Fourth-year Cape Breton guard Jimmy Dorsey was named the Atlantic University Sport most valuable player, Thursday night.

Other AUS major award winners announced during the awards banquet at the Westin Nova Scotian in downtown Halifax, N.S., were SMU's Brian Rouse of  Mississauga, Ont., who was named rookie of the year; Acadia's Owen Klassen of Kingston, Ont., who was selected as the defensive player of the year; Acadia's Thomas Filgiano of Markham, Ont., who received the student-athlete community service award; and first-year UPEI head coach Tim Kendrick, who was named the AUS coach of the year.

FIRST AND SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS AND ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

The Atlantic University Sport first and second team all-stars were also announced Thursday, along with this year's all-rookie team.

First Team All-Stars:
Jimmy Dorsey, Cape Breton University (4th year - Baltimore, MD)
Owen Klassen, Acadia University (3rd year - Kingston, Ont.)
Terry Thomas, StFX University (2nd year - East Preston, N.S.)
Tory Fassett, Saint Mary's University (4th year - Columbia, MD)
Manock Lual, University of Prince Edward Island (5th year - Ottawa, Ont.)

Second Team All-Stars:
Jeremy Dunn, StFX University (4th year - Wolfville, N.S.)
Jonathan Cooper, University of Prince Edward Island (5th year - Mississauga, Ont.)
Anthony Sears, Acadia University (3rd year - Riverview, N.B.)
Robert Nortmann, Dalhousie University (5th year - Nassau, Bahamas)
Alex DesRoches, University of New Brunswick (5th year - Dieppe, N.B.)

All-Rookie Team:
Brian Rouse, Saint Mary's University (Mississauga, Ont.)
Ritchie Kanza Mata, Dalhousie University (Toronto, Ont.)
Sean Stoqua, Acadia University (Ottawa, Ont.)
Arild Geugjes, Cape Breton University (Landsmeer, Netherlands)
Marquis Clayton, StFX University (Halifax, N.S.)

The 2012 Subway Atlantic University Sport men's basketball championship gets under way this weekend at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, N.S.

The semifinals and final will be broadcast live on EastLink TV and live webcasts of all five games of the championship will be available at www.sportstream.ca.

The 2012 Subway Atlantic University Sport men's basketball championship schedule is as follows:

Friday, March 2nd
Quarter-final #1: Cape Breton (4th) vs. Dalhousie (5th), 6:00pm
Quarter-final #2: UPEI (3rd) vs. Saint Mary's (6th), 8:15pm

Saturday, March 3rd
Semifinal #1: StFX (1st) vs. Winner of QF #1, 6:00pm
Semifinal #2: Acadia (2nd) vs. Winner of QF #2, 8:15pm

Sunday, March 4th
Championship Game: Semifinal Winners, 2:00pm

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John Keefe
Communications Manager
Atlantic University Sport
P: 902 425 4235
E: jkeefe@atlanticuniversitysport.com
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