From 1973 to 1978, gymnast Steve MacLean and his York teammates won five OUAA championships and five CIAU titles. At the national championships, MacLean collected three gold medals, including all-around champion in 1975-76. In 1976-77, he was a member of the Canadian national team. He received the Murray G. Ross Award in 1977, which is the highest honour given to a York undergraduate student for academic distinction and notable contributions to campus life. After his gymnastics career came to an end he turned to coaching and in 1980, he guided the York women's team to the national title at the CIAU championships. MacLean earned a BSc in physics in 1977, a PhD in physics in 1983 and a DSc in laser physics in 1993. An astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency and NASA, he became the third Canadian into space in Oct. 1992.
