Top academic student-athletes honoured

group of York's top academic and athletic students

group of York's top academic and athletic students

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