A first-year Timberwolf has captured a prestigious award.
UNBC Athletics recognized Women’s Basketball forward Mya Willing as the latest recipient of the Carling Muir Award for Determination, Courage and Resilience.
Willing, who is red-shirting this season, was presented with the award in Langley by Grant and Shelley Muir, the parents of the late Carling Muir who passed away in November, 2020 after a brave 14-year battle with brain cancer.
The award is made available each year to a student athlete playing basketball at a post-secondary institution in BC who has demonstrated exceptional ethics, dedication to team and/or community, and perseverance through overcoming adversity.
“Receiving the Carling Muir Award for Determination, Courage and Resilience is a great honour,” shared Willing.
“I’m grateful to the Muir family for taking time to meet me and I remain very moved and inspired by Carling’s story. It means a lot to help honour Carling’s memory through the sport of basketball.”
During Saturday’s meeting with the Muir family, Mya presented them with one of the UNBC Timberwolves 2025 pink Shoot for the Cure jerseys. Both sides of the jersey feature names of family members and friends (of players past and present on the UNBC Women’s basketball team), who have fought cancer. Carling’s name is among them.
Carling Muir was a decorated basketball star for Langara College. During her tenure at Langara, she was named a CCAA All-Canadian, a multiple-time PACWEST Conference All-Star, the PACWEST Conference Player of the Year for 2007-08 and was recognized with Sport BC’s Harry Jerome Comeback Award.
To learn more about Carling Muir and her Bursary Fund through the Vancouver Foundation, click here.
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