A transgender athlete has been awarded MVP of the women’s college basketball tournament after excelling against a Christian opponent in the championship match.

A Canadian women’s college basketball conference championship game on Saturday night saw a transgender player score 21 points in victory and ultimately win tournament MVP. Trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie led Vancouver Island University (VIU) to a 69-59 victory over Columbia Christian College (CBC) in the PACWEST Championship game. Mackenzie finished the game with 10 rebounds in addition to the athlete’s game-leading 21 points. Mackenzie was then awarded conference tournament MVP in a ceremony after the game. It capped off a season in which the athlete punished competition on the court, leading the entire conference in scoring by a 62-point margin over the second-place scorer, and leveraged Canada’s anti-discrimination laws to bring punishment to CBC off the court. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMMackenzie’s tournament MVP honor and conference championship came after a season-long feud between the two teams, which the trans athlete was at the center of. Mackenzie was the conference’s player of the year in 2023.The feud resulted in the suspension of CBC head coach Taylor Clagett, and CBC lost the rights to host the PACWEST championships, as Saturday’s game was supposed to be played on CBC’s own home court. Instead, because of sanctions placed on CBC over allegations made by Mackenzie, the game was played at Capilano University. The feud started during an Oct. 25 game between the two teams, which VIU won 69-56 after Mackenzie scored a game-leading 19 points. Five days after that game on Oct. 30, the trans athlete posted an Instagram video alleging that Clagett “cornered one of our athletic staff and went on a tirade about how I shouldn’t be allowed to play.”Mackenzie alleged she was also deliberately fouled to the ground by a CBC player.TEEN GIRLS OPEN UP ON TRANS ATHLETE SCANDAL THAT TURNED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL INTO A CULTURE WAR BATTLEGROUND “I got two-hand chucked to the ground by No. 13 without a play on the ball in sight, then head coach Clagett can be seen applauding in support,” the trans athlete said. In response, Clagett posted her own statement on Instagram, claiming that Mackenzie’s statements were inaccurate.”My intention has nothing to do with a specific athlete, but instead, the safety of female athletes in their sport,” Claggett wrote.VIU then submitted a formal complaint to the PACWEST, prompting an investigation against VIU. When the two teams were scheduled to play each other again in two games on Jan. 10 and 11, VIU refused to play due to the alleged incident from their first meetings. “Intimidation, harassment, and discrimination have no place in athletics,” VIU said in a statement to Fox News Digital in January regarding the decision not to play. “VIU stands in full support of our student-athletes and affirms the right of all athletes to compete in an environment that prioritizes their safety and well-being.”VIU even requested that the two forfeits not count as losses on the team’s record, which was gra