York honours top academic student-athletes

York University’s top academic student-athletes were honoured on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 23) at the Athletic & Recreation Department’s annual academic all-Canadian luncheon.

The student-athletes, representing 25 Lions teams, were recognized for their achievements in the classroom during the 2015-16 academic year. Academic all-Canadians awards are given to u Sports 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 OUA teams who have earned the same GPA.

Also honoured were the male and female student-athletes from both the U Sports and the OUA sports who had the highest sessional GPA’s last year. Receiving the u Sports awards were Tegan Duncan from women’s hockey and Colm Vance from men’s soccer, while Julia Khalilova from women’s tennis and Glen Katsnelson from men’s tennis received the top OUA awards.

Academic All-Canadians

Renata Bastos Gottgtroy – Hockey – Kinesology & Health Science

Lauren Beaney – Rugby – Kinesiology & Health Science

Colleen Beesley – Soccer – Kinesiology & Health Science

Gehrig Carlse – Basketball – Biophysics

Joshua Ching – Track & Field – Kinesiology & Health Science

Joey Cicchillo – Soccer – Kinesiology & Health Science

Sarah Conway – Hockey – Psychology

Bobbi-Jo Cronk – Rugby – Education

Charlene D’Mello – Soccer – Administrative Studies

Spencer Dakin Kuiper – Volleyball – Geography

Christina DeFranco – Field Hockey – Kinesiology & Health Science

Tegan Duncan – Hockey – Kinesiology & Health Science

Sean Ford – Football – Kinesiology & Health Science

Nicholas Fyffe – Track & Field – Kinesiology & Health Science

Nicholas Geiser – Hockey – Administrative Studies

Callie Giaccone – Volleyball – Psychology

Marilyn Grammenopoulos – Soccer – Kinesiology & Health Science

Stefan Grujic – Basketball – Administrative Studies

Sheereen Harris – Track & Field – Kinesiology & Health Science

Armanda Iuliano – Rugby – Biology

Brooke Jensen – Rugby – Kinesiology & Health Science

Justine Jones – Volleyball – Kinesiology & Health Science

Sabah Kalim – Volleyball – Communications

Caitlin Lee – Hockey – Kinesiology & Health Science

Erran Lee – Hockey – Kinesiology & Health Science

Megan Lee – Hockey – Biomedical Science

Amy Locke – Hockey – Kinesiology & Health Science

Erin Locke – Hockey – Kinesiology & Health Science

Malcolm Loukides – Soccer – Kinesiology & Health Science

Peyton Lozzi – Soccer – Education

Sydney Lung – Swimming – History

Sydney McFaul – Field Hockey – Criminology

Maxim Mikhaylov – Wrestling – Computer Engineering

Eric Mokri – Track & Field – Kinesiology & Health Science

Victoria Muccilli – Soccer – Education

Sandra Nagowska – Basketball – Education

DJ Panos – Football – Environmental Management

Avery Parker – Rugby – Sociology

Julia Pennella – Swimming – History

Michelle Per – Field Hockey – Administrative Studies

Holly Pitters – Track & Field – Kinesiology & Health Science

Mihkel Poldma – Hockey – Administrative Studies

Chris Preece – Track & Field – Environmental Management

Connor Pritty – Football – Environmental Management

Jonathan Raspanti – Track & Field – Kinesiology & Health Science

Jade Robertson – Field Hockey – Communications

Steffei Samuel – Hockey – Education

Sasha Seymour – Rugby – Political Science

Daniel Sibley – Soccer – Kinesiology & Health Science

Anojan Sivalingam – Track & Field – Kinesiology & Health Science

Amanda Spano – Soccer – Kinesiology & Health Science

Peyman Tadi – Swimming – Kinesiology & Health Science

Alexandria Town – Wrestling – Kinesiology & Health Science

Chelsea Tucker – Hockey – Psychology

Mitchell VanTeeling – Hockey – Kinesiology & Health Science

Colm Vance – Soccer – Kinesiology & Health Science

Colton Vannucci – Hockey – Business & Society

Shannon Wood – Soccer – Kinesiology & Health Science

OUA Academic Achievement Award Winners

Kevin Borsos – Tennis – Biophysics

Scott Buck – Baseball – Administrative Studies

David Chong – Golf – Administrative Studies

Hunter Delorme – Lacrosse – Psychology

Dolly Dhaliwal – Lacrosse – Kinesiology & Health Science

Carol Huynh – Lacrosse – Administrative Studies

Glen Katsnelson – Tennis – Kinesiology & Health Science

Julia Khalilova – Tennis – Psychology

John Lau – Badminton – Law & Society

Daiyan Luo – Badminton – Kinesiology & Health Science

Sonya Mwambu – Lacrosse – Film Production

Stuti Naik – Lacrosse – Psychology

Filip Obucina – Tennis – Administrative Studies

Guglielmo Quaglietta – Golf – Political Science

Nishal Shah – Badminton – Environmental Studies

Puneet Shoker – Lacrosse – Kinesiology & Health Science

Jagpreet Singh – Fencing – Administrative Studies

Roshan Thevarajah – Fencing – Biology

Sohan Vemannagari – Rowing – Kinesiology & Health Science