Pursuing excellence in sport

Passion, spirit and strength are embedded in the DNA of UNB’s athletes. On the court or field, in the classroom, or in the community our athletes demonstrate a commitment to success.

Building Varsity Reds women’s hockey

With the proud resurgence of Varsity Reds women’s hockey for the 2018-19 season, Sarah Hilworth has been tabbed as head coach and charged with building the new team.

Prior to becoming the first women’s hockey coach at Olds College, Ms. Hilworth served two seasons as an assistant coach with the University of Alberta Pandas, helping lead her alma mater to back-to-back first place finishes and the 2015 Canada West championship. Prior to coaching the Pandas, she played five seasons for the team, registering 100 points in 100 career games and capturing a national championship in 2010. “This opportunity is a dream come true,” says Ms. Hilworth. “I’m being entrusted not just to bring the women’s hockey tradition back to UNB, but add another element of elite hockey in New Brunswick.”

Varsity Reds - Fredericton

The 2016-17 academic year was filled with success for the UNB Varsity Reds. Season highlights include:

• In 2016-17, 44 per cent of our V-Reds were named Academic All-Canadians. With 95 of our 214 athletes ranking, this is the highest percentage, for the Varsity Reds, in the history of the Academic All-Canadian program. Academic All-Canadian status celebrates earning at least an 80 per cent average while participating as a varsity athlete.
• The UNB varsity men’s hockey team emerged victorious again as national champions, securing the 2017 U Sports Cavendish Farms University Cup. It was the second straight national title for the team and the seventh since 1998.
• V-Reds hockey forward Philippe Maillet (BBA‘17) was named Atlantic University Sport Most Valuable Player, U Sports Player of the Year and captured the Borden Ladner Gervais Award for the top male athlete in university sport.
• Jordan Murray (BRSS’17) earned the title of U Sports men’s hockey Defenceman of the Year.
• UNB’s varsity men’s volleyball team became the 2016-17 AUS Champions for the second year in a row — first back-to-back championships for men’s volleyball since the late 70s.
• Katelyn Mangold (BA’17) was named the AUS Defensive Player of the Year for women’s basketball.

Seawolves - Saint John

Over the 2016-17 season, the Seawolves performed both on the court and field as well as in the classroom. Accomplishments include:

• 19 Seawolves were named Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) National Scholars
• The women’s volleyball team achieved a combined GPA of 3.5.
• Five of the six teams advanced to the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) playoffs.
• The men’s volleyball team won the ACAA silver medal.
• MacKenzie Tamblyn (BHSc’17) earned national recognition as CCAA Men’s Soccer All-Canadian. He was also named the ACAA Men’s Soccer Player of the Year.
• Bruce Savoie (BEd’18) was named the ACAA Men’s Soccer Keeper of the Year, was a recipient of the Bob Coe Leadership award and was a CCAA Academic All-Canadian.
• Zane Hamilton (BAM’18) was awarded ACAA Men’s Volleyball Rookie of the Year.
• Women’s basketball team member, Allyson McLaughlin (BEd’18) received the ACAA Rod Shoveller Leadership Award.