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McGill's Carly Hill named De Facto Quebec athlete of the week

Published: 8 March 2011

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MONTREAL - McGill hockey player Caroline Hill is the De Facto Quebec university female athlete of the week for the period ending March 7, 2011.

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It marks the ninth time this season that a McGill student-athlete has captured the conference's weekly award by the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec.

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Hill, a fifth-year forward with the women's hockey team, scored four goals and added a pair of assists in two games as the Martlets swept the Quebec conference best-of-three league championship series against the Montreal Carabins. The 5-foot-5 physical education senior was involved in all four goals in the series-opening 4-1 win over the Carabins, scoring twice and adding a pair of helpers. She then tallied twice in the series-clinching 8-1 victory on Friday. Hill, who celebrated her 25th birthday on Sunday and played for Canada at the recent FISU world university games in Turkey,Ìý is a product of The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Conn.

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The Quebec male athlete of the week award went to basketball player Evens Laroche of Concordia.

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Previous recipients from McGill include basketball player Marie-Eve Martin (Feb. 1), distance runner Sarah McCuaig (Sept. 20 and Nov. 1), hockey players Francis Verreault-Paul (Oct. 26) and Alex Picard-Hooper (Oct. 16, Jan. 9), rugby player Gideon Balloch (Nov. 16), plus soccer star Alexandra Morin-Boucher (Sept. 13).

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De Facto is an innovative tobacco prevention campaign led by Sport Étudiant, geared towardsÌýeliminating smoking among young adults and revealing the truth about the consequences of using tobacco.

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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

Athletics & Recreation

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www.mcgill.ca/athletics

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