UNB’s Colin Sinclair wins the prestigious AUS James Bayer Scholarship
At an awards ceremony during the AUS men’s basketball final at the Metro Centre, Halifax, on Saturday night, Atlantic University Sport announced UNB’s men’s hockey player Colin Sinclair as the 2007 recipient of the James Bayer Memorial Scholarship.
The James Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award was established in 1985 and is awarded annually to an outstanding student athlete in Atlantic University Sport for excellence in academics, athletics, leadership, sportsmanship and citizenship. This memorial scholarship is the most prestigious award offered annually by the conference.
“It is a tremendous honour,” said Sinclair. “I am thankful to the Bayer Foundation to be chosen from this prestigious group of student-athletes. Any one of the group deserved to win and I congratulate each and every nominee for their achievements,” continued Sinclair.
Sinclair co-captained the AUS All-Star squad at the World University Games in Turin, Italy, in January and helped lead the team to a gold medal. He is an assistant captain with the Varsity Reds and has scored 15 goals and 22 points in regular season play this year.
Sinclair, of Brooks, Alberta, is a three-time Dean’s List student and Academic all-Canadian. He fast tracked his four-year Business degree and graduated in three years and is currently enrolled in the two-year Master’s program.
He is the hockey team’s representative to Athletes Council and is also actively involved in the Fredericton community with the ‘Read with the Reds’ and ‘Heads up with the Reds’ volunteer programs at UNB.
“Colin is an outstanding individual who reflects the highest qualities of commitment, work ethic and respect, and is an outstanding ambassador for university sport in Canada,” commented Kevin Dickie, UNB’s Director of Athletics, who was on hand to see Colin receive the award.