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Mike Lyriotokis Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming Mike LyriotokisMain NavigationAthletics Headlines UPEI Athletes Only Sports Centre Programs Sports Centre Hours Fitness and Wellness UPEI Sports Hall of Fame Summer Camps Student Athletic Council 2005Inductee UPEI 197479Mike Lyriotokiss football career at UPEI began in the fall of 1974 He came to PEI from Amherst View Ontarioone of three Ontario recruits among 22 rookies that year Lyriotokis came to camp as a fullback but coach Ed Hilton moved him to the defensive line because of his unique combination of size strength and speed It was a move that opposing offences would dread He earned MVP and Outstanding Lineman awards two years in a row and was also recognized academically by being named to the Deans List In 1977 he was named to the AUAA AllConference team and hopes were high that hed make the CIAU AllCanadian team but unfortunately this did not happen Local sports writer Don Morrison wrote What Jim Foley had been to the UPEI offence Mike Lyriotokis has been to the UPEI defence Mike was drafted by the Ottawa Roughriders and attended training camp in the summer of 1978 He returned to UPEI for his final year and by seasons end had won his 3rd AUAA AllConference award He was also selected as a CIAU AllCanadian the first one ever from UPEI As a result he played for the Canadian AllStars in the 2nd CanAm Bowl in Tampa Bay Florida in January 1979 Mike Lyriotokis is now a social worker and lives in Stratford His family still has strong UPEI connections His wife Peggy works in the Robertson Library and his daughter Sarah graduated from UPEI in 2003 UPEI Hall Of Fame Inductees2008Dick Tingley Dr William Bill Stanish Janet Rogers UPEI Mens Basketball 19851986 2006Dr Frank Garrity Dr Kathie McNally Richard Little 20051983 UPEI Mens Soccer Panthers Brian Chandler Dave Shellington Libby OBrien (Baldwin) Mike Lyriotokis 20041952 SDU Rugby Team Debbie WhiteLamont Ed Hilton Gil Collins Wilfred MacDonald 20034346 Prince of Wales College Hockey Line 196465 SDU Hockey Team Dave Hermie MacNeill Glenn Smiley Tracy MacEachern 2002198889 Womens Basketball Team AJ MacAdam Alan Spink Dr Vincent Grant Jim Foley Mike Kelly 2001194647 Hockey Team Maritime Champions Jack Reardon Mac Beck Paula Edwards (Kovinksy) Peter Gordon Panther TV Follow us on Twitter ...