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        Gabrielle Davidson Adams is Harvard University Bound




        By Jason Setnyk                       Stoney or Detroit tournament – Giles
                                              Lascelle  scheduled  a  phone  call.
              hen     Gabrielle   Davidson    After  the  phone  call  they  told  me
        WAdams  laced  her  first  pair       they’d like me to come visit Harvard.
        of  skates  at  the  age  of  6  she  never   I  met  all  three  coaches.  I  also  got
        dreamed that it would take her from   to  watch  them  practise  and  play.  I
        Cornwall,  Ontario  to  Cambridge,    walked  around  the  campus,  and  I
        Massachusetts.                        really  liked  it,”  Gabrielle  Davidson
          However,  by  the  time  she  joined   Adams recollected.
        the Ontario Hockey Academy (OHA)        At  just  15  years  old,  Gabrielle
        two years ago in Grade 8, she knew    Davidson  Adams  is  one  of  the  top
        she wanted to play University level   hockey  players  at  OHA,  and  she  is
        hockey.                               also an honour roll student with a 4.0
          Now,  as  a  Grade  10  student  in   GPA.
        her  third  year  at  OHA,  her  dream   Born  and  raised  in  Cornwall,
        is  becoming  a  reality.  Gabrielle   hockey  has  been  a  passion  for
        Davidson    Adams      is   Harvard   Gabrielle  Davidson  Adams since
        University bound and partnering with   she was just 6 years old.  In Grade                                                Photo Credit: Jason Setnyk
        them through the application process.  1,  Gabrielle  started  figure  skating.
          “I  remember  it  was  after  the   However,  when  she  saw  a  hockey   game being played right after a figure  captain for the Girls Junior team.
                                                                                    skating  session  one  day,  she  knew   “My  hockey  has  been  good.    It’s
                                                                                    that’s what she wanted to do instead.  been challenging at the intermediate
               Brought to you by Flowers Cornwall                                     “I  started  to  figure  skate  at  the  level, but I’ve been able to adapt and
                MVP of the Month                                                    age  of  6,  that’s  how  I  learned  how  keep up,” Gabrielle Davidson Adams
                                                                                    to  skate.   After  one  of  my  figuring  said with modesty.
                                                                                    skating sessions, there was a hockey    Gabrielle  is  second  in  points
                                                                                    game  being  played  on  the  ice,  and   playing  with  the  Ontario  Hockey
                                      Alexis Pataky                                 I said that’s what I want to do.  So   Academy  Girls  Junior  team.    She

                                      Hometown: Cornwall                            I  joined  the  Cornwall  Typhoons,”   has  10  goals  and  6  assists  in  just
                                                                                    Gabrielle Davidson Adams recalled.    12  games.    She  was  also  honoured
                                      School: St. Joe’s
                                                                                      In Grade 8 she made the transition  as  the  Eastern  Women’s  Hockey
                                      Grade: 12
                                                                                    to the Ontario Hockey Academy with  Conference Rookie of the Month for
                                      Age: 17
                                                                                    the goal of playing Div I hockey after  October.
                                      Alexis Pataky is the MVP of the month for     high school.                            Also, in 2016, Gabrielle Davidson
                                      January.  This senior student and veteran rugby   “I felt like I needed to play a higher  Adams played at the Ontario Summer
                                      player is valued by her coaches and team mates   level of hockey, but still be close to  Games,  and  this  past  summer  she
          for her leadership qualities and her dedication to her team and her sport.  home.  My goal coming to OHA was  participated  in  the  Team  Ontario
          Alexis is preparing for college next year and is doing well in her classes,   to play Division I.  I always had big  Identification Camp for players under
                                                                                    dreams  to  play  hockey.    I  love  the  16.    She  hopes  to  be  invited  this
          another thing that her coaches appreciate about her.  Besides being a four
                                                                                    life here at OHA, being surrounded  coming summer to the U18 Ontario
          year veteran of high school rugby and a two year veteran with the Cornwall
                                                                                    by my best friends, having fun, and  tryouts.
          Claymores, Alexis never misses a practice and is active in both extra training
                                                                                    playing hockey with them.  I like that   “I did really well.  I felt it was a
          activities, fundraising, and team management.                             the teachers are there to help you too,   good experience being exposed and
                                                                                    and  they’re  always  there  to  guide   preparing  me  for  the  U18.    It  was
                                                                                    you,”  Gabrielle  Davidson  Adams     nice being around coaches who have
                                                                                    replied.                              been around this high level of hockey
                                                                                      Gabrielle  Davidson  Adams,  who  and have been successful in hockey.
                                                        INC.
                                             since/depuis 1994                      wears number 20, and plays forward  It’s pretty awesome to have them as
                               “  id      v ry     ”                                centre  got  the  promotion  to  play  mentors,” Gabrielle Davidson Adams

                                                                                    at  the  intermediate  level,  despite  disclosed.
                                1325 Pitt Street, Cornwall                          her young age.  She has taken on a      Gabrielle  Davidson  Adams has

                                1-888-852-2492 • 613-933-9439                       leadership  role,  and  wears  the  “A”
                        Robert                                 Chantal                                                    also received a lot of mentorship at
                        Martin   www.fl owerscornwall.com       Martin               on her maroon jersey, as an assistant
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