MONTREAL -- Four members of the McGill University badminton team have merited all-conference honours from the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec.  On the men's side, Alan Shekhtman and Marcus Waskiw-Ford were both named first-team all-stars, while Connor Tannas was selected to the second squad. On the women's side, Anne Ying Wu earned second-team status.

Waskiw-Ford, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound Montrealer, led McGill with a stellar 21-2 record on the season and helped the Redmen to finish second of seven teams, their best finish in decades.  The graduate student in kinesiology and physical education posted a 13-1 record in men's singles and was 8-1 in mixed doubles, partnered with Ying Wu.
 
Shekhtman is a 5-foot-8, 150-pound management sophomore from Newton, Mass. He had a 10-1 record in men's singles and 2-0 in men's doubles, for a combined 12-1 overall.

Tannas, a six-foot, 140-pound arts freshman from Calgary, registered a 15-5 record in men's doubles.

Wu, a 5-foot-1, physiology junior from Kanata, Ont., compiled an 11-8 overall record. She was 2-4 in women's singles, 0-3 in doubles and went 9-1 in mixed doubles, playing primarily alongside Waskiw-Ford. She is the first member of the Martlets to earn RSEQ badminton all-conference honours since the 2011-12 season.


2015-16 RSEQ BADMINTON ALL-STARS

MEN'S FIRST TEAM
Maxime Marin, Laval
Alan Shekhtman, McGill
Julien Déry, Laval
Marcus Waskiw-Ford, McGill

MEN'S SECOND TEAM
Vithuran Vilvarajah, ETS
Alexis Gohier Drolet, UQAM
Connor Tannas, McGill
Lu Bonnet, UQAM

MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: Maxime Marin, Laval
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD: Philippe Giguère, Laval
LEADERSHIP & CITIZENSHIP AWARD (Emmanuel-Constant Trophy): Jérémy Lacasse, UQAM
COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD: Étienne Couture, Laval

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WOMEN'S FIRST TEAM
Stéphanie Pakenham, Laval
Mireille Denis, Montréal
Virginie Savard, Laval
Andrée-Ann Allard, UQAM
   
WOMEN'S SECOND TEAM
Marianne Maltais, Laval
Maude Samson, Sherbrooke 
Anne Ying Wu, McGill
Vanessa Rail Bond, Sherbrooke
    
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: Stéphanie Pakenham, Laval
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD: Noémie Lirette, Montréal
LEADERSHIP & CITIZENSHIP AWARD: Camille Garnier, Montréal
COACH OF THE YEAR: Étienne Couture, Laval
 

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