Kelty Apperson, a fifth-year forward from New Hamburg, ON, was named the STU Female Athlete of the Year for 2016-2017. 

This season she was named a second team all-star in the Atlantic University Sport conference and led the Tommies in scoring with 28 points. She was also one of two players from the AUS selected to play with Team Canada at the Winter Universiade in Kazakhstan.

This is the second consecutive year that Apperson was named the university’s female Athlete of the Year.