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Sarah Besselink from Kingston, ON, Guard 5-10 Highschool: Holy Cross Catholic Secondary

Awards received:

Season	Level	Awards
2013-14	League	OUA East All-Rookie Team
2016-17	League	OUA Second Team All-Star
2018-19	League	OUA Second Team All-Star

Notes: Tore ACL during 2014-15 season and missed 2017-18 season due to knee surgery. Uncle Gerry Besselink played for University of Connecticut and aunt Mary-Jane Besselink played for Hartford University.

Family connections: Sarah Besselink is sister of Mary Besselink and wife of Brody Maracle

Playing career:

Season	Team	Num	Elig	Team Finish	League Record	Overall Record
2013-14	WBB-Ottawa	12	1		14-8	23-10
2014-15	WBB-Ottawa	22	2		14-5	22-11
2015-16	WBB-Ottawa	22	3	CIS Final 8, OUA Second Place	17-2	29-10
2016-17	WBB-Ottawa	22	4		13-6	20-18
2017-18	WBB-Ottawa	22	5	OUA Semifinalist	15-8	23-16
2018-19	WBB-Ottawa	22	5	U SPORTS Bronze Medal, OUA Second Place	21-2	33-9

Career regular league season statistics

Season	GP-GS	Mins	MPG	3 Pt		Field Goals		Free Throws		Rebounds		PF	AS	TO	BL	ST	Points
2013-14	22-8	434	19.7	22-86	25.6	46-146	31.5	13-18	72.2	49	2.2	51	29	36	4	8	127	5.8
2014-15	10-2	166	16.6	7-17	41.2	29-60	48.3	9-11	81.8	48	4.8	16	19	18	2	7	74	7.4
2015-16	18-6	341	18.9	20-59	33.9	43-128	33.6	24-29	82.8	49	2.7	35	20	27	2	8	130	7.2
2016-17	19-18	551	29.0	31-87	35.6	103-242	42.6	25-28	89.3	118	6.2	43	25	47	13	20	262	13.8
2018-19	23-23	615	26.7	45-116	38.8	90-200	45.0	32-43	74.4	102	4.4	49	47	33	10	35	257	11.2
Total	92-57	2107	22.9	125-365	34.2	311-776	40.1	103-129	79.8	366	4.0	194	140	161	31	78	850	9.2

Career playoff game statistics

Season	GP-GS	Mins	MPG	3 Pt		Field Goals		Free Throws		Rebounds		PF	AS	TO	BL	ST	Points
2013-14	2-0	33	16.5	2-5	40.0	4-12	33.3	1-2	50.0	7	3.5	3		5			11	5.5
2015-16	5-0	121	24.2	8-23	34.8	15-47	31.9	5-6	83.3	23	4.6	11	7	8		4	43	8.6
2016-17	1-1	32	32.0	1-5	20.0	2-12	16.7	2-2	100.0	1	1.0	3	2	1		1	7	7.0
2018-19	6-6	192	32.0	9-33	27.3	25-60	41.7	6-8	75.0	28	4.7	15	12	9	3	11	65	10.8
Total	14-7	378	27.0	20-66	30.3	46-131	35.1	14-18	77.8	59	4.2	32	21	23	3	16	126	9.0

Career national championship tournament statistics

Season	GP-GS	Mins	MPG	3 Pt		Field Goals		Free Throws		Rebounds		PF	AS	TO	ST	Points
2015-16	2-0	59	29.5	4-12	33.3	9-24	37.5	4-4	100.0	8	4.0	4	4	3	1	26	13.0
2018-19	3-3	98	32.7	1-14	7.1	11-30	36.7	3-4	75.0	10	3.3	9	8	4	5	26	8.7
Total	5-3	157	31.4	5-26	19.2	20-54	37.0	7-8	87.5	18	3.6	13	12	7	6	52	10.4

Overall career statistics

Season	GP-GS	Mins	MPG	3 Pt		Field Goals		Free Throws		Rebounds		PF	AS	TO	BL	ST	Points
2013-14	27-8	504	18.7	26-97	26.8	54-168	32.1	14-20	70.0	64	2.4	55	29	45	4	13	148	5.5
2014-15	14-5	221	15.8	9-22	40.9	40-79	50.6	14-17	82.4	59	4.2	24	22	21	2	8	103	7.4
2015-16	24-6	473	19.7	29-83	34.9	59-176	33.5	29-35	82.9	75	3.1	48	27	38	2	12	176	7.3
2016-17	27-25	785	29.1	49-131	37.4	133-339	39.2	44-54	81.5	154	5.7	61	40	66	16	27	359	13.3
2017-18	3-3	86	28.7	4-10	40.0	9-27	33.3	9-11	81.8	9	3.0	3	1	7		7	31	10.3
2018-19	39-36	1042	26.7	67-186	36.0	136-334	40.7	61-77	79.2	170	4.4	77	76	55	16	50	400	10.3
Total	134-83	3111	23.2	184-529	34.8	431-1123	38.4	171-214	79.9	531	4.0	268	195	232	40	117	1217	9.1

Career Highs

Points	29	Nov 30, 2018	Guelph
Rebounds	14	Nov 19, 2016	Algoma
Assists	8	Jan 25, 2019	Ryerson
Blocks	4	Jan 13, 2017	Laurentian
Steals	4	Feb 27, 2019	Lakehead
Steals	4	Feb 9, 2019	York
Steals	4	Jan 12, 2019	Laurentian
Steals	4	Sep 30, 2017	UQAM
Steals	4	Oct 19, 2013	UPEI
FG Made	10	Jan 13, 2017	Laurentian
FG Made	10	Dec 28, 2014	Acadia
3pt Made	6	Mar 2, 2019	McMaster
3pt Made	6	Nov 30, 2018	Guelph
FT Made	8	Oct 12, 2018	Brock
FT Made	8	Oct 1, 2017	Dalhousie
Minutes	47	Oct 30, 2016	McGill
Last game played was Mar 10, 2019 vs Saskatchewan

For more details about game scoring, see detailed scoring for each game

Staff roles:

Season	Team	Role	Team Finish	League Record	Overall Record
2020-21	WBB-Ottawa	Assistant Coach	The COVID season
2021-22	WBB-Ottawa	Lead Assistant Coach		10-4	15-6
2022-23	WBB-Ottawa	Lead Assistant Coach		18-4	21-6
2023-24	WBB-Ottawa	Lead Assistant Coach	OUA Semifinalist	18-4	21-8
2024-25	WBB-Ottawa	Lead Assistant Coach	U SPORTS Bronze Medal, OUA Champion	19-3	30-4

Team information as head coach:

Season	Team	Team Finish	League Record		Playoff Record		U Sports Record		Overall Record
Season	Team	Team Finish	W-L	Pct	W-L	Pct	W-L	Pct	GP	W-L	Pct
2025-26	WBB-Calgary		16-4	0.800	2-0	1.000	24-4	0.857	28	24-4	0.857

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