The UNBC Timberwolves capped off a memorable 2023-24 season with their annual Awards Banquet.
Brityn Hinsche of Williams Lake and the women’s soccer team captured the Timberwolves Female Athlete of the Year while five-year men’s basketball star Spencer Ledoux was named the Male Athlete of the Year.
Hinsche recorded a staggering 128 saves during the USPORTS soccer season, the second-highest total in the national, trailing only Madison Priebe of the Winnipeg Wesman.
The Williams Lake native also ranked first in games played and started while sitting fourth in Canada in minutes played with 1260.
Six times in a span of 14 games, Hinsche made 10-or-more saves. Her biggest single-game save total came on October 7th when she made 15 saves against the eventual league champs from UBC.
UNBC’s women’s soccer team finished 0-13-1, scoring a paltry three goals.
Ledoux on the other hand, capped off an incredible five-year career at UNBC averaging a team-best 15.8 points-per-game, and the fifth-best field goal percentage in all of Canada West (53.2 percent).
His 829 career regular season points rank him fourth all-time in Timberwolves scoring while his 379 career Canada West field goals are second only to Tyrell Laing.
In addition, twenty-five individual awards were handed out while an additional 43 students were recognized as Academic All Canadians and as soon-to-be graduates of UNBC.
The Male Rookie of the Year award went to defender Koss Nystedt (men’s soccer) while guard Viktoriia Filatova’s (women’s basketball) remarkable first season helped her earn Female Rookie of the Year honours.
A summary of the 2023-24 UNBC Timberwolves Department Awards can be found below:
Kaz Ikuta Student Service Award: Kyle Doiron
Male Rookie of the Year Award: Koss Nystedt
Female Rookie of the Year Award: Viktoriia Filatova
Male Athlete of the Year: Spencer Ledoux
Female Athlete of the Year: Brityn Hinsche
KJM Sales Timberwolf Award: Noah Ballinger
A complete list of 2023-24 UNBC Timberwolves team award winners can be found below:
Men’s Soccer Award Winners:
Best Defensive Player – Daniel Zadravec
Golden Boot Award – Michael Henman
The Green and Gold Award – Gregor Smith
2023-24 MVP – Daniel Zadravec
Men’s Basketball Award Winners:
Practice Wins Leader – Spencer Ledoux
Rookie of the Year Award - Will Keyes
Zane Robison Award - Chris Ross
Best Defensive Player Award – Josh Gillespie
Most Inspirational Player – Chris Ross
Most Outstanding Player – Spencer Ledoux
Women’s Soccer Award Winners:
Best Defensive Player – Avery Nystedt
Best Offensive Player Award – Claire Turner
The Green and Gold Award – Anna deWynter
And finally, the 2023-24 MVP – Brityn Hinsche
Women’s Basketball Winners:
Defensive Player of the Year – Sophia Fuller
Most Improved Player of the Year – Adaiah Tupas-Singh
Rookie of the Year – Viktoriia Filatova
Leadership Award – Rebecca Landry
Most Valuable Player Award – Sveta Boykova
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