Golfer Sierra Kowalyshyn named CHCH Rising Star Athlete

Teenage golfer Sierra Kowalyshyn from Stoney Creek is the recipient of the CHCH Rising Star Athlete award for the month of October. 

Kowalyshyn won the gold medal at the OFSAA Girls’ Golf Championship last month, capturing the first-ever title for Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School.

She won the tournament at Royal Niagara Golf Club by three shots.

The lefty also finished second at the Jimmy Anderson Junior Invitational Tournament in North Carolina, beating many of the state’s top junior golfers.

Kowalyshyn carries a 90 per cent average in her senior year at Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School.

She has earned a golf scholarship to Central Michigan University, where she will major in biology, pre-med starting next fall.

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