The national coach of the year, as selected by Canadian Sports Digest, was Dr. Peter Mullins of U.B.C., for whom the trophy was later renamed. He steered the Thunder to a (15-1) record in the CanWest division of Canada West, and a (22-10) overall record.
The 1st-team All-Canadians were: Marnix Heersink (Western); Bill Lacy (Saskatchewan); Wayne Morgan (Guelph); Steve Pound (Acadia); and Ron Thorsen (U.B.C.). …………………………………………………… Heersink was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Lacy was a first-team Canada West Great Plains division all-star. …………………………………………………… Morgan was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Pound, a native of Millinocket, Maine, shot .474 from the floor and .767 from the line. He was a first-team AUAA all-star. …………………………………………………… Thorsen, a 6-1 guard from Prince George, averaged 18.8 ppg, while hitting .532 from the floor. He was a first-team Canada West CanWest division all-star.
The 2nd-team selections were: Rod Dean (Waterloo Lutheran); Tom Brethel (Sir George Williams); Jaan Laaniste (Waterloo); Brian Peters (Dalhousie); and Rob Town (Manitoba). …………………………………………………… Dean, a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Brethel was a first-team RSEQ all-star. …………………………………………………… Laaniste, a 6-0 guard from Toronto, was a first-team OUAA West all-star. He closed out career by becoming Waterloo’s all-time leading scorer with 2,332 points. …………………………………………………… Peters was a first-team AUAA all-star. …………………………………………………… Town was a first-team Canada West Great Plains division all-star.