The top student-athlete awards went to members of the women’s basketball and men’s rugby teams as Queen’s University held the 79th annual Colour Awards Varsity Team banquet Wednesday night at the ARC Main Gym.

Liz Boag (Sc’15) and Jacob Rumball (Artsci’15) received the top awards for the 2014-15 season as both capped their stellar Gaels’ careers.

Ms. Boag received the PHE '55 Alumnae Award while Mr. Rumball was awarded the Jenkins Trophy.

Other awards handed out included the Outstanding Performance of the Year (OPY) honour for Larkin Davenport Huyer (PHE’16) of women's rowing.

The Alfie Pierce Trophy, awarded to the top rookies, went to a pair of hockey players in Addi Halladay (Artsci’18) and Spencer Abraham (Artsci’18), while the Jim Tait Trophy, presented annually to the top performing varsity team was handed to the OUA champion men's rugby team.

On Tuesday, Queen's honoured its top athletes in the varsity club stream. Erin Milner from synchronized swimming and Ryan Wilson from men's ultimate, claimed the top senior student-athlete awards while women's squash earned Varsity Club of the Year.  Haley Golding from cycling and Austin O'Boyle from baseball claimed rookie of the year awards.

For more on these awards and the athletics and recreation programs available at Queen's go to gogaelsgo.com.