April
      12,
      2007
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      CADRE
      *
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sor
      ORTS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Josh
      Lewis
     
     
      Sports
      Editor
     
     
      UPET
      held
      its
      37"
      annual
      Panther
     
     
      Sport
      Awards
      Night
      March
      30
      and
     
     
      Doug
      McKinney
      and
      Liz
      McPhail
     
     
      walked
      away
      as
      the
      big
      winners.
     
     
      McKinney,
      a
      senior
      forward
      with
      the
     
     
      basketball
      team
      and
      McPhail,
      a
      senior
     
     
      midfielder
      with
      the
      soccer
      squad,
     
     
      brought
      home
      the
      men’s
      and
      wom-
     
     
      en’s
      Outstanding
      Athlete
      of
      the
      Year
     
     
      awards,
      in
      addition
      to
      the
      Most
      Valu-
     
     
      able
      Player
      awards
      for
      their
      respective
     
     
      teams.
     
    

    
     
      Other
      MVP
      winners
      included
      Paul
     
     
      Drew
      (men’s
      hockey),
      Mikaela
      El-
     
     
      lis
      (women’s
      hockey),
      Melissa-Anne
     
     
      Campbell
      (women’s
      basketball),
      Matt
     
     
      Thomson
      (men’s
      soccer),
      Ashley
     
     
      MacDonald
      (women’s
      rugby),
      Nicole
     
     
      Wagner
      (field
      hockey)
      and
      Lindsay
     
     
      Fisher
      (volleyball).
      Justin
      Ellis
      and
     
     
      Mike
      Deighan
      shared
      the
      award
      for
     
     
      men’s
      rugby.
     
    

    
     
      Rookie
      of
      the
      year
      winners
      in-
     
     
      cluded
      Ryan
      Kitchen
      (men’s
      hockey),
     
     
      Elizabeth
      Legay
      (women’s
      hockey),
     
     
      Paul
      Craig
      (men’s
      soccer),
      Mandy
     
     
      Lise
      McKenna
      (women’s
      soccer),
     
     
      Jonathan
      Cooper
      (men’s
      basketball),
     
    
   
   
    
     
      McKinney,
      McPhail
      snare
      major
      awards
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Doug
      McKinney
      and
      Liz
      MacPhail,
      men’s
      and
      women’s
      outstanding
      athletes
      of
      the
      year
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Susanne
      Canvin
      (women’s
      basketball),
     
     
      Ellen
      Andrews
      (field
      hockey),
      Kaitlin
     
     
      Richard
      (women’s
      rugby),
      Mike
      Stew-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      art
      (men’s
      rugby),
      and
      Kayla
      Walsh
     
     
      (volleyball).
     
     
      The
      rest
      of
      the
      award
      winners
      can
     
    
   
   
    
     
      be
      found
      at
      http://upei.ca/athletics/
     
    
   
   
    
     
      html/award_night.html
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Panther
      hoops
      star
      plans
      to
      continue
      career
      in
      Europe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Josh
      Lewis
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sports
      Editor
     
     
      he
      UPEI
      Panthers
      men’s
      basketball
     
    
   
   
    
     
      program
      will
      have
      a
      huge
      void
      to
      fill:
     
     
      next
      season
      with
      the
      graduation
      of
     
     
      Doug
      McKinney.
      The
      Charlottetown
     
     
      native,
      who
      recently
      was
      named
      the
     
     
      university’s
      male
      athlete
      of
      the
      year,
     
     
      says
      leaving
      his
      teammates
      at
      UPEI
     
     
      will
      be
      a
      huge
      change
      in
      his
      life.
     
    

    
     
      “Tt
      feels
      weird
      to
      actually
      be
      leav-
     
     
      ing,
      it
      went
      by
      so
      fast.
      It’s
      kind
      of
     
     
      been
      a
      way
      of
      life
      for
      me
      for
      the
      last
     
     
      five
      years...
      seeing
      people
      come
      and
     
     
      go,
      it
      feels
      great
      to
      finish
      this
      chapter
     
     
      of
      my
      life,
      and
      my
      time
      at
      UPEI
      has
     
     
      been
      great.”
     
    

    
     
      McKinney,
      who
      will
      graduate
      this
     
     
      year
      with
      an
      arts
      degree,
      says
      he’s
     
     
      proud
      of
      his
      part
      in
      the
      program’s
     
     
      success.
      :
     
    

    
     
      “T
      think
      that
      completing
      five
      years
     
     
      in
      one
      program
      is
      something
      to
      be
     
     
      proud
      of.
      Not
      too
      many
      players
      play
     
     
      all
      five
      years
      in
      one
      school.
      I
      hope
     
     
      that
      the
      program
      begins
      to
      get
      more
     
     
      players
      to
      finish
      their
      five
      years
      with
     
     
      the
      program,
      because
      that
      is
      how
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      get
      a
      successful
      program.
      Get
      the
     
     
      players
      you
      want,
      and
      get
      them
      to
     
     
      gel
      together.
      Our
      team
      this
      year
      got
     
     
      along
      great,
      and
      it
      was
      great
      to
      play
     
     
      with
      that
      group
      of
      guys
      and
      I’m
      re-
     
     
      ally
      going
      to
      miss
      them
      all.”
     
    

    
     
      In
      particular,
      McKinney
      will
      miss
     
     
      fellow
      graduates
      Sherone
      Edwards
     
     
      and
      Peter
      Stay,
      who,
      along
      with
      McK-
     
     
      inney,
      will
      leave
      the
      Panthers
      with
      an
     
     
      enormous
      hole
      up
      front.
     
    

    
     
      “Sherone
      and
      Peter
      have
      been
      great,
     
     
      to
      play
      with.
      It’s
      been
      great
      to
      be
      with
     
     
      them,
      and
      see
      them
      turn
      into
      men.
     
     
      I’ve
      seen
      those
      guys
      mote
      in
      the
      last
     
     
      five
      years
      then
      my
      own
      family.
      They
     
     
      have
      been
      like
      a
      family
      to
      me.”
     
    

    
     
      McKinney
      says
      former
      teammate
     
     
      and
      current
      assistant
      coach
      Tyler
     
     
      Wood
      has
      also
      been
      a
      close
      friend.
     
    

    
     
      “Tyler
      is
      one
      of
      a
      kind,
      both
      on
     
     
      the
      court
      and
      off
      the
      court.
      I
      wish
     
     
      him
      and
      Allison
      and
      of
      course
      (son)
     
     
      Taylor,
      all
      the
      best
      in
      Moncton.”
     
     
      McKinney
      counts
      the
      Panthers’
      2003
     
     
      AUS
      title
      and
      subsequent
      run
      to
      the
     
     
      national
      consolation
      game
      against
     
     
      Carleton
      as
      his
      best
      memory
      with
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      team.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      lost
      to
      them
      in
      overtime
      and
      it
     
     
      was
      an
      intense
      game
      to
      say
      the
      least.”
     
     
      The
      68”
      forward
      will
      also
      remem-
     
    

    
     
      ber
      his
      most
      recent
      accolade.
     
     
      “Getting
      the
      athlete
      of
      the
      year
     
     
      was
      a
      complete
      surprise
      to
      me.
      There
     
     
      were
      so
      many
      great
      athletes
      that
      did
     
     
      so
      many
      great
      things
      this
      year,
      like
     
     
      my
      buddy
      Paul
      Drew,
      who
      on
      top
     
     
      of
      Judy
      Lynn’s
      stats
      class,
      managed
     
     
      to
      win
      a
      gold
      medal
      (at
      the
      World
     
     
      Universiade
      in
      Torino,
      Italy)
      and
     
     
      Matty
      Thomson
      had
      a
      great
      year
      for
     
     
      the
      soccer
      team.
      It
      feels
      good
      to
      be
     
     
      surrounded
      with
      great
      athletes,
      and
     
     
      I’m
      privileged
      that
      I
      was
      selected
      for
     
     
      the
      award.
      I’d
      like
      to
      thank
      my
      team-
     
     
      mates,
      and
      my
      coaches,
      for
      allow-
     
     
      ing
      me
      to
      have
      the
      season
      I
      did.
      I
     
     
      couldn’t
      have
      done
      it
      without
      every-
     
     
      one
      on
      my
      team.”
     
     
      McKinney
      has
      definite
      plans
      for
      the
     
     
      future,
      both
      on
      and
      off
      the
      court.
     
     
      “Down
      the
      road
      I
      would
      like
      to
     
     
      follow
      in
      my
      father’s
      footsteps
      and
     
     
      maybe
      someday
      join
      the
      RCMP.
      As
     
     
      for
      right
      now,
      I
      think
      I’m
      going
      to
      try
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      continue
      my
      basketball
      career.
      I
     
     
      am
      working
      on
      some
      things
      in
      Eu-
     
     
      rope,
      and
      I
      have
      people
      helping
      me,
     
     
      trying
      to
      put
      me
      in
      the
      place
      that
      best
     
     
      suits
      my
      abilities.
      I
      don’t
      really
      know
     
     
      what
      part
      of
      Europe
      right
      now,
      but
     
     
      within
      the
      next
      little
      while
      I
      should
     
     
      know
      some
      more
      about
      where
      and
     
     
      what
      division
      I'll
      be
      playing
      in.”
     
    

    
     
      On
      the
      whole,
      McKinney
      is
      thank-
     
     
      ful
      for
      his
      experience
      at
      his
      home-
     
     
      town
      university.
     
    

    
     
      “Overall,
      I’m
      glad
      that
      I
      chose
     
     
      UPEL
      It’s
      been
      great
      playing
      in
      front
     
     
      of
      people
      from
      my
      own
      community
     
     
      for
      the
      last
      five
      years,
      and
      UPEI
      is
     
     
      a
      great
      school.
      It’s
      gone
      by
      so
      fast,
     
    

    
     
      I
      would
      like
      to
      do
      it
      all
      over
      again.
     
     
      University
      is
      an
      experience
      that
      you
     
     
      will
      remember
      for
      your
      life,
      and
      I’m
     
     
      glad
      that
      I
      chose
      to
      spend
      this
      part
     
     
      of
      my
      life
      at
      UPEI.
      I'd
      like
      to
      thank
     
     
      everyone
      who
      has
      helped
      me
      get
      to
     
     
      this
      point,
      and
      wish
      the
      best
      of
      luck
     
     
      to
      not
      only
      the
      basketball
      team
      next
     
     
      year,
      but
      to
      all
      the
      athletes
      who
      put
     
     
      on
      that
      Panther
      uniform.”