University of Waterloo Athletics

Stephanie Sluys was awarded the Marsden Trophy as female athlete of the year after an outstanding season between the pipes for the women's hockey team leading the Warriors to their best finish in program history. 

Sluys finished seventh in the OUA with a 1.73 goals against average and 11^th with a save percentage of .921 but saved her best goaltending for the playoffs.  In Waterloo's OUA quarter-final series win over Western, the third year kinesiology student made 99 saves in 3 games, including a 31-save shutout in Game 3 to send Waterloo to the OUA semifinals.  Overall, Sluys finished the playoffs with the third best save percentage in the OUA at .939. 

On top of her OUA success, Sluys was one of the two goalies selected to represent Canada at the World University Games in Almaty Kazakhstan, where she won the silver medal.