Avison Adds Tenacity To Cougars Women's Soccer Team

Avison Adds Tenacity To Cougars Women’s Soccer Team

BRANDON, Man. (July 11^th, 2023) — Kathleen Avison has committed to play for the Cougars women’s soccer team in the fall.

Avison is a 5’3” midfielder from Gillam, Manitoba. She attended Kildonan East Collegiate and competed for the Reivers. She is a multisport athlete having seen success in basketball, rugby and badminton but ultimately soccer left its mark as her favourite sport. In 2020, she won the Reivers Junior Varsity Athlete of the Year and won Varsity Athlete of the Year in 2022.

“I am very fast and tenacious, stopping at nothing to get the ball and move it up the field,” said Avison. “I love the dynamic, team-oriented nature of soccer as well as how fast and hard I can play.”

She bounced around playing youth soccer in the Winnipeg area for various clubs including North Kildonan CC, East End CC, Oakbank CC and now in the women’s league for the Gateway Celtic. In U14, Avison won the Winnipeg Championship with the Gateway Flyers. The following year she played on a U15 boys team, the Phoenix Football Club, and won the 2019 Winnipeg Golden Boy Tournament of Champions.

“Katie combines good speed with good vision,” said Cougars coach Mark Dabbs. “She makes good decisions with the ball and is mindful of keeping possession but always looking to turn that possession into a scoring opportunity.”

Avison is also multifaceted in her talents. She has a passion for playing the guitar and performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with the River East Guitar Ensemble in 2018 and 2019. She also enjoy enjoys various artistic pursuits like woodworking and architectural design.

Avison has family in Brandon and is looking forward to having their support while she goes to school and plays for the Cougars. She was an honour roll student for the duration of her time in high school. Avison will be taking the college’s Land and Water Management program in the fall.

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About Assiniboine Athletics

The Assiniboine Cougars teams compete in men’s and women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s futsal (a variation of indoor soccer) in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC) with the winner competing for the Canadian College Athletics Association (CCAA) championship. The women’s hockey team play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA).

About Assiniboine Community College
Assiniboine Community College has been providing exceptional learning experiences for more than 60 years, offering unparalleled learning environments and responding to the demands and requirements of the Manitoba labour market. Following the philosophy of “learn by doing,” programs combine theory with hands-on learning inside classrooms, labs, kitchens, shops, fields and the college’s Sustainable Greenhouse.

Assiniboine offers more than 60 certificate, diploma and post-graduate programs across a variety of disciplines including culinary arts and hospitality, business, agriculture and environment, health and human services, and trades and technology. The college also delivers apprenticeship programming in a range of skilled trades disciplines.

The college welcomed more than 3,700 full-time and 6,000 part-time students last year. With campuses in Brandon, Dauphin, Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, Assiniboine provides comprehensive educational opportunities throughout Manitoba. The college also partners with many communities and organizations across the province to deliver customized education and training. Assiniboine’s annual provincial economic impact is $612 million. In the most recent survey of graduates, nine months after graduation, 94 per cent were employed, with 92 per cent remaining in Manitoba.

Assiniboine Community College campuses are located on the traditional territories of Treaty No. 1 and Treaty No. 2, the shared traditional lands of Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Dene and Anishinabek/Ojibwe peoples, and the homeland of the Red River Métis. We acknowledge their welcome to the students who seek knowledge here.

For more information, please contact:

Mark Dabbs

Cougars Women’s Soccer Coach

Assiniboine Community College

wsoccer@assiniboine.net

204-573-1988

Lindsay McLaughlin

Athletics Manager

Assiniboine Community College

cougars@assiniboine.net

204.725.8700 ext 6340