Academic All-Canadians

StFX Athletics honors 82 U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians

Antigonish, NS—The STFX Department of Athletics honored its 2021-22 U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians Jan. 17, 2023 at their annual celebratory breakfast. This year there was 82 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.

“Celebrating a long standing tradition of excellence in the classroom is a major highlight for all of us at STFX Athletics,” comments STFX Director of Athletics & Recreation Leo MacPherson. “Being named an Academic All-Canadian is a remarkable achievement given the dedication and commitment to their respective sports and requirement to manage multiple priorities as student-athletes.” 

There was a total of  including 35 male and 47 female student-athletes. The X-Men Cross Country team had the highest percentage of any STFX team with 55% of their team members earning the distinction. The X-Women Soccer team had 52% of their team named as Academic All-Canadians.

There were 32 first-time Academic All-Canadians, 30 student-athletes who received the honor for the second time in their career, and 11 who were three-time Academic All-Canadians. Seven student-athletes earned the distinction of being a U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians for four years, while an impressive two student-athletes were five-time Academic All-Canadians, including Hannah Ellis (X-Women Rugby) and Santino Centorame (X-Men Hockey).   

The Athletic Director’s awards for academic achievement, presented to the top STFX male and female academic student-athletes were Kathleen Dolan from the X-Women rugby team and Joseph Raaymakers from the X-Men hockey team.  

The 2021-22 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 for all the first time award winners. All student-athletes were encouraged to invite a faculty member to accompany them to the breakfast. The breakfast kicked off STFX Athletics annual Faculty Appreciation Week.

 

PAST StFX U SPORTS ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIANS

Click on the year to see a list of StFX Academic All-Canadians from that specific year.
1990-91 1998-99 2006-07 2014-15 2022-23
1991-92 1999-00 2007-08 2015-16  
1992-93 2000-01 2008-09 2016-17  
1993-94 2001-02 2009-10 2017-18  
1994-95 2002-03 2010-11 2018-19  
1995-96 2003-04 2011-12 2019-20   
1996-97 2004-05 2012-13 2020-21   
1997-98 2005-06 2013-14 2021-22   

 
Click on the team to see a complete history of StFX Academic All-Canadians from that specific team. 

X-Women Basketball X-Men Basketball
X-Women Cross Country Track X-Men Cross Country Track
X-Women Hockey X-Men Hockey
X-Women Rugby X-Men Football
X-Women Soccer X-Men Soccer
X-Women Volleyball StFX Curling