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Continued from page 28 Forde only local university player selected in annual CFL entry draft job with Queen‘s Bryan Crawtord who was selected in the fifth round. Forde isn‘t being too picky though. He started out with Waterâ€" loo as a special teams player, returning punts and kickoifs. "I‘l play anywhere, whether it‘s on the defensive or oftensive line. I just want to play football." he joked. And Forde doesn‘t think Toronto picked him up by accident either. Argos head coach Mike "Pinball" Clemons visited Waterloo earlter this season and he and Forde had a WLU‘s Cindy Eadie was nomâ€" inated for the CIS female athiete of the year award. Ifrid Laurier‘s WCindy Eadie, who backstopped the Golden Hawks to their first women‘s national hockey championship, came up just short in her bid to be named the CIS female athlete of the FEadie lost out to twaâ€"time nominee Adrienne Power, a track star from Dathousie University, at the BLG Awards announced in Calâ€" gary, Alta., Monday night. 1t still proved to be a stelâ€" lar year for the 22â€"yearâ€"old netminder who was named the OUA‘s female athiete of the year. The native of Brantâ€" ford Ont., who took last year off to patral third base for the Canadian women‘s national softball team at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, retumed to school in the fall to help the Hawks on their remarkable championship run. Eadie led the nation in every goaltending category during the regular season, earning 10 shutouts, one short of national team goalie Kim St. Pierre‘s CIS record. Her torrid play continued in the playaffs with three consecutive shutouts, and a CIS record 436.11â€"minute goalessâ€"streak She then helped the Hawks end the University of Alberta‘s 110 â€"game winning streak with a 41 win in the CIS chramptonship pame for the Basks first natonal nitle Eadie loses out to 2â€"time nominee for CIS award long discussion about football. Plus, Forde has an uncanny resemblance to Clemons on the field. Relatively small at fiveâ€"feet, nineâ€"inches tall, the Galt collegiate institute grad is quick and explosive when he gets some room to run, "L think that talk with Pinball certainly helped. It didn‘t hurt, that‘s for sure," said borde. The biggest plus for Forde makâ€" ing the Argos is that his mother, Esther, will still be able to attend his games. _ "She was very happy," said Forde with a laugh. [ Home Save 20â€"60% Off All In Stock Leather Sale Campio All Coriva Leather Sofa $1799 Save $500 Loveseat $1749 Save $500 Chair $1299 Save $300 1014 Victoria Street North, Kitchener 579â€"7300 1421 King Street North, St. Jacobs 664â€"3301 furniture A Division of Home Hardware Stores Limited Toronto Argonauts draft pick lan Forde "She likes to come to the games and if I was taken by a team out west or further east, she wouldn‘t be able to come." Down the street at Wilfrid Lauâ€" tie.t there was disappointment as no one from a strong draft class, including WCH grad lan Logan, who was expected to go, was selected. Another surprise of the draft was the omission of Derek Medler. The former Golden Hawks running back wrote a letter to every CFL team describing his trouble with drugs and the law, and hoped they would take a chance on him. Avs Choose from Classic Brand Names like Palliser, Lane LeatherCraft and Campio This All Leather Sofa and Loveseat $999 Save $2000 ailable in Black & Burgundy the Greatest Selection of Leather Furniture at the Most Reasonable For 26 Years "Home Furniture" Has Been Providing Prices. Hurry in Today Sale Ends May 8th Medler was suspended from & Canadian Interuniversity Sports for = four years and banned from WLU 5 after testing positive for cocaine folâ€" T lowing the 2003 football season. 3 After that, he was arrested and 7 charged with accesory after the fact z in an attempted murder vase. 4 Medler was given an 18â€"month conditional sentence, and placed under house arrest. Medler said in an interview prior to the draft that if he wasn‘t selected by a CFL team, he would move to B.C. to live with his best friend, Lyik, and take a real estate course.