McDougall, Poulin, Williams, Zeppieri named OUA athletes of the week
Burlington, Ont. – Alexandra McDougall, Kyana-Jade Poulin, Owen Williams, and Christian Zeppieri have been named OUA athletes of the week for the period ending November 9th, 2025.
Alexandra McDougall, Cross Country, Guelph Gryphons
McDougall, the fourth-year biomedical engineering major with the Guelph Gryphons competed in her last event of her sensational 2025 season on Saturday at the U SPORTS cross country championships in Sherbrooke, Que.
The Port Perry, Ont. native crossed the finish line with a time of 28:06, to finish third out of 174 runners to claim the bronze medal as she was named U SPORTS first team all-Canadian for her performance.
With her third place showing at nationals, McDougall becomes the first Guelph women's cross-country runner in nine years to earn a Top three individual finish.
McDougall caps off a remarkable 2025 season which saw her earn the honour as the OUA runner of the year, winning three races this season highlighted by her gold medal performance at the OUA cross country championships.
Kyana-Jade Poulin, Basketball, Carleton Ravens
Carleton Ravens guard Poulin was dominant over the weekend. The veteran guard had back-to-back thirty-point games in the Ravens 67-62 loss to the Queen’s Gaels and 76-70 win over the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks.
Poulin shot 40% from the field over the weekend while making 19 of 22 free throws. The fourth year applied linguistics student was also a defensive force, generating four steals and collecting 10 rebounds over the two games.
She currently leads the conference with 23.6 points per game through five games and a key factor in the Ravens holding on to a 4-1 record.
Owen Williams, Rugby, Guelph Gryphons
Williams, the fourth-year Erin, Ontario native has had a knack for coming up with the big try for the Guelph Gryphons and the OUA championship game was no different. Williams gave his team the early lead in the sixth minute, scoring the game’s opening try and scored his team’s other first half try in the 36th minute to give his side the 12-7 lead heading into the half.
With the Gryphons leading 19-7 in the 47th minute, it would be Williams who’d come up with the game changing try as he comes in, gets the ball from his teammates and races in for his third try of the night to give his side the 24-7 lead.
Guelph captured their fifth straight OUA banner, defeating the Queen’s Gaels 43-21. The human kinetics major and 2025 OUA first team all-star has had an outstanding postseason for the Gryphons, scoring a pair of tries last Friday in his team’s OUA semifinal victory over Brock.
Christian Zeppieri, Soccer, York Lions
Zeppieri, three-time consecutive OUA West MVP and first team all-Canadian, scored four times during the U SPORTS national championship on a snowy Sunday afternoon. The Maple, Ont. product scored the championship-winning penalty in the 116th minute of the national final against the Mount Royal Cougars, providing the Lions with their first U SPORTS title in a decade and their sixth national crown in program history.
The winner came after Zeppieri missed an early penalty during regulation time. The goal slides him even further into Lions men's soccer lore with a national banner and a U SPORTS championship MVP among his array of accolades.
