Kylie Masse, Toronto, Swimming

University of Toronto Varsity Blues swimming standout Kylie Masse brings home OUA Female Athlete of the Year honours after a record shattering sophomore season.

Masse was named both the OUA and CIS female swimmer of the year after she helped the Blues capture their third consecutive OUA title and first national championship banner since 1996-97.

At the OUA championship this past February, Masse won all six OUA finals in record time, including two Canadian short-course records in the 50m and 100m backstroke.

The LaSalle, Ont. native somehow managed to top that performance at the CIS national championship where she had seven podium finishes in as many events, including four gold medals, three long-course meet records and a new Canadian standard of 27.84 seconds in the 50-metre backstroke.

Last month, Masse qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro when she broke her own Canadian record in the 100-metre backstroke with a time of 59.06.

Masse is no stranger to representing Canada as she was a member of the 2013 Canada Games team and competed at the 2014 Pan Am Sports Festival.  At the 2015 Summer Universaide in Gwangju, Masse won gold in the 100m backstroke and will hope for a similar result this August.

Masse becomes the first Varsity Blues student-athlete and swimmer to win the award since Liz Warden was honoured following the 2001-02 season.