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Brad Sinopoli was recognized again for his breakout 2015 Canadian Football League season on Monday, when the Ottawa Redblacks receiver was named winner of the Syl Apps Athlete of the Year award by the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

“I really am honoured. When they put (the list of finalists) out there, I chuckled that I was even in there with these other athletes. They have done amazing things on a world stage,” Sinopoli said in a telephone interview during a visit to his parents’ place in Peterborough.

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“I was humbled to be in the conversation. I honestly was surprised when (hall of fame officials) called and told me.”

The 28-year-old Sinopoli received nearly 30% of the votes cast in online voting that ended March 31, edging Smiths Falls golfer Brooke Henderson.

Henderson, 18, won the award for 2014. Other finalists for 2015 included sprinter Andre De Grasse, decathlete Damian Warner, soccer player Kadeisha Buchanan, basketball players Kia Nurse and Andrew Wiggins and baseball player Joey Votto.