Successful Week for Gee-Gees (Women)

[Al's Fastball News]

Received: 4/13/09 11:33:53 AM 
From:  scottsearle(at)rogers.com 
 

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The University of Ottawa 's competitive sports banquet on April
2nd concluded a great week for the Gee-Gees softball program.


  

Orleans resident Jillian Taylor and Vanessa Homiak were awarded
Quest for Gold scholarships from the Provincial Womens Softball
Association and the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion. These
scholarships are awarded to elite athletes who live, study and
train in Ontario based on athletic performance. Jill and Vanessa
received the scholarship based on their performance in 2008 where
both athletes led their respective club teams to medals at the
Ontario Provincials and the Jr. Womens National Championship
in Summerside Prince Edward Island . Vanessa led the Pickering
Heat to a Gold Medal at the Provincials and a Silver Medal at
the Canadian Championships. Vanessa was critical to the teams
success at the Nationals with 2 game-winning RBI's. Jillian was
instrumental in the Orleans Rebels bronze medal performance at
the Provincials, and was named the tournaments MVP. These scholarships
are worth $8,000 each and are a great incentive for Ontario athletes
to train at home. 

  

Sustaining the program's reputation for academic excellence,
we maintained our 100% graduation rate and two of our athletes
were accepted into teacher's college at the University of Ottawa
. Elissa Sivel and Jillian Taylor will don the garnet and grey
in 2009 in their last year of eligibility. 

  

Finally, Jillian Taylor was named the Competitive Sports Club
Female Athlete of the Year for her 2008 performance. Jill finished
the year with 13 wins for the Gee-Gees, leading the team to a
silver medal at the Provincial Championships. She set a team
records for wins, most strikeouts, lowest ERA (.71) and most
stolen bases in a season (11) . Jillian was second in the team
in batting average (0.477), hits (31) and runs scored (15). Significant
accolades came with this very successful season – Jillian was
awarded the team MVP, the Top Pitcher in the league (OIWFA),
a Quest for Gold Scholarship and an Ottawa Sports Award for the
Top Softball Player in the city. 

Jillian joins Gee-Gees Alumni Danna Masters (2003) and Lindsey
McLaughlin (2005 , 2006) in winning this prestigious award amongst
17 other competitive sports clubs within the University .  

  

Finally, the team was awarded a Calvary Award as the Top Competitive
Club of the Year.  http://www.thefulcrum.ca/node/2703



"When looking at the Gee-Gees’ competitive clubs, the women’s
fastball team stands out as one of the most successful. The Gee-Gees
were among the cream of the crop in the Ontario Intercollegiate
Women’s Fastball Association (OIWFA) regular season, collecting
an impressive 14-4 record by the season’s end. In the playoffs,
the Gees were almost unstoppable, defeating the Laurier Golden
Hawks, Queen’s Golden Gaels, and Windsor Lancers in the round-robin
portion of the OIWFA championships. Although the team ultimately
fell 5-1 to the Western Mustangs in the championship game, this
did not marr an otherwise excellent season. The team are perennial
medal contenders in OIWFA, and this year has added to their string
of success."
 
 
The Gee-Gees will de-centralize for the summer as they all chase
various athletic goals throughout the summer before re-convening
in the fall in their quest for an OIWFA Championship and their
first appearance at a University National Championship. 

  

Scott Searle 
Head Coach
 
 

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