For the second year in a row,
Miah-Marie Langlois has been named the CIS defensive player of the year.
The announcement was made Thursday night at the CIS major awards banquet in Regina, Saskatchewan.
The Windsor, Ontario native and fourth year point guard had another outstanding season for the Lancers as she helped lead her squad to an undefeated season and a No. 1 national ranking in the CIS.
As the OUA's defensive player of the year for the second year running, Langlois earned the award for her tenacity on defense, and the strength of a league high 3.2 steals per game and 6.3 rebounds per outing while being responsible for defending the opponents' top guard.
Thanks to Miah's solid all-around play, Windsor finished the regular season with a tremendous 21-0 record, a first place finish in the OUA West division for the fifth consecutive year, and their fourth OUA Championship in five seasons.
In addition to her defensive game, she also averaged 12.0 points per game and finished second in the CIS and first in the OUA with 6.0 assists per game. This year also marks her third straight year as an OUA west division all-star after being named to the first team last year, and the second team in 2010-11.
“It's a privilege for our entire Windsor Lancer family to have Miah receive this honour again,” said Windsor head coach Chantal Vallée. “She certainly is a force at both ends of the floors and she always responds with eagerness to get the job done, from stopping the opponent's best player to running the team at the point. Her defensive stats in the CIS speak for themselves and I believe her play this year was a big factor in our team's overall success.”
The other nominees for defensive-MVP honours were Memorial post Ally Forsey, Laval post Marie-Pascale Nadeau and Calgary guard Tamara Jarrett.
Clemençon was honoured at the national level for the third consecutive campaign, including first-team nods each of the past two years. The native of France was the Nan Copp Award winner in 2010-11.
2012-2013 CIS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
Nan Copp Award (player of the year): Justine Colley, Saint Mary's
Defensive player of the year: Miah-Marie Langlois, Windsor
Kathy Shields Award (rookie of the year): Mariam Sylla, McGill
Peter Ennis Award (coach of the year): Scott Munro, Saint Mary's
Sylvia Sweeney Award (basketball, academics & community service): Alexa McCarthy, Fraser Valley
Tracy MacLeod Award: Amber Hillis, Wilfrid Laurier
First Team
Pos Athlete University Year Hometown Faculty
G Justine Colley Saint Mary's 4 East Preston, N.S. Commerce
G Kaylah Barrett Concordia 3 Brampton, Ont Independent
G Kris Young UBC 3 North Vancouver, B.C Arts
F Nicole Rosenkranz Brock 3 St. Catharines, Ont General Studies
P Diane Scheutze Thompson Rivers 5 Vernon, B.C Tourism
Second Team
F Jessica Clemençon Windsor 4 St. Rambert, France Arts/English
G Alyson Bush Carleton 5 Ottawa, Ont. Communications
G Michelle Clark Regina 4 Westlake Village, Cal. Grad Studies & Research
G Jenny Vaughan Western 4 Dundas, Ont. Kinesiology
G Lindsay Harris Acadia 4 New Minas, N.S. Science (Nutrition)
All-Rookie Team
G Danielle Boiago McMaster 1 Hamilton, Ont. Kinesiology
F Mariam Sylla McGill 1 Conakry, Guinea Pharmacology
F Marilyse Roy-Viau Concordia 1 St-Janvier, Que. Education
G Cassandra Nofuente Ryerson 1 Toronto, Ont Chang
F Jenna Bugiardini Victoria 1 Hamilton, Ont. Business
