Durham College Athletics

Stephanie Axford began her dominating collegiate career at Durham in 1990 by helping Durham launch its first ever varsity women’s soccer program. Stephanie is considered by many, to be the leading pioneer in what has become one of the most successful college soccer programs in the country. The ultra rich tradition of success that the Durham College Women’s Soccer program has built over the years can be attributed to Stephanie and members of that very first team laying the foundation for excellence. Stephanie made an immediate impact on the DC Soccer program. As a member of the DC Women¹s Soccer team, she was named an OCAA Provincial League all-star in that very first year and later was named an Ontario Colleges Athletic Association OCAA Championship All-star in 1992-93. She was instrumental in leading the program to their first ever Provincial Medal (Silver) in 1992, only three years after?soccer became a full varsity sport here.

In addition, she helped the Lords go undefeated with a perfect 6-0-0 record and win a Central Division OCAA title in 1991-92. Stephanie was OCAA Central division and also overall OCAA Scoring Champion in an impressive 13 goals in six conference games. Her stellar 3 year collegiate career on the soccer field saw her score a career total of 26 goals (which ranks 8th All-time in OCAA istory and third all-time in Durham College Women’s Soccer history)

She capped things off by being named Durham College Female Athlete of the year in 1992-93 and more recently was inducted into the OCAA Sports Hall of Fame this past spring.