VANCOUVER – The Canada West champion University of Calgary Dinos lead the way with a school-record eight selections to the 2011 football All-Canadian teams, CIS announced Thursday ahead of the 47th Vanier Cup in Vancouver.

The Dinos' eight selections beats out the previous school record of six, which happened in both 1988 and 2009. Laval and McMaster, who will battle for the national title Friday night at B.C. Place Stadium, are next with five All-Canadians each.

All-Time University of Calgary Football All-Canadians

Of the 10 Dinos selected to the Canada West all-star team in 2011, eight of them made the cut nationally, including three on the first team: running back Steven Lumbala, offensive tackle Kirby Fabien, and linebacker Sam Hurl.

Lumbala averaged 8.1 yards per carry and racked up 898 rushing yards on the season, despite sharing the backfield with two other former All-Canadian running backs in Matt Walter and Anthony Woodson. Fabien is ranked No. 5 by the Canadian Football League's central scouting office for the upcoming CFL Canadian Draft, and was a 2009 second team All-Canadian.

Hurl was named the Canada West defensive player of the year for the second straight season. He lost out on the Presidents' Trophy as the national defensive MVP to Concordia's Max Caron, but still had an impressive season, leading all playoff-bound tacklers in Canada West with 52 tackles, including 37 solos, to average better than 6.5 per game.

Five more Dinos players landed on the second All-Canadian team, including two more offensive linemen. Centre Quinn McCaughan and guard Reed Alexander both secured spots, along with linebacker Jordan Verdone, defensive tackle Linden Gaydosh, and first-year placekicker Johnny Mark.

In total, seven of the eight Dinos players honoured Thursday were making their first appearance on the All-Canadian team.

UBC quarterback Billy Greene was named winner of the Hec Crighton Trophy as the CIS player of the year. Other major awards announced Thursday night included Caron as the defensive MVP; Laval defensive end Arnaud Gascon-Nadon as the winner of the J.P. Metras Trophy (top down lineman), and Western Ontario running back Tyler Varga as the rookie of the year, capturing the Peter Gorman Trophy.

2011 CIS FOOTBALL ALL-CANADIAN TEAMS

1st Team
OFFENCE
QB    Billy Greene, UBC
RB    Steven Lumbala, Calgary
RB    Anthony Coombs, Manitoba
WR    Simon Charbonneau-Campeau, Sherbrooke
WR    Michael DiCroce, McMaster
IR    Jordan Brescacin, Windsor
IR    Michael Squires, Acadia
C    Pierre Lavertu, Laval
T    Kirby Fabien, Calgary
T    Brendan Dunn, Western
G    Matthew Norman, Western
G    Brett Jones, Regina

DEFENCE
DT    Stefan Charles, Regina
DT    Seamus Postuma, Windsor
DE    Akiem Hicks, Regina
DE    Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, Laval
LB    Max Caron, Concordia
LB    Sam Hurl, Calgary
LB    Kevin Régimbald Gagné, Sherbrooke
S    Teague Sherman, Manitoba
HB    Cameron Wade, Acadia
HB    Beau Landry, Western
CB    Dominic Noël, Laval
CB    Kayin Marchand-Wright, Saint Mary's

SPECIAL TEAMS
P    Chris Bodnar, Regina
K    Tyler Crapigna, McMaster
KR    Kris Robertson, Concordia

2nd Team
OFFENCE
QB    Kyle Quinlan, McMaster
RB    Ryan Granberg, Queen's
RB    Sébastien Lévesque, Laval
WR    Dustin Zender, Waterloo
WR    Jordan Grieve, UBC
IR    Dillon Heap, Laurier
IR    Alexander Fox, Bishop's
C    Quinn McCaughan, Calgary
T    Matthew Sewell, McMaster
T    Ben Heenan, Saskatchewan
G    Jason Medeiros, McMaster
G    Reed Alexander, Calgary

DEFENCE
DT    Linden Gaydosh, Calgary
DT    Jake Thomas, Acadia
DE    Jonathan Pierre-Étienne, Montreal
DE    Rob Jubenville, Saint Mary's
LB    Jordan Verdone, Calgary
LB    Jonathan Beaulieu-Richard, Montreal
LB    Sam Sabourin, Queen's
S    Jonathan Laliberté, Laval
HB    Matt McGarva, Windsor
HB    Patrick Chénard, Sherbrooke
CB    Sam Carino, UBC
CB    Andrew Lue, Queen's

SPECIAL TEAMS
P    Darryl Wheeler, Western
K    Johnny Mark, Calgary
KR    Nic Demski, Manitoba

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