FW: LORDS HOST THE SECOND ANNUAL DURHAM COLLEGE ATHLETIC/ACADEMIC AWARDS LUNCHEON

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Durham Lords Media Release
Tuesday April 5, 2011

Lords host the second annual Durham College Athletic/Academic
Awards Luncheon

OSHAWA, Ont. – The Durham College athletic department hosted
the second annual Athletic/Academic Awards Luncheon at the Student
Centre on Tuesday afternoon. Student-athletes, friends, family,
coaches, faculty and staff were all on hand as the department
honoured the athletes for their academic achievements in 2010-11.

The Bert Dejeet Memorial Scholastic Award was presented to Nur
Osman (Baseball - Criminology), Tyson Eteli (Men’s Basketball
- Advertising), Morgan Kelly (Women’s Soccer – Fitness and Health
Promotion) and Shannon Lucas (Women’s Soccer – General Arts)
for having the Top Overall GPA of all varsity student-athletes.

Earning national recognition was Kerri Fotherby (Women’s Volleyball
- Youth Corrections & Intervention), Erin Emery (Women’s Basketball
– 911 Emergency) and Morgan Kelly (Women’s Soccer – Fitness &
Health Promotion) 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
5.0 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-athletes earned 13 OCAA All-Academic
awards and five CIBA All-Academic awards for their outstanding
accomplishments in the classroom and in athletics.

The 41st annual Durham College athletic banquet will be taking
place Thursday, April 7 at the General W. Sikorski Polish Veterans
Association Hall in Oshawa, Ont.

BERT DEJEET MEMORIAL SCHOLASTIC AWARD (TOP OVERALL GPA)
Male – Nur Osman – Baseball (Criminology)
Male – Tyson Eteli – Men’s Basketball (Advertising)
Women – Morgan Kelly – Women’s Soccer (Fitness & Health Promotion)
Women – Shannon Lucas – Women’s Soccer (General Arts)

SIRC-CCAA ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIAN AWARDS
Kerri Fotherby – Women’s Volleyball (Youth Corrections & Intervention)
Erin Emery – Women’s Basketball (911 Emergency)
Morgan Kelly – Women’s Soccer (Fitness & Health Promotion) 

TOP GPA ACADEMIC AWARDS (TEAM BY TEAM)
Women’s Basketball – Odette Stephens (Police Foundations)
Men’s Basketball – Tyson Eteli (Advertising)
Women’s Fastball – Kristin Servinis (Office Administration)
Baseball – Nur Osman (Criminology) 
Women’s Volleyball – Kerri Fotherby (Youth Corrections & Intervention)

Men’s Volleyball – Jeremy Hoekstra (Pre-service Firefighting)
Women’s Soccer – Shannon Lucas (General Arts) 
Women’s Soccer - Morgan Kelly (Fitness & Health Promotion) 
Men’s Soccer – Hucine Houssa (Electro Mechanical Engineering
Technology) 
Golf – Kayleigh Kraemer (Professional Golf Management) 

OCAA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Erin Emery – Women’s Basketball (911 Emergency)
Jeremy Hoekstra – Men’s Volleyball (Pre-service Firefighting)
Jessica Newton – Women’s Basketball (Dental Hygiene)
Kenesha Stinchcombe-Brown – Women’s Basketball (Law & Security)
Kerri Fotherby – Women’s Volleyball (Youth Corrections & Intervention)

Kourtney Cyr – Women’s Volleyball (Legal Administration) 
Kristin Servinis – Women’s Fastball (Office Administration) 
Morgan Kelly – Women’s Soccer (Fitness & Health Promotion) 
Odette Stephens – Women’s Basketball (Police Foundations) 
Shannon Lucas – Women’s Soccer (General Arts) 
Tyson Eteli – Men’s Basketball (Advertising) 
Tyler McGarrity – Men’s Basketball (Law & Security)

CIBA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Adam Bernicky – Baseball (Pharmaceutical Technology)
Dan Alayon – Baseball (Electronics Engineering Technology)
Julian Daligadu – Baseball (Health Science) 
Nur Osman – Baseball (Criminology) 
Troy McLoughlin – Baseball (Police Foundations)

ROBERT BURNETT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Courtney Small, Men’s Basketball (Music Business Management)

DURHAM REGION SOCCER ASSOCIATION BURSARY
Jamie Tostik, Women’s Soccer (Social Services)
Mike Bowerman, Men’s Soccer (General Arts) 

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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(at)dc-uoit.ca


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