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2008 CIS Womens Hockey ChampionshipsUNIVERSITYSPORTCAFRANAIS CONTACT US HOMEMarch 12 2009 PRINT THIS STORY200809 Canada West allstars and major awards announced Tarin Podloski Alberta by Canada West Communications OfficePhoto courtesy Uwe Welz U of Alberta Athletics 200809 Canada West womens hockey Player of the Year is Albertas Tarin Podloski who set a new CIS singleseason scoring recordEDMONTON Canada West announces the 2009 womens hockey individual major award winners and AllStars as selected by head coaches across the conferenceNew CIS singleseason scoring recordholder Tarin Podloski of the Alberta Pandas is the conference Player of the Year After taking a year off from university hockey last season Podloski returned with a vengeance in 200809 netting 61 points (23 goals 38 assists) in 24 conference games as the Pandas posted a 2220 conference record good for first place in the regular season standingsPodloski also had 10 and 12point weekends this year earning Canada West and CIS honours as Athlete of the Week each time A former member of the National U22 team Podloski was a CIS Second Team AllCanadian in 200506 and 200607Tarin is an exceptional studentathlete She commits herself to being the best she can be in both the classroom and hockey said Pandas head coach Howie Draper More than that however Tarin has emerged as an outstanding leader Her ability to support counsel and motivate her teammates has been remarkable this past season and has become an important part of the development of this years teamPodloskis teammate Stephanie Ramsay has been selected conference Rookie of the YearIn her freshman season with the Pandas Ramsay a spring 2008 graduate of the National Sport School in Calgary racked up 24 points (6 goals 18 assists) in 23 games tops among rookies and eighthbest overall A former member of the highly touted Oval Xtreme Ramsay also showed her toughness on the ice picking up 50 penalty minutesCoach Draper had good things to say about his star young talent Stephanie is a natural athlete Despite her youth she possesses excellent individual skills that set her apart from many of the players in the conference and among the best in the CIS in my opinion Her drive to excel in competition is tangible She is destined to have an outstanding career in the CISMoving forward as the Canada West nominee for the Marion Hilliard studentathlete award is Mackenzie Rizos of the Lethbridge PronghornsSince her arrival on the University of Lethbridge campus Rizos a secondyear goaltender has been the consummate studentathlete In three semesters Rizos has a cumulated GPA of 353 out of 4 and was an Academic AllCanadian as a freshman She was also the recipient of Board of Governors Entrance Scholarship and Jason Lang Scholarship Recipient the postsecondary instit...