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Keevan Veinot of the Dalhousie Tigers and Jayda Veinot from the Acadia Axewomen are the U SPORTS Athletes of the Week for the period ending March 20th, 2022.
Keevan Veinot, Dalhousie
Keevan Veinot of the Dalhousie Tigers men’s basketball team averaged 23.3 points per game throughout the 2022 AUS Basketball Championship weekend, leading the Tigers to their third consecutive AUS title.
In Thursday’s quarter-final action, the fourth-year guard was named the Player of the Game after contributing 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists to the Tigers’ 86-69 win over the Acadia Axemen. He followed that performance with another player of the game nod in Saturday’s semifinal battle with the Memorial Sea-Hawks. Veinot netted 27 points and had six rebounds, two assists and a steal in the 87-85 Dalhousie victory.
On championship Sunday, he had 19 points, nine assists, six rebounds and two steals in the Tigers 84-78 win over the UPEI Panthers. After the game, Veinot was named both a tournament all-star and the championship MVP. Earlier in the week, he was also named a 2021-22 AUS first-team all-star.
Nominees
- AUS: Keevan Veinot, basketball, Dalhousie (Winner)
- CW: Marquavian Stevens
- OUA: Sam Cooper, volleyball, McMaster
- RSEQ: Jonathan Portelance, volleyball, Sherbrooke
Jayda Veinot, Acadia
A wing from Port William’s, Nova Scotia, Jayda Veinot’s outstanding play led the Acadia Axewomen to capture their third AUS championship in the last five years.
In Thursday’s 81-73 quarterfinal win over the STFX X-Women, Veinot showed fans why she was named the 2021-22 AUS women’s basketball most valuable player earlier in the week, adding 30 points, four assists and two rebounds to the Axewomen’s stats sheet. On Saturday, she helped push her team to their fifth consecutive AUS final by scoring 11 points alongside three rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks in the Axewomen’s 86-82 win over Saint Mary’s.
In the championship final, Veinot was in fine form again, posting 34 points, nine rebounds and two steals in the Axewomen’s 71-65 win over the Cape Breton Capers. She was clutch to an Axewomen come back with 23 of those points coming in the second half of the game when they erased a 14-point halftime deficit to their fellow finalists.
Veinot was named the player of the championship game, a tournament all-star and the championship MVP.
Nominees
- AUS: Jayda Veinot, basketball, Acadia (Winner)
- CW: Summer Masikewich, basketball, Saskatchewan
- OUA: Tiffany Hsu, hockey, Brock
- RSEQ: Jesse Lacourse, track and field, Laval