London, ON - For the third time in his tenure with the Mustangs, Martin Painter has been recognized with the OUA Coach of the Year (West) award.

He led the Mustangs to a 9-2-1 record this season. which was the best in the OUA West.

Painter does double duty as he also oversees the Men's Soccer program. The women's team was consistently in the U SPORTS top-10 rankings this season and finished the season with 29 goals scored (6th in OUA) while only allowing 10 against.

Since becoming head coach for Western in 2012, Painter has led the Mustangs to five division titles, nine consecutive playoff appearances, and five silver medal finishes on the conference stage, including the most recent in 2021.

Painter was previously recognized as Coach of the Year in 2013 & 2017. 

The OUA also announced the 2022 All-Star class which included four Mustangs. Three Mustangs were named 1st Team All-Stars including Avarie Thomas at Defender, Medina Birani at Midfield & Mackenzie Bilotta at Striker. Maya Lankin was recongized as a 2nd Team All-Star at Defender.

The Mustangs will be in action Wednesday night on Mustangs Field at 7pm as they host the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the OUA Semi-Finals.

2022 OUA women's soccer award winners and all-stars:

Most Valuable Player (East) – Cassandra Provost, Ottawa Gee-Gees
Most Valuable Player (West) – Jotam Chouhan, York Lions
Rookie of the Year (East) – Seema Sakran, Queen's Gaels
Rookie of the Year (West) – Nia Fleming-Thompson, York Lions
Coach of the Year (East) – Dave McDowell, Queen's Gaels
Coach of the Year (West) – Martin Painter, Western Mustangs
Community Service-Award (East) – Nat Collicutt, Laurentian Voyageurs; Chloe Doherty, Carleton Ravens
Community Service-Award (West) – Alexa Cimermancic, Waterloo Warriors

First Team All-Stars (East)
Goalkeeper – Brenna Habinski, RMC
Defender – Sophie Miranda, Queen's
Defender – Adriane Devlin, Ottawa
Defender – Hannah Chown, Toronto
Defender – Rylee Traicoff, Nipissing
Midfielder – Tori Chia, Queen's
Midfielder – Karly Hellstrom, Toronto
Midfielder – Katherine Delev, Ottawa
Striker – Cassandra Provost, Ottawa
Striker – Jenna Matsukubo, Queen's
Striker – Cassidy Brooks, Nipissing

First Team All-Stars (West)
Goalkeeper – Lauren Gellner, Windsor
Defender – Avarie Thomas, Western
Defender – Bianca Jack, York
Defender – Makenna Williamson, Brock
Defender – Kat Campana, Windsor
Midfielder – Jotam Chouhan, York
Midfielder – Cloey Uddenberg, York
Midfielder – Medina Birani, Western
Striker – Nia Fleming-Thompson, York
Striker – Olivia Brown, Guelph
Striker – Mackenzie Bilotta, Western

Second Team All-Stars (East)
Goalkeeper – Chloe Lachance-Soulard, Carleton
Defender – Elodie Sylvain, Carleton
Defender – Kayla Kyle, Ottawa
Defender – Kendra Couto, Queen's
Midfielder – Jennifer Milligan, Nipissing
Midfielder – Seema Sakran, Queen's
Midfielder – Soumaya Bouak, Ottawa
Midfielder – Chloe Doiron, Carleton
Striker – Lindsay Bosveld, Toronto
Striker – Ivymae Perez, TMU
Striker – Cecilia Way, Queen's

Second-Team All-Stars (West)
Goalkeeper – Alexandra Mudie, McMaster
Defender – Maya Lankin, Western
Defender – Bryanna Caldwell, McMaster
Defender – Giuliana Paolella, York
Midfielder – Hope Windebank, Wilfrid Laurier
Midfielder – Kalifornia Mitchell, York
Midfielder – Grace Melick, Windsor
Midfielder – Sydney VanderHoef, Guelph
Striker – Kailyn Robertson, Windsor
Striker – Alexa Cimermancic, Waterloo
Striker – Christina Gomes, Guelph

Full OUA release can be found at https://oua.ca/news/2022/11/2/womens-soccer-gee-gees-provost-lions-chouhan-score-top-divisional-honours-for-their-squads.aspx