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¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ’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

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