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Willrid Laurier University stiecer star \\ ri-stliiig Wllli the \t. l)ti\'id( telties. ’ Alyssa lagonia was nominated lot the see lint titr‘tirdiiig to the eoitiinittee (leading mid year in a row. on nominees tor the Kitt‘henerâ€"\A'ater|oo , ,_ i v . g a, i if lagonia has been playing with the senior \th|ete ol tlie\e.ir \\\illLl. lagas is among the fi ' 1 national women‘s team and is hoping to top athletes in the region i. ~'- ~ , . “ _2 stick with the squad for the 201 1 World (Iiip. "\oii didn‘t hayi- ii ”pretty good year. lake 3 ' v, " 4; She made her first appearance with the W you had a great year," Ken Brooks, Chair of '~ v. 7 ;$ ' v 7 team last year at the Cyprus (fiip. the a\\artls. told lagas at the nominee 193 ' “It was the first time I'd been invited to tillntltlnt‘t’lnclll last week a play with the senior team.“ lagonia said. “It liigas stormed through 2009. winning an ' K had been a huge dream of mine my entire (ll SSA championship and two gold medals \ ' J life and taetually playing With the teamt was at the national championships. A shocking.” He also melted up golds at the Canada ~‘ A ,h, . [agonia has traveled to the United States liiimestmdtlietianadaSummerflames. 1, u ‘ ' and China with the teami She was also lagas‘ who is now part of the University of ,. named an ()lJr\ AllStar in 2009 (iiielph wrestling team. was taken aback by I The Vl’aterloo contingent will have sortie the nod i , [A ~ tough competition from around the region. “It's an honour to be nominated but I'm ‘ " g 4 ‘ Professionals such as the Toronto Rock's a little surprisedf’ he said. _ .. , a}; - -~ (Zolin Doyle, from Kitchener. and the Boston “When l heard all the other nominees l l ; v x Â¥ i. Bruins Dennis Wideman, from Elmira, are ]tlsl thought that they‘d done a lot more than , ' A » figgf!’ : 1; also up for the award Iliad " " VSA’ VP} _‘ 1 ‘ New Hamburg golfer (lam Burke is the The l'irstriime nominee is up against a __,' 1," ff“ a ! final nominee demrated group including soecers stars, » ‘__ A ; f "i q, if 2 lhe Veommittee also announced this hotley players and even a duathlete - ' I“ . A‘ A - years Winners lor the awards olexcellenee, Ron \aiil\oiighiiett. Waterloo's worldâ€" in -, . y 1 A]. , lhe\\"11t(>rlt)t)ASiskitis hoekey Club was tlldlllpl‘lll dutithlete was nominated for the W .. ~ A,“ ‘; ‘ named the organiuition ofexcellenee in eel» set ond time “3335 f g- , ~ ehration ofits 75th anniversary Ile too was surprised hy the nomination at - -‘ t" ‘ fi ' Newly appointed Sisltins president liiii and the M year old figured the (tinimittee is» " 5 _. ' ., - , ,_, led} said the Siskins had a wonderful _\e.ir might ll.|\t'llllt'll1ll niotn‘ess " telehrating the annixersary. With one big “titei lil‘ttllll ' tli ' n ms. a lrieii told me . tll\l \ iointment :t “(is the year (kit the stt'lllttI‘ so tli‘zlt‘s why I ' ‘lle Wish me ttllll(l have gone .i little l.ir l “as noiiiiiiiited he “nil ther iii the pliiyollst hiit it‘s still been It great 1 ‘llooltt-d it up it s iiol the year oflhe senâ€" year," he sdlll l ioi ' ' “lhisawaril istheit'ttigtliithetalte ‘ '\ illlhtlllgltlitdl non the l ll! World [trahani smder was given the lll(ll\ltlildl l l.itlllllltttl\lll[l in M‘Vlt‘llllk'i' lhe dtiathlon t'\tt‘lll‘llL(' .i\\iird tot his Melony: lll\1)l\!‘ s not it spun lll.llt\ people are lillllllldr With nient in sport Mild helping raise [milk tor ilk)’ he s.iid ret entl\ un\ei ed tan \n\der etnori.i the mt l‘ is .i i titltllllltllltlll ol ( yelling and »\renii iii [ linira lone tllsldlltl‘ (”Milling lhe l\|l(l|t‘lll‘l ktiish “its gnen the team It s li|l1l\ tlt‘l'lttlltllll‘tl‘” said \tinl\'ougli extelleneeaisaid out nlio “(is littlt'lt‘tl llllilllllt'lt‘ oi the teat lhi- Kiri lienei Waterloo \thlete oi the lt‘t llltlllltllltll \l.:~,:ii’.viiiv Year t\\\‘atd is sponsored li\ the “dtt‘tloti llii‘rt‘ are tilltt‘l liillillltll lill es \\illt Water ltegiont nitaiis ll\l\(llltll('1llltltsitltlltt‘ll-llllllllil\‘sl'\il lhe award dinner Wlll he held May Jo at lieiiri- \lli:lt‘l twin \'i l'oie inade the third the Ilt‘\\ ltlll‘ilril(tlllllllilllil\‘ ( eiitre lisl lor the llllltl mm litter till my; home a Waterloo duathlete Ron vanKoughnett, Wilfrid Laurier UniverSity so<<et star Alyssa Lagonia It will he .'i lining event lor the new arena lllt iii/e lllt'tlill with Winter ls.i]l\ltl Winner in and former 51 Dex/id Seizondary School wrestler Jake Jagas are nominees 50, the Kttrhener» “silll‘lvll‘ltHhVN h niavor Hill “muss . sliite( ill].t(ld International held in kit: hen Waterloo Athlete of the Year Award We want tit-show It off and we re glad . i late I.ist teat ifilttMAthtNAitt mm you are coining. \lrilll\\ told the nominees 0 C Q Discover the value of German engineering Volkswagen Waterloo ’\ u! 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