WATERLOO REGION (December 2, 2021) – On Thursday, District announced that St. Benedict’s Lily Vrugteman was named the senior girls basketball most valuable player for the 2021-22 season.
Vrugteman, a grade 11 guard, helped lead the Saints to an undefeated season, and recaptured the senior girls league title averaging 14.1 points per game.
Teammate and fellow grade 11 guard Katie Leudy joins Vrugteman as a D8 first team all-star. Leudy consistently helped the Saints offence in scoring, having two games with 20 points or more. Saints Grade 12 forward Alison Staples was named as a second team all-star.
Left: Lily Vrugteman, Right: Katie Leudy
The St. Mary’s senior girls basketball team had a successful season making it to the District 8 final for the first time since the 2015-16 season with a strong effort from first team all-stars Ella Clubb Jones and Sophia Urosevic. Urosevic led the Eagles and the league in scoring, averaging 20.6 points per game including a 46 point performance. They are joined by teammate Leia Brown on the second team.
Grade 12 guard Grace White from St. David’s was named as a first team all-star leading the Celtics in scoring with 12.7 points per game, while second team honours went to grade 11 forward Emma Thompson.
Rockway’s Ruby Dyck Steinmann and Resurrection’s Ella Aldworth round out the senior girls all-star selections for the 2021-2022 season.
2021-22 District 8 Senior Girls Basketball MVP: Lily Vrugteman, St. Benedict C.S.S.
First Team (Senior):
| First Name | Last Name | Position | Grade | School |
| Ella | Clubb Jones | Forward | 12 | St.Mary’s H.S. |
| Katie | Leudy | Guard | 11 | St. Benedict C.S.S. |
| Sophia | Urosevic | Guard | 12 | St.Mary’s H.S. |
| Lily | Vrugteman | Guard | 11 | St. Benedict C.S.S. |
| Grace | White | Guard | 12 | St. David C.S.S. |
Second Team (Senior):
| First Name | Last Name | Position | Grade | School |
| Ella | Aldworth | Guard | 12 | Resurrection C.S.S. |
| Leia | Brown | Guard | 11 | St.Mary’s H.S. |
| Ruby | Dyck Steinmann | Forward | 12 | Rockway M.C |
| Alison | Staples | Forward | 12 | St. Benedict C.S.S. |
| Emma | Thompson | Forward | 11 | St. David C.S.S. |
First Team (Junior):
| First Name | Last Name | Position | Grade | School |
| Kaylee | Chapman | Guard | 10 | Woodland Christian H.S. |
| Georgia | Ferguson | Forward | 9 | E.S.C. Père-René-de-Galinée |
| Eva | Mensah | Forward | 10 | St. Benedict C.S.S. |
| Laura | Rowbotham | Forward | 10 | Woodland Christian H.S. |
| Stacy | Tran | Guard | 9 | St. Benedict C.S.S. |
Second Team (Junior):
| First Name | Last Name | Position | Grade | School |
| Megan | Bell | Forward | 10 | St. David C.S.S. |
| Ella | Caron | Guard | 9 | E.S.C. Père-René-de-Galinée |
| Lilianna | Haddad | Guard | 9 | Rockway M.C |
| Geneveieve | Morgan | Guard | 10 | Resurrection C.S.S. |
| Autumn | Stokes | Guard | 10 | St. Benedict C.S.S. |