Antigonish, NS—The StFX Department of Athletics honored its 2018-19 U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians Monday morning at their annual celebratory breakfast. This year there was 91 Academic All-Canadians, those student-athletes who have achieved an 80% average or above while consuming a year of eligibility competing for a varsity team. The number was the second highest ever, last year's 96 is the all-time high.
"This celebration of excellence in the classroom is a major highlight of our year," comments StFX Director of Athletics & Recreation Leo MacPherson. "The opportunity to celebrate the synergies between academics and athletics is important to all of us. The ongoing support provided by our senior administration and our faculty members was also acknowledged and very much appreciated."
Out of the possible 275 eligible student-athletes who consumed U SPORTS eligibility by participating on a varsity team at StFX during the 2018-19 season, 33% achieved Academic All-Canadian status, including 39 male and 52 female student-athletes. The X-Women soccer team had the highest percentage of any StFX team with 58% of their team members earning the distinction.
There were 34 first-time Academic All-Canadians, 31 student-athletes who received the honor for the second time in their career, and 14 who were three-time Academic All-Canadians. Nine student-athletes earned the distinction of being a U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians for four years, while an impressive three student-athletes were five-time Academic All-Canadians, including Elise Brennan, Chloe Brennan and Liam Elbourne – all soccer athletes. In addition, Elbourne was honoured as one of eight elite national U SPORTS Top 8 Academic All-Canadians, receiving commendation from the General Governor of Canada earlier this year.
The Athletic Director's awards for academic achievement, presented to the top StFX male and female academic student-athletes were Amy Graham from the X-Women hockey team who received the award for the second consecutive year, along with Liam Elbourne, a three-time winner.
The 2018-19 Academic All-Canadians were honored at a celebratory breakfast at the McKenna Centre where they received a certificate from U SPORTS along with a gift from the Department of Athletics. All student-athletes were encouraged to invite a faculty member to accompany them to the breakfast. The breakfast bookended StFX Athletics annual Faculty Appreciation Week.
The complete list of 2018-19 StFX Academic All-Canadians is as follows:
Michael Adetola, Football Joanna Alphonso, Rugby
Mackenzie Bell, Rugby Dylan Bell, Football
Melanie Belong, Soccer Alison Blanchard, Rugby
Emma Boudreau, Track & Field Erin Brennan, Track & Field
Chloe Brennan, Soccer Elise Brennan, Soccer
Sarah Bruce, Soccer Carly Burrows, Hockey
Tane Caubo, Soccer Santino Centorame, Hockey
Paige Chisholm, Cross Country Josie Chisholm, Hockey
Benoit Cormier, Football Lane Cormier, Hockey
Olivia Crewe, Track & Field Marcus Cuomo, Hockey
Olivia Czipf, Soccer Olivia DeMerchant, Rugby
Aidan Doherty, Cross Country Liam Elbourne, Soccer
Hannah Ellis, Rugby Kelsey Ellis, Soccer
Jeremy Fagnan, Football Isaac Fagnan, Football
Allie Flower, Track & Field Megan Frost, Soccer
Claudia Fulton, Rugby Sam Gan, Football
Alley Goodreau, Hockey Brianna Gottschall, Basketball
Megan Graham, Track & Field Amy Graham, Hockey
Alexandra Hamilton, Rugby Liam Harrigan, Soccer
Rachel Hawkins, Soccer Joshua Henderson, Curling
Jane Hergett, Cross Country Ben Herringer, Soccer
A.J. Hewish, Soccer Sarah Hoerig, Rugby
Aaron Hoyles, Hockey Liam Hyland, Football
Matt Jemmett, Football Zoe Johnston, Cross Country
Jack Kennedy, Soccer Catherine Kennedy, Soccer
Adrian Kinney, Track & Field Emma Kuzmyk, Soccer
Justin Laforest, Hockey Taylor Leger, Track & Field
Lauren Liem, Cross Country Emma Logan, Curling
Travis Loov, Football Cole MacDonald, Hockey
Lauren MacFadyen, Curling Katie MacIntosh, Basketball
Paul MacLellan, Cross Country Patrick Marlow, Cross Country
Hana Marmura, Cross Country Jamie McCarron, Basketball
Therese McCurdy, Curling Cassidy McEwan, Hockey
Mac Murray, Soccer Matt Needham, Hockey
Alex Neuffer, Cross Country Brooke Noseworthy, Hockey
Patrick O'Brien, Curling Jordan Rao, Soccer
Angus Rawling, Cross Country Ashley Robson, Cross Country
Amy Rowe, Soccer Paytan Ruiz, Soccer
Lydia Schurman, Hockey Emily Sinclair, Rugby
Sam Studnicka, Hockey Madison Suart, Rugby
Catherine Thompson, Cross Country Patti-Anne Tracey, Hockey
Mark Tremaine, Hockey Chloe Walker, Track & Field
Katie Walsh, Soccer Carleigh Walters, Rugby
William Warren, Soccer Bailey Wasdal, Football
Jamie White, Basketball Larissa White, Soccer
Alex Yakimenko, Football
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2018-19 StFX Academic All-Canadians join with faculty members following the annual celebratory breakfast