Hockey Stars Dominate MASRC Scholarship Winners By Scott Taylor, Photos by James Carey Lauder, St. Thomas University, the MFHL U18 AAA and Kristal Friesen/K’s Photography Kennesha Miswaggon is an outstanding defenseman at the University of British Columbia. Bryden Sinclair has a hockey scholarship waiting for him at the University of Maine. Rachel O’Toole and Kaila Powell just completed their freshman seasons at the University of Regina. And Breanna McLennan was a star at Winnipeg’s Vincent Massey Collegiate and played this past season with Kenesha Miswaggon Prairie Blaze in the Manitoba Junior Women’s Hockey League. Miswaggon, Sinclair, McLennan, O’Toole and Powell along with coaches Lauren Legault, a graduate of the hockey program at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, N.B., and Hayden Yaremko, a former star with the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s OCN Blizzard, are among the 15 athletes and coaches who have been named winners of the Manitoba Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Council’s 2019 MASRC/2002 NAIG Legacy Scholarships. The 2002 NAIG Legacy Scholarships were created through the generosity of the 2002 North American Indigenous
Games Legacies. The Athlete Scholarships are awarded yearly to Aboriginal athletes in Manitoba who have shown athletic leadership in Manitoba’s amateur sport community through well rounded participation as an athlete, as well as on academic standing, and other school and community related activities. THE 2019 ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIPS ($600) Robert (Jesse) Skelton Multi-Sport Hartney Bianca Mckay Softball Dauphin (Skownan) Cassidy Alyn Multi-Sport Fisher Branch Emma Ricard Martial Arts St. Ambroise Stefanie Byron Baseball Oak Point Cam Gayleard Volleyball St. Andrews Bryden Sinclair Ice Hockey Peguis First Nation Kaila Powell Ice Hockey Swan River (Norway House) Rachel O’Toole Ice Hockey The Pas (Couchiching) Kennesha Miswaggon Multi-Sport Cross Lake (Pimicikamak) Breanna McLennan Ice Hockey Winnipeg Haven George Multi-Sport Gillam THE 2019 COACH SCHOLARSHIPS ($600) The Coach Scholarships are awarded yearly to Aboriginal coaches in Manitoba who have shown outstanding coaching leadership in Manitoba’s amateur sport community, as well as on academic standing and other school and community related activities. Lauren Legault Ice Hockey Elie Hayden Yaremko Ice Hockey The Pas Gregory Meconse Soccer Winnipeg (Pinaymootang) Loryn Evans Wrestling Winnipeg (Pimicikamak)
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