York University Lions hockey player Steven Janes and track and field athlete Holly Pitters were named the Muscle MLK male and female Lions of the Week, respectively, for the period ending March 12.
 
Janes, a law and society student from Etobicoke, Ont., was named the Porter Airlines player of the game in the Queen's Cup after scoring the game winner with 4:34 remaining to lead the Lions to their first OUA championship since 2004.
 
The second-year forward pounced on a juicy rebound given up by Queen's goaltender Kevin Bailie and fired the puck home to seal a thrilling victory in which the Lions erased a two-goal deficit in the second period. He also assisted on the tying goal in the second.
 
Janes picked up four goals and two assists in six OUA playoff games, ranking fourth on the team and 12^th in the OUA, after also finishing the regular season fourth in team scoring with 17 points in 24 games.
 
The men's hockey team is now off to the U SPORTS championships in Fredericton, N.B., and will play its first game on Friday afternoon against the Canada West finalist Saskatchewan Huskies.
 
Pitters, a kinesiology and health science student from Mississauga, Ont., won the gold medal in the long jump at the U SPORTS championships with a distance of 6.14m, just one centimetre off the school record of 6.15m she set earlier this season.
 
The two-time reigning OUA champion came into the event seeded second and was looking for her first national medal after a fourth-place finish last year. She hit 6.14m in the third round and the distance held up as the winning mark after the top seed, Regina's Joy Becker, came up just short at 6.12m.
 
Pitters contributed 10 of York's 15 points in the team standings.
 
York's athletes of the week awards are presented by Muscle MLK and all recipients will receive a Muscle MLK prize pack.