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DURHAM LORDS NEWS RELEASE
Monday April 25, 2011
Countdown to the OCAA Hall of Fame
On May 4th, the Ontario Colleges Athletics Association will open it’s doors for the class of 2011. Included on the elite list of inductees is Durham College all-time greats Vaso Vujanovic and Mario Bruno.
Leading into the induction ceremony which is set to take place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto, www.durhamlords.com will be taking a look back at the 28 representatives from Durham College who are already in the OCAA Hall of Fame. The OCAA Hall of Fame is dedicated to the recognition of extraordinary contributions and accomplishments within collegiate sports in Ontario. Honoured members include athletes, coaches and builders of the association.
Today we will look at the FEMALE ATHLETES representing Durham College in the OCAA Hall of Fame.
STEPHANIE AXFORD – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Stephanie Axford began her outstanding collegiate soccer career in 1990 as part of the very first ever Durham College women's soccer program, launched under the direction of Athletic Director, Dave Stewart. She quickly established herself as a top performer in the OCAA and a dominant scorer.
Recognized as one of the top offensive players in the early 90's, Stephanie led the Central Region and ultimately the entire OCAA in scoring in 1991-92 with a DC record (at the time) of 13 goals. She led the Lords' birth of women's soccer in the OCAA to two trips to the OCAA Championships in years two and three, earning an undefeated Division Championship title in 1991-92, followed up by an OCAA Championship silver medal in 1992-93. Her scoring prowess during her college career in the OCAA saw her record 26 goals, which ranks eighth all-time in OCAA Women's Soccer history.
Stephanie was named a member of the OCAA women's soccer All-Millennium team.
TAMMY BAKER – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Tammy Baker began her dominating collegiate career at Durham in 1992, following many high school achievements at Eastdale Collegiate.
Upon her arrival, Tammy made an immediate impact on the Durham Lords soccer program. As a member of the DC women's soccer team, she was named an OCAA League all-star in 1993-94 and was instrumental in leading the program to their first ever Provincial medal (silver), only a year after soccer became a full varsity sport at Durham College. In addition, she helped the Lords win a bronze medal the following year.
Tammy was named the OCAA Rookie of the Year in 1992-93, the OCAA Scoring Champion in 1993-94, OCAA Central Division Scoring Champion twice (1992-93 & 1993-94) and named an OCAA Championship All-Star in 1993-94.
Her stellar two-year collegiate career saw her score a career total 19 goals (which ranks 15th All-time in OCAA History). She capped things off by being named a CCAA All-Canadian in 1993-94. She was the first ever Durham women’s soccer player to receive this honour. Tammy is considered one of the best, if not the best women's soccer players in DC history.
Tammy was named a member of the OCAA women's soccer All-Millennium team.
LESLEY BALSON – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Lesley Balson began a standout career in OCAA Women's Fastball as a catcher at Durham College.
Her abilities behind the plate and her rocket for an arm were quickly noticed across the province. Her leadership, defensive play and game calling ability led the Lords to two consecutive OCAA Championship gold medals in each of her years at Durham.
The teams captured back-to-back regular season crowns and then back-to-back OCAA gold medals. She was named an OCAA League All-star, OCAA Championship All-Star and an OCAA Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player.
Lesley's rock solid play behind the plate was key in the Durham fastball continued dominance in the 1990's. There was seldom a base runner that was able to steal a base off her arm. Lesley was named a member of the OCAA women's fastball All-Millennium team.
LAURIE CASTATOR (THOMPSON) – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Laurie Castator (Thompson) decided to make Durham College her choice for post secondary education starting in 1984. The talented fastball player quickly established herself as a dominating pitcher in the OCAA in her first year, helping the Lords to the OCAA Championship in the fall of 1984. She combined with fellow standout pitcher Darlene Anderson to make up one of the most feared pitching duos in OCAA history.
The following year, she copped OCAA All-Star status and was also named the OCAA League Top Pitcher posting a perfect 5-0 record. That same season, she helped her team to an OCAA bronze medal following a regular season pennant. All told she helped lead the Lords to three straight regular season pennants.
Known as one of the hardest throwing pitchers on the college circuit, she completed her OCAA fastball career in 1986-87 with a stellar 16-2 record over her three seasons, still good for seventh all-time in wins and the third best all-time winning percentage in DC women's fastball history. Laurie was named a member of the OCAA women's fastball All-Millennium team.
DARLENE COOK (ANDERSON) – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Darlene Cook (Anderson) began a stellar three-year collegiate career at Durham College in the fall of 1981.
Prior to graduating from Business Accounting, she was named an OCAA All-Star, OCAA Top Pitcher and helped lead the Lords to two Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Championships in the '82 and '84 seasons. She was also named the DC Women's Fastball Most Valuable Player in 1982-83. As one half of the dominating 1-2 Durham College pitching combo alongside Laurie Thompson, she posted an amazing 16-3 career pitching record in the OCAA while at Durham. The duo of Thompson and Anderson quite arguably was the most dominating pitching duo in OCAA history, registering a combined 32 victories and five losses.
She was a fierce competitor on the diamond and topped off her dominating collegiate playing career by being named the OCAA Top Pitcher in 1984-85 (5-0) and capturing the Ontario Championship Gold medal over Seneca College. She was an integral part of the start of the Durham College Women's Fastball dynasty of success in the OCAA. Darlene was named a member of the OCAA women's fastball All-Millennium team.
CAROL HART (CRUWYS) – Inducted on April 30, 2003
Carol Cruwys made an instant impact in her first year as an exceptional two-sport athlete. As a member of both the basketball and volleyball teams, she was named OCAA league all-star in sport each and was the driving force behind Durham’s Division II gold medals in both sports that year. Cruwys also led the OCAA basketball in scoring in her rookie year of 1984-85. Her second year was her most memorable as she led the Lords to the OCAA Volleyball Division I and II gold medal and a CCAA National Championship bronze medal.
Other accolades for Cruwys include volleyball league all-star selection, Durham’s first ever All-Canadian selection, and being named Durham College Female Athlete of the Year in 1985-86. After missing an entire year due to knee surgery, Cruwys returned to complete her studies and lead the Lords to an OCAA bronze medal in volleyball. In 2000 Carol Cruwys was named to the OCAA Women’s Volleyball Millennium team.
JILL DRINKWATER – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Jill Drinkwater began an outstanding four-year collegiate career at Durham in 1989. Prior to graduating in 1993, the two-sport athlete in softball and volleyball was the recipient of several OCAA awards, including League Top Pitcher in 1991-92. In all, she won four team championship medals in her four years at Durham College: two gold medals in softball back-to-back (1991-92 and 1992-93) along with a silver medal in softball in 1989-90 and a bronze medal in volleyball in 1992-93. As a standout pitcher, she set the all-time DC mark for career wins with 17 and was twice named team MVP.
Her successes continued with her selection as the DC Female Athlete of the Year in 1990-91 and 1991-92, becoming the only female in DC history to win the distinguished award twice. Jill was named a member of the OCAA women's fastball All-Millennium team.
STACEY FERTILE – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Stacey Fertile began a highly successful women's fastball career at Durham College in 1994. She was considered the Derek Jeter of OCAA women's fastball by her instant championship success personally and with the Lords team. She batted .515 and played flawless at the shortstop position to lead the Lords to a conference regular season title in her first season and then ultimately a Championship gold medal the same year.
Another undefeated regular season title would follow the next year and an OCAA silver medal to add to the collection. Her .487 career batting average still ranks fourth all-time in OCAA history. She was named an OCAA League All-star in 1994 and 1995 for her bat and amazing glove work defensively. She also was named the OCAA Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player in her freshman season.
Her abilities were noticed outside the OCAA as she was invited to be a part of Team Canada and the women's fastball national program upon graduation. Stacey was named a member of the OCAA women's fastball All-Millennium team.
JULIE GOEDHUIS – Inducted on April 30, 2003
Julie Goedhuis capped a highly successful OCAA collegiate career at Durham College by helping the Lords capture their first ever OCAA Women's Basketball Championship in 1996-97. She led the OCAA in scoring in back-to-back seasons (1993-94 & 1994-95), was named an OCAA league all-star twice (1993-94, 1996-97), and was named a CCAA All-Canadian in 1993-94.
Goedhuis is the second leading scorer in OCAA history, accumulating 816 points in just three seasons. She played a key role in the Lords OCAA championship season of 1996-97 as they went on to a 5th place finish at the CCAA National Championships. In 2000 Julie Goedhuis was named to the OCAA Women’s Basketball All-Millennium team.
JULIE HORNSBY – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Julie Hornsby began an outstanding collegiate athletic career at Durham College in 1986. The two-sport athlete in basketball and softball was the most valuable player in two of her three years with each team.
Prior to graduating in 1989, she was named an OCAA Basketball All-Star twice, an OCAA Softball All-Star twice and captured several OCAA Championship medals over the three-year period. She led the women's softball team to an Ontario silver medal and a bronze medal in back-to-back years while captaining the women's basketball team to three straight productive seasons.
The talented athlete was named Durham College's Female Athlete of the Year in 1988-89. In addition to her college sports success, Julie was also one of the top ringette players in the country while in college and led Ontario to many Championships in the ringette world. Julie was named a member of the OCAA women's fastball All-Millennium team.
LESLIE PELLERIN (SEELEY) – Inducted on May 2, 2007
Leslie Pellerin (Seeley) was born in Oshawa in 1963 and remained true to her hometown roots beginning an exceptional four year collegiate career at Durham College in 1982. Prior to graduating in 1986 she was named an OCAA All-Star for Softball in the 1984-85 season, Volleyball in 1985-86 and Basketball three times between 1982 to 1985 establishing herself as a rare three-sport athlete.
In all, she won a Durham College record 11 Championship medals, including 8 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. As a standout infielder and point guard she helped the Lords to three consecutive OCAA Championships in Softball from 1982-85 and back-to-back OCAA Championships in Division II Basketball in 1982-83 and 1983-84. Her successes continued with her selection as Female Athlete of the Year in 1984-85 and culminated as a valuable member of the Lady Lords Volleyball team that won the Ontario Championship before earning Bronze at the CCAA Nationals in 1985-86. Before her graduation, Leslie became the All-time career scoring leader in Division II Women's Basketball and in 1997 was inducted into the Durham College Sports Hall of Fame.
MARCY SKRIBE – Inducted on April 30, 2003
When the OCAA introduced its award for Female Athlete of the Year in 1996-97, Marcy Skribe became the first winner. That season, Skribe won a gold medal with the Durham Lords women’s basketball team, and was both a league all-star and Championship MVP. Prior to arriving at Durham, Skribe played three seasons with Seneca, where she was a league all-star and an All-Canadian in 1993-94 and 1995-96. At the 1996 CCAA Championships, she was voted to the Championship all-star team.
Skribe was Seneca’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1993-94 and 1995-96 and has been inducted into their Hall of Fame. She was selected to the OCAA Women’s Basketball All-Millennium team in 2000.
SUSAN SMITH – Inducted on May 4, 2005
Susan Smith recorded an exceptional three-year collegiate career at Durham College that began in 1984. Smith, a dual sport athlete was a member of both the top ranked women’s fastball and women’s volleyball programs at Durham College.
On the diamond, she was an outstanding OCAA all-star third basemen - leading her team to back-to-back OCAA Women’s Fastball Championship titles in 1984-85 and 1985-86. She was always near the top of the batting race and provided gold glove defense in each and every game.
Smith captained the 1985-86 Lords volleyball team to the school’s first-ever Division I title and a trip to Nationals, where they won a CCAA National bronze medal. (The school’s first ever National medal). She capped off her collegiate career by being named Durham’s ‘Female Athlete of the Year’ in 1986-87. Susan Smith was inducted into the Durham College Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.
JOANNA VAN DYKE – Inducted on April 30, 2003
Joanna Van Dyke recorded an all-star collegiate career at Durham College during her four years of OCAA competition. A member of both the women's fastball and women's volleyball programs, Van Dyke was named a CCAA All-Canadian in volleyball following the 1997-98 season and capped-off her career by captaining the Lords to an OCAA title in 1998-99. At the nationals, Van Dyke was named to the tournament all-star team. During her OCAA volleyball career she was named a league all-star three times (1996-97 to 1998-99), OCAA All-Star Game MVP in 1998-99, and OCAA Championship MVP also in 1998-99.
On the fastball field, Van Dyke, was part of a successful Lords team, which won two OCAA gold medals (1997-98, 1998-99) and one silver medal (1995-96). Van Dyke was named Durham College Female Athlete of the Year twice (1997-98 & 1998-99), and was recognized as the OCAA Female Athlete of the Year in 1997-98. Joanna Van Dyke was named to the OCAA Women’s Volleyball All-Millennium team in 2000.
TRACEY WEIGHTMAN – Inducted on April 29, 2009
Tracey Weightman began an outstanding OCAA Soccer career in 1997 by helping Durham College capture their very first ever OCAA Women's Soccer Championship title. On the way she helped the Lords to an undefeated season, Division title and a 5th place finish in Canada at the CCAA Women's Soccer National Championships. Her abilities on the soccer pitch continued to shine in her second and third seasons leading DC to the OCAA Championships once again and a second trip to the CCAA National Championships in 1999.
Her goal scoring ability hit new heights in her senior year where she led the entire OCAA in scoring with 11 goals. This success was recognized by provincial and national levels. She was named an OCAA league All-star in 1999-00, CCAA Championship Tournament All-Star and ultimately receiving the distinction of being named a Women's Soccer All-Canadian to close out her collegiate soccer career. Tracey was named a member of the OCAA women's soccer All-Millennium team.
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