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Girl Guides of ngmuim Pep! -¢ who playedinthe NHLandBobbyHughes (in the American League). Hopefully, I’m not the last person from Stoufi'ville to earn such an honour,” she said. Her career was launched at age seven through the encouragement of her grand- National team keeper was ‘noticed from start? Jan Lookkam M.A. st Individual Couples Counselling sey," Knox said. “But he also co-owned ahockeycampandputmeinmyfirst camprastheonlygirlinit. Buthestill co-owns the camp and when I'm there to help him out. there’s now about a 50â€"50 split between boys and g’rls" dad. Bev Mclver. “My grandfather bought my first hockeystickandfirstMapleIeafs’jer- THURSDAY EVENING COURSES Starting Sept. 4 (8 weeks) 5:15 pm - 8:30 pm ‘LAII A In her second season, with a girls’ select team, Ed Wllldnson, the father of teammate Maddie Wllkinson and a for- mer goalkeeper himself, suggested she stayinnet. She played a variety of positions in houseleagueduringherfirstyeaxipthe Markham Gids Hockey Asso- ciation. SATURDAY COURSES Starting Sept. 6 (4 weeks) 9:00 pm â€" 3:45 pm Aug. 25, 26, 27, 28 The experience has been worth the hard work she’s put in. Work that wouldn’t have been possible without the support from her parents, Doug and Gwen. “When I went into the coaches’ room I was shaking," Knox said. “But when they said congratulations and gave us log books, that was it I went back to my room and tried to sleep, because we didn’t have to get up for breakfast until 9 am, but I couldn’t. I was so Not until Sunday when players were fonced to get up at 5 am. for meetings with the coaching staff. The team will reconvene in December for an under-22 tournament in Germany. At the week-long national under-22 team camp this month at York University, Knox was hungry, and ready. “When I got invited last year, I was unprepared. I didn’t think of it too much. Now I know a lot more about the junior program andIcommitted myselfthisyear to doing extra workouts in the gym and being" more careful about my nutrition and post-game recovery,” she said Once the tryouts concluded, Knox still wasn’t sure if she had made the team. “We noticed her from the start that some good things would happen with her. As an organization, we're proud of what Iiz accomplished in making the under-22 team," she said. At Stouflville District Secondary School in 2006, she backstopped the Spartans gins to their first Ontario championship. As a sophomore at Wilfrid Iaurier in Waterloo, she helped the Golden Hawks finishsecondinthenationthisyearand was chosen to the CIS championship tournament all-star team. During the Ontario University Athletics campaign, she was a second-team all-star. She returned to girls’ hockey with the Stars' midgets and intermediates. Dianne White, Stouflvifle Markham Girls Hockey Association president. isn’t surprised. Shealsoplayedtwoyearsofboys rep in the Whitchurch-Stoufiville Minor Hockey Association. In 2002, Knox was on the Clippers peewee boys’ team that won the Ontario Hockey Federation A title. “Rick provided plenty of motivation for me. He taught me to be mentally tough, especially since I was a girl playing against boys and a lot of times the opposition would give me a hard time, " Knox said. She credits Clippers’ coach Rick 800le with making those two seasons special. in local league Knoxwent onto laynineseasons in net with the -Markham Stars. LIZ KNOX: Stoufiville hockey prod- uct named to national under-22 hockey team this week.