McGill women's soccer duo of Bouchard and Hill merit All-Canadian honours

KINGSTON, ONT – Two players from the McGill University women's soccer team have merited All-Canadian status.

Mara Bouchard of Granby, Que., and Stephanie Hill of Montreal were among 11 players to earn a berth on the U SPORTS first team. It marks the first time in 17 years that the McGill program has had two national laureates picked to the first team. The last occasion was in 2006, when Shari Fraser and Eloise Vandal were named. Including repeat winners, the Martlets have now have 56 All-Canadians named in team history (see list below).

Bouchard, a 5-foot-4 midfielder, earns first-team honours this year after making the second squad last season. She started all 14 regular season games and while kept off the scoresheet, was selected a team-leading five times as McGill's player of the game. A shutdown defensive player, the 22-year-old psychology junior was named an RSEQ conference all-star for the third consecutive year since receiving the conference rookie-of-the-year award in 2021.

Hill, a 5-foot-11 defender, scored once in 14 contests and was named once as the team's player of the game. Shee to was an RSEQ first-team all-star for the third consecutive year. After graduating with a science degree last spring, the 21-year-old returned this year for a master's degree in applied physical therapy.

Katalin Tolnai, a fourth-year forward from UBC, was named the U SPORTS player of the year. Provost, who is from Toronto, becomes the third T-Bird to take the Chantal Navert Memorial Award, after Jasmin Dhanda in 2017 and Sarah Regan, who shared the award in 2003. Other national award winners announced during the All-Canadian Banquet held in Kingston, Ont. were UBC defender Sarah Rollins, who was named rookie of the year; Hannah Miller of Trinity Western, who won the Student-Athlete Community Service Award; and StFX head coach Graham Kennedy, who was honoured by his peers as the Fox40 coach of the year.

The 2023 U SPORTS championship gets underway Thursday at the Richardson Stadium and culminates Sunday with the national championship game at 3 p.m. Eastern. All 11 games from the eight-team tournament will be webcast live on CBC digital platforms in English, along with RadioCanada.ca/Sports and USPORTS.ca in French.

Official championship website: usports.ca/en/championships/soccer/f/info

2023 U SPORTS WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-CANADIANS & MAJOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Chantal Navert Award (player of the year): Katalin Tolnai, UBC
Rookie of the year: Sarah Rollins, UBC
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Hannah Miller, Trinity Western
Fox40 Coach of the year: Graham Kennedy, StFX

First Team All-Canadians
Name	School	Pos	Yr	Hometown	Academic Program
Dakota Beckett	UBC	GK	2	Langley, B.C.	Arts
Avarie Thomas	Western	D	3	London, Ont.	Kinesiology
Stephanie Hill	McGill	D	3	Dollard des Ormeaux, Que.	Physical Therapy
Sarah Rollins	UBC	D	1	Toronto, Ont.	Kinesiology
Mara Bouchard	McGill	MF	3	Granby, Que.	Psychology
Daphnée Blouin	Laval	F	5	Quebec City, Que.	Design (Master's)
Christina Gomes	Guelph	F	3	Bradford, Ont.	Psychology
Cassandra Provost	Ottawa	F	3	Acton Vale, Que.	Accounting
Alliyah Rowe	Cape Breton	F	4	Kitchener, Ont.	Arts
Amanda Smith	StFX	F	5	Ottawa, Ont.	Education
Katalin Tolnai	UBC	F	4	Toronto, Ont.	Unclassified

Second Team All-Canadians
Name	School	Pos	Yr	Hometown	Academic Program
Kirstin Tynan	Queen's	GK	3	North Vancouver, B.C.	Political Studies
Abby Steen	StFX	D	3	Stittsville, Ont.	Business
Grace Hannaford	Cape Breton	MF	2	Hammonds Plains, N.S.	Science
Jade Abreo	McMaster	MF	2	Mississauga, Ont.	Life Sciences
Kendra Couto	Queen's	MF	2	Aylmer, Ont.	Engineering
Sofia DiGiacomo	Calgary	MF	3	Calgary, Alta.	Arts
Elsa Lessard	Laval	MF	2	Ste-Julie, Que.	Business
Rachel Barlow	Calgary	F	4	Calgary, Alta.	Kinesiology
Erika Bastien	Montréal	F	5	Repentigny, Que.	Sport Management
Sydney Kennedy	StFX	F	5	Fletchers Lake, N.S.	Independent Student

All-Rookie Team
Name	School	Pos		Hometown	Academic Program
Ellie Lancaster	Cape Breton	GK		Fall River, N.S.	Arts
Jenny Harrison	Sherbrooke	GK		Sherbrooke, Que.	Special Education
Gabrielle Ferland	Ottawa	D		Ottawa, Ont.	International Development & Globalization
Julia Kittelson	Calgary	D		Calgary, Alta.	Arts
Florence Thibeault	Laval	D		Repentigny, Que.	Medicine
Sarah Rollins	UBC	D		Toronto, Ont.	Kinesiology
Cheyenne Bower	StFX	MF		London, Ont.	Human Kinetics
Ravina Braich	McMaster	MF		Oakville, Ont.	Biomedical Eng. & Health Sciences
Tamara Djurisic	Mount Royal	MF		Edmonton, Alta.	Physical Education
Sara Ricciardelli	Montréal	MF		Montreal, Que.	Architecture
Cara Freeman	Saint Mary's	F		Halifax, N.S.	Science
Leda Naihin	Queen's	F		Markham, Ont.	Kinesiology

(Teams listed in alphabetical order by position. Teams are chosen without regard to position.) McGILL SOCCER ALL-CANADIANS

SEASON	NAME	TEAM
1987-88	Michelle Seveno	2nd
1987-88	Naomi Hasegawa	1st
1988-89	Jocelyn Dutil	2nd
1989-90	Gayle Noble	2nd
1989-90	Jocelyn Dutil	1st
1989-90	Nathalie Ioanidis	1st
1990-91	Jocelyn Dutil	1st
1990-91	Nathalie Ioanidis	1st
1991-92	Luce Mongrain	2nd
1991-92	Nathalie Ioanidis	1st
1992-93	Gayle Noble	1st
1992-93	Julia Maughan	2nd
1993-94	Gayle Noble	1st
1993-94	Julia Maughan	2nd
1994-95	Heidi Bloomfield	2nd
1994-95	Julia Maughan	1st
1994-95	Odile Desbois	2nd
1995-96	Julia Maughan	1st
1995-96	Odile Desbois	1st
1996-97	Amy Walsh	2nd
1996-97	Luciana Cifarelli	2nd
1997-98	Odile Desbois	1st
1998-99	Kiran Nayar	2nd
1999-00	Alanna Maloney	2nd
1999-00	Eva Melamed	1st
1999-00	Julia Scrase	1st
2000-01	Amber Allen	1st
2000-01	Ashlee Gentry	2nd
2000-01	Sophie Labrom	2nd
2001-02	Amber Allen	2nd
2001-02	Ashlee Gentry	2nd
2001-02	Eva Melamed	1st
2002-03	Alanna Maloney	1st
2002-03	Nicole Shepherd	2nd
2003-04	Nicole Shepherd	1st
2003-04	Shari Fraser	1st
2004-05	Alanna Maloney	2nd
2004-05	Danielle Day	1st
2004-05	Eloise Vandal	2nd
2004-05	Morag Mitchell-Carvalho	2nd
2005-06	Eloise Vandal	2nd
2005-06	Shari Fraser	1st
2006-07	Eloise Vandal	1st
2006-07	Shari Fraser	1st
2007-08	Karlie Kennedy-Cross	2nd
2009-10	Katherine Green	1st
2010-11	Alexandra Morin-Boucher	2nd
2010-11	Katherine Green	1st
2010-11	Victoria Muccilli	2nd
2011-12	Alexandra Hoyte	2nd
2012-13	Bahar Sansar	1st
2012-13	Hannah Rivkin	2nd
2013-14	Kelsey Wilson	1st
2022-23	Mara Bouchard	2nd
2023-24	Mara Bouchard	1st
2023-24	Stephanie Hill	1st