HGS Retires Justine Colley's Jersey
HGS alumna, Justine Colley'09 was the special guest speaker at the June 11 Athletics Banquet held in the Meinertzhagen Theatre. She was introduced by her high school coach, Kathy Spurr. Justine shared fond memories of her four years at HGS, challenged students to make the most of their time at Grammar and thanked her coaches and teachers for giving her the confidence and encouragement to succeed. She offered this advice to our current students: “It's going to take a lot of hard work and it takes a lot of determination, but I know all of you, being student athletes, you all have it within you to succeed.”
Following her address, Tim McGarrigle, Athletics Director, surprised guests by announcing that HGS was retiring her jersey number. This marks the first time in our history we have retired a player’s jersey. Justine's #5 will now live in the trophy case in the Senior School in perpetuity. You can view videos from the night on our YouTube Channel.
Tim also recognized the contributions of faculty member and coach Jakob Faltner. Jakob will be returning to Germany next year and Tim presented him a small parting gift on behalf of HGS for all his efforts.
The focus then turned to the success of our student athletes. The complete list of award recipients can be found here.
A larger collection of photos than that which is attached to this article can be viewed here, compliments of Kim Turner.
Thank you to the coaches and parents who volunteered their time to make the night (and this season) successful.
More information on JustineFollowing her address, Tim McGarrigle, Athletics Director, surprised guests by announcing that HGS was retiring her jersey number. This marks the first time in our history we have retired a player’s jersey. Justine's #5 will now live in the trophy case in the Senior School in perpetuity. You can view videos from the night on our YouTube Channel.
Tim also recognized the contributions of faculty member and coach Jakob Faltner. Jakob will be returning to Germany next year and Tim presented him a small parting gift on behalf of HGS for all his efforts.
The focus then turned to the success of our student athletes. The complete list of award recipients can be found here.
A larger collection of photos than that which is attached to this article can be viewed here, compliments of Kim Turner.
Thank you to the coaches and parents who volunteered their time to make the night (and this season) successful.
For those who may not know, Justine is the most decorated and successful athlete to ever play for the Halifax Grammar School Gryphons. During her four years at HGS she was named team MVP in basketball three times, Athlete of the Year three times, Metro League All Star three times, and League MVP once. She was a member of three NSSAF provincial championship teams, one in basketball, two in track & field, and her team 4 x 400 m record still stands today.
Upon graduation from HGS in 2009 she crossed the street to continue her education at Saint Mary's university. What happened there during the next five years could simply be described as the greatest athletic career in the history of Canadian Interuniversity Sport. She was named team MVP in basketball all five years as a Husky, she was two-time AUS MVP, and was twice named CIS Most Outstanding Player. This past year she was named as the Most Outstanding Female Athlete in the CIS. She was a member of two AUS championship teams, and won Bronze and Silver medals at the CIS basketball championships.
She finished her career as the all time leading scorer in the history of Saint Mary's university, Atlantic University Sport, and now owns the career scoring record for Canadian Interuniversity Sport. She was also selected to represent Canada as a member of the Junior National Team twice, the National Developmental team twice, and most recently played for the National Team last summer. She was recently named as Nova Scotia's Female Athlete of the Year.
She graduated from Saint Mary's University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, and is currently employed at the Royal Bank of Canada as an Account Manager.
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