The Mary Lyons Award is awarded annually to the women's volleyball player of the year in U Sports (previously named Canadian Interuniversity Sport). The award is named after Mary Lyons who served as president of the Ontario-Quebec Women’s Conference Intercollegiate Association (OQWCIA) and the Ontario Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Association (OWIAA), and as a director of the Canadian Women's Interuniversity Athletic Union (CWIAU) and the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU). Lyons, a graduate of Queen's University and the State University of New York, also served as Co-ordinator of Women's Interuniversity Athletics at York University for 26 years and coached the York Yeowomen volleyball team for seven years.
Nine players have won the award multiple times, but no player has claimed the award more than twice. The Winnipeg Wesmen program has featured the most winners of the award, with nine, including the most consecutive winners with seven from 1983 to 1989. Following the cancellation of the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no award winner in 2021.
List of winners Season Winner Team 1980-81 Andrée Ledoux Laval Rouge et Or 1981-82 Karin Massen Dalhousie Tigers 1982-83 Jamie Hancharyk Winnipeg Wesmen 1983-84 Jamie Hancharyk Winnipeg Wesmen 1984-85 Ruth Klassen Winnipeg Wesmen 1985-86 Ruth Burchuk Winnipeg Wesmen 1986-87 Brenda Boroski Winnipeg Wesmen 1987-88 Brenda Boroski Winnipeg Wesmen 1988-89 Monica Lueg Winnipeg Wesmen 1989-90 Lara Melville Victoria Vikettes 1990-91 Michelle Sawatzky Manitoba Bisons 1991-92 Michelle Sawatzky Manitoba Bisons 1992-93 Diane Scott Winnipeg Wesmen 1993-94 Sandy Newsham Winnipeg Wesmen 1994-95 Lorriann Sawatzky Manitoba Bisons 1995-96 Miroslava Pribylova Alberta Pandas 1996-97 Miroslava Pribylova Alberta Pandas 1997-98 Louise Wlock Manitoba Bisons 1998-99 Jenny Cartmell Alberta Pandas 1999-00 Jenny Cartmell Alberta Pandas 2000-01 Alisa Marriott Calgary Dinos 2001-02 Kathy Preston Manitoba Bisons 2002-03 Marylène Laplante Laval Rouge et Or 2003-04 Joanna Niemczewska Calgary Dinos 2004-05 Joanna Niemczewska Calgary Dinos 2005-06 Marylène Laplante Laval Rouge et Or 2006-07 Tiffany Dodds Alberta Pandas 2007-08 Laetitia Tchoualack Montréal Carabins 2008-09 Laetitia Tchoualack Montréal Carabins 2009-10 Liz Cordonier UBC Thunderbirds 2010-11 Shanice Marcelle UBC Thunderbirds 2011-12 Kyla Richey UBC Thunderbirds 2012-13 Shanice Marcelle UBC Thunderbirds 2013-14 Lisa Barclay UBC Thunderbirds 2014-15 Rachel Cockrell Manitoba Bisons 2015-16 Iuliia Pakhomenko Thompson Rivers WolfPack 2016-17 Meg Casault Alberta Pandas 2017-18 Marie-Alex Bélanger Montréal Carabins 2018-19 Kiera Van Ryk UBC Thunderbirds 2019-20 Courtney Baker Dalhousie Tigers 2020-21 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021-22 Kory White Alberta Pandas 2022-23 Gabrielle Attieh UFV Cascades 2023-24 Raya Surinx Manitoba Bisons 2024-25 Raya Surinx Manitoba Bisons 2025-26 Abby Guezen Alberta Pandas
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