York University’s top academic student-athletes were honoured on Tuesday afternoon at the annual academic all-Canadian luncheon.
The student-athletes, representing 19 Lions teams, were recognized for their achievements in the classroom during the 2011-12 academic year. Academic all-Canadian awards are given to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) student-athletes who achieve a sessional grade point average (GPA) of 7.5 and higher, while Ontario University Athletics (OUA) achievement awards are for student-athletes on OUA teams who have earned the same GPA.
Also honoured at the luncheon were the student-athletes who have earned athletic financial awards (AFAs). Entering AFAs are awarded to those who have achieved an 80 per cent entering average and are elite student-athletes. These awards are given to only 25 new student-athletes each year and are renewable up to five years. To continue to receive the award student-athletes must achieve a 6.0 GPA (equivalent to a B or 70 per cent).
Also in attendance at the breakfast was Janet Morrison, vice-provost, students, who praised the student-athletes for their remarkable ability to balance a high level of athletics with strong academic achievement.
Academic All-Canadians
- Martina Alaimo – Rugby
- Sabrina Altobelli – Rugby
- Alex Ashbourne – Wrestling
- Corinne Babiolakis – Soccer
- Anastasia Boldireff – Swimming
- Eric Desjardins – Hockey
- Kelsey Desjarlais – Cross Country/Track & Field
- Levi Dow – Track & Field
- Beata Dye – Volleyball
- Carol Graham – Cross Country/Track & Field
- Sheereen Harris – Track & Field
- Richard Iheadindu – Basketball
- Kevin Jarvis – Track & Field
- Andre Johnson – Football
- Karim Khalil – Volleyball
- Chelsea Knowles – Swimming
- William Lim – Swimming
- Denis Malinowski – Volleyball
- Emily McGaugh – Cross Country / Track & Field
- Kazim Mirhadi – Track & Field
- Carlos Nogueira – Soccer
- Anthony Pece – Soccer
- Dahn Pratt – Track & Field
- Chris Preece – Track & Field
- Felicia Turone – Soccer
- Colm Vance – Soccer
- Viktor Verblac – Swimming
- Giancarlo Volpe – Swimming
OUA Academic Achievement Award Winners
- Egor Avrutin – Water Polo
- Stefan Djordjevic – Water Polo
- Anatoly Gusev – Water Polo
- Nigel Janssen – Water Polo
- Lily Kao – Badminton
- David Kishlyansky – Tennis
- Chelsea Knowles – Water Polo
- Andrea Nelson – Water Polo
- Jamie Paterson – Badminton
- Anne Roszkowski – Tennis
- Arie Van Wijngaarden – Water Polo
Rookie AFAs
- Oladunni Aladejebi – Track & Field
- Mercy Bera – Track & Field
- Joseph Chichillo – Soccer
- Evander Cobbold – Track & Field
- Marko Dakic – Volleyball
- Tameran Defreitas – Track & Field
- Kristen Dillon – Volleyball
- Alex Duncan-Thibault – Volleyball
- Samantha Ernest – Basketball
- Shauney Fischer – Basketball
- Carly Flemmer – Volleyball
- Marilyn Grammenopoulos – Soccer
- Rianna Langford – Hockey
- Tomika McIntosh – Soccer
- Nicolas Mejia – Soccer
- Grant O'Gorman – Volleyball
- Chioma Osamusali – Rugby
- Paul Petruccelli – Basketball
- Jacob Rohit – Wrestling
- Michael Runowski – Football
- Melissa Smillie – Volleyball
- Sage Smith – Rugby
- Dana Sommerville – Hockey
- Divyanthan Thasarathan – Track & Field
- Emma Thompson – Basketball
Renewed AFAs
- Emma Beckett – Track & Field
- Jessalyn Bogacki – Hockey
- Philip Bogdanowicz – Swimming
- Arthur Casupanan – Soccer
- Megan Connolly – Field Hockey
- Casey D’Mello – Soccer
- Kelsey Desjarlais – Track & Field
- Luke Durward – Track & Field
- Hayley Finn – Basketball
- Nicole Francki – Track & Field
- Sheereen Harris – Track & Field
- Richard Iheadindu – Basketball
- Paul Jakubiak – Volleyball
- Richard Jansen – Track & Field
- William Lim – Swimming
- Taylor Lyons – Soccer
- Tori McCracken – Volleyball
- David McKay – Track & Field
- Courtney Osborne – Basketball
- Adrian Pena – Soccer
- Chris Preece – Track & Field
- Nadia Qahwash – Basketball
- Kara Smith – Track & Field
- Zoe Smith – Rugby
- David Tyndale – Basketball
- Colm Vance – Soccer
- Darcy Watt – Basketball
- Shannon Wood – Soccer