A pair of St. Catharines athletes were named co-winners of Niagara College’s female athlete of the year award at the school’s recent awards banquet.

Sharing the honour were hoopster Janee Harrison and volleyball player Montanna Taylor.

Harrison, a Sir Winston Churchill product, won the award for the second straight year. The fourth-year forward started every game during the season, averaged almost 30 minutes per game and finished seventh in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association in points per game. She was named a Canadian Colleges Athletic Association All-Canadian, a CCAA Academic All-Canadian award, an OCAA All-Academic and an OCAA West Division First Team All-Star.

Taylor, an Eden product, led Niagara to a third-place finish in the OCAA West Division and a bronze medal at the OCAA championship. The fifth-year setter was third in the OCAA in blocks and seventh in assists to finish as the men’s and women’s career leader in assists with more than 1,500. She was named a CCAA Academic All-Canadian, an OCAA All-Academic, an OCAA West Division Second Team All-Star award, an OCAA semi-finals player of the game and an OCAA Championship All-Star. Taylor was also presented with a Fifth Year Recognition Award for five years of dedication to her sport.

Ajax native Kayden Stewart was named Niagara’s male athlete of the year. The fourth-year guard on the basketball team was an OCAA Second Team All-Star after finishing second in the OCAA in assists per game and sixth in steals per game. He was named an OCAA All-Academic and a CCAA Academic All-Canadian.

Honoured as Niagara’s female and male rookies of the year were soccer player Cienna Toromoreno and volleyball player Rowan Redekop.

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