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±«ÓãÖ±²¥ football player wins Quebec nomination for Russ Jackson Trophy

Published: 7 November 2011

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(LEFT TO RIGHT: Laval's Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, Sherbrooke's Jérémi Roch, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Austin Anderson, Concordia's Max Caron, Sherbrooke's Simon Charbonneau-Campeau and Sherbrooke coachÌý André Bolduc)

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MONTREAL -- Austin Anderson, a place-kicker with the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Redmen, is the 2011 RSEQ football conference nominee for the Russ Jackson trophy, which goes to the player who best combines academics with athletics and citizenship. He becomes the 12th ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ candidate in 26 years to win the Quebec nomination. The announouncement was made by the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec at a press conference held at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Monday.

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Sherbrooke wide receiver Simon Charbonneau-Campeau, from St. Jean sur Richelieu, Que., claimed the Jeff Russel trophy for the second straight campaign and is once again in the running for the Hec Crighton trophy as most outstanding player in CIS football.

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Other RSEQ award winners include Concordia linebacker Max Caron (most outstanding defensive player), Laval defensive end Arnaud Gascon-Nadon (most outstanding down lineman), Vert & Or quarterback Jérémi Roch (rookie of the year) and Sherbrooke's André Bolduc, who was named the league's coach of the year for the first time.

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Anderson, a 5-foot-10, 180-pound native of Canmore, Alta., is the son of former NFL all-star kicker Gary Anderson who became the NFL's all-time leading scorer. He is a co-captain with the Redmen, was voted a conference all-star in 2009 and is currently ranked 12th among the top prospects for the 2012 CFL Canadian Draft by the CFL's Scouting Bureau. Anderson led the Redmen in scoring with 41 points in nine games, making 10 of 14 field-goals and all 11 conversions attempted.

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A 21-year-old management senior, he has received a Petro Canada Emerging Leader Scholarship in 2008 and has earned CIS Academic All-Canadian honours, in addition to qualifying for the Dean's Honour List and the Principal's Student-athlete Honour Roll.


Anderson sits on the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Varsity Council and served as the body's vice-president of student-athlete initiatives. He helped organize and participated in gathering non-perishables for the Sun Youth Christmas Food Drive last December and organized the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Varsity Fair in 2010 to promote intercollegiate sports and varsity athletes on the campus.


A recipient of the team's Strachan Hartley memorial trophy for athletic ability and academic excellence, while demonstrating leadership on the field and in community activity, Anderson initiated a Bible study club ("Pro 27:17") for the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ football team, mentored inner-city kids at Vacation Bible School in Indianapolis last July and joined a number of his teammates for a visit to the Montreal Shriner's Children's Hospital for Children last month.

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The season award winners from the three other CIS conferences will be unveiled on Thursday. The national recipients will be announced on Thursday, Nov. 24 in Vancouver, on the eve of the 47th Vanier Cup final at B.C. Place Stadium.

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RSEQ NOMINEES FOR THE CIS RUSS JACKSON TROPHY

1986 * Charlie Galunic, Queen’s
1987 Bruno Pietrobon, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
1988 Bruno Pietrobon, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
1989 Jock Climie, Queen’s
1990 * John-Paul Veri, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
1991 * John-Paul Veri, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
1992 Doug Naudie, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
1993 Mark Robinson, Queen’s
1994 * Steve Papp, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
1995 Jeff Beraznik, Ottawa
1996 * Sean O’Neill, Carleton
1997 Sean O’Neill, Carleton
1998 * Jean-Philippe Darche, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
1999 Olivier Lefebvre, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
2000 Anthony Brown, Concordia
2001 Strachan Hartley, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
2002 Dave Aiken, Concordia
2003 Rob LeBlanc, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
2004 Ader Aimable, Montréal
2005 Clovis Langlois-Boucher, Sherbrooke
2006 Nick Scissons, Concordia
2007 * Clovis Langlois-Boucher, Sherbrooke
2008 Benoît Boulanger, Sherbrooke
2009 Charles-Antoine Sinotte, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
2010 Guillaume Saliah, Montréal
2011 Austin Anderson, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥


*winners of the Russ Jackson Trophy

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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer,

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

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