CHAMPION: Gray-Withers Wins 2022 U25 NextGen Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Serena
Gray-Withers

Third
Catherine
Clifford

Second
Brianna
Cullen

Lead
Zoe
Cinnamon

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.07
PA/G:	6.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) won 8-7 over Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the U25 NextGen Classic, held August 31 - September 3, 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Gray-Withers won 5-4 over Isabelle Ladouceur (Waterloo, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 U25 NextGen Classic in Edmonton, Alberta;

Gray-Withers finished 3-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gray-Withers lost 6-5 to Ackerman, droppimg another game, 6-4 to Jessica Wytrychowski (Calgary, AB) where Gray-Withers responded with a 6-5 win over Elysa Crough (Edmonton, AB). Gray-Withers won 8-4 against Taylor Reese-Hansen (Victoria, BC), then won 5-3 against Stephanie Thompson (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the U25 NextGen Classic Championship title, Gray-Withers earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 44th place overall with 52.022 total points. Gray-Withers ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	36	33	0	0.522	4-3	4-8	1-3	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	523	423	373	8.09	7.13	0.96	4.65	4.59	1.74	1.55	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	259	276	108	18	8-0	11-6	67-16	1.07	0.42	0.36	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	264	147	265	22	6-6	13-17	18-53	0.56	1.00	0.53	0.31

2025: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Lindsey Burgess, Zoe Cinnamon
Edmonton, AB
2024: Taylor Reese-Hansen
Taylor Reese-Hansen, Megan McGillivray, Kim Bonneau, Julianna Mackenzie
Victoria, BC
2023: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB

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