Marion Hillard Award

The Marion Hilliard Award is named in honour of former Toronto Lady Blues player Marion Hilliard. She played with the Lady Blues from 1922-27 and was a leading member of 6 championship teams. She was President of the University Hockey Club and was a member of the University of Toronto women’s Athletic Directorate for four years. The award is presented to reward excellence among a female ice hockey player from the CIS. The recipient exhibits outstanding achievement in three areas: hockey, academics and community involvement. In 2015, Toronto Varsity Blues player Nicole Kesteris became the first player to win the award in consecutive years.

Runners up
Every conference in the CIS names one player as a nominee for the award and they are considered the winner of the award for their respective conference.