The OCAA women's basketball league awards were recently announced, and our Wolves brought home a lot of hardware.
Paige Foster and Anna Hirst were each named to the OCAA East All-Rookie team. On a team composed with many veterans, Foster and Hirst managed to have a strong impact in their limited minutes on the floor.
Sydney Moore and Libby Hirst were named OCAA East 2nd Team All-Stars. In her 5th year, this is Moore's 1st appearance on an All-Star team. The Wolves sharp shooter averaged 6.2 points and 2.4 assists per game. Her top performance came on January 11th when she shot 4 for 6 from 3 for 14 points. She also had a strong performance in the 1st round of the playoffs scoring 9 points, all from deep. Hirst earned her 3rd straight All-Star selection after being named to the East 1st team in 22-23 and 23-24. She averaged 6.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Her top performance came at Loyalist on February 7th when she posted a 10 point, 11 rebound double double. She had a strong presence inside against Sheridan in the 1st round with a 7 and 7 stat line.
Cianah Miller made her return to the OCAA East 1st All-Star team. She was named to the 2nd team for Algonquin in 23-24 and was a 1st team All-Star on 22-23 when she played for the Loyalist Lancers. Miller had a strong season averaging 10 points while shooting an impressive 40% from 3. Her best performance came on the road on January 25th when she scored 19 points and collected 8 rebounds against the Georgian Grizzlies.
What can be said about Dasia McDonald that hasn't already been said? McDonald earns her 4th straight OCAA East 1st team All-Star selection to go along with her 3rd straight East Defensive Player of the Year, East Player of the Year and CCAA All-Canadian award. The Nepean Ontario native has made history as the only Algonquin athlete to be named a CCAA All-Canadian 3 times! McDonald finished 1st in the OCAA in steals, assists, assist to turnover ratio and 3 point %. (4.6 stl, 5 ast, 4.7 ast / to, 40% 3p%) She also finished 4th in the league in scoring, 2nd in points per 40 minutes and 2nd in field goal percentage. (16.4 pts, 24.4 pts per 40, 55.1 fg%) She has been the driving force behind the Wolves bronze and silver medal runs the past two seasons and will be leaned on heavily during this playoff run.
To round things out, the Wolves were named OCAA East champions for the 3rd straight year and East Best Defensive Team for the 2nd straight season. The Wolves went 14-0 relying heavily on the top ranked defense in the OCAA, giving up just 38.6 points per game.
The Wolves will be in action on Saturday February 22nd at 1:00 pm at the Jack Doyle Athletics and Recreation Centre when they take on the Lambton Lions in the OCAA quarter final. A win would earn the right to host the Final 4 at home!