Pearce To Join Cougars On Ice

Pearce To Join Cougars On Ice

BRANDON, Man. (April 4, 2023) — Mya Pearce will play for the Cougars women’s hockey team next season.

Pearce, from Manitou, Manitoba, played for the AAA U18 Pembina Valley Hawks. She is in her final semester at Nellie McClung Collegiate.

The 5’2 forward started playing the game as a toddler and has loved the game ever since. Pearce was an assistant captain for the last two seasons with the Hawks, accruing eleven goals and seventeen assists this season, and was the top scorer for the Hawks in her 2019-20 season. In the 2021-22 season, her passion and dedication shined through as Pearce received the Hawks Coaches Award.

“My strong play making ability and high hockey IQ and my dedication to the team will be the strongest abilities I bring to the team,” said Pearce. “I’m looking forward to meeting new people and being able to travel and be competitive with every team.”

Pearce was the female athlete of the year from grade seven through to grade eleven, with this year yet to be determined. She was selected for Hockey Manitoba’s Top 40 camp and won a provincial title playing U15 AAA the same season and reaching 100 points.

“Mya brings a great work ethic to the Cougars,” said Cougars head coach Tony Bertone. “She causes a lot of turnovers and has an ability to score and find her teammates with crisp passes.”

Pearce has remained an honour roll student through high school. She is interested in working with children and will be taking the college’s Early Childhood Education 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:

Tony Bertone

Women’s Hockey Coach

Assiniboine Cougars

whockey@assiniboine.net

204.761.9778

Lindsay McLaughlin

Athletics Manager

Assiniboine Community College

cougars@assiniboine.net

204.725.8700 ext 6340