May 15, 2018 — Thunder Bay, ON Lakehead Athletics Director Tom Warden is pleased to announce an exciting new head-coaching era as Ryan Thomson and Andrew Wilkins both accept head coaching positions with Lakehead University. Coach Thomson became the interim head coach of the men’s basketball team in December and has done great things…
Marco Palermo and Madison Clayton have been selected to be a part of the Wrestling Canada’s Junior National Program that will compete in Sassari, Italy and Bucharest, Romania later this spring. Marco will join the National Junior Team at 61 KG and Madison is the National Team Alternate at 62 KG….
Coach Chris Green and the Lakehead women’s volleyball program is pleased to be adding 5’9” outside attacker Sydney Elliott to next years’ roster. Hailing from Winnipeg, via Vincent Massey Collegiate (Jocelyn Kieth) and the Bison’s Volleyball Club (Joe Moore), Sydney brings a wealth of experience on the court from some talented…
Jerika Baldin of the women’s basketball team will be representing Lakehead this weekend at the OUA Women’s Basketball All-Star Game at the University of Waterloo. “I’m both excited and honoured to get the opportunity to play in the all-star game. I am so happy that I can represent Lakehead one last time. I look…
Nikolina Vrcic of Georgetown, Ontario and Talia Peters of Winkler, Manitoba have committed to the Thunderwolves Women’s Basketball Team for the 2018-19 season. A 6’0” Forward, Vrcic was the captain of her high school team, the Christ the Kings C.S.S. Jaguars and is currently playing on one of the top OBA Teams…
The Lakehead Track and Field program is excited to announce the commitment of Braedan Prochnicki for the 2018/19 season. “We are excited that Braedan has decided to pursue track at Lakehead this fall. Since deciding to focus on running he has shown great potential and development in a very short period of…
Westgate CVI Leftside Payton Kooistra has committed to the Lakehead Woman’s Volleyball program for next season. Coached by Westgate’s Curtis Michaluk and Steve Shonosky, Payton has developed into a consistent player and led her team in all categories as they qualified this season for OFSSAA’s in Mississauga. Also a member of Superior North Volleyball Club,…
Lakehead Athletics celebrated the 2017/2018 season this afternoon by handing out their awards at the Annual Awards Gala held in the John N. Paterson Faculty of Law Auditorium at PACI. Leashja Grant (Women’s Basketball) earned the Female Athlete of the Year and Wrestling’s Marco Palermo walked away with the Male Athlete of…
