The University of Winnipeg was well represented at the Manitoba Sportswriters Sportscasters Association Awards Dinner, held Jan. 25, 2009 at the Delta Hotel. The attendees (from left to right) included former Athletic Director and Dallis Beck Good Guy Award winner Bill Wedlake, Wesmen men’s volleyball team member Justin Duff, Male Athlete of the Year nominee & Wesmen men’s volleyball player Ben Schellenberg, UWinnipeg Kinesiology student and Manitoba Male Athlete of the Year winner Jay Lyon and Wesmen men’s volleyball team members Paul Kjos and Alan Ahow. Photo by Kelly Morton / uwinnipeg.ca
WINNIPEG, MB – The Manitoba Sportswriters Sportscasters Association last night named former University of Winnipeg Athletic Director Bill Wedlake the winner of its Dallis Beck Good Guy Award. The association presented Wedlake with the honor at its annual awards dinner at the Delta Hotel.
Exceptional Service
Wedlake won the award for his “exceptional service and guidance to the provincial sports media.”
MSSA member Ed Dearden commented on Wedlake’s dedication to sports in the province over an illustrious 40-year career that included his time as boys’ basketball head coach at St. John’s High School, men’s basketball head coach of the Winnipeg Wesmen and his service as athletic director at The University of Winnipeg.
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