The Durham College Athletic Department hosted the third annual Athletic/Academic Awards Luncheon at the Student Centre on Tuesday, April 10.

Student-athletes, as well as friends, family, coaches, staff and faculty all attended to show their support and pride as the athletic department honoured the athletes for their academic achievements for the 2011-12 season.

The Bert Dejeet Memorial Scholastic Award was presented to Colby Attwood (Men’s Soccer – Mechanical Engineering Technology) and Kaela Stinchcombe-Brown (Women’s Soccer & Basketball – General Arts) for having the Top Overall GPA of all varsity student-athletes.

Earning national recognition was Erin Emery (Women’s Basketball – 911 Emergency) as she earned the SIRC CCAA Academic All-Canadian Award. The award is the CCAA’s most prestigious student-athlete award, characterizing their mandate of recognizing excellence in academics and athletics. To achieve this honour, a student-athlete must be named to his/her respective provincial all-star team in a CCAA Sport, and must achieve a GPA standing of 3.5 on a 5.0 scale.

“What a great honour for some very deserving individuals who received national and provincial awards today,” said Ken Babcock, Director of Athletics. “We are extremely proud of our student-athletes at Durham College and their drive and determination for success.”

Overall, Durham College student-athletes earned 20 OCAA All-Academic awards and five CIBA All-Academic awards for their outstanding accomplishments in both the classroom and athletics.

The 42nd annual Durham College athletic banquet will be taking place Thursday, April 12 at the General W. Sikorski Polish Veterans Association Hall in Oshawa, Ont.

BERT DEJEET MEMORIAL SCHOLASTIC AWARD (TOP OVERALL GPA)
Male – Colby Attwood – Men’s Soccer (Mechanical Engineering Technology)
Female – Kaela Stinchcombe-Brown – Women’s Soccer & Basketball (General Arts)

CCAA ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIAN AWARDS
Erin Emery – Women’s Basketball (911 Emergency)

TOP GPA ACADEMIC AWARDS (TEAM BY TEAM)
Women’s Basketball – Kaela Stinchcombe-Brown (General Arts)
Men’s Basketball – Kevin Honig (Law Enforcement)
Women’s Fastball – Kristine Miles (Fitness and Health Promotion)
Men’s Baseball – Troy McLoughlin (Police Foundations)
Women’s Volleyball –Alexis Roddau (Addiction and Mental Health)
Men’s Volleyball – Dainis Simsons (Pharmaceutical and Food Science)
Women’s Soccer –Kaela Stinchcombe-Brown (General Arts)
Men’s Soccer –Colby Attwood (Mechanical Engineering)
Golf – Kayleigh Kraemer (Professional Golf Management)

OCAA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Erin Emery – Women’s Basketball (911 Emergency)
Mackenzie McFarlane – Women’s Basketball (Police Foundations)
Odette Stephens – Women’s Basketball (Police Foundations)
Kaela Stinchcombe-Brown – Women’s Basketball & Soccer (General Arts)
Kenesha Stinchcombe-Brown – Women’s Basketball & Soccer (Law and Security)
Katelyn Hulcio – Women’s Soccer (Fitness and Health Promotion)
Melissa Linton – Women’s Soccer (Advertising)
Kevin Honig – Men’s Basketball (Law Enforcement)
Colby Attwood – Men’s Soccer (Mechanical Engineering)
Marco Brusco – Men’s Soccer (Carpentry)
Phil McKenzie – Men’s Soccer (Accounting)
Julia Giantsopoulos – Women’s Volleyball (Youth Corrections)
Laura Plahuta – Women’s Volleyball (Power Engineering Technology)
Nicole Riedstra – Women’s Volleyball (Dental Hygiene)
Alexis Roddau – Women’s Volleyball (Addiction and Mental Health)
Kirstyn Vavoulis – Women’s Volleyball (Youth Corrections)
Dainis Simsons – Men’s Volleyball (Pharmaceutical and Food Science)
Bradley Van Hartingsveldt – Men’s Volleyball (Pre Service Firefighters)
Erin McConkey – Women’s Fastball (Police Foundations)
Kristine Miles – Women’s Fastball (Fitness and Health Promotion)

CIBA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Dan Alayon – Baseball (Electronic Engineering)
Julian Daligadu – Baseball (Health Science)
Owen Laing – Baseball (Carpentry)
Troy McLoughlin – Baseball (Police Foundations)
Tyler Mitchell – Baseball (Carpentry)

ROBERT BURNETT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Kevin Honig – Men’s Basketball (Law Enforcement)

DURHAM REGION SOCCER ASSOCIATION BURSARY
Laura Ogle – Women’s Soccer (General Arts)
Kevin McMullen – Men’s Soccer (Police Foundations)

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784 (P)
905.721.3117 (F)
scott.dennis@dc-uoit.ca

Photo Credit – Al Fournier