Three Stars: Jack, Igbinyemi, Hickey earn honours
November 25, 2025

Three Stars: Jack, Igbinyemi, Hickey earn honours

MacEwan Athletics

EDMONTON – Women's hockey student-athlete Sydney Jack is the MacEwan Athletics' first star of the week after spearheading MacEwan's late-game offensive outburst that led to a 3-2 win over the Saskatchewan Huskies last Saturday.

Jack had a goal and an assist in the span of one minute, 16 seconds late in the third period as the Griffins rallied back to beat the Huskies.

Men's basketball student-athlete Favour Igbinyemi and women's basketball student-athlete Samantha Hickey are the second and third stars of the week, respectively.

It's the first appearance in the Three Stars this season for all three student-athletes.

Sydney Jack had two points in the span of 1:16 to ignite a late-game rally for the Griffins on Saturday (James Maclennan photo).

1st STAR: Sydney Jack, F, women's hockey

Stettler, AB, fifth-year, Arts

Time was running out on the Griffins in the third period on Saturday when Jack took matters into her own hands. 

The Griffins had mustered just 14 shots on goal in five periods of play during a weekend series at Saskatchewan without a goal to show for it when Jack opened the floodgates with just 5:47 left in the third. Her centring pass found Allee Isley's stick and went past the goaltender to tie the game 1-1. 

Then, just 1:16 later, Jack scored the go-ahead goal, potting a rebound off Kali MacDonald's point shot. She played a driving role in the Griffins scoring three times in less than two minutes to stun the Huskies 3-2.

Jack also finished the weekend series (which also included Friday's 2-0 loss) with five shots and a +1 rating.

For the season, she is leading the Griffins in scoring with two goals and five points in 16 games.

MacEwan is enjoying a bye week before they return to action for their final weekend of the first semester Dec. 5-6 vs. Alberta.

Favour Igbinyemi had 17 points in 17 minutes off the bench in Saturday's game against U SPORTS No. 9 Alberta, finishing the weekend with 25 points and 11 rebounds in the series (Husain Dhooma photo).

2nd STAR: Favour Igbinyemi, F, men's basketball

Surrey, BC, third-year, Open Studies

Playing a huge role off the bench against U SPORTS No. 9 Alberta, Ibinyemi led the Griffins with 17 points in 17 minutes in Saturday's 87-71 defeat.

He also co-led MacEwan in rebounds with six and added a block as he provided a terrific spark for a Griffins team trying to rally from an early deficit.

In Friday's 80-69 loss to Alberta, Igbinyemi had eight points, five rebounds and two steals in 18 minutes off the bench. 

For the season, the 6-foot-7 forward is third on the Griffins, averaging 7.5 points/game.

The Griffins are enjoying a bye week as they head into the semester break. They'll return to action Jan. 9-10 at Lethbridge.

Samantha Hickey finished with 18 points and eight blocks combined in a two-game series vs. U SPORTS No. 2 Alberta (Husain Dhooma photo).

3rd STAR: Samantha Hickey, F, women's basketball

Edmonton, AB, third-year, Science

Against an uber-tough opponent – U SPORTS No. 2 Alberta – Hickey stood tall with eight blocks in the two-game series.

In Friday's 79-23 loss, Hickey provided almost half of the Griffins' offence, scoring nine points to go along with six rebounds, four blocks and a steal.

In Saturday's 85-59 defeat, where the Griffins played much better, Hickey was third on the team with nine points, while adding three assists, two rebounds, two steals and four blocks.

Both four-block performances are in the top five for the most blocks by any player in a Canada West women's basketball game this season.

For the season, Hickey is averaging 2.3 blocks/game, which is leading Canada West. It's also a career best for Hickey and is on track to be the third best by a Griffin in a Canada West season behind Kelly Fagan's 3.2 and 2.4 marks in 2014-15 and 2015-16, respectively. 

The Griffins are enjoying a bye week as they head into the semester break. They'll return to action Jan. 9-10 at Lethbridge.