ESPN: Purdue’s Zach Edey again wins Wooden Award as top college player
Purdue star Zach Edey was named the winner of the John R. Wooden Award on Wednesday, becoming the first repeat winner in more than 40 years.
Eleanor Voykin
Biography Eleanor Voykin lives in Leaside and is an Individual Athlete in track and cross country running and is also an excellent soccer player. She attended Northlea Elementary and Middle School and is now attending Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute. Eleanor runs and trains with the Blue Devils Athletic Club. In November 2022 she placed first …
Beachmetro: “East York soccer players help Team Ontario win gold, suit up for Canadian U17 squad at tourney in Mexico”
East York residents Kayla Briggs and Renee Watson recently helped lead Team Ontario to a gold medal in women’s soccer at the Canada Summer Games…
Kayla Briggs
Biography Kayla Briggs started playing soccer at the age of 4 with Leaside-East Toronto Soccer Club, and hockey at the age 5 with Leaside Hockey Association. She played both sports competitively with these clubs, as a Leaside Tiger from 8 to 12 yrs old, and as a Leaside AA Flames from 9 to 12 yrs …
Zach Edey
Biography Zach Edey was a multi-sport player who grew up in Leaside playing hockey for the Leaside Flames and baseball with Leaside Baseball. As a AAA pitcher, he was scouted by the University of Alabama. In Grade 10 his multi-sport skills translated onto the basketball court and he quickly picked up the game. Starting his …
Sportsnet: “Zach Edey quickly developing into important player for Canada Basketball”
Edey’s development to this stage has been rapid. He was focused on hockey and baseball until it was hard to deny when he stood 6-foot-10 to start high school that basketball might offer more possibilities…
Martha McCabe
Biography Martha McCabe competed in her first Olympic Games at London 2012 and finished in fifth place in the women’s 200m breaststroke event. McCabe came off a breakout year in 2011 that saw her win her first major international medal at the World Championships in Shanghai. There, she captured bronze in the 200m breaststroke. At …
Ayanna Badali
Biography Former Leaside High School student, Ayanna Badali is Ontario short track speed skating champion for 2013 and 2014. Student of health and physical education at McGill University, Ayanna now trains at the Maurice Richard Rink, Canada’s premier short track speed skating facility. “I’m doing exactly what I did here in Toronto,” says Ayanna. “I’m …