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Stinellis, Ligaya

Ligaya Stinellis

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/28/2019
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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The first-year Hamilton native made McMaster history at the OUA Wrestling Championships, becoming the first Marauder female wrestler to win the OUA Rookie of the Year award since its inception in 2008.

Stinellis announced herself at her first OUA Championships appearance by pinning all three of her pool opponents to cruise into the 48kg final. She got the better of Lakehead’s Megan Smith, York’s Gurleen Tak and former medalist Christine Grafe of Western before meeting veteran Natassya Lu of Guelph in the final.

There, the young Marauder was scoring well before being caught in a pin by her more experienced opponent, and came away with silver.

Hers was one of two silver medals won by Mac on the women's side, as the group finished fifth in the team standings.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
2/25/2019 Bennett Swan Men's Volleyball
2/18/2019 Sarah Gates Women's Basketball
2/18/2019 Benjamin Zahra Wrestling
2/11/2019 Clement Chow Badminton
2/11/2019 Belvina Mao Figure Skating
2/4/2019 Isabelle Lei Swimming
2/4/2019 Mitchell Muizelaar Swimming
1/28/2019 Ameen Aghamirian Wrestling
1/28/2019 Ligaya Stinellis Wrestling
1/21/2019 Jessie Nairn Women's Volleyball
1/21/2019 Alex Drover Cross Country/Distance Track
1/14/2019 Simeon Tchervenelekov Swimming
1/14/2019 Isabelle Lei Swimming
1/7/2019 Sarah Gates Women's Basketball
1/7/2019 Matt Passalent Men's Volleyball
12/31/2018 Connor Gilmore Men's Basketball
12/31/2018 Linnaea Harper Women's Basketball
11/26/2018 Hilary Hanaka Women's Basketball
11/26/2018 Oriol Herrero Men's Water Polo
11/19/2018 Mitchell Muizelaar Swimming
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