York University’s top student-athletes receive honours

York University’s top academic student-athletes were honoured Nov. 24 at the Department of Athletics & Recreation’s annual academic all-Canadian luncheon.

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York Lions athletes show off their awards

The student-athletes, representing 27 Lions teams, were recognized for their achievements in the classroom during the 2014-15 academic year. Academic all-Canadian awards are given to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) student-athletes who achieve a sessional grade point average 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 were the male and female student-athletes from both the CIS and the OUA sports who had the highest sessional GPAs last year. Receiving the CIS awards were Caitlin Lee from women’s hockey and Yoel Green from men’s swimming, while Sarah Visentin from women’s tennis and Glen Katsnelson from men’s tennis received the top OUA awards.

Academic All-Canadians
Martina Alaimo – rugby – kinesiology & health science
Renata Bastos Gottgtroy – hockey – kinesiology & health science
Colleen Beesley – soccer – kinesiology & health science
Jennifer Black – volleyball – kinesiology & health science
Lindsay Brook – hockey – science & technology studies
Braedon Cameron – football – English/education
Stephanie Caruso – soccer – health studies
Evander Cobbold – track & field – history
Sarah Conway – hockey – psychology
Mark Cross – hockey – kinesiology & health science
Casey D’Mello – soccer – kinesiology & health science
Charlene D’Mello – soccer – administrative atudies
Marko Dakic – volleyball – administrative studies
Meira Dholakia – track & field – business administration
Vince DiBacco – track & field – kinesiology & health science
Rafael Fell – swimming – nursing
Megan Finlay – hockey – environmental studies
Jordan Forfar – hockey – business economics
Chelsie Grant – rugby – design
Yoel Green – swimming – psychology
Declan Gunovski – hockey – political science
Sheereen Harris – track & field – kinesiology & health science
Brittney Hopley – volleyball – law & society
Richard Iheadindu – basketball – kinesiology & health science
Urshian Khalid – wrestling – kinesiology & health science
Rianna Langford – hockey – kinesiology & health science
Emily Laudi – rugby – kinesiology & health science
Caitlin Lee – hockey – kinesiology & health science
Erran Lee – hockey – kinesiology & health science
Megan Lee – hockey – biomedical science
Amy Locke – hockey – kinesiology & health science
Roberto Lopez – football – criminology
Malcolm Loukides – soccer – kinesiology & health science
Sydney Lung – swimming – history
Emily McGaugh – cross country/track & field – biology
Ryan McLeod – soccer – health studies
Justin O’Neil – wrestling – education
Fedelia Omoghan – rugby – English/education
Ike Omoruna – track & field – sociology
Courtney Osborne – basketball – kinesiology & health science
Michelle Per – field hockey – administrative studies
Mihkel Poldma – hockey – administrative studies
Nikola Sandic – volleyball – psychology
Anojan Sivalingam – track & field – kinesiology & health science
Dana Somerville – hockey – Communications Studies
Amanda Spano – soccer – kinesiology & health science
Lisa Stathopulos – hockey – kinesiology & health science
Peyman Tadi – swimming – kinesiology & health science
Jessica Tavernese – soccer – kinesiology & health science
Kaitlin Thatcher – swimming – design
Courtney Thomas – rugby – kinesiology & health science
Rebecca Titus – field hockey – biology
Chelsea Tucker – hockey – psychology/education
Mitchell VanTeeling – hockey – kinesiology & health science
Colm Vance – soccer – kinesiology & health science
Colton Vannucci – hockey – business & society
Nastasha Vrablic – rugby – education
Bria Williams – soccer – criminology
Shannon Wood – soccer – kinesiology & health science

OUA Academic Achievement Award Winners
Devon Ablett – rowing – nursing
Temitope Ajibode – rowing – administrative studies
Jessica Alley – water polo – design
Sarah Badr – fencing – political science
Faith Carriere – lacrosse – professional writing
Meghan Carter – water polo – education
Julie Chambers – water polo – business economics
Hunter Delorme – lacrosse – psychology
Dolly Dhaliwal – lacrosse – kinesiology & health science
Steven Dhingsa – rowing – biology
Chi Hui – badminton – administrative studies
Carol Huynh – lacrosse – administrative studies
Glen Katsnelson – tennis – kinesiology & health science
Julia Khalilova – tennis – psychology
Joshua Kim-Bath – fencing – history
Jiasheng Liu – fencing – sociology
Brandon Matarozzo – golf – business cconomics
Lesley-Ann Mathis – water polo – Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Maral Nourmohammadi Sharabiani – rowing – Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Filip Obucina – tennis – administrative studies
Andrew Quach – badminton – biology
Dmitri Rybakovski – water polo – nursing
Thomas Sarracini – baseball – sociology
Kousik Satish – golf – administrative studies
Puneet Shoker – lacrosse – kinesiology & health science
Jasdeep Singh – rowing – computer science
Odmaa Sod-Erdene – fencing – economics
Diana Tchassovnikova – rowing – Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Krysta Townsend – water polo – education
Albina Tyker – water polo – science
Sohan Vemannagari – rowing – kinesiology & health science
Sarah Visentin – tennis – kinesiology & health science
Jacob Wilson – rowing – political science
Nicole Yanqui – lacrosse – professional writing