# Mary Lyons Award

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 | 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 |