GUELPH, Ont. – Throughout the 2025-26 season, the University of Guelph Department of Athletics will be highlighting various members from our Gryphon varsity programs as part of our 'Gryph's Locker Athletes of the Week, presented by POWERADE' series.
Katherine Heard (women's hockey) has been named 'Gryphon Athlete of the Week' for the period covering March 9 to 15, 2026.
Katherine Heard (Women's Hockey)
Katherine Heard had the defining moment in the 2026 McCaw Cup to earn this week's 'Gryphon Athlete of the Week' honours. Heard, a fifth-year forward and team captain of the Gryphons women's hockey team, scored the pivotal go-ahead goal in the third period of the OUA championship game to give her team the 2-1 win over the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Saturday afternoon (March 14). Midway through the third period, the OUA West MVP would step up like she has done all season, with her shot from the high slot sneaking past Ottawa goalie Clara Genier as it crossed the goal line in what proved to be the McCaw Cup-winning goal for the Gryphons. Heard's game-winning goal earned her McCaw Cup Player of the Game honours after helping lead her side to their 8th OUA title in program history. For the Arva, Ontario native, she finishes her postseason with 6 points while finding the back of net three times. Following the 2025-26 regular season, Heard was named OUA West MVP and an OUA First Team All-Star after recording 24 points (6th in OUA). Heard and the Gryphons women's hockey team enter the 2026 Miller Waste Systems U SPORTS Women's Hockey Championship as the No. 3-seed where they will take on a familiar foe in the No. 6-seed and tournament hosts Waterloo Warriors in a U SPORTS quarterfinal on Thursday night (March 19) from the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario.
2025-26 Gryphon Athletes of the Week
| Name |
Sport |
Date |
| Katherine Heard |
Women's Hockey |
March 8-15, 2026 |
| Gabby Cole |
Women's Track and Field |
March 2-8, 2026 |
| Keon Rude |
Men's Track and Field |
March 2-8, 2026 |
| Casey Harkley |
Men's Wrestling |
Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2026 |
| Tyler Barry |
Men's Wrestling |
Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2026 |
| Teghan MacRae |
Women's Hockey |
Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2026 |
| Rebecca Parker |
Women's Track and Field |
Feb. 16-22, 2026 |
| Olivier Ciarlo |
Men's Hockey |
Feb. 16-22, 2026 |
| Briar Crerar |
Women's Volleyball |
Feb. 9-15, 2026 |
| Max Davies |
Men's Track and Field |
Feb. 9-15, 2026 |
| Katrina Frlan |
Women's Curling |
Feb. 2-8, 2026 |
| Tyler Barry |
Men's Wrestling |
Feb. 2-8, 2026 |
| Nicole McKenzie |
Women's Track and Field |
Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2026 |
| Killian Donovan |
Men's Volleyball |
Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2026 |
| Nolan Dann |
Men's Hockey |
Jan. 19-25, 2026 |
| Katherine Heard |
Women's Hockey |
Jan. 19-25, 2026 |
| Rebecca Parker |
Women's Track and Field |
Jan. 12-18, 2026 |
| Colsen Flemington |
Men's Curling |
Jan. 12-18, 2026 |
| Hannah Bourdon |
Women's Basketball |
Jan. 5-11, 2026 |
| Eric Armstrong |
Men's Basketball |
Jan. 5-11, 2026 |
| Killian Donovan |
Men's Volleyball |
Nov. 24-30, 2025 |
| Maia Dan |
Women's Volleyball |
Nov. 24-30, 2025 |
| Hannah Bourdon |
Women's Basketball |
Nov. 17-23, 2025 |
| Nathan Allensen |
Men's Hockey |
Nov. 17-23, 2025 |
| Kobe Faust |
Men's Rugby |
Nov. 10-16, 2025 |
| Christina Morra |
Women's Basketball |
Nov. 10-16, 2025 |
| Alexandra McDougall |
Women's Cross Country |
Nov. 3-9, 2025 |
| Owen Williams |
Men's Rugby |
Nov. 3-9, 2025 |
| Megan Livingstone |
Women's Rowing |
Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2025 |
| Ceilidh Aho |
Women's Rowing |
Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2025 |
| Jack Tunstill |
Men's Basketball |
Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2025 |
| Alexandra McDougall |
Women's Cross Country |
Oct. 20-26, 2025 |
| Max Davies |
Men's Cross Country |
Oct. 20-26, 2025 |
| Joseph Columbus |
Men's Lacrosse |
Oct. 13-19, 2025 |
| Kirsten Sutter |
Women's Lacrosse |
Oct. 13-19, 2025 |
| Charles Trollip |
Men's Rugby |
Oct. 6-12, 2025 |
| Sophie Helfenstein |
Women's Hockey |
Oct. 6-12, 2025 |
| Abby Warriner |
Field Hockey |
Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025 |
| Olivier Ciarlo |
Men's Hockey |
Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025 |
| Olivia Rizakos |
Women's Soccer |
Sept. 22-28, 2025 |
| Ethan Fraser |
Men's Soccer |
Sept. 22-28, 2025 |
| Alexandra McDougall |
Women's Cross Country |
Sept. 15-21, 2025 |
| William MacLeod |
Men's Lacrosse |
Sept. 15-21, 2025 |
| Jacqueline Giles |
Women's Golf |
Sept. 8-14, 2025 |
| Landon Hutar |
Baseball |
Sept. 8-14, 2025 |
| Carter Robart |
Men's Soccer |
Sept. 1-7, 2025 |
| Rachel McConvey |
Women's Lacrosse |
Sept. 1-7, 2025 |
| Olivia Rizakos |
Women's Soccer |
Aug. 25-31, 2025 |
