FREDERICTON — McGill University’s Katia Clement-Heydra was named the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s hockey player of the year on Wednesday.
The native of St. Bruno de Montarville, Que., claimed the Quebec conference scoring title and ranked second in the country with 40 points (13 goals, 17 assists) in only 20 games, helping McGill take first place in the conference standings with a sparkling 18-2 record.
Clement-Heydra is the third straight member of the Martlets to claim the award, following Melodie Daoust and Ann-Sophie Bettez.
“Katia plays with such confidence and has improved so much over her career in every aspect of her game, especially so since last year,” said head coach Peter Smith. “One of the biggest factors is how hard she worked last summer. She came into training camp so fit this season that the rest of her game just fell into place, from the drop of the puck in training camp, right through to her last game.”
The other finalists for the Brodrick Trophy were forwards Alex Normore of St. Francis Xavier, Jenny MacKnight of Windsor and Tatiana Rafter of UBC.
In other awards, Saskatchewan forward Kaitlin Willoughby was named rookie of the year while her coach Steve Kook took home coach of the year honours.
Goaltender Nicole Kesteris of the University of Toronto won the award for hockey, academics and community service.