Years later she realized that, although not the most appropriate words for a goalie, her childhood cry may have hinted at the on-ice success that lay ahead.
Bennion, who plays centre for UBC's varsity women's ice hockey team, and Mike
Dalziel, a pillar of the men's volleyball team, both developed their love of
sports at a young age. A further similarity is the fact that while excelling in
their sport of choice, Bennion and Dalziel have also excelled as students,
consistently earning Academic All-Canadian status for maintaining academic
averages of better than 80 per cent.
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Bob Philip, director of Athletics and Recreation at UBC, was in the stands with hundreds of other fans cheering on Nohra and the T-Birds as the team trampled the Calgary Dinosaurs on the way to victory.
Philip, like Nohra, has been a forceful player in the success and well-being of
athletics at UBC.
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