Anne Smith | ||||
2013 | ||||
Player | ||||
University of Manitoba | ||||
1995-2001 U of M Bisons |
Anne is a native of the Province of Quebec where she attended two high schools, Polyvalente Armand-Saint-Onge in Amqui and Polyvalente de la Foret in Amos before moving on to Cegep Montmorency in Laval. She then came to the University of Manitoba where she played with the Bisons for five years.
In her first year as a Bison, 1995-96, she was named to the CIS All-Rookie team. In 1997-98 she was named the winner of the Nan Copp Award for the most outstanding university player in Canada. She was a three-time CIS All-Canadian in 1997-98, 1998-99, and 2000-01.
She was selected twice as the Player of the Game in the annual Bison-Wesmen Duckworth Challenge. In addition, during her career as a Bison she was a member of two consecutive CIS national championship teams in 1995-96 and 1996-97.