LONDON, Ont. – Men’s rugby player Conor Trainor and women’s swimmer Jennifer Trung were recognized for their outstanding careers on Tuesday night as the Western Mustangs held the 2012-13 Athletic Awards Banquet at the London Convention Centre.
 
Trainor capped off his five year Mustangs career by winning the 70th Dr. Claude Brown Memorial Trophy while Trung finished her four years at Western with the 57th F.W.P. Jones Trophy. Both awards are presented to an athlete judged to have made the greatest contribution to intercollegiate athletics within the university during their time at Western.
 
Playing five seasons for the Mustangs Conor Trainor helped lead Western to four consecutive OUA Finals appearances including winning the OUA Championship in 2011. A two-time OUA All-Star and OUA Finals MVP, Trainor has also impressed on the international stage, playing for Canada’s senior national team at events such as the Commonwealth Games and Pan Am Games.
 
Other nominees for the Dr. Claude Brown Memorial Trophy were track athlete Scott Leitch and golfer Charles Fitzsimmons.
 
In four seasons with the Mustangs Jennifer Trung was frequently seen on the podium winning an amazing 15 OUA medals during her career, nine of them gold. She also holds two Western records as an individual in the 50 Metre and 100 Metre Backstroke and along with her teammates holds OUA records in the 4x400 Metre Medley Relay and 4x400 Metre Freestyle Relay.
 
Also nominated for the F.W.P. Jones Trophy were basketball’s Jenny Vaughan and track and field’s Brenna Thomson.
 
Along with the Brown and Jones trophies for the first time in history two Mustangs were selected as the Male and Female Athletes of the Year.
 
Receiving the first ever Male Athlete of the Year Award was men’s volleyball player Garrett May. May led the CIS in both kills-per-set and points-per-set in 2012-13 en route to being named the OUA Player of the Year as well as an OUA First Team All-Star and CIS First Team All-Canadian.
 
Women’s hockey goaltender Kelly Campbell claimed the inaugural Female Athlete of the Year Award after an outstanding season in the Western net. Campbell was one of the top goalies in CIS hockey this season ranking in first place in the country in total saves and was third in save percentage, posting a .942 mark that was also good to lead the OUA. She was also named an OUA First Team All-Star and a CIS First Team All-Canadian for her efforts.
 
Also presented on Tuesday night were the prestigious Purple Blanket awards, which are given to student-athletes, usually in their graduating year, that are judged to have made an outstanding contribution to Western athletics.
 
This year 16 Purple Blankets were handed out including two to Jones nominees Vaughan and Thompson, along with Mark Dawidek from rowing, men’s squash’s Brian Hong, swimmer Jake Armstrong, men’s soccer player Dominic Bell, track & field athletes Cassandra McCaig and Mila Simulik, football’s Mike Van Praet, baseball player Adam Paish, men’s hockey player Geoff Killing, badminton’s Martin Giuffre, figure skater Claire Daugulis, Rory Tomlinson from the men’s rugby team, and women’s wrestler Brianne Barry.
 
Team MVPs were honoured as well, with the full list of winners outlined below:
 
Men’s Badminton: Martin Giuffre
Women’s Badminton: Alex Bruce
Baseball: Adam Paish 
Men’s Basketball: Quinn Henderson
Women’s Basketball: Jenny Vaughan
Men’s Cross Country: Ryan Armstrong
Women’s Cross Country: Amanda Truelove
Men’s Curling: Brett DeKoning
Women’s Curling: Caitlin Romain
Men’s Fencing: Colin Lee
Women’s Fencing: Vivian Poon
Field Hockey: Katie Feagan & Megan Duffy (Co-MVPs)
Figure Skating: Julianna Kuhl
Football: Garret Sanvido
Men’s Golf: Charles Fitzsimmons and Traynor Turkiewicz (Co-MVPs)
Women’s Golf: Amy Williams
Men’s Hockey: Josh Unice
Women’s Hockey: Kelly Campbell
Men’s Lacrosse: Zach Grace
Women’s Lacrosse: Lauren Crape and Tenyka Snider (Co-MVPs)
Women’s Ringette: Michelle Coppens
Men’s Rowing: Mark Dawidek (Heavyweight)
Men’s Rowing: Graham Schenck (Lightweight)
Women’s Rowing: Addie Barr (Heavyweight)
Women’s Rowing: Sarah Christensen (Lightweight)
Men’s Rugby: Mike Penczak
Women’s Rugby: Lori Josephson
Men’s Soccer: Eric Amato
Women’s Soccer: Lauren Winquist
Women’s Softball: Alanna Anstett
Men’s Squash: Brian Hong
Women’s Squash: Holly Delavigne and Samantha Hennings (Co-MVPs)
Men’s Swimming: Robert Wise
Women’s Swimming: Emma Sproule
Men’s Table Tennis: Kevin Tang
Women’s Table Tennis: Rongge Zhang
Men’s Tennis: Thomas Young and Matthew Jaekel
Women’s Tennis: Marni Venter
Men’s Track and Field: Scott Leitch
Women’s Track and Field: Brenna Thomson
Men’s Volleyball: Garrett May
Women’s Volleyball: Danielle Marshall
Men’s Water Polo: Daniel Abraham
Men’s Wrestling: Steven Takahashi and Ilya Abelev (Co-MVPs)
Women’s Wrestling: Brianne Barry