Blues Awards Banquet Roundup

The Blues annual awards banquet was held April 1 at Seymour Golf and Country Club.

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

CapU Blues sports info

Celebrating Capilano's athletic and academic excellence, Blues athletes, coaches and staff were joined by many administrators and scholarship donors at Seymour Golf & Country Club April 1 for the 31st annual Blues Awards Banquet - a wonderful evening recognizing honours and accolades earned in the 2025-26 campaign.

Here are the 2025-26 Blues Awards Banquet recipients:

PACWEST AWARDS

PACWEST ALL-STARS

Women's Basketball: Maddy Coffin, Barcha Hnizdilova
Men's Basketball: Kash Lang, Zach Klim
Women's Soccer: Lauren Grey, Sophie Pather
Men's Soccer: Sebastian Cirotto, Tommy Millar
Women's Volleyball: Abby Betker, Nnya Mbaoma, Natalie Rourke
Men's Volleyball: Luke Tiegen

PACWEST ALL-ROOKIE TEAMS

Women's Basketball: Lucia Lopez
Men's Basketball: Afu Bullock, Alfonso Reyes

PACWEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Women's Basketball: Maddy Coffin
Women's Volleyball: Abby Betker

PACWEST COACH OF THE YEAR

Women's Volleyball: Sue Soolsma

PACWEST ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

(3.50+ GPA over previous three terms):

Women's Basketball - Maddy Coffin, Barcha Hnizdilova, Sereena Hothi, Mia Parkin, Lauren Tomlinson
Men's Basketball - Sukhraj Garcha, Justin Pamintuan
Women's Soccer - Isabella Bolognese, Sasha Faris, Kaitlyn Johnson, Channelle Morris, Maya Van Ryk
Men's Soccer - Riley Marshall, Tommy Millar
Women's Volleyball - Abby Betker, Sibby Bos, Mollie English, Makenna Hamilton-Jackson, Monica Hoffman, Annika Kuznik, Nnya Mbaoma, Natalie Rourke, Stephanie Sung, Kristen Young
Men's Volleyball - Kai Haley Lo Yan, Brayden Labossiere, Xavier Masztak

CCAA AWARDS

CCAA ALL-CANADIANS

Women's Basketball - Maddy Coffin
Men's Basketball - Kash Lang
Women's Soccer - Lauren Grey
Women's Volleyball - Abby Betker
Men's Volleyball - Luke Tiegen

CCAA COACH OF THE YEAR

Women's Volleyball: Sue Soolsma

CCAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Women's Volleyball: Abby Betker

CapU AWARDS

CAPILANO UNIVERSITY BLUES MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

Women's Basketball - Maddy Coffin
Men's Basketball - Kash Lang
Women's Soccer - Lauren Grey
Men's Soccer - Tommy Millar
Women's Volleyball - Nnya Mbaoma
Men's Volleyball - Quentin Middleton

SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF DISTINCTION

(3.50+ GPA for Fall 2025 term)

Women's Basketball - Maddy Coffin, Jade de Fondaumiere, Barcha Hnizdilova, Sheleese Hoilett, Sereena Hothi, Alexa Kusel, Lucia Lopez, Teigan Manson, Sasha Neuhaus, Mia Parkin, Olivia Rozinsky, Lauren Tomlinson

Men's Basketball - Sukhraj Garcha, Zach Hamed, Zach Klim, Justin Pamintuan, Aidan Underwood

Women's Soccer - Isabella Bolognese, Bryn Chubb, Erika Di Lorenzo, Sasha Faris, Meghan Ferguson, Rachel Laakmann, Amelia Mori, Channelle Morris, Kiana Sardari, Karmyn Sujan, Maya Van Ryk

Men's Soccer - Tate Davidson, Tommy Millar, Sam Talaifar, Callan Wevers

Women's Volleyball - Abby Betker, Sibby Bos, Mollie English, Makenna Hamilton-Jackson, Monica Hoffman, Annika Kuznik, Quinn Laird, Anna Liniewski, Nnya Mbaoma, Natalie Rourke, Stephanie Sung, Aimee Tilley, Kristen Young

Men's Volleyball - Connor Collinson-Lea, Cameron Douglas, Kai Haley Lo Yan, Brayden Labossiere, Xavier Masztak, Torin Quan, Connor Remedios, Simon Russo, Kameo Wagner

TEAM ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Women's Basketball - Team GPA of 3.82, Fall 2025 term

BLUES ALL-TIME RECORDS BROKEN

Men's Basketball - Zach Klim, all-time leading rebounder (492 and counting
Women's Basketball - Barcha Hnizdilova, all-time leading rebounder (660 and counting)
Women's Basketball - Maddy Coffin, all-time leading scorer (1,196 career points)

Zach Klim, Maddy Coffin, Barcha Hnizdilova (left to right)

FIFTH AND FOURTH-YEAR GRADUATING STUDENT-ATHLETES

Women's Soccer - Kai Belbin, Lauren Grey
Women's Volleyball - Sibby Bos, Annika Kuznik, Anna Liniewski, Nnya Mbaoma, Stephanie Sung, Aimee Tilley, Kristen Young
Women's Basketball - Maddy Coffin, Sereena Hothi, Alexa Kusel, Lauren Tomlinson
Men's Basketball - Kash Lang, Anthony Tamburrino

5th & 4th-Year Graduating Student-Athletes

CapU DONOR AWARDS

AZIZ & BIJAN SHADMEHR AWARD

Men's Volleyball - Reese Nowotny
Women's Volleyball - Nnya Mbaoma

WILLIAM MCEWEN MEMORIAL AWARD

Women's Basketball - Sereena Hothi, Jade de Fondaumier
Men's Basketball - Zach Hamed, Afu Bullock
Women's Soccer - Sophie Pather, Sasha Faris
Men's Soccer - Zach Gabrys, Stefano Dal Sasso
Women's Volleyball - Sibby Bos, Abby Betker
Men's Volleyball - Shub Wander, Connor Collinson-Lea

COCA-COLA ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE AWARD

Men's Soccer - Graydon Sherle
Women's Volleyball - Abby Betker

GRAHAM COATES MEMORIAL AWARD

Men's Soccer - Tommy Millar

COLLEEN & GORDON NORDSTROM MEMORIAL BURSARY

Men's Soccer - Hami Mai Mokhtari

FRANK PUPP AWARD

Women's Soccer - Kai Belbin, Erika Di Lorenzo

JOSEPH IACOBELLIS AWARD

Women's Basketball - Lauren Tomlinson
Men's Basketball - Sukhraj Garcha, Zach Klim
Women's Soccer - Isabella Bolognese, Leah Herald
Men's Soccer - Andrew Cerqueira, Aydin Ali
Women's Volleyball - Annika Kuznik
Men's Volleyball - Liam Martin