El Zanaty, Thomson named McGill athletes of week

By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Moustafa El Zanaty of Montreal and Jennifer Thomson of Rosemere, Que., are the McGill University athletes of the week for the period ending Jan. 25.

El Zanaty, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard with the Redmen basketball team, had 61 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists and eight steals as McGill split their two-game series with Bishop’s last weekend. The 26-year-old finance and treasury senior shot an impressive 47.6 per cent from the floor (20/42), 37.5 from three-point range (6/16) and a stellar 78.9 from the foul-line (15/19). In an 87-66 victory at Bishop’s last Friday, he racked up 35 points, six rebounds and nine assists. El Zanaty, a transfer from Fresno Pacific University, is a graduate of Champlain College in St. Lambert, Que.

Thomson, a 5-foot-7 power hitter on the volleyball Martlets, registered 27 points as McGill split their two matches over the weekend, upsetting Laval 3-1 in Quebec City and losing 3-0 to the No.1-ranked Montreal Carabins. In seven sets, the 22-year-old physical education senior posted 26 kills, one ace, 32 digs, 1.5 blocks and a 2.76 passing ratio out of 3.0. She enrolled at McGill in 2005 out of John Abbott College and won CIS rookie-of-the-year honours in her freshman campaign.