Salmon Arm’s Jorri Duxbury was the female winner of the Doctor Roger H. Barnsley Scholar/Athlete Award at Thompson Rivers University.
This award goes to a top athlete who also has top marks academically.
Duxbury, a fourth- year guard and former Salmon Arm Jewel, was one of the leaders on the TRU WolfPack women’s basketball team.
She was sixth in Canada West in assists (four per game average), sixth in minutes played (34.5 average), seventh in blocked shots (0.9), seventh in steals (2.5), 11th in overall scoring (14.3 per game) and 13th in assist/turnover ratio (0.9).
She started all 24 of the WolfPack regular-season games while posting a grade point average of 4.0.
Duxbury was also a finalist for the Sports Task Force athlete of the year award along with Alisha Miller (1st year, Vernon – cross country running), and Anica Arduini/Lacey Banman (5th and 3rd year, Kamloops – badminton) for female athlete of the year.
The honour went to Kamloops soccer player Alanna Bekkering.
