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Sylvia Smith (Burt)

Sylvia Burt Smith

  • Class
    1955
  • Induction
    1991
  • Sport(s)
    Basketball
SYLVIA SMITH (BURT)

BSc Honours ‘55
Basketball, Coach

Sylvia Burt was an accomplished student-athlete in the true sense of the phase. She captained the women’s basketball teams and was named Most Valuable Player from 1953 to 1955. She then proceeded to coach the team for two more years.

An excellent scholar, Sylvia was recipient of the Golden Mitre Award, the Governor General’s Medal and the Chancellor’s Prize.

Since then Sylvia has distinguished herself an outstanding golfer, winning the Quebec Provincial Senior Ladies Championship in 1987 and representing Quebec on the Senior Ladies Provincial team.

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