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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.


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Date Athlete Sport
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1/9/2024 Robbie Fujisawa Men's Volleyball
1/9/2024 Delaney Bourget Women's Basketball
11/27/2023 Sam Chisholm Swimming
11/27/2023 Megan Deering Women's Swimming
11/20/2023 Mike Demagus Men's Basketball
11/20/2023 Jenna Button Women's Basketball
11/14/2023 Daniel Graham Men's Basketball
11/14/2023 Rosalyn Barrett Women's Cross Country
11/7/2023 Brendan Mills Men's Volleyball
11/7/2023 Sullie Sundara Women's Volleyball
10/30/2023 Rosalyn Barrett Women's Cross Country
10/30/2023 Jullian Kato Wrestling
10/2/2023 Connor Lashley Cross Country/Distance Track
10/2/2023 Kaitlyn Treleaven Women's Cross Country
9/5/2023 Amir Shirazi Men's Soccer
9/5/2023 Alena Spehar Women's Soccer
2/21/2023 Darren Dong Fencing
2/21/2023 Natalie Yee Badminton
2/13/2023 Serena Di Benedetto Wrestling
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