NEWS: McAlear-Fanus becomes third All-Canadian in team history

Brooklynn McAlear-Fanus was named to the Second Team of All-Canadians for 2019-2020 on March 4 as the U SPORTS Final 8 gets set to open in Ottawa. The fifth-year Gee-Gees point guard led the nation in assists and becomes the first guard and only the third player in Gee-Gees women's basketball history to be named to the All-Canadian Team.

McAlear-Fanus continued to display her all-around abilities this season, becoming an OUA First Team All-Star for the second straight year. The Ottawa product ranked eighth in the league in scoring with 15.8 points per game in addition to her nation-leading 6.8 assists per game. 

Those ball distribution skills allowed Ottawa to lead the OUA conference in field goal percentage, and score a team record 78.5 points per game. The Gee-Gees, with final regular season record of 18-4, were ranked no. 1 in the nation with McAlear leading the way. 

In addition to her scoring and assists, she also set career highs in field goal percentage (40.8), three-point percentage (33.8). 

Defensively, the speedy guard was fifth in the conference in steals per game at 2.1, and set a career high with 6.8 rebounds per game. She recorded the program's first ever triple-double with 19 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds on January 18 against Ontario Tech at Montpetit Hall.

As her Gee-Gees career comes to an end, McAlear-Fanus established a new team record for assists in a career – 424. She surpassed the one hundred assist mark in each of the last three seasons with a career high of 135 this season.

Gee-Gees Women's Basketball All-Canadians:

• Brooklynn McAlear-Fanus 2019-2020
• Hannah Sunley-Paisley 2011-2012
• Hannah Sunley-Paisley 2010-2011
• Hannah Sunley-Paisley 2009-2010
• Stella Ighorewo 1996-1997
• Stella Ighorewo 1995-1996