DAVIDSON NAMED TOP PLAYER IN OCAA WOMEN'S SOFTBALL

TORONTO - Humber College's Aaliyah Davidson (Brampton) is the 2017 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Women's Softball Player of the Year. She received the award in a ceremony held in Toronto on Thursday evening.

The fourth-year outfielder led the OCAA with three home runs and 28 RBI and was third among OCAA players with a .711 slugging percentage. Davidson batted .382 with a team-high 29 hits, including 15 for extra bases. She also scored 22 times, one off the team lead. Davidson is also an OCAA All-Star.

Shelby Hayward (Hamilton) of Mohawk is the OCAA Rookie of the Year. Hayward had a terrific debut season, leading all OCAA players with seven triples and three home runs. Hayward led her team with 30 hits, 22 runs and 21 RBI. She had a batting average of .375. Hayward is also an OCAA All-Star.

Durham's Marina Christie (Pickering) is the 2017 OCAA Batting Champion. The third-year first baseman batted .520, sixty-two points higher than her closest rival. She also had a .547 on base percentage, and .680 slugging percentage.

Olivia Elliott (Oakville) of St. Clair is the OCAA Pitcher of the Year. Elliott was second among OCAA hurlers with a 1.83 ERA and 72 strikeouts in her first post-secondary season. She averaged 6.6 strikeouts per seven innings, best among her peers, and had a 9-3 record. Elliott is also an OCAA All-star.

Doug Wiseman of St. Clair is the OCAA Coach of the Year. Wiseman led St. Clair to a fifth straight regular season title with a record of 20-4. They ended the campaign on a 10-game win streak.

Also named OCAA All-Stars were Conestoga's Brittany Bell (New Hamburg); Durham's Ashley Black (Waterloo) and Jaimie Clarke (Elmvale); Fanshawe's Jacey Lochert (Bellwood); Humber's Terah Camilleri (Streetsville) and Jenna Hillman (Tecumseh); and St. Clair's Sarah Bondy (Amherstburg) and Madisyn Clark (Leamington).

2017 OCAA WOMEN'S SOFTBALL AWARDS

OCAA Women's Softball Player of the Year
Aaliyah Davidson, Humber

OCAA Women's Softball Rookie of the Year

Shelby Hayward, Mohawk

OCAA Women's Softball League Batting Champion

Marina Christie, Durham

OCAA Women's Softball Pitcher of the Year
Olivia Elliott, St. Clair

OCAA Women's Softball Coach of the Year
Doug Wiseman, St. Clair

OCAA Regular Season Champion
St. Clair Saints

OCAA Women's Softball League All-Stars

Brittany Bell, Conestoga
Sarah Bondy, St. Clair
Ashley Black, Durham
Terah Camilleri, Humber

Madisyn Clark, St. Clair
Jaimie Clarke, Durham

Aaliyah Davidson, Humber
Olivia Elliott, St. Clair
Shelby Hayward, Mohawk
Jenna Hillman, Humber
Jacey Lochert, Fanshawe

- OCAA -

ABOUT ONTARIO COLLEGES ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) is the recognized leader in intercollegiate athletics in the province, dedicated to student-athlete and sport development. The OCAA has 29 members sponsoring 12 varsity sports.

For additional information please contact:
Josh Bell-Webster
Marketing and Communications
Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
Tel: 416-426-7041
Fax: 416-426-7308
E-mail: bell-webster@ocaa.com