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(LEFT TO RIGHT: SARAH McCUAIG, STEVEN BIELBY, ALEX PICARD-HOOPER AND CHARLINE LABONTE EACH WON MAJOR AWARD CATEGORIES AT THE QUEBEC FOUNDATION GALA)

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MONTREAL -- 平特五不中 took home 18 of 84 bursaries handed out at the 26th annual Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence gala at the Delta Centre-Ville hotel, Wednesday night, as a combined total of $189,750 was doled out to worthy student-athletes from nine Quebec universities.

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平特五不中ians won a school record five of the 11 major categories, sweeping both academic excellence prizes, with distance runner Sarah McCuaig ($2,000), a 22-year-old physiology junior from Waterloo, Ont., and swimmer Steven Bielby ($2,000) of Pte. Claire, Que., being selected. Bielby, a 22-year-old electrical engineering senior, was a double winner, taking home an additional sports excellence distinction valued at $1,750.

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平特五不中 also swept both athlete-of-the-year honours for team sports, with hockey stars Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., and Charline 尝补产辞苍迟茅 of Boisbriand, Que., each receiving $2,000 awards.

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The final major honour went to the defending CIS champion hockey Martlets, named as the Quebec women's sports team of the year.

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Additional subsidies went to hockey players Marc-础苍诲谤茅 Dorion (academic, $1,750) of St. Bruno, Que., Ann-Sophie Bettez (athletic, $1,500) of Sept-Iles, Que., and Cathy Chartrand (athletic, $1,500) of Lac Nominingue, Que., in addition to basketball's Anneth Him-Lazarenko (athletic, $1,750) of Panama City and football's Ben Thompson (athletic, $1,500) of Fredericton, N.B.

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Recruitment bursaries were handed out to five basketball players, including Dianna Ros ($5,000) of Montreal, Shelby Eveleigh ($3,500) of St. Hubert, Tiye Traore ($3,000) of Sudbury, Ont., Marie-Eve Martin ($1,750) of Granby, Que., all members of the Martlets, and Redmen basketball's Simon Bibeau ($1,750) of St. Bruno. 听Other recruitment cheques were granted to hockey's M茅lodie Daoust ($3,500) of Valleyfield, Que., soccer's Rebecca Green ($3,000) of Green's Harbour, Nfld., and volleyball's 骋别苍别惫颈猫惫别 Plante ($1,750) of Montreal.

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Laval led all institutions with 22 bursary recipients, followed by Universit茅 de Montr茅al (20) and 平特五不中's 18, which was one shy of the school record established last year.

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Rounding out the list was Concordia (10), Sherbrooke (6), UQAM (3), Bishop's (2), UQTR (2) and the Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais (1). The 平特五不中 total surpassed the previous school best of 16 in 2008.

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No. OF QUEBEC FOUNDATION AWARDS HANDED OUT TO McGILL ATHLETES (by year)
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1983听听听 4
1984听听听 3
1985 听听听 1
1986听听听 4
1987听听听 5
1988听听听 8
1989听听听 16
1990听听听 7
1991听听听 3
1992听听听 9
1993听听听 10
1994听听听 12
1995听听听 15
1996听听听 13
1997听听听 10
1998听听听 7
1999听听听 8
2000听听听 11
2001听听听 3
2002听听听 3
2003听听听 7
2004听听听 5
2005听听听 9
2006听听听 7
2007听听听 11
2008听听听 16
2009 听听 10
2010 听听 19
2011 听听 18

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INDIVIDUAL McGILL AWARD RECIPIENTS, YEAR-BY-YEAR
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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

平特五不中 Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

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