Mary Lyons Award
SportIndoor volleyball
LeagueU Sports
First awarded1981 to Andrée Ledoux
Most recentGabrielle Attieh,
UFV Cascades
Websiteusports.ca

The Mary Lyons Award is awarded annually to the women's volleyball player of the year in U Sports (previously named Canadian Interuniversity Sport).[1] The award is named after Mary Lyons who served as president of the Ontario-Quebec Women’s Conference Intercollegiate Association (OQWCIA) and the Ontario Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Association (OWIAA), and as a director of the Canadian Women's Interuniversity Athletic Union (CWIAU) and the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU).[2][3] Lyons, a graduate of Queen's University and the State University of New York, also served as Co-ordinator of Women's Interuniversity Athletics at York University for 26 years and coached the York Yeowomen volleyball team for seven years.[4]

Eight players have won the award multiple times, but no player has claimed the award more than twice. The Winnipeg Wesmen program has featured the most winners of the award, with nine, including the most consecutive winners with seven from 1983 to 1989. Following the cancellation of the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no award winner in 2021.[5]

List of winners

Season Winner Team
1980-81[1]Andrée LedouxLaval Rouge et Or
1981-82[1]Karin MassenDalhousie Tigers
1982-83[1]Jamie HancharykWinnipeg Wesmen
1983-84[1]Jamie HancharykWinnipeg Wesmen
1984-85[1]Ruth KlassenWinnipeg Wesmen
1985-86[1]Ruth BurchukWinnipeg Wesmen
1986-87[1]Brenda BoroskiWinnipeg Wesmen
1987-88[1]Brenda BoroskiWinnipeg Wesmen
1988-89[1]Monica LuegWinnipeg Wesmen
1989-90[1]Lara MelvilleVictoria Vikettes
1990-91[1]Michelle SawatzkyManitoba Bisons
1991-92[1]Michelle SawatzkyManitoba Bisons
1992-93[1]Diane ScottWinnipeg Wesmen
1993-94[1]Sandy NewshamWinnipeg Wesmen
1994-95[1]Lorriann SawatzkyManitoba Bisons
1995-96[1]Miroslava PribylovaAlberta Pandas
1996-97[1]Miroslava PribylovaAlberta Pandas
1997-98[1]Louise WlockManitoba Bisons
1998-99[1]Jenny CartmellAlberta Pandas
1999-00[1]Jenny CartmellAlberta Pandas
2000-01[1]Alisa MarriottCalgary Dinos
2001-02[1]Kathy PrestonManitoba Bisons
2002-03[1]Marylène LaplanteLaval Rouge et Or
2003-04[1]Joanna NiemczewskaCalgary Dinos
2004-05[1]Joanna NiemczewskaCalgary Dinos
2005-06[1]Marylène LaplanteLaval Rouge et Or
2006-07[1]Tiffany DoddsAlberta Pandas
2007-08[1]Laetitia TchoualackMontréal Carabins
2008-09[1]Laetitia TchoualackMontréal Carabins
2009-10[1]Liz CordonierUBC Thunderbirds
2010-11[1]Shanice MarcelleUBC Thunderbirds
2011-12[1]Kyla RicheyUBC Thunderbirds
2012-13[1]Shanice MarcelleUBC Thunderbirds
2013-14[1]Lisa BarclayUBC Thunderbirds
2014-15[1]Rachel CockrellManitoba Bisons
2015-16[1]Iuliia PakhomenkoThompson Rivers WolfPack
2016-17[1]Meg CasaultAlberta Pandas
2017-18[1]Marie-Alex BélangerMontréal Carabins
2018-19[1]Kiera Van RykUBC Thunderbirds
2019-20[1]Courtney BakerDalhousie Tigers
2020-21 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
2021-22[1]Kory WhiteAlberta Pandas
2022-23[1]Gabrielle AttiehUFV Cascades

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 "Mary Lyons Award (Play of the Year)" (PDF). U Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Former York women's varsity coordinator Mary Lyons passes away". Ontario University Athletics. October 6, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Obituaries, Mary Elizabeth Lyons". yourlifemoments.ca. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hall of Fame, Mary Lyons". York Lions. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". usports.ca. U Sports. October 15, 2020.
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