VICTORIA - From California to Toronto, covering the mainland and the island, the UVic Vikes welcome an incoming class from far and wide for the start of the 2010-11 season.
Here's a team-by-team list of new faces on the Vikes rosters this season:
BASKETBAL MEN
Eric Casey (6-4 G Victoria-University of Alberta); Adam Connolly (6-8 F Nanaimo-Shawnigan Lake); Craig Lee (6-5 G Oxnard, Calif.-Oxnard College); Chris McLaughlin (6-9 C Oakville-Abbey Park); Ted Neilson (6-6 F Nanaimo-Dover Bay); Reese Pribilsky (6-0 G Victoria-Oak Bay)
BASKETBALL WOMEN
Cassandra Goodis (5-8 G Penticton); Zoey Haramboure (5-10 G/F Langley-Brookswood); Jordyn Newman (5-10 G Surrey-Elgin Park); Jessica Renfrew (5-11 G Victoria-Claremont)
CROSS-COUNTRY/TRACK
Jackson Bocksnick (Lethbridge); Kaitlyn Currie (Nanaimo-Dover Bay); Kate Dixon (Campbell River-Carihi); Jonas Golf-Myers (Duncan-Cowichan); Dylan Haight (Victoria-Oak Bay); Shauna McInnis (Victoria-Stelly's); John Pratt (Victoria-Reynolds); Thomas Riva (Qualicum Beach-Kwalicum); Scott Secco (Victoria-Oak Bay); Stephanie Trenholm (Campbell River-Alaska Anchorage); Jenna Van Vliet (Calgary-Dr. E.P. Scarlett)
FIELD HOCKEY WOMEN
Courtney Ellis (5-5 mid Victoria-Claremont); Stefanie Hatch (5-9 fwd Kelowna-KSSS); Adrienne Sheppard (5-6 def/fwd Victoria -Oak Bay); Alexis Veljacic (5-5 def Coquitlam-Glen Eagle)
GOLF
Pamela Desmarais (Victoria-Oak Bay); Kailey Dirksen (Abbotsford); Laura Polak (Victoria); Brynn Tomie (Halifax, NS)
ROWING
Aimee Hawker (5-4 Victoria-Oak Bay); Adam Galbraith (6-2 Victoria-Brentwood); Chris Hands-Jackson (6-0 Toronto-Orange Coast Coll.); Kai Langerfield (6-4 Parksville-Ballenas); Connor McGuigan (6-3 Victoria-Brentwood); Mark Ventresca (6-0 St. Catharines-E.L. Crossley)
RUGBY-MEN
Dustin Dobravsky (6-3 fly half Saskatchewan-Shawnigan Lake); Michael Fuailefeau (5-11 wing Victoria-Saint Michael's); Mackenzie Mills (5-10 prop North Shore-Collingwood); Kapi Vataiki (5-9 full back Richmond-Hugh McRoberts); Shea Wakefield (6-5 forward Victoria-Oak Bay High)
RUGBY-WOMEN
Quinn Battie (5-5 Flanker/Hooker Ladysmith); Monica Dunlop (5-7 Center Duncan-Cowichan); Christina Olsen (5-7 Lock Kelowna); Casandra Stevens (5-10 Center Shawnigan Lake-Cowichan)
SOCCER-MEN
Mike Abbey (6-2 def Victoria-UBC); Drew Brittain (5-10 def Victoria-Stelly's); Dominic Colantonio (5-9 mid Victoria-Mt. Douglas); Toshi Hayashi (5-10 def Victoria-Mt. Douglas); Kyle Jones (5-10 def Coquitlam-Charles Best); Spencer MacKinnon (5-11 mid Abbotsford-Yale); Colin Medlar (5-9 mid Nanaimo-Dover Bay); Matthias Raps (6-1 mid Vancouver-Vancouver Coll.); Craig Taylor (5-11 mid Victoria-Stelly's); Joel Wilson (6-5 gk Victoria-Glenlyon Norfolk)
SOCCER-WOMEN
Aja Battie (5-6 def North Vancouver-Carson Graham); Carlita Branion-Calles (5-8 def Richmond-Hugh Boyd); Lindsey Butler (5-6 mid Duncan-Frances Kelsey); Mallory Hackett (5-5 mid Victoria-Reynolds); Maryse Reichgeld (5-9 mid North Vancouver-Argyle); Jaclyn Sawicki (5-6 fwd Coquitlam-Archbishop Carney); Kendra Williams (5-9 mid North Vancouver-Windsor)
SWIMMING
Richard Weinberger (Semiahmoo-Victoria)
