Article content originally published in The Expositor on June 19, 2026 by Brian Smiley

Paris District High School's Sydney Kipp is this year's co-winner of the Ed O'Leary Memorial Award for Brant County's top female high school student athlete. Photo by Submitted /jpg, BR, apsmc
When it came to the Ed O’Leary Memorial Award as Brant County’s top female high school student athlete, Sydney Kipp had her eyes on the prize.
Kipp, a Grade 12 student at Paris District High School, had heard about the award at a previous sports banquet and it piqued her interest. Recently she was honoured as a co-winner of the award along with Assumption College’s Danika Whipple.