Queen's Women's Rugby's Lizzie Gibson was named the OUA Women's Rugby Player of the Year for the 2025 season, the conference announced on Wednesday.

Gibson (Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs) was also one of seven Gaels named OUA First Team All-Stars and one of two major award winners, alongside Dan Valley, who was named OUA Women's Rugby Coach of the Year for 2025.

Gibson led the OUA in scoring with an incredible 157 points on the season, more than twice the second leading scorer in the conference, and more than four teams' total points on the season. Making the point total more impressive is that it was accomplished in just five games as the Gaels won one of their games by forfeiture of the opposing team.

2025 was Gibson's second highest point total in a single season, behind only 2022 when Gibson finished the year with 176. Gibson is Queen's Women's Rugby's all-time leading scorer with 569 career points, surpassing Gaels legends Lauren McEwen (219 career points) and Sophie de Goede (208 career points).

Gibson helped lead Queen's Women's Rugby to a 6-0 record in 2025, their sixth straight season finishing with an undefeated regular season.

Gibson was named OUA Player of the Week on Sept. 8 after scoring 55 points (three tries, 20 conversions) in the Gaels' 160-0 win over the York Lions.

"To see Lizzie recognized as both OUA POY and 1st Team All-Star is a very fitting way to end her OUA career," said Queen's Women's Rugby Head Coach Dan Valley. "On the field, she has been a pivotal part of our team's performance in all phases of play, and the grit and determination that she trains and competes with every day have helped shape our squad's identity."

2025 marks Gibson's second year being named the OUA Player of the Year after also winning the award in 2022. Gibson would go on to win the U SPORTS Player of the Year award in 2022 as well, and has also been named the OUA Shiels Division Rookie of the Year, and U SPORTS Rookie of the Year, in 2019.

Along with the major awards Gibson has accumulated, Gibson is also a five-time OUA First Team All-Star (2019, 2022-25) and four-time U SPORTS All-Canadian (2019, 2022-24).

At Queen's, Gibson has won the Alfie Pierce Trophy for Rookie of the Year (2019-20), and Outstanding Performance of the Year (2022-23).

Internationally, Gibson has represented Canada at the FISU World Rugby Sevens University Championship in 2024.