Jillian has led the way for the Women’s basket-

ball team in the month of November. As captain

of the Chargers, she has started and been a

presence in every game for the ladies this year.

She has 43% of the team’s total points so far

this season, averaging 14 points per

game. Paired with that impressive scoring

touch, is Jillian’s ability to rebound the ball. In 8

games this season Jill leads the ACAA in double-

doubles with 6, averaging 9.63 rebound per

game. These results tie her for 2nd nationwide

in the CCAA for double-doubles this season.

Congratulations Jillian on a fantastic month!

CHARGER OF THE MONTH

Jillian Smith

Charger Jillian Smith: Ranked 2nd nationwide in the CCAA for double-doubles.

For more information about the athletics programs at Crandall University please contact

Athletics Director Bryan Cawthra at bryan.cawthra@crandallu.ca

"I am playing basketball after a 2 year hiatus, and now in addition to playing and representing Crandall, I have the added pleasure of knowing that my daughter Madison is often in the stands cheering me on! Raising a daughter, going to school full time and playing basketball is challenging but also very reward-ing. As a student-athlete, playing basketball is a great way to relieve stress, and to get involved. This season I am reminded of Henry Ford's statement , “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success". I am thankful for an amazing group of girls, great coaches and I am excited about the future of basketball at Crandall University.”

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Chargers Connection

Crandall University

Inside this issue

Men’s Basketball ......... 1

Greg Maillet’s story ... 2

Soccer All-Conference 3

Charger of the Month 4

Men’s Basketball The Crandall Chargers team has moved to fourth place in the Canadian Colle-

giate Athletic Association men’s basketball rankings! Heading into the Christ-

mas break on top of the ACAA with a record of 7-1, and ranked #4 in the CCAA,

Crandall is off to their best start in school history.

The men had a tough road schedule this month, and still showed resilience

posting massive road wins at STU and MSVU to start the season. Their tough-

est opponent came when they had a home and away series against Holland

College. While they dropped the first game by a one point buzzer beater, they

posted a 12 point victory on their home court the following day. This helped

the Chargers leap frog the Hurricanes in the national rankings.

Below are the results of all 8 games to start the season:

CU Chargers Men's Basketball 71 @ STU Tommies Men's Basketball 57 Nov 03, 2013

CU Chargers Men's Basketball 80 @ MSVU Mystics Men's Basketball 76 Nov 09, 2013

MTA Mounties Men's Basketball 58 @ CU Chargers Men's Basketball 73 Nov 16, 2013

DAL AC Rams Men's Basketball 54 @ CU Chargers Men's Basketball 96 Nov 17, 2013

CU Chargers Men's Basketball 82 @ HC Hurricanes Men's Basketball 83 Nov 23, 2013

HC Hurricanes Men's Basketball 72 @ CU Chargers Men's Basketball 80 Nov 24, 2013

CU Chargers Men's Basketball 92 @ UNBSJ Seawolves Men's Basketball 60 Nov 27, 2013

STU Tommies Men's Basketball 64 @ CU Chargers Men's Basketball 77 Nov 30, 2013

Come on out to support your Chargers as they start 2014 with a home game on Jan. 12 at 4:00pm .

Nov-Dec, 2013

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and current athletic

events:

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Chargers website at

www.crandallchargers.ca

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Stroke of Blessing- Dr. Greg Maillet’s story

“It was a difficult, but ultimately, a

blessed summer” says Dr. Greg Mail-

let, Coordinator of Basketball at

Crandall University. Coming off a

season in which he lead the

Charger’s Men’s Basketball team to

the ACAA semifinals, Maillet was

busy preparing for this season when

he suffered a sudden stroke.

Fortunate to be able to call an am-

bulance for immediate help, damage

was limited to a brain stem stroke,

so that the problems did not include

left or right brain damage, but were

‘only’ the unconscious functions,

such as breathing, swallowing, and

balance. Due to the problems with

breathing, this kind of stroke is of-

ten fatal. “One of my assistant

coaches from minor basketball, Ted

Kogler (1979 TigerCat CFL draft

pick) visited me and summed it up

well,” laughs Maillet. “Ted said, ‘So,

what you’re telling me is that you

can’t eat, can’t walk, can’t talk…. but

otherwise you’re in great shape!”

Though a nearly three month hospi-

tal stay was needed to correct these

problems, Maillet learned not only

to appreciate the small things in

life—“a drink of water tastes pretty

good after not eating or drinking for

2 months” he says, adding that the

hospital nurses and doctors were

“incredible”—but more importantly

he gained what he calls “a unique

perspective on eternity.”

Maillet was in a coma for several

days, after his wife and oldest

daughter had been told that he had

stopped breathing during an initial

MRI. “I remember very little from

this time,” Maillet says, “but when I

woke up there was one very vivid

memory that I immediately told to

those closest to me. While I was

lying on the ground, Jesus came,

helped me up, and began to walk

with me. He was smiling, put his

arm around me, and certainly it was

the happiest I’ve ever felt. Silently,

however, I communicated the idea

that I was not ready to die. My own

father passed when I was only four,

and being alive for my wife and

three children as they grow up has

always been extremely important to

me. Somehow Jesus understood

that, and the next thing I knew my

arm was put around my wife, with

her arm around our eldest daughter,

and her arm around my son, and his

arm around my youngest daughter.

And arm in arm we just walked back

together into time.”

Maillet understands how such expe-

riences sound to non-Christians,

but denies that there is anything

unusual or exceptional about it.

“Read 14 Minutes by Alberto

Salazer,” he says, “or the book Proof

of Heaven by a once atheistic neurol-

ogist, or listen to what the very non-

pious New Brunswick writer David

Adams Richards says, in his short

essay God Is, about a young nephew

seeing long dead ancestors while

dying. There is a lot of evidence out

there that the afterlife is real.” Even

without such experiences, Maillet

stresses, “Jesus is right about so

many things in this life that we

ought to be ready to trust the next

life to Him as well.”

Maillet also gained new apprecia-

tion for the power of prayer, as

throughout his ordeal he received

cards and prayers from the Crandall

community especially, but also from

family and friends in Nova Scotia,

Alberta, Ontario, North West Terri-

tories, England, Texas, Hawaii…even

as far away as Africa, Lithuania, and

China.

This community and his family’s

love have continued to sustain Mail-

let while he remains on medical

leave, still afflicted by a painful post-

stroke condition known as

“Wallenberg Syndrome.” He is very

pleased, however, with the direction

of Chargers basketball under new

Head Coach Patrick Havard, a coach

Maillet met while playing against

UPEI when Havard was an assistant

there. Maillet hopes to return as a

Professor of English at Crandall next

year, and to continue working with

Havard and AD Bryan Cawthra to

further build the Crandall basketball

program. “Ultimately it’s not about

wins or losses for us,” Maillet says,

“but rather the character of the men

and women who graduate from our

university.”

“Jesus is right about so many things

in this life that we ought to be ready

to trust the next life to Him as well.”

ACAA SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS 2013

The Atlantic Collegiate Athletics Association held it’s awards banquet on Friday, October

25th in Charlottetown as part of the 2013 ACAA Soccer Championships hosted by Holland

College. The banquet includes the men’s and women’s awards and was held at the Holland

College Tourism and Culinary Centre.

Crandall Chargers had representatives both on the first team all-conference, as well as the

second all-conference team. Kait McGraw and David Mugenga were both selected to ACAA

1st team all-conference. Both athletes had an outstanding year representing the Chargers

on the soccer field. Both were the offensive threats when they stepped on the field to play

each game. Sarah MacDonald and Matthew Wheaton were named to the 2nd ACAA all-

conference team. Both were stand outs defensively when they put on the Chargers jer-

sey. They were leaders for their teams and usually were the last line of defense before the

goalie.

Congratulations to all 4 athletes for representing Crandall as ACAA all-conference players!

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ACAA All-Conference awards (David Mugenga, Kait McGraw, Sarah MacDonald, Matthew Wheaton)