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Varsity Blues Gabriel Mastromatteo named 2022-23 U SPORTS men's athlete of the year
Posted:Gabriel Mastromatteo, a swimmer from the University of Toronto, and Sarah Gates, a basketball player from McMaster University, are the Lois and Doug Mitchell Award winners as the U SPORTS Male and…
Blues pick up four 2022-23 OUA Honour Awards
Posted:In recognition of outstanding leadership and celebrating the exceptional contributions of the many prominent women across the OUA, Toronto's Beth Ali is the recipient of the 2022-23 OUA Woman of…
Blues water polo goalie invited to UN conference on Indigenous issues
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Varsity Blues women's water polo goalie Averi Doxtator was recently invited to the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Doxtator, who is of Anishinaabe, Oneida and Dakota ancestry,…
Blues student-athlete, Jada Roach, wins award of excellence for contributions to equity, diversity, & inclusion
Posted:Jada Roach has made her mark in more ways than one as a track and field student-athlete with the Toronto Varsity Blues. The team captain was named the 2022-23 recipient of UofT's Clara Benson Honour…
Executive Director of Athletics, Beth Ali, honoured with OUA award of distinction
Posted:Being at the helm as Executive Director of Athletics & Physical Activity for the Blues athletic department for the past 13 seasons, Ali has tirelessly contributed to the OUA community in many…
Blues Before Sunrise: Varsity Blues alum shares memories of rowing at U of T
Posted: What is your history with U of T and rowing?
I was on the U of T rowing team from 1993 to 1997 - twice on Ontario University champion crews - and have coached in the years since. As a…
U of T welcomes back Toronto Community Housing Midnight Basketball League
Posted:Friday's season opener featured dinner for youth, skills development drills, and special guest speakers including Toronto Raptors assistant coach and former NBA all-star Jamaal Magloire, and Madhav…
‘I didn’t have time to be anxious’: Varsity Blues player Jett Alexander on playing with the Maple Leafs
Posted:“It’s pretty crazy – you watch these guys on television and then you’re sitting next to them in the change room,” he says, noting that his family was watching from inside a packed Scotiabank Arena…
Varsity Blues goalie Jett Alexander makes his NHL debut: Toronto Star
Posted:Alexander, a student in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts & Science and goaltender on the Varsity Blues men’s hockey team, was called on to play in the last minute of the Leafs' 7-1 win…
President Gertler honours Varsity Blues student athletes at 15th annual President’s Reception
Posted:U of T President Meric Gertler has carried on the annual event that his predecessor, David Naylor, started in 2006, and this was the first in-person luncheon since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic…
Coach Darren Lowe talks teaching, coaching and leading the Varsity Blues hockey bench
Posted:Lowe, who stepped down as Varsity Blues men’s head coach in 2017 after 22 years at the helm, reminisced about his time at OISE – where he earned his Bachelor of Education in 1986. The first week on…
Black History Month spotlight: Foy Williams
Posted:Foy Williams made a lasting impression on the Varsity Blues track and field team. Throughout her career with the Blues, she won CIAU gold medals in the 60m, 300m, 4x200m and 4x400m events.
In 1997-98…