Seven players from the Queen's Women's Rugby team were named OUA All-Stars for the 2021 season.

The OUA unveiled their Major Award winners and All-Stars for the 2021 season on Wednesday, with Sophie de Goede, Carmen Izyk, Jaden Walker, Maddy Kushner, Chloe Daniels, Gill Reason, and Bridget Peros being named All-Stars for the Shiels Division.

"That speaks to our team and without a total team effort, those athletes aren't put into those positions that they're put in, in order to go in and do the things they do," said Dan Valley, Head Coach, Women's Rugby. "They're all incredibly talented student-athletes and they work so hard at their craft so to see them get recognized in this way is really nice, really rewarding.

"It's cool to see Chloe get recognized in her first year and in that same breath, you see Jill Reason get recognized in her fifth-year and that's just a testament to the work she's put in. She has truly done everything right in her career as a Gael, from the time in the weight room in the off-season and sticking around Kingston in the summers to train and improve. Just being all in. It's really cool and I'm super happy for her.

"Then you get players like Jaden and Carmen who are just innately talented, but again work so hard. They do the stuff that nobody sees. They put in the extra effort, they're just incredibly gritty and incredibly hard-working. To see them get that recognition, it's incredibly well-deserved.

"But in that same breath, we could have had 15 (All-Stars). It's super cool for them to get the individual recognition, there's a huge team component to that as well."

de Goede (Victoria, B.C.), who was also named the Shiels Division Player of the Year for the third straight time, earned her fourth All-Star nod after finishing the season with 52 points, bringing her career total at Queen's up to 208 points. 2021 was de Goede's second-highest scoring season with the Gaels, behind only her 2019 season when she scored 76 points.

Izyk (Blackie, Alta.) and Walker (Oakville, Ont.) were named All-Stars at Back Three. The two tied for the team lead in tries this season with five each. Izyk was named an OUA Shiels Division All-Star and a Second Team U SPORTS All-Canadian in 2019.
Both All-Star nods at the Centre position went to Queen's with Chloe Daniels and Kushner earning the nods.

Daniels (Sutton, Ont.), who's older sister Hannah also plays for the Gaels, was also named the OUA Shiels Division Rookie of the Year after finishing the season with four tries.
Kushner (Ottawa, Ont.) finished the season with two tries.

Reason (London, Ont.) was named an All-Star at Prop and Peros (Oakville, Ont.) was named an All-Star at Scrum Half. Peros, who finished the season with one try, was also named an OUA Shiels Division All-Star in 2019.

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