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A connection through basketball - Carling Muir of Langara College, left, and Prince George product Jennifer Seemann, a student-athlete at Grande Prairie College, pose with their CCAA All-Canadian awards at Thursday night's banquet in Truro, Nova Scotia. Both players were in the running for the CCAA player of the year, but that honour went to Chanelle St-Amour of the Sainte-Foy Dynamiques. (CCAASeamannMuir.jpg - 1816661)Carling Muir of Langara College, left, and Prince George product Jennifer Seemann, a student-athlete at Grande Prairie College, pose with their CCAA All-Canadian awards at Thursday night's banquet in Truro, Nova Scotia.
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TRURO, N.S. -- Carling Muir and Jennifer Seemann have established a sisterly connection.Heck, they even look a little bit alike.But, until Thursday night, the two basketball stars had never actually met each other.
Their first face-to-face opportunity happened on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus, site of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association All-Canadian awards banquet.Muir is a player for the Langara College Falcons of Vancouver, while Seemann, a Prince George product, played this season for the Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves.Muir and Seemann were both presented All-Canadian awards during the banquet, but that was almost secondary to their chance to just say 'hello' to each other.
"It was really great meeting her," Seemann said.
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When the 22-year-old Seemann heard about Muir's story, she kickstarted her own campaign in Grande Prairie to raise cash for the cause.All together, the B.C. Cancer Foundation has received more than $10,000 because of the work done by Muir and Seemann and because of the generosity of donors.
Seemann's efforts, which caught the imagination of many Grande Prairie residents and businesses, produced a cheque for $1,151.
"It's overwhelming just to have someone who I've never met before step up and do something that's so important to me," said Muir, who was just 19 years old when she was diagnosed with the tumour.
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Muir and Seemann -- players of the year in their respective leagues -- were both in the running for the CCAA player of the year.
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