Waters Named U Sports Athlete of the Month

Jan. 18, 2018

TORONTO (U SPORTS) – Charlie Waters of the Cape Breton Capers is the U SPORTS Male Athlete of the Month for November 2017.

Waters, a first-year forward from Lancashire, U.K., recorded nine points in five playoff games, as the Capers captured their first U SPORTS Respect Group Men's Soccer Championship in school history. The rookie striker left an impact on the scoresheet in all five games during the conference and national championships, scoring a pair of goals in a 3-0 win over UQAM in the U SPORTS quarter-finals on Nov. 9, followed by an extra time free kick tally in a 4-2 semifinal victory over host Thompson Rivers, sending Cape Breton to the gold medal game. Waters also had a two-goal, three-assist performance as the Capers defeated Acadia 5-0 in the AUS semifinal on Nov.3. In 2017, Waters led all AUS rookies in scoring with eight goals and was named the AUS Rookie of the Year. The BACS student was also named an AUS First Team All-Star and a U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian.

U SPORTS launched the Athlete of the Month award for the 2016-17 season to give outstanding athletes larger recognition for their passion, accomplishments, and dedication to sport. From the winners of the U SPORTS Athletes of the Week in a given month, U SPORTS chooses one male and one female male athlete for the monthly title.

The period for November 2017 Athletes of Month runs Monday, Oct.30 - Sunday, Dec. 3.