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McMaster Athletics | Former Top 8 Academic All-Canadian Cindy Nelles winning every step of the way

Jessica Lim, McMaster Athletics

There seems to be no limit to what McMaster Marauders women's rugby alumnus Cindy Nelles can win.
 
It was 81 minutes into the New Zealand's Farah Palmer Cup Finals when Nelles pulled her usual heroics to score the winning try of an 8-7 comeback victory for her semi-professional side, Canterbury.
 
Nelles' try in extra-time signaled a shocking end to a nail-biting game, crowning Canterbury as the province's best women's rugby team for the fourth year straight.
 
However, the McMaster community should not be shocked.

A two-time CIS Academic All-Canadian and three-time Dean's Honour List from 2014-2016, the engineering graduate was named  a Top Eight Academic All-Canadian – only the fourth Marauder to receive the honour in department history – booking a trip to Ottawa for an evening with then Governor General of Canada, the Right Honourable David Johnston. 

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