Most Valuable Rider Award

Established in 1999, the Most Valuable Rider Award is presented annually to one male and one female member of the University of Toronto Mountain Bike Team.  The recipients will have exhibited true leadership both on the race course, and within the team.  They will have shown the ability and enthusiasm not only to have raced at a high level, but more importantly, to have contributed to the team on a grander scale.

The MVR trophy depicts an early mountain biker racing down a trail, no doubt experiencing the exhilaration of the sport.  Its base is engraved with the names of past winners.  The selection of the winners is decided by a secret ballot that is held at the end of the race season.  The trophy is awarded at the annual team banquet that follows the season.


Past Winners:
2019
 Garrett Smith  /   Debra Wilkins
2018
 Maximilian Regenold  /   Michal Leckie
2017
 Sam Dahan-Meyboom  /   Andrea Burley
2016
 Leo Ufimtsev  /   Tessa Brinklow
2015
 Peter Wen  /   Kael Deverell
2014
 Matt Norman  /   Kael "Stinger" Deverell
2013
 Roz Lougheed  /   TBC
2012
 Evan Sharp  /   Samantha Wagler
2011
 TBC /   TBC
2010
 Chris Wedeles  /   Ana Komparic
2009
 Bret Waghorne  /  Samantha Cassista
2008
 Chris McKnight  /  Jessica Moffet
2007
 Philip Chung  /  Ali McKerrow
2006
 Thorsten Klaus  /  Alana Thomas
2005
 Thorsten Klaus  /  Monika Chmiel
2004
 Peter Cieslak  /  Cate Dmitriew
2003
 Alex Bhogal  /  Antonia Gawel
2002
 Timur Maltaric  /  Carrie Cartmill
2001
 Walt Bayless  /  Carrie Cartmill
2000
 Joel Allen  /  Celine Foreht
1999
 Mike Levesque  /  Celine Foreht



Sport of Life Award

Established in 1999, the Sport of Life Award celebrates and recognizes a team member who best exemplifies the core values and the philosophy of the team and what its founders hoped would be passed along through the years -- to ride, and to have fun.  Our sport and its races take us to some beautiful forests across Southern Ontario.  What adds to the great venues are the great teammates that surround us.  We do race, but winning is far from the most important goal -- having fun is.  The Spirit Award winner may not be the fastest racer on the team, but his or her team spirit and decication are highly valued and appreciated.

The trophy is a glass pitcher which sits on a base engraved with the names of past winners.  The winner of this award is decided by secret ballot at the end of the race season.  The trophy is awarded at the annual team banquet that follows the season.  Tradition dictates that the award pitcher is filled with champagne and the award winner takes the first sip; it is then passed to each member of the team.


Past Winners:
2019
 Arsalan Mir-Moghtadei
2018
 Ian MacDonald
2017
 Adam Lieberman
2016
 Camila Sanchez
2015
 Jasper Chun Ho
2014
 Sam Dahan Meyboom
2013
 Sam Dahan Mayboom
2012
 Sarah Cohen / Adrian Choe
2011
 TBC
2010
 David Baincolin
2009
 Jason Zhu
2008
 Bret Waghorne
2007
 Briar Delange
2006
 Brooke Abounader
2005
 Robert Levan
2004
 Robert Levan
2003
 Alana Tintse
2002
 Tara Nichols
2001
 Rhain Louis
2000
 Eric van Beurden
1999
 David O. Wright


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