Ligaya Stinellis (1/28/2019) - Athlete Awards - McMaster University Athletics

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Ligaya Stinellis

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1/28/2019
Sport

Wrestling
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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.

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8/21/2017	Maila Carboni	Women's Soccer
3/6/2017	Danny Demyanenko	Men's Volleyball
3/6/2017	Carly Heath	Women's Volleyball
2/27/2017	Maicee Sorensen	Women's Volleyball
2/27/2017	Andrew Richards	Men's Volleyball
2/20/2017	Nicole Roach	Women's Wrestling
2/20/2017	Ahmed Shamiya	Wrestling
2/13/2017	Clement Chow	Badminton
2/13/2017	Jayme Carter	Women's Badminton
2/6/2017	Jobanjit Phulka	Wrestling
2/6/2017	Olivvya Chow	Women's Swimming
1/30/2017	Patrick Morkus	Squash
1/30/2017	Olivia Waite	Women's Squash
1/23/2017	Nicole Roach	Women's Wrestling
1/16/2017	Carly Heath	Women's Volleyball
1/9/2017	Ahmed Shamiya	Wrestling