ARGYLE graduate
Rosalyn Hicks will
have an extra $1,500
in her pocket when she
heads to the University
of British Columbia in
the fall.

The talented athlete, and
equally-gifted student, is onc
of cight B.C. high school stu-
dents to win a B.C. School
Sports Scholarship.

The first-of-its-kind award
offered by the association is
for student-athletes planning
to attend Canadian post-sec-
ondary schools.

The 1997 Sport B.C. high
school athlete of the year

The provincial government is
‘taking action to improve transit in
the. Greater Vancouver Region.
Together with the Greater
Vancouver Regional District, the

ROSALYN Hicks one of
eight to win $1,500 award.

plans to concentrate just on
soccer while a Thunderbird,
and says she plans to qpher

north shore news

© SPORTS
Hicks awarded scholarship

degree in human kinetics.

Hicks, a standout soccer,
basketball and volleyball play-
er for the Pipers, says she was
offered some olarships
south of the border, but none
that caught her interest.

“I didn’t really like the
towns the universities were
in,” Hicks said Monday. “I
love U.B.C. It sort of runs in
the family.”

Hicks’ mother went to the
Vancouver university, and
both her sisters are currently
attending the west side
school.

At the time of her scholar-
ship application earlier this
year, the Argyle student had a
4.0 Grade Point Average.

Soon, the GVTA will be responsible _.
for the operation of BC Transit
buses, SkyTrain, SeaBus, handyDART
and West Coast. Express in Greater
Vancouver. This transfer of

“This summer I'm playing
for the B.C. under-18 team
and going to saccer clinics at
U.B.C.,” Hicks said.

B.C. School Sports execu-
tive director Marilyn Payne
reports the new scholarship
program has been a success
and the organization plans to
continue the program next
year.

“All the fecdback we've
received has been positive,”
Payne said, adding that Hicks
(and her “amazing high
school career”) is just the
kind of student-athlete the
organization had in’ mind
when establishing the schol-
arships.

— Andrew McCredie

“Community
Driven

,

Beller Service

Wednesday, July 1, 1996 — North Shore News — 33

Coaches get
recognition

THE North Shore
Secondary Schools’
Athletic Association
(NSSSAA) celebrated its
40th birthday party by
giving its highest award
to retiring Argyle teacher
and coach Les Wilson at
Cheers Restaurant.

fn addition to the Honorary -

Life Membership award presen-
tation to Wilson, 31 teacher-
coaches were honored with
“20-Year Coach” awards for
long-time service.

Wilson -—~ the NSSSAA
president during a critical peri-
od in the Association’s history
in 1971-72, and boys soccer
chairman for 21 years — was
two years at now-defunct
Hamilton junior secondary
before going to Argyle for the
next 29 years.

He coached boys’ and girls’
teams in a wide vanety of sports
(basketball, cross-country,
rugby, soccer, tack and field,
volleyball and wrestling) during
the first half of his coaching
career before spending the last
half with basketball and his first
love — soccer.

His Pipers’ senior boys soc-
cer squad won the provincial
titles in 1976 and 1988.

The six previous recipients of
the Honorary Life Membership,
awarded to those who have
made an extraordinary contribu-
tion to NSSSAA athledcs for the
duration of their career are Bill
Parnell, Roger Kronquist, Earl
Henderson, Ed Pedersen, Mike

Smith and Jack Tasaka.

The coaches who received
recognition for reaching 20
years of coaching since the last
presentations were made five
years ago include (their present
schoo! in brackets):

Vinee Alvano (Argyle),
Doug Barker (Carson Graham),
Joc Bell (Handsworth), Bruce
Bourdon (Balmoral), Lui
Buffone (Scycove), Dick Burns
(Sutherland}, Nicky Carroll
(Windsor), Glen Close
(Sentinel), Wayne Desjardins
(West Vancouver), Jim Harrison
(Sentinel), Peter Hotston
(Howe Sound), Ed Jackson
(West Vancouver}, Mark Lefroy
(North Vancouver District
office), Michct —_Leveille
(Handsworth), Brian
L’Hirondelic (Howe Sound),
Marlene Loader (Windsor), Pat
McGuire (Sutherland), - Bill
McKitrick (West Vancouver
District office), Keith Major
(Seycove), Ray Marshall
(Carson Graham), Brian Murray

(Handswotth), Bill Plans (West >

Vancouver), Jim Reid (Carson
Graham), Allison —Ross
(Handsworth), Gary
Schwertfeger (West Vancouver),
Gerry Schwertfeger (West
(Anse Jac hase
(Argyle), Bol Vosb1
(Handsworth), Barbara Walter
( te), Murray - White
(Balmoral), Randy Young
(Sentirr-l).

The: NSSSAA is the coordi-
nating body for all high school
sports in North Vancouver,
West. Vancouver. .
Squamish.

and. .

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