Congratulations to those honoured at the NAIT Athletics Awards Banquet. Highlights included Payton Neilson (🚺🏀) & Peter Jones (🚹⚽️) receiving the President's Award (Athlete of the Year) & Cassidy Shandro (🚺🏒) receiving the Athletic Director's Award. #nait #naitooks

The Calgary Flames Foundation & the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation are premier sponsors of Hockey Alberta. Every Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame induction class from 2017 onward has included parties with ties to the teams. Perception that money talks is not going away.

For NAIT to announce the pausing of 18 programs without the Academic Council reviewing the changes first raises red flags. Those behind the initiative aren't acting in the best interests of students, industry & the community. thenuggetonline.com/nait-begins-en… #yeg #ableg #abpoli #naitsa

The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame will induct former NAIT coach Jules Owchar on September 27. Ken Goodwin, Dale Henwood, Kevin Martin, Garry Meadus (as part of ACAC Founding Members), Lorne Sawula, John Utendale & the '84-85 Ooks Hockey Team have ties to NAIT & entered previously.

To mark 25 years at its current home, a special class entered the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in Red Deer today. Former NAIT Ooks curling coach Jules Owchar was among the inductees in attendance. Photo courtesy: The Snaphappy Photographer

The best athletes in their sport from the 20th Century not on the NAIT Ooks Wall of Fame are: 🏸: L. Peterson 🏀: B. Butlin 🎳: L. Mailer & D. Ohlsen 🥌: S. Nordstrom ⛳️: K. Trefanko 🏒: C. Rowein ⚽️: S. Kenneth 🏐: L. Campagnolo & D. Proctor X-Country ⛷️ & 🏃: J. Groothuysen

An opportunity to honour a team which defeated the eventual CIAU (now U Sports) champs & won all their games in the post season on the 40th anniversary of their national title was missed by the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame.

Of the 81 NAIT Ooks athletes honoured as a CCAA All Canadian, 19 received the award more than once. Of the 19, Leanne Kadatz (🚺⚽️), Dan Kai (🏸), Cleo Rowein (🚹🏒) & Sun Yang (🏸) received the award more than twice. Only Rowein was honoured in every season of participation.

NAIT's six podium finishes at the CCAA Championships in 2025-26 is one short of the campus high of seven reached in 2010-11, 2012-13 & 2015-16.

Earlier this year, Ethan Lee & Matthew Wong earned NAIT's 25th finish atop the podium at the CCAA Badminton Championships. It was also the 40th finish atop the podium for the NAIT Athletics at nationals.

NAIT's 40 finishes atop the podium at CCAA Championships ranks second among Alberta based post secondary institutions. Mount Royal leads the way (with 43). Red Deer (with 29), SAIT (with 23) & Lethbridge (with 21) round out the top five.

Congratulations to those honoured at the NAIT Athletics Awards Banquet. Highlights included Rachel Mallett (🚺🏐) & Mason Gorski (🚹🏐 & ⛳️) receiving the President's Award (Athlete of the Year) & Tyler Brodt (🥌) receiving the Athletic Director's Award. #nait #naitooks