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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
2/19/2018 Benjamin Zahra Wrestling
2/12/2018 Jacob Kao Badminton
2/12/2018 Sarah Gates Women's Basketball
2/5/2018 Viduran Thanarajah Wrestling
2/5/2018 Olivvya Chow Swimming
1/29/2018 Miles Seward Men's Basketball
1/29/2018 Olivia Wilson Women's Basketball
1/22/2018 Benjamin Zahra Wrestling
1/22/2018 Hilary Hanaka Women's Basketball
1/15/2018 David Doty Men's Volleyball
1/15/2018 Isabelle Lei Swimming
1/8/2018 Aleks Arsovic Women's Volleyball
1/8/2018 Sergio Raez Villanueva Cross Country/Distance Track
1/1/2018 Sasha Simic Men's Basketball
1/1/2018 Lexie Spadafora Women's Basketball
12/4/2017 Erin Mawhinney Cross Country/Distance Track
12/4/2017 Patrick Deane Cross Country/Distance Track
11/20/2017 Katherine Zutautas Women's Volleyball
11/20/2017 Benjamin Zahra Wrestling
11/13/2017 Hilary Hanaka Women's Basketball
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