±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s St. Cyr earns OUA all-star honours for second time
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MONTREAL - ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Camille St. Cyr, a 5-foot-4 midfielder from Richmond, B.C., has earned OUA field hockey all-conference honours for the second consecutive season.
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TheÌý 19-year-old science sophomore was voted by the league's coaches to a berth on the first team after receiving second-team honours in her freshman year.
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Brienne Stairs of Kitchener, Ont., claimed the OUA player of the year prize. The third-year ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ was the league leader in scoring during the regular season with 30 goals in 14 games to lead the Gryphons to a 12-0-2 record, the best in school history.
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Her sister, Tegan Stairs, is the recipient of the rookie of the year award after netting seven goals.
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The Gail Wilson Award, given to the player who makes the most outstanding contribution to field hockey, was handed out to Western's Petra Kovacs of Strathroy, Ont.
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Waterloo's head coach Eshan Ali was named the OUA's coach of the year. The Warriors finished in fourth place with a record of 7-4-3, an 11-point turnaround from 2008. It is the team's first winning season since 2005.
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OUA MAJOR AWARD WINNERS AND ALL-STARS
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Player of the Year - Brienne Stairs (Guelph)
Rookie of the Year - Tegan Stairs (Guelph)
OUA Gail Wilson Award - Petra Kovacs (Western)
Coach of the Year - Ehsan Ali (Waterloo)
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FIRST-TEAM ALL-STARS
Brittany Blount (Ottawa) - York
Angela Lancaster (Burlington, Ont.) - Guelph
Kyesia O'Neale (Mississauga, Ont.) - Toronto
Effie Petrou (Oakville, Ont.) - York
Kristen Shier (North Vancouver, B.C.) - Toronto
Camille St. Cyr (Richmond, B.C.) - ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
Brienne Stairs (Kitchener, Ont.) - Guelph
Hannah Tighe (Penticton, B.C.) - Toronto
Kaelan Watson (Richmond, B.C.) - Toronto
Michelle Weber (Ilderton, Ont.) - Western
Krissy Wishart (Hamilton, Ont.) - Guelph
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SECOND-TEAM ALL-STARS
Courtney Bisch (Wellesley, Ont.) - Waterloo
Sarah Cobourn (Mississauga, Ont.) - Western
Kirsten Jewell (Toronto) - Western
Kara Moro (Port Moody, Ont.) - Waterloo
Emily Newton (Vancouver) - Queen's
Katherine Olsen (Calgary) - Waterloo
Louise Radford (Guelph, Ont.) - Western
Mary-Anne Reid (Gananoque, Ont.) - Queen's
Tegan Stairs (Kitchener, Ont.) - Guelph
Rianna Sterk (Embro, Ont.) - Toronto
Amy Tabbert (Nithberg, Ont.) - Waterloo
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