3 Wolves Earn OUA West All-Star Status

Media Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 1, 2012

Russell, Carter and Johnson Among OUA All-Stars

THUNDER BAY, ON -

(With files from OUA)

The OUA announced its All-Star selections for the 2011-12 season today. Three Thunderwolves were among them, with Venzal Russell (Detroit, MI) on the first team, and Greg Carter (Ottawa, ON) and Ben Johnson (Pictou, NS) on the second team. A complete list of All Stars from the OUA West and East divisions follows below. Major Awards will be announced tomorrow morning at the Wilson Cup awards breakfast in Waterloo.

Venzal Russell earns his first nod on the First-Team after leading the CIS No. 2 Thunderwolves in scoring with 347 points, good for tenth in OUA. The fourth-year concurrent education student converted on 140 field goals, placing him fourth in the league. Russell was also instrumental in creating opportunities for the offence as he tallied 52 steals.

The Thunderwolves have two representatives on this year’s Second-Team of all-stars.

Guard Ben Johnson finished the year with 271 points and consistently knocked down three-pointers, finishing second in OUA with 60 of them. He also finished second in three-point field goal percentage, at 54.6 percent. Johnson’s prowess behind the arc is even more evident as his 60 three-pointers accounted for three-quarters of his total made baskets.

Joining Johnson on the Second-Team is point guard Greg Carter. The fourth-year guard notched 9.41 points per game and dropped 111 assists for an OUA fourth-best average of 5.05 assists per game this season, with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.36.

OUA WEST

FIRST-TEAM

Venzal Russell – Lakehead

Kale Harrison – Laurier

Lien Phillip – Windsor

Ryan Barbeau – Western

Victor Raso – McMaster

SECOND-TEAM

Ben Johnson – Lakehead

Maxwell Allin – Laurier

Daniel McCarthy – Guelph

Josh Collins – Windsor

Greg Carter – Lakehead

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

Adam Presutti – McMaster

Rotimi Osuntola Jr. – Windsor

Aaron Redpath – McMaster

Will Coulthard – Laurier

Ryan Higgins – Western

OUA EAST

FIRST-TEAM

Phil Scrubb – Carleton

Tyson Hinz – Carleton

Jahmal Jones – Ryerson

Manny Pasquale – Laurentian

Johnny Berhanemeskel – Ottawa

SECOND-TEAM

Andrew Wasik – Toronto

Willy Manigat – Carleton

Jordon Gauthier – Ryerson

Elliot Thompson – Carleton

David Tyndale - York

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

Mike L’Africain – Ottawa

Alex Ratte – Laurentian

Aaron Best – Ryerson

Richard Iheadindu – York

Vikas Gill – Ottawa