CASSIE CAMPBELL

CASSIE CAMPBELL A former player in the Brampton Canadettes Girls Hockey Association, Cassie Campbell has been a major contributor to the recent successes achieved by the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team. Cassie’s stellar two way play on defence enabled Canada to maintain their dominance in 1996 as a repeat Women’s World Hockey Champion. At the World Championships held in 1996 Cassie was recognized as an “all tournament all star”. Cassie received an assist on the overtime goal which gave Canada the gold medal. She was also picked by her teammates as one of Canada’s top three all-stars. Cassie was a national team member for her first time in 1994, and a member of the gold medal team at the 1994 World Championship held in Lake Placid, New York. Cassie also played on Team Canada in 1995 and 1996 when it won back to back Pacific Rim Championships and the Three Nations Cup Series in 1997. Other notable hockey achievements occurred in the Esso Women’s Nationals, where she placed 4th in 1995, 2nd in 1996, and 3rd in 1997. She was also named to the 199596 OWIAA First All-Star Team. In 1996 she was named Sportswoman of the Year for the University of Guelph. Having played hockey for the past seventeen seasons, there is no doubt that hockey is recognized as Cassie’s favourite “winter” sport. However, soccer ranks as Cassie’s favourite “summer” sport, having played for thirteen seasons up until 1993, the first six here in Brampton with the Brams United Girls Soccer Club. Cassie also enjoys volleyball, roller hockey and basketball. In 1991 Cassie was a member of the Peel Champion North Park Secondary School Girls Basketball team, where she was named Peel’s Most Valuable Player in the north division. Cassie holds an Honors Sociology Degree from the University of Guelph. She will be continuing her education in a 2nd year Nutrition program at Guelph after the Olympics. She is also a spokesperson for the HIP Program, a smoking prevention program for young girls. When she is not playing for Team Canada in quest of Olympic hockey gold in 1998 she plays locally for the North York Aeros. Inducted November 19, 1997