Northland Dodge Northern Cougars left-winger Ava Keis, a 17-year-old native of Quesnel, has signed a scholarship agreement to attend Nipissing University in Thunder Bay, Ont., next season.
The Cougars are currently in first place in the B.C. female midget triple-A league with a record of 18-3 and are coming off a fifth-place performance at the Mandi Schwartz Memorial tournament in Wilcox, Sask. at the Athol College of Notre Dame.
Keis has 13 goals and 32 points in 21 league games and is tied with Sage Desjardins as the Cougars' leading scorer.
Cougars head coach Mario Desjardins Defenceman Chantellle Beadman-Rolph of Williams Lake is close to working out scholarship terms with a Manitoba University.
The Cougars host the Vancouver Island Hurricanes this weekend, Dec. 20 and 21.
