York’s School of Kinesiology & Health Science and Sport & Recreation honoured their top students and student athletes at the annual Awards & Scholarships Reception on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
The reception recognized students and student-athletes who had earned awards and bursaries this year, as well as those who experienced success in the classroom and on the field of play in the previous year of study. The night also provided the school and Sport & Recreation the opportunity to thank its many award donors.
The 2011-2012 recipients are:
- Roger Kelton Academic Scholarship – Andrei-Alexandru Szigiato
- Bryce M. Taylor Scholarship – Mariam Paul
- Lily D’Urzo Scholarship – Corinne Babiolakis and Aamna Qamaruzzaman
- May and George Flint Scholarship – Brandon Downing
- Patricia Murray Excellence Bursary for Interuniversity Athletics – Nicole Markowitz
- Stuart G. Robbins Awards – Karim Khalil and Felicia Turone
- Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship – Bhargavi Duvvuri
- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Doctoral Fellowship – Lynn Gauthier
- Marina van der Merwe Award – Adriana Fernandes
- Marina and Kathy Excellence Award – Lora Kikuchi
- Jim Ferguson Bursary – John Maddalena
- Class of ’87 Football Bursaries – David Copp and Dylan O’Leary
- Bill Hatanaka Award – Jordan Nugent
- Nobby Wirkowski Football Award – Roberto Lopez and Nikko Stamatis
- Bruce and Brendan Logan Football Bursary – Nikko Stamatis
- Martellacci & Associates Inc. Hockey Award – Kimberley Ramcharan
- Dan Church Hockey Excellence Scholarships – Rebecca Bond, Megan Finlay, Kiri Langford and Kristie Wilson
- Kenaidan Contracting Hockey Awards – Rebecca Bond, Mackenzie Micks and Kristie Wilson
- Bob Hedley Hockey Bursary – Rob Labute
- Class of ’71 Hockey Bursary – Rob Labute
- Morgis Bursary – Chad Hohmann and Brett Short
- Danny Iannuzziello Soccer Awards – Carlos Nogueira and Samira Sarvian-Somer
- Bob Lundell Tennis Award – Joelle Fisher and Julia Khalilova
- Richard and Andria Parkinson Throws Bursaries – Cynthia Appiah and Ciji Service
- Volleyball Excellence Award – Denis Malinowski
- Tom Zivic Award – Adrian Pena
- Steve Dranitsaris Leadership Award – Tharani Thevaraajah Kopal
- Physical and Health Education (PHE) Canada Award – Elizabeth Fung
- Dr. Charles Bull Athletic Therapy Scholarship – Brandown Downing
- Ed Nowalkoski Award – Joan Beaty
- R.F. Price Scholarship – Iana Kotliarova
- Michael Smith Awards – Marven Bani, Michelle Dragan and Kujaany Kana
- Robert Munro Menzies Awards – Jamie Holmes and Adrian Pena
- Arvo Tiidus Award – Jamie Sumner
- Arthur C. Johnson Bursaries – Sarah Fiorini, Rob Labute, Denis Malinowski and Carlos Nogueira
- William J. Tiffin Bursaries – Cynthia Appiah and David Mayer
- Bryce M. Taylor Book Prize – Elizabeth Fung
- Frank Cosentino Book Prize – Adam Fogel
- Stuart G. Robbins Book Prize – Andrei-Alexandru Szigiato
- Normal Gledhill Book Prize – Taras Klitovchenko
- Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Undergraduate Student Award – Taras Klitovchenko
- Bobby Orr Entrance Scholarship – Isabella Edelshteyn
- Kinesiology & Health Science Entrance Award – Sepideh Moharjeri
Kinesiology & Health Science Honour Awards
- Hesam Abbas-Tehrani
- Yasmin Azam-Bakhtiar
- Maria Gayevski
- Evelyn Kokkinos
- Sebastian Luhring
- Seyana Maharaj
- Nadia Nandlall
- Emmanual Nwadozi
- Aamna Qamaruzzaman
- Alfonso Tang
Sport & Recreation Student Awards & Bursaries
- Tracy Burton
- Ardavan Eizadirad
- Iulia Hopici
- Iana Kotliarova
- Denis Malinowski
- Dillan Mendonca
- Adrian Pena
- Philip Sianticos
York University Sport Excellence Awards
- Cynthia Appiah
- Jennifer Black
- Rebecca Bond
- Kenneth Buchanan
- Sarah Fiorini
- Karim Khalil
- Nicole Markowitz
- David Mayer
- Mackenzie Micks
- Mussa Noble-Mohamed
- Carlos Nogueira
- Judah Osagie
- Adrian Pena
- Allison Peters
- Tisha Rouse
- Ciji Service
- Brittany Szockyj
- Felicia Turone
- Sotiri Varlokostas
- Kristie Wilson
Lions Achievement Awards
- David Blair
- Esteban Clavijo
- Marko Dakic
- Beata Dye
- Sheraine Henry
- Dayna Herold
- Richard Iheadindu
- Karim Khalil
- Julia Khalilova
- David Kishlyansky
- Alessia Mattucci
- Carlos Nogueira
- Luigi Oliverio
- Adrian Pena
- Tisha Rouse
- Simone Saxby
- Ashley Skof
- Brittany Szockyj
- Zachary Thompson
- Felicia Turone
- Sotiri Varlokostas