CATHY ROWE MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD

2024-25 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year: Charendeep Dhillon (Women's Soccer)

Charandeep is the definition of initiative, reaching out with the idea on how to run the Gryphons women’s soccer team while showcasing leadership at every step along the way. Charandeep created eye-catching advertisements that were sent out to the interested student-athletes at recruiting events. He organized the year-end dinner, spending countless hours creating a specialized memorable poster that featured each player in an action shot that was framed and presented doing this all on his own because, in his words, "it would be nice for the players to have something." Charandeep is so positive and brings enthusiastic energy as he’s always ready and willing to assist. 
 

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2023-24 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year: Hallee Woodard (Rowing)
 
Hallee is a trusted leader on and off the water, navigating a long list of responsibilities as a racing athlete, team manager and engineering student. On top of coxing a crew to an OUA bronze medal this past year, she coordinated facility bookings, team meetings and schedules. For team travel, Hallee arranged carpools to get 50 student-athletes to Guelph Lake and back to campus by 8:30am every morning, while also organizing team travel to BC for the national championships.
 

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2022-23 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year:  Simone Thibodeau (Figure Skating)

In addition to being a skating member of the team, Simone Thibodeau's extensive roles as team manager include creating practice schedules, assisting in the delivery of the program curriculum, organizing travel arrangements, and managing the U of G learn-to-skate program.
 
The second-year standout successfully balanced her figure skating commitments and academics, all while being a reliable and loyal individual dedicated to the figure skating team's overall team spirit and success.
 

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2021-22 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year:  Ivy Gibson (Women's Volleyball)

As an athlete herself whose career was cut short due to injury, she has been a loyal, responsible and hardworking team manager with the women’s volleyball program for the past two years through the pandemic.

Ivy attends almost 90% of practices, stepping in to help facilitate drills when needed and helps with team administrative tasks, game day prep of coaching essentials, video documentation, and statistics.

She has established herself as a capable and trustworthy resource while representing gryphon volleyball to the highest of standards.

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2019-20 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year:  Natassya Lu (Wrestling)

After competing for five seasons as a member of the Gryphons varsity wrestling program, Natassya Lu seamlessly transitioned into her role as team manager for the 2019-20 season. Natassya’s excellent work ethic and organizational skills allowed her to effectively manage several of the wrestling team’s administrative duties, including organizing tournament schedules as well as leading communications around event registration and recruitment.
 
Natassya’s passion for design, which was enhanced throughout her studies at U of G as a landscape architecture major, were also on full display in 2019-20, as she produced new images and content for the Guelph Wrestling Twitter and Instagram accounts while also leading the design of the new Gryphon singlets which were worn by the U of G varsity wrestlers for the 2019-20 season.
 

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2018-19 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year:  Melanie Beck (Figure Skating)
















Melanie was an integral part of the Gryphon team, taking on several responsibilities to ensure success on the ice. Her extensive roles include facilitating communication between the athletes and staff, conducting team meetings, creating practice schedules, running off-ice sessions and warmups, coaching the 16 synchro skaters, providing video analysis, organizing team travel, and acting as both a coordinator and instructor for the Learn to Skate Program, among several others. Despite the intense workload, Melanie was able to achieve a balance between her figure skating commitments and her academics, all while bringing energy, positivity, and leadership to the Gryphon program.
 

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2017-18 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year:  Terry Pham (Men's Volleyball)

Terry Pham has become an influential figure within the Gryphons’ volleyball program because of his incredible work ethic and unmatched attention to detail. Terry designed and implemented and analytics program that tracks individual players’ statistics. The Guelph native was there at every practice and game, collecting important data that not only showed player contributions but showed their progress as the season wore on. Terry has been with the team for four years and is currently studying Engineering Systems and Computing at the U of G.
 

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2016-17 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year:  Brittany Thalen (Women's Basketball)




















The 2016-17 season marked Brittany's fifth year working with the Gryphons women's basketball team. During that time, Brittany established herself as a capable and trustworthy resource with a tremendous work ethic. Brittany was able to balance her own personal academic workload, excelling in the classroom, with a lengthy list of responsibilities with the women's basketball team. Brittany's roles ranged from the handling of itinerary during team functions to travel logistics during road trips to equipment and uniform organization for both practices and games.
 

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2015-16 Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year:  Michelle St. Pierre (Rowing)


Michelle never missed a single training session or competition during the winter training or the fall this past competitive season. Her versatility allowed her to handle anything her way from organizing transportation to and from Guelph Lake; to ensuring equipment was ready for early morning training sessions; to coordinating exam supervision at competitions. Michelle served as an integral part of the Gryphon rowing teams.
 

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List of winners of Cathy Rowe Manager of the Year award:
 

Year	Name	Sport
2024-25	Charandeep Dhillon	Women's Soccer
2023-24	Hallee Woodard	Rowing
2022-23	Simone Thibodeau	Figure Skating
2021-22	Ivy Gibson	Women's Volleyball
2020-21	* COVID *
2019-20	Natassya Lu	Wrestling
2018-19	Melanie Beck	Figure Skating
2017-18	Terry Pham	Men's Volleyball
2016-17	Brittany Thalen	Women's Basketball
2015-16	Michelle St. Pierre	Rowing
2014-15	Anik Hanning	Rowing
2013-14	Rachel Simpson	Women's Hockey
2012-13	Derek Lahaie	Men's Volleyball
2011-12	Diana Haefele	Women's Basketball
2010-11	Jenn Kaufman	Women's Rugby
2009-10	Hediyeh Karimian	Wrestling
2005-06	Andrew Godard	Men's Soccer
2004-05	Kevin Christiaens	Wrestling
2003-04	Andrew Godard	Men's Soccer
2002-03	Sophie Vialatte	Women's Basketball
2001-02	Jessie Gartshore	Women's Basketball
2000-01	Not Awarded
1999-00	Dan Anstett	Men's Basketball
1998-99	Samanth Williams	Women's Basketball
1997-98	Samanth Williams	Women's Basketball
1996-97	Joe Varamo	Football
1995-96	Chad Fleck	Women's Volleyball
1994-95	Helen McAllister	Men's Soccer
1993-94	Christine East	Women's Basketball
1992-93	Natalie Norman	Women's Volleyball
1991-92	Melissa Leiskau Ed Malabre	Men's Basketball Football
1990-91	Jennifer LeBlanc	Men's Basketball | Men's Soccer
1989-90	John Beechy	Men's Basketball
1988-89	Koi Street	Women's Hockey
1987-88	Suzanne Walters	Field Hockey
1986-87	Suzie Chin	Women's Basketball
1985-86	Tuula Sillantaus	Men's Soccer
1984-85	Laurie Graham	Women's Basketball | Field Hockey
1983-84	Colin Slim	Football
1982-83	Kate Hull	Women's Basketball
1981-82	Sue Nagata	Wrestling
1980-81	Kate Hull	Women's Basketball