Posted: Apr 03, 2020
Over the course of the week, we will be announcing our Varsity Award winners that would normally be honoured at our annual Black & Gold Athletic Awards Banquet, which has been cancelled due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
The President’s Award recognizes an individual who best combines athletics, academics, leadership and fair play; a combination for which we hope every student-athlete strives. One female and one male student-athlete are selected each year.
Victoria Haworth, Volleyball
A fifth-year combined medical sciences and engineering student, Victoria Haworth had an amazing season this year.
She led the AUS in hitting percentage and was second in total blocks and service aces per set earning AUS first team all-star honours for the third time in her career. She was also named a U SPORTS second team All-Canadian in helping to lead the Tigers to their eighth-straight AUS championship title this year.
Dalhousie’s AUS 2020 James Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award nominee, she is a standout in the classroom as well, Victoria is an Academic All-Canadian and is the first student at Dalhousie to pursue a combined degree in medical sciences and engineering.
Not only does she work hard on the court and in the classroom, she is very devoted to community service work. A member of the Varsity Council, she serves as the Special Tigers co-chair, bringing Tigers student-athletes and Special Olympians together on a regular basis.
Victoria also led the Tigers ‘Serve for the Cure’ initiative this year, raising more than $6,500 for cancer research and program support. She also serves as a volunteer coach with the Tigers Volleyball Club’s U18 girls team and volunteers with Ronald McDonald House, Relay for Life and as a Special Olympics track and field official.