Women's cross country runner Lauren McNeil and men's volleyball player Thys Weststrate have been named the 2024-25 UBC Okanagan Heat Outstanding Athletes of the Year.
The awards were handed out on March 26 at the Heat鈥檚 Athletic Banquet at the Coast Capri Hotel.
McNeil, from Buxton, England, earned recognition for the second time in her career after being named the Outstanding Athlete of the Year for women's sports in 2021-2022. She is the sixth person to win the award for women's sports on multiple occasions.
麻豆精选 native Weststrate is the first Heat men's volleyball player to earn the Outstanding Athlete of the Year award for men's sports since Jim Bell in 2014-20515. Both McNeil and Weststrate will receive a $2,000 prize courtesy of the Coast Capri Hotel.
The Heat also recognized their Rookies of the Year. Jack McCallum from rugby took home the award for the men's sports, while volleyball's Olivia Boulding and cross country's Sophie Hamilton shared the award for the women's sports.
Other major awards handed out on Wednesday night were the Graduating Athletes of the Year, given to men's soccer's Jacob York and women's volleyball's Amaya Perry.
