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      University
      sports
      by
      Alex
      Field
      Players
      of
      the
      Week
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -UPEI
      Panther
     
     
      Wins
      Award
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      Thursday,
      February
     
     
      13
      the
      AUS
      announced
      the
      major
     
     
      award
      winners
      for
      this
      year's
     
     
      women's
      volleyball
      season.
     
     
      Among
      the
      winners
      announced
     
     
      was
      Jackie
      Ellsworth,
      who
      was
     
     
      named
      the
      2002-03
      Rookie
      of
      the
     
     
      Year.
      This
      is
      the
      first
      time
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jeff
      Walker:
      Male
      Penny
      Lee
      Walsh:
      Female
     
    
   
   
    
     
      this
      kind
      of
      award
      has
      been
      given
     
     
      to
      a
      player
      from
      UPEI,
      and
      the
      The
      male
      player
      of
      week
      twenty
      of
      the
      The
      female
      player
      of
      week
      twenty
     
     
      sports
      season
      is
      Jeff
      Walker.
      Jeff
      had
      a
      of
      the
      sports
      season
      is
      Penny
      Lee
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fact
      that
      Jackie
      was
      able
      to
      earn
     
     
      this
      award
      during
      a
      season
      that
     
     
      saw
      the
      volleyball
      Panthers
      strug-
     
     
      gle
      for
      victories,
      makes
      her
     
     
      achievement
      all
      the
      more
      out-
     
     
      standing.
     
    

    
     
      The
      determining
      factor
     
     
      that
      mostly
      likely
      resulted
      in
     
     
      Jackie
      winning
      this
      award
      was
     
     
      her
      ability
      to
      play
      the
      libero
      posi-
     
     
      tion,
      with
      extreme
      consistency.
     
     
      This
      was
      Jackie's
      first
      year
      play-
     
     
      ing
      the
      libero
      position,
      and
      her
     
     
      natural
      ability
      was
      obvious
      as
      she
     
     
      led
      the
      AUS
      and
      CIS
      in
      digs,
      col-
     
     
      lecting
      a
      total
      321
      digs
      during
      the
     
     
      season,
      which
      gave
      her
      an
      aver-
     
     
      age
      of
      5.53
      digs
      per
      game,
      which
     
     
      was
      nearly
      a
      full
      dig
      more
      than
     
     
      any
      other
      player
      in
      all
      of
      Canada.
     
     
      Jackie
      is
      a
      graduate
      from
      Westisle
     
     
      High
      School,
      and
      is
      currently
      in
     
     
      her
      second
      year
      of
      the
      Science
     
     
      program.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      career
      game
      this
      past
      Friday
      as
      he
      lead
      the
      Walsh.
      Penny
      played
      a
      strong
      game
     
     
      men's
      basketball
      team
      to
      a
      huge
      victory
      against
      the
      Dalhousie
      Tigers
      in
      the
     
     
      over
      the
      CIS
      6th-ranked
      St.
      FX
      X-Men.
      _
      hockey
      quarterfinal
      this
      past
      Friday.
     
     
      After
      a
      pre-game
      ceremony
      that
      saw
      Jeff
      Penny
      set
      up
      the
      only
      goal
      for
      the
     
     
      honour
      as
      the
      only
      graduating
      member
      of
      Panthers,
      whose
      season
      came
      to
      an
     
     
      the
      men's
      basketball
      team,
      Walker
      shot
      out
      end
      as
      they
      lost
      the
      game
      4-1.
     
    

    
     
      the
      lights,
      as
      he
      hit
      his
      first
      ten
      shots
      of
      the
      Penny
      is
      a
      graduate
      from
      Morell
     
     
      game,
      and
      finished
      with
      a
      game-high
      29
      —_—
      Regional
      High
      School,
      and
      is
      cur-
     
     
      points.
      Jeffis
      a
      graduate
      from
      St.
      Stephen
      rently
      in
      her
      third
      year
      of
      the
     
    

    
     
      High
      School,
      and
      is
      currently
      in
      his
      fourth
      Business
      program,
      with
      a
      major
      in
     
     
      year
      in
      the
      Arts
      program,
      where
      he
      majors
      Tourism
      &
      Hospitality.
     
    

    
     
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      Sociology.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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