WMHA Thursday night at Rink-ln-j‘hg-Pa_rk. Tlilim('aict, the . biggest question of the night was raised when discussion of the constitution was left behind and those in attendance proceeded to other business. â€" â€" O Ruth Rektor raised the question of why playoff games for the three teams that remain in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association playoffs were moved from the Waterloo arena to Albert McCormick arena. Now that the ice is now longer in the Waterloo arena at least one minor hockey team still competing in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association playoffs has had difficulty obtaining practice time. The answer to her question wasthat it had to do with the high cost of keeping the ice in the Waterloo arena while the Albert McCormick facility remains open anyway. But the question itself illustrates a way in which parents with voting privileges could influence deciâ€" sions. ‘"With more parents involved, they‘re going to have more clout and that (arena question) is an example of an issue," said Blake Hull, who chaired the committee that had been exploring possibilities for new constitution byâ€"laws. _ A 4néi\71”pér'ént Support' group will encompass the role and activities of the present Ladies‘ Auxiliary. _ ‘Votmg rlghtsfo}' parents was one of many byâ€"laws passed that become effective as of the annual meeting of the WMHA late in May. There will be a more specific grievance procedure with an elected director to serve on the chair of a grievance and appeal committee. There will be clearer delineation of goals and management for the representative and recreational teams and leagues, respectively. Board meetings will be open to the general membership. Also, a fundraising committee will exist and it may take on large projects such as a new arena complex. There will be new executive positions such as parent representaâ€" tives and a director of public relations. _ All committees will be accountable to the WMHA executive and key executive positions will continue to be filled by active volunteers, particularly those with experience in the WMHA.. râ€"!-{;iflâ€";i}&};'t";l;tvici[;éter é'hy problems at Thursday‘s meeting and there were none. e â€" "We felt relatively confident that people had been brought along in terms of what we were doing and what to expect," said Hull. Three very active members of the committee Hull chaired were John Kempel, Bill Appleby and Jim Curtis. * _ As past president of the WMHA, Kempel knew the details of the association‘s function from a practical point of view and acted as a liasion to the WMHA executive. o "Xgfiie’t;yr, a lawyer, gave the committee perspective in drawing up the proposed byâ€"laws and Curtis was involved as representative for the parents of players. â€" _ S â€" Pat Eigfio§: another committee member who also coaches, acted as a representative of the coaches‘ association and kept coaches informed of what was happening. e The committee was also represented by Waterloo Community Services with Rio Caron and, later, Tom Litwiller in that role. The new byâ€"laws create a need for more volunteers, said Hull. "The executive is going to beat the bushes and get some new people lined up,"" he said. leading her team to its first Ontario Women‘s Intercollegiate Athletic Association championâ€" ship. In men‘s basketball, Steve Forden was named MVP and Linas Azubalis was top rookie. Sue O‘Brien was MVP on the Hockey byâ€"laws meet approval WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2, 1986 â€" PAGE 23 Alex Troop In soccer, Blair Fowlie was MVP on the women‘s team while Barry MacLkean and Scott Paâ€" triquin shared MVP honors among the men. Rookies were Joe Formica and Heather Purdy. Troop was MVP of the football team. Ken Evraire took rookie honors and Veron Stiliadis was top lineman. Beric Sykes was the hockey team‘s MVP and Terry McCut cheon took the rookie honors. Men‘s volleyball player Steve Davis was twice honored, once along with Kipfer for academicâ€" athletic achievements and again as the student contributing most women‘s team and Peel was top rookie. Doug Wilson was MVP of the men‘s volleyball team and Keith Harrisâ€"Lowe took the rookie award. Sue Kipfer was the MVP for women‘s volleyball and Patti Wright took rookie honors. (Continued on page 24 )