Hall of Fame
Andre Batson (BSc ‘98) was a tremendous two-sport student-athlete at York, starring on the football and track and field teams in his five seasons (1993-98). He is the greatest receiver ever to suit up for the football squad, earning more individual awards than any other player in program history and ranking first or second in every major statistical category for his position, including as the all-time leader in receiving yards (2186) and total touchdowns (26). He is also York’s all-time leader in career punt returns (106), punt return yards (1460), kick-off returns (75) and kick-off return yards (1444). He was a two-time CIAU first-team all-Canadian, a four-time OUAA all-star and the conference rookie of the year in 1993. He was also a relay specialist for the track and field team, winning two OUAA gold medals and a pair of CIAU bronze medals in the 4x200m and 4x400m relays in 1996, and helping the team to a second-place finish at the OUAA championships. Batson was named York’s male athlete of the year that same season and went on to be selected in the fifth round (34th overall) by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 1997 Canadian Football League draft.
Induction video (with Tom Arnott)
Induction speech
