OSHAWA, Ont. - For the second straight season, Sydney Sica (Niagara Falls) of Niagara College is the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Women's Soccer Player of the Year. Sica received the award in a ceremony held in Oshawa, Ont., on Friday.
The fifth-year midfielder was the OCAA West Division Scoring Champion, scoring a dozen goals in 10 regular season matches. Sica had four multiple goal matches, including a regular-season high three on one occasion. Sica received other honours as well, including Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Canadian and West Division League First-Team All-Star.
The East Division Player of the Year is Jordan Burke (Scarborough) of Seneca College. The third-year defender played in all 10 of Seneca's regular season matches and was a primary factor in the Sting being recognized as the East Division Best Defensive Team after allowing just one goal against all season. Seneca also ran the table with a 10-0 record to win the East Division championship. Burke received other honours as well, including CCAA All-Canadian, East Division Defensive Player of the Year and East Division League First-Team All-Star.
The West Division Player of the Year is Kaitlynn Russell (Mississauga) of Humber College. The second-year forward scored nine goals in 10 matches for the Hawks as they won the West Division championship with an undefeated record of 7-0-3. Russell also received CCAA All-Canadian and West Division League First-Team All-Star honours.
The OCAA Rookie of the Year is Jordan Blades-McHenry (Ottawa) of Algonquin College. The striker was the OCAA and East Division Scoring Champion netting 14 goals in 10 matches, scoring in all but two games. As well as being named East Division Rookie of the Year, Blades-McHenry is an East Division League First-Team All-Star.
The West Division Rookie of the Year is Niagara's Tori Hultink (Fenwick). The forward played in all 10 regular season matches and was influential in Niagara's 6-3-1 record, good for third place in the standings. Hultink was also named to the West Division League Second-Team All-Stars.
Paul Giannini of Mohawk College is the OCAA Coach of the Year and a nominee for CCAA Coach of the Year. The Mountaineers went 10 matches without suffering a defeat en route to a 5-0-5 record and second place in the West Division. Giannini is also the West Division Coach of the Year.
Evan Phillips of Cambrian College is the East Division Coach of the Year. After a two-year hiatus for the Cambrian women's soccer program as a result of the pandemic, the Golden Shield had an impressive return to play with a 6-2-2 record, good for fourth in the division.
The West Division Defensive Player of the Year is Humber's Remi Pelletier (Brampton). The fifth-year defender was the key cog of a Humber defensive effort that allowed only four goals against during the regular season. Humber was named West Division Best Defensive Team as a result. Pelletier is also a West Division League First-Team All-Star.
Several OCAA League All-Stars were also recognized. In addition to Sica, Russell and Pelletier, West Division First-Team All-Stars include Antonia Gatti (Scarborough), Hayley Lewis (Mississauga) and Catarina Medeiros (Brampton) of Humber; Abigail Woods (Paris) of Mohawk; Rylan Greatrix (Niagara Falls) and McKenna Jackson (Sarnia) of Niagara; and Athena DiMario Done (Windsor) and Jaclyn French (Windsor) of St. Clair College.
In addition to Burke and Blades-McHenry, East Division First-Team All-Stars include Makayla Pearl (Cambridge) of Algonquin; Zenna Hilliard (North Bay) of Cambrian; Emily Cullen (Pickering) of Centennial College; Jessica Ferreira (Ajax) and Sage Thomas-Roberts (Toronto) of Durham College; Victoria Broomer (Oshawa) of George Brown College; Melissa Gilligan (Cornwall) of St. Lawrence College; and Shanice Alfred (Airdrie, Alta.) and Rebekah Lee (Burlington) of Seneca.
Joining Hultink as West Division Second-Team All-Stars are Isabella Bernardi (Richmond Hill), Cassy Ettore (Bolton), Kiara Puntillo (Woodbridge) and Vanessa Reda (Vaughan) of Humber; Paige Epp (Grimsby) and Alyssa Glasbergen (Burlington) of Mohawk; Alyssa Arcand (Port Colborne) of Niagara; Talia Vreugdenhil (Frankford) of Redeemer University; Alec Habash (LaSalle) of St. Clair; and Grace Makarewicz (Bolton) of Sheridan College.
East Division Second Team All-Stars include Kayla DaSilva (Ottawa) and Jolene Wong (Ottawa) of Algonquin; Grace Cranston (Sudbury) and Kaitlyn Pressley (Thorold) of Cambrian; Erika Bjorgum (Kingman, Alta.), Shannon Brown (Whitby) and Jaime Pye (Oshawa) of Durham; and Raven Edwards Dowdall (North York), Francesca Famele (Brampton), Faythe Hoyte (Mississauga) and Olivia Lamacchia (Maple) of Seneca.
2022 OCAA WOMEN'S SOCCER AWARDS
OCAA Women's Soccer Player of the Year
Sydney Sica, Niagara
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division Player of the Year
Jordan Burke, Seneca
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division Player of the Year
Kaitlynn Russell, Humber
OCAA Women's Soccer Rookie of the Year
Jordan Blades-McHenry, Algonquin
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division Rookie of the Year
Jordan Blades-McHenry, Algonquin
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division Rookie of the Year
Tori Hultink, Niagara
OCAA Women's Soccer Coach of the Year
Paul Giannini, Mohawk
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division Coach of the Year
Evan Phillips, Cambrian
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division Coach of the Year
Paul Giannini, Mohawk
OCAA Women's Soccer League Scoring Champion
Jordan Blades-McHenry, Algonquin
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division Scoring Champion
Jordan Blades-McHenry, Algonquin
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division Scoring Champion
Sydney Sica, Niagara
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division Defensive Player of the Year
Jordan Burke, Seneca
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division Defensive Player of the Year
Remi Pelletier, Humber
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division Champion
Seneca Sting
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division Champion
Humber Hawks
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division Best Defensive Team
Seneca Sting
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division Best Defensive Team
Humber Hawks
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division First Team All-Stars
Shanice Alfred, Seneca
Jordan Blades-McHenry, Algonquin
Victoria Broomer, George Brown
Jordan Burke, Seneca
Emily Cullen, Centennial
Jessica Ferreira, Durham
Melissa Gilligan, St. Lawrence
Zenna Hilliard, Cambrian
Rebekah Lee, Seneca
Makayla Pearl, Algonquin
Sage Thomas-Roberts, Durham
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division First Team All-Stars
Athena DiMario Done, St. Clair
Jaclyn French, St. Clair
Antonia Gatti, Humber
Rylan Greatrix, Niagara
McKenna Jackson, Niagara
Hayley Lewis, Humber
Catarina Medeiros, Humber
Remi Pelletier, Humber
Kaitlynn Russell, Humber
Sydney Sica, Niagara
Abigail Woods, Mohawk
OCAA Women's Soccer East Division Second Team All-Stars
Erika Bjorgum, Durham
Shannon Brown, Durham
Grace Cranston, Cambrian
Kayla DaSilva, Algonquin
Raven Edwards Dowdall, Seneca
Francesca Famele, Seneca
Faythe Hoyte, Seneca
Olivia Lamacchia, Seneca
Kaitlyn Pressley, Cambrian
Jaime Pye, Durham
Jolene Wong, Algonquin
OCAA Women's Soccer West Division Second Team All-Stars
Alyssa Arcand, Niagara
Isabella Bernardi, Humber
Paige Epp, Mohawk
Cassy Ettore, Humber
Alyssa Glasbergen, Mohawk
Alec Habash, St. Clair
Tori Hultink, Niagara
Grace Makarewicz, Sheridan
Kiara Puntillo, Humber
Vanessa Reda, Humber
Talia Vreugdenhil, Redeemer
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