LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western third-year centre/wing Ava Van Santen (Aldergrove, B.C.) has been named to the Canada West Rugby 7's Dream Team for helping to lead the Spartans to a third-place finish in Canada West Rugby 7's final tournament of the year his past weekend in Langley, B.C. The Spartans finish the tournament in third place with a 3-2 record.
 
The Dream Team selection is the third straight for the psychology student. The Spartans star scored two tries at the hometown Langley stop and led Trinity Western to a bronze, their first-ever Canada West Rugby 7s medal.
 
Also being named to the Dream Team were UBC's Skye Farish, Adia Pye, and Shalaya Valenzuela, and Victoria's Justine Blatt-Janmaat, Elle Douglas, and Olivia New.
 
UBC finished the tournament in first place at 5-0, Victoria was second at 4-1, with TWU third at 3-2, followed by Calgary at 2-3, Lethbridge at 1-4, and Alberta at 0-5.
 
Van Santen and the Spartans will conclude their season on March 29 when they travel to Cambridge, Massachusetts to take on the Harvard Crimson 7's.
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country, and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
 
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and has won national championships in U SPORTS. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
 
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