Queen's Women's Rugby captured three major awards for the 2021 OUA season, with Sophie de Goede named Player of the Year, Chloe Daniels named Rookie of the Year, and Dan Valley named Coach of the Year.

The OUA unveiled their Major Award winners and All-Stars for the 2021 season Thursday. Seven players from the Gaels were also named OUA All-Stars.

This year marks the third straight season de Goede (Victoria, B.C.) has been named the Player of the Year after she won the award after the 2018 and 2019 season. de Goede, who was named the 2017 OUA Rookie of the Year, also earned her fourth OUA All-Star nod.

de Goede finished the season with 52 points, bringing her career total at Queen's up to 208 points, just 11 points behind Lauren McEwen, who is first all-time in points at 219. It was de Goede's second-highest scoring season with the Gaels, behind only her 2019 season when she scored 76 points.

"Sophie is a pretty unbelievable talent. She jumps right out at you because of how prominent she is on the field and it's been really cool to watch her evolution over her career as a Gael," said Dan Valley, Head Coach, Women's Rugby. "Coming in she was always a talented athlete and physically gifted. But to watch her this year, things move in slow motion for her in a really positive way. Just to watch her, she's always been very cerebral and been able to think her way around the pitch but this year especially, that seems to be an even more prominent part of her game, which has obviously set us up for some success as we've been going along. She's as worthy of a recipient as you'll find."

Chloe Daniels (Sutton, Ont.), who's older sister Hannah also plays for the Gaels, finished the season with four tries for the Queen's.

"Chloe is another incredible talent and I'm so excited to see what the future holds for Chloe, rugby and otherwise," said Valley. "Looking at her performance this year, it's been really neat to watch her get her feet beneath her a little more each week and adapt to playing the 15s game at the U SPORTS level. To see her confidence grow, it's really neat to think about the conversation we can have in four years' time about Chloe Daniels and the things that she will have achieved. Another incredibly worthy recipient of the recognition she's getting and I'm just so excited to see what the future holds for her."

Valley was named the OUA Coach of the Year for the Shiels Division for the second straight season after also winning the award in 2019. In his fourth season at Queen's, he led the Gaels to an undefeated record, improving his overall regular season record with the Gaels to 13-3.

"I look at that as, we as a coaching staff work incredibly hard all the time to make sure that we are as synched up as we possibly can be," said Valley. "While I'm the one that gets the plaque with my name on it, it's actually a reflection of the commitment and the work and the dedication that our coaching staff pours into this.

"From strength and conditioning to our interns and our athletic therapy team that show up every day and go above and beyond, to our assistant coaches that have been here for five and 10 and 20 years literally in Lauren, Blake, and Sean. Harlee Bruce coming back to Queen's having an incredibly established and distinguished career as a student-athlete here, coming back to be a part of this ride, it's been really cool to watch her growth as a coach. And a couple of our injured athletes that haven't been able to compete but show up every day.

"It has really been a total team effort; I'm very fortunate to have such talented and dedicated people to work with and help keep me on track which in turn helps keep us on track."

The complete list of 2021 OUA women's rugby award winners and all-stars is as follows:

Award Winners

Shiels Division
Most Valuable Player – Sophie de Goede, Queen's
Coach of the Year – Dan Valley, Queen's
Rookie of the Year – Chloe Daniels, Queen's
Trillium Award – Brianna Martey, Guelph

Russell Division
Most Valuable Player – Jordyn Orlando, Western
Coach of the Year – Katherine Baer, Western
Rookie of the Year – Tristan McElrea, Toronto
Trillium Award – Ella Tetrault, Toronto

All-Stars

Shiels Division
Back Row – Sophie de Goede, Queen's
Back Row – Katie McLeod, McMaster
Back Row – Kennedy Feasby, Guelph
Back Three – Hannah Beaumont, Guelph
Back Three – Carmen Izyk, Queen's
Back Three – Jaden Walker, Queen's
Centre – Maddy Kushner, Queen's
Centre – Chloe Daniels, Queen's
Fly Half – Kendra Cousineau, Guelph
Hooker – Taylor McKnight, Guelph
Prop – Stacey Warner, McMaster
Prop – Gill Reason, Queen's
Scrum Half – Bridget Peros, Queen's
Second Row – Tia Svoboda, McMaster
Second Row – Hanna Nicholl, Guelph

Russell Division
Back Row – Jordyn Orlando, Western
Back Row – Jenna Lawrence, Western
Back Row – Mary Adewa, Toronto
Back Three – Tristan McElrea, Toronto
Back Three – Alexa Vanderhorst, Trent
Back Three – Selena Hough, Western
Centre – Ella Tetrault, Toronto
Centre – Ben Skinner, Waterloo
Fly Half – Kashisha Arya, Toronto
Hooker – Amanda MacCarthy, Trent
Prop – Idara Okon, Toronto
Prop – Robyn Jeffries, Western
Scrum Half – Philippa Reid, Waterloo
Second Row – Michelle Hopkins, Trent
Second Row – Eden Lohr, Wilfrid Laurier