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Athletes of the Week

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
10/28/2019 Jessie Nairn Women's Volleyball
10/21/2019 Jordan Pereira Men's Volleyball
10/21/2019 Myriam Okuda-Rayfuse Rowing
10/7/2019 Alex Drover Cross Country/Distance Track
10/7/2019 Talia Merino-Sierra Women's Soccer
9/30/2019 Julian Tymochko Baseball
9/30/2019 Emily Campbell Fast Pitch
9/23/2019 Katie McLeod Women's Rugby
9/23/2019 Max Turek Cross Country/Distance Track
9/16/2019 Ellaraye Tobias Women's Lacrosse
9/16/2019 Andreas Dueck Football
9/9/2019 Nikolas Motruk Baseball
9/9/2019 Janna Malone Women's Tennis
9/2/2019 Dusan Kovacevic Men's Soccer
9/2/2019 Rhianna Guennel Fast Pitch
8/26/2019 Noah Hallett Football
8/26/2019 Hannah Chau-Stacey Women's Soccer
3/4/2019 Alex Drover Cross Country/Distance Track
3/4/2019 Linnaea Harper Women's Basketball
2/25/2019 Hilary Hanaka Women's Basketball
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