FW: LORDS HOST THE INAUGURAL ATHLETIC/ACADEMIC AWARDS LUNCHEON

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Durham Lords Media Release
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Lords host the inaugural Athletic/Academic Awards Luncheon

OSHAWA, Ont. – The Durham College athletic department hosted
the inaugural Athletic/Academic Awards Luncheon at the Student
Centre on Wednesday afternoon. Student-athletes, friends, family,
coaches, faculty and staff were all on hand as the department
honoured the athletes for their academic achievements in 2009/10.

The Bert Dejeet Memorial Scholastic Award was presented to Julian
Daligadu (Baseball - Health Science) and Bailey Corneal (Women’s
Fastball - General Arts and Science) for having the Top Overall
GPA of all varsity student-athletes.

Earning national recognition was Kerri Fotherby (Women’s Volleyball
- Youth Corrections and Intervention) and Kirsten Walker (Women’s
Soccer - Human Resources Management) as they earned the SIRC-CCAA
Academic All Canadian Award. The award is the CCAA’s most prestigious
student-athlete award, epitomizing 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 4.0 scale.

“We are extremely proud of all of our award winners today,” said
Ken Babcock, Director of Athletics. “Receiving national and provincial
recognition reflects how our student-athletes at Durham College
strive for success in the classroom and their respective sports.”

Overall, Durham College student-athlete earned 16 OCAA All-Academic
awards and six CIBA All-Academic awards for their outstanding
accomplishments in the classroom and in athletics.

The 40th annual Durham College athletic banquet will be taking
place Friday, March 26 at Trillium Trails in Oshawa, Ont.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Robert Burnett Memorial Scholarship Award
Dave Parks, Men’s Basketball (Multimedia Design)

Joy Hercia Memorial Award
Erica Dewey, Women’s Fastball (Sport Management)

Optimist Club Bursary
Courtney Small, Men’s Basketball (Music Business Management)
Jordan Sutherland, Men’s Soccer (Small Business Management)

Durham Region Soccer Association Bursary
Alyssa Best, Women’s Soccer (Pharmaceutical & Food Science Technology)
Jelani Dejonge, Men’s Soccer (Computer Systems Technology) 

TOP GPA ACADEMIC AWARDS
Women’s Basketball – Allison Cain (Sport Business Management)
Men’s Basketball – Tyson Eteli (Advertising)
Women’s Fastball – Bailey Corneal (General Arts and Science)
Baseball - Julian Daligadu (Health Science) 
Men’s Volleyball – Mike Goulding (Mechanical Engineering Technology)
Women’s Volleyball – Julie Hakkesteegt (Office Administration
– Legal) 
Women’s Soccer – Shira Wickenheiser (General Arts and Science)

Women’s Soccer - Morgan Kelly (Fitness & Health Promotion) 
Men’s Soccer – Jordan Sutherland (Small Business Management)

Golf – Rob Lewis (Golf Management) 

OCAA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Allison Cain – Women’s Basketball (Sport Business Management)
Bailey Corneal – Women’s Fastball (General Arts and Science)
Breanna Weisgerber – Women’s Soccer (Fitness & Health Promotion)
Jordan Sutherland – Men’s Soccer (Small Business Management)
Julie Hakkesteegt - Women’s Volleyball (Office Administration
– Legal)
Kayla Beharriell – Women’s Volleyball (Foundations in Art and
Design) 
Kerri Fotherby – Women’s Volleyball (Youth Corrections and Intervention)

Kirsten Walker – Women’s Soccer (Human Resources Management)

Krista Metcalf – Women’s Soccer (Human Resources) 
Laura Plahuta – Women’s Volleyball (Engineering Technician) 
Laura Sterritt – Women’s Fastball (Human Resources Graduate Certificate)

Morgan Kelly – Women’s Soccer (Fitness & Health Promotion)
Nick Zdravkovski – Men’s Soccer (Multimedia) 
Tyson Eteli – Men’s Basketball (Advertising) 
Shira Wickenheiser – Women’s Soccer (General Arts and Science)
Stephanie Tasch – Women’s Basketball (Police Foundations) 

CIBA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Brett Backman – Baseball (Bachelor of Education)
Dan Alayon – Baseball (Electronics Engineering Technology)
Julian Daligadu – Baseball (Health Science) 
Michael Robinson – Baseball (Gas Technician 2) 
Nur Osman – Baseball (Criminology) 
Ryan Sookdeo – Baseball (Law and Security Administration) 

SIRC-CCAA ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIAN AWARDS
Kerri Fotherby – Women’s Volleyball (Youth Corrections and Intervention)
Kirsten Walker – Women’s Soccer (Human Resources Management)


BERT DEJEET MEMORIAL SCHOLASTIC AWARD
Male - Julian Daligadu – Baseball (Health Science)
Women - Bailey Corneal – Women’s Fastball (General Arts and Science)

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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)

 


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