SHERBROOKE, QUE.: A Waverley hockey player has won an inaugural award with her university women’s hockey team.
Nel Vigneau-Sargeant was presented the Offensive Player of the Year award during the Bishops Gaiters athletics awards recently.
Vigneau-Sargeant was a second-year player with the Gaiters women’s hockey team, which plays in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).
She was also named U-Sport Academic All-Canadian and to the RSEQ All-Star Team.
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According to Elite Prospects, Vigneau-Sargeant tallied 12 goals and 21 points in 25 games played in the regular season. She also had 10 penalty minutes.
In the playoffs, she had a goal in two games played.
At the awards, the Gaiters held a celebration of athletic and academic success over the 2022-23 season for all the student-athletes, coaches and staff members who worked hard all year long.
The Athletic Awards Night marks the official close of the 2022-23 varsity season. The Gaiters will return to action in August.
