Martlets trio elevated to all-star status in volleyball
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PICTURED (left to right): Jennifer Thomson, Kelsey Irwin & Marcela Mansure)
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MONTREAL - Jennifer Thomson, Kelsey Irwin and Marcela Mansure, three members of the McGill women's volleyball team, have earned all-conference honours in voting conducted by the four head coaches in the Quebec conference.
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Thomson, a 5-foot-7 senior power-hitter from Rosemere, Que., and Irwin, a 5-foot-11 senior middle blocker from Vancouver, were both named to the first team. Mansure, a sophomore setter from Rio de Janiero, earned second-team status.
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It was the fifth consecutive year that Thomson - a 23-year-old veteran who is completing a master's degree in education -- received all-star status in the league. She finished third among league leaders in digs (3.71), fifth in kills (3.02 per game), seventh in service aces (0.37) and eighth in hitting percentage (.226).
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Irwin, a 21-year-old political science and sociology major, earns all-star honours for the third time but it marked her inaugural appearance on the first squad. She had a career-best campaign, finishing second in hitting percentage (.298), third in kills per game (3.32) and fourth in stuff blocks (0.90).
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Mansure, a 22-year-old occupational therapy major, ranked second among league leaders in assists per game with an average of 8.93. She also contributed 142 digs, 18 kills and 13 aces.
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2009-10 QSSF WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-STARS & MAJOR AWARDS
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First TeamÌý:
Position, Name, University, Academic Program, Hometown
SETTER, Alexandra Lojen, Montréal, Law, Montréal, QC
MIDDLE, Nadine Alphonse, Montréal, Education, Montréal, QC
POWER, Mélanie Savoie, Laval, Primary Education, Saint-Sylvestre, QC
POWER, Jennifer Thomson, McGill, Physical Education (Masters), Rosemère, QC
POWER Laetitia Tchoualack, Montréal, Management (Masters), Paris (France)
MIDDLE, Kelsey Irwin, McGill, Arts (Political Science & Sociology), West Vancouver, BC
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DEUXIÈME ÉQUIPE D'ÉTOILES
Position, Name, University, Academic Program, Hometown
POWER, Renée-Claude Chevarie, Sherbrooke, Primary Education, Lac-au-Saumon, QC
SETTER, Sarah Létourneau-Lévesque, Laval, Physiotherapy, Port-Cartier, QC
POWER, Marie-Pier Murray-Méthot, Montréal, Chemistry (Masters), Baie-Comeau,Ìý QC
MIDDLE, Sarah Schaerli, Sherbrooke, Psychology & Education, Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford,Ìý QC
POWER, Ève Trépanier, Laval, Teaching, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse,Ìý QC
SETTER, Marcela Mansure, McGill, Medicine (Occupational Therapy), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Alexandra Lojen, Montréal, Law, Montréal, QC
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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Ève Trépanier, Laval, Teaching, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, QC
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LIBÉRO OF THE YEAR
Geneviève Gagné, Sherbrooke, Physiotherapy (Master's), Sherbrooke,Ìý QC
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ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS & CITIZENSHIP
Nadine Alphonse, Montréal, Education, Montréal, QC
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COACH OF THE YEAR
Olivier Trudel, Montréal Carabins
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca
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