2016 and 2019). In 2015, the women's program won its first two U Sports major awards, with Sarah Inglis and Mark Bomba winning the U Sports Athlete of the Year and U Sports Coach of the Year awards, respectively. Men's hockey The Trinity Western Spartans men's hockey program was voted in to join Canada West and U Sports in 2019 and played in its Canada West season in 2021-2022. Prior to joining U Sports, the men's hockey program competed in the BCIHL (British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League) since 2006-07. During their BCIHL tenure, the Spartans captured 2 BCIHL Championships in 2018 and 2019. The Spartans have been led by Head Coach Barret Kropf since 2013 before his resignation in 2022. Women's hockey The Spartans women's hockey program began competing in Canada West competition in 2021-2022. The TWU women's hockey team came under the Spartans umbrella in 2018, competing in the South Coast Women's Hockey League as a non-varsity team before entering Canada West and U Sports. TWU announced Coach Jean Laforest took over as the program's head coach in 2019. Men's rugby Men's rugby at Trinity Western University joined as an official varsity program in 2019. Andrew Evans has served as the Director of Rugby and Head Coach since the program's relaunch. In its first season under Evans, 2019–20, the 15s team beat UBC Okanagan (43-20) in the first game of the latest iteration of the program. The team also won the Shield Championship at the West Coast 7s Treasure Island in San Francisco and finished fourth at the Western Canadian 7s Championship. Prior to its return as a varsity team, there was previously a men's rugby program at TWU from 1988 to 2004, with the team competing at a varsity level from 1996 to 2004. Women's rugby Women's rugby sevens at Trinity Western University joined as an official varsity program in 2019. Julia Sugawara joined as an assistant coach prior to the launch of the sevens side, with Andrew Evans serving as the Director of Rugby. In its first season, 2020, the Spartans finished sixth overall on the eight-team Canada West 7s Series. The team currently includes internationally capped star Tausani Levale, who has represented Canada with both the 7s and 15s teams. Men's soccer The men's soccer program at Trinity Western University joined Canada West competition in 2001. Prior to joining Canada West and U Sports, the program