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Athletics + Academics = A Winning Combination

Bridget Lefebvre - Grade 11 Connor Spence - Grade 9 Michaela Contant - Grade 11

École secondaire publique L’Héritage Char-Lan District High School École secondaire catholique La Citadelle

Participating Sports: Participating Sports: Participating Sports:
Senior girls’ basketball Volleyball, Soccer Soccer
Senior girls’ volleyball Basketball, Track and Field Volleyball
Favourite Sport: Badminton Basketball
Soccer Favourite Sport: Track and field
Favourite Subject: Soccer
Chemistry & physical Favourite Subject: Favourite Sport:
education physical education Soccer
I look up to this sports I look up to this sports
personality: Christine Sinclair personality: Lionel Messi Favourite Subject:
Sport achievements: Sport achievements: Biology
Track and field – grade 9 Glengarry Hearts’ Captain 2016 (1st place) I look up to this sports personality:
Soccer MVP – grade 7 Involved in competitive soccer André Degrasse
Played junior boys’ volleyball - fall 2018
Academic achievements:
Sport achievements:
Honour roll student every semester Academic achievements:
Soccer – MVP at OFSAA, 4th at provincials
Highest grade in grade 10 English, grade 10 career Received the Brian Filion award in grade 8 studies,
studies, grade 11 psychology grade 11 psychology Basketball – MVP, SD&G champions 2017
Bronze medal for third best overall average in grade Bronze medal for third best overall average in grade Track – 100 m SD&G five years in a row
10 10
Médaille du CEPEO for maintaining an average Médaille du CEPEO for maintaining an average Academic achievements:
over 90% in grade over 90% in grade Honour roll student

OHA Presents: Shani Rossignol

By Molly Kett Rossignol started playing hockey after the
loss of her grandfather when she was just 8
years old. She needed something to focus on
hani Rossignol is a 16-year-old, Grade
S11 centre, playing for Ontario Hockey other than his passing, so after trying a few
Academy’s Team Junior this year. This is other activities, like guitar lessons and kung-fu,
she fell in love with the game after watching
Rossignol’s second season with the team and
second season at the Academy. her younger brother play.
She says like every young female player,
Rossignol is committed to the Ohio State
Buckeyes, a top 10 NCAA D1 school which is you soon realize the NHL isn’t a possibility,
currently ranked 8th in the USA. She is from but university hockey is. By combining her
favourite sport with the chance to study pre-
the small town of Grand Falls, New Brunswick.
The population of this small town is only 5,326, med or kinesiology, she has the opportunity to
conquer both dreams at the same time.
so the prospect of attending a school that has
more than 65,000 students is quite daunting for Rossignol chose to go to OHA because the
her. minute she stepped on campus, it felt like home.
Everyone treated her like she was already part
“The process of committing to Ohio State was
really nerve racking because when you look at of the family.
their roster and you look at the year that you Next, Rossignol has dreams of playing in
could be attending there you realize the spots the CWHL or the NWHL, or even for Team
are limited,” says Rossignol. “Knowing that Canada one day. These goals are certainly a
OSU had an interest in me, I wanted to make possibility for this talented young player who
the most of the opportunity. After committing, will be playing for her home province of New
my focus is strictly on bettering all aspects of Brunswick at the Canada Winter Games in Red
my game and improving my academics.” Deer, Alberta this coming February. Photo Submitted