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Athletics
Department
Announces

Award Winners

he Department of Athletics and

Recreation at Capilano College
announced the recipients of this year’s
awards at the annual Athletic Awards
Banquet held at the Capilano College
Sportsplex on Thursday, March 30.

Rucanor Endowment Scholarship,

awarded to students who have
demonstrated a high level of
achievement in their field of study, as
well as their chosen sport, and who will
be returning to Capilano College next
year: Aristotle Beris, Sherlan John,
Sheri Tarnowski, Madeleine Lemaire
and Kevin Leong.

Robin Wilson, College Board chair, presents the Capilano College
Women’s Basketball team with an award for highest team academic
achievement. The women placed fourth overall during the season. (Photo

by Cam Williams.)

Scholar Athlete of the Year, awarded

to a male and female athlete for achieving

academic excellence while a practising,
playing member of an athletic team:
Steve Spence and Karen Lee.

Athlete of the Year, presented to the

top female and male athletes for
consistently demonstrating outstanding
performance, commitment, leadership
and sportsmanship throughout the
year: Melissa Artuso and John
Pashalidas. O

Tough Program Produces Double Award
Winner at Spring Ceremony

urnaby resident Nausher Banaji

was the recipient of two cash
awards at Capilano College’s spring
awards ceremony held Thursday, March
23. Nausher, an Accelerated Marketing
student in the Business Administration
department, won the Harold Kirchner
Scholarship, which is given annually to
the highest achiever in Career Programs.
He also received an award from the
Rotary Club of North Vancouver.

“The Accelerated Program, where
you put 24 months of effort into 12, is
an avalanche of work,” says Nausher.
“The reason I did well is because I work
hard, focus and prioritize my time. It’s
an extremely difficult course, but
anyone who shows a certain amount of
commitment and wants to do well will
excel.”

Married for eight years, Nausher and

Nausher Banaji, pictured here
receiving an award from Rotary Club
president, Bob McKilligan, is looking
for employment opportunities in
marketing or with an advertising firm.
There is also the possibility of a
teaching career, as he already has a
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm) from
the University of Bombay.

his wife moved to Vancouver two years

ago from India. He regards the faculty at

Capilano College as tops in their field.
“Not only is Capilano College a

beautiful environment in which to study,”

Nausher says, “but I thought the faculty

were extremely knowledgeable. Many are

also working in the business world, so
they are able to offer students objective
information; information that relates to
the real world. It’s not simply theory.

“Often people say that a course is
90 per cent inspiration and 10 per
cent perspiration,” he continues. “The
12-month Accelerated Marketing
program at Capilano College is, in
my opinion, 100 per cent
perspiration.”

But it produces winners, such as
Nausher, whose commitment to
excellence and learning should guide
him well into the 21st century. O