24 Tommies honoured as U Sports Academic All-Canadians

24 student athletes from the St. Thomas University Tommies have been named Academic All-Canadians by U Sports, another increasing the number from last year’s winners.

The recipients of the Academic All-Canadian award maintain a strong grade point average during the academic year.

Florence Awde (Mount Albert, ON), of the women’s Hockey team, is a two-time U Sports Academic All-Canadian and has set the bar high for herself, both in training and in the classroom.

“I really value both my academic and athletic pursuits and I think the hard-work you put in on the ice needs to translate into the amount of effort you put in in the classroom to be successful as a student athlete!"  The third year defence player juggles a busy load: "As a student-athlete and someone who balances two jobs, time management has been essential in being successful in my academics and athletics. I use an agenda diligently and set daily goals for my conditioning, schoolwork, and hockey practices."

Tommies continue to pursue academic excellence, as the Green & Gold see another increase of student-athletes achieveing this academic honour.

The Tommies have now been honoured with this award 380 times since 2004-05.  Here is the full list of the 2019-2020 U Sports Academic All-Canadians:

Florence Awde, Women's Hockey 
Aislynn Byers, Women's Hockey 
Mariah Carey, Women's Hockey 
Jacey Dane, Women's Hockey 
Paige Jackson, Women's Hockey 
Lauren Legault, Women's Hockey 
Emily Oleksuk, Women's Hockey 
Megan Pardy, Women's Hockey 
Caroline Pietroski, Women's Hockey 
Alexandra Swift, Women's Hockey 
Isabella Thomson-Fiddes, Women's Hockey 
Emma Wilson, Women's Hockey 
Alexandra Woods, Women's Hockey 
Priya Bhutani, Women's Cross-Country/Track
Grace Baker, Women's Cross-Country/Track
Grace Beaulieu, Women's Track
Tristan Eisnor, Men's Cross-Country/Track
Jensen Elliott, Women's Cross-Country/Track
Alexander Gallant, Men's Cross-Country/Track
Daniel Goshn Taimane, Men's Cross-Country/Track
Alaina Meija, Women's Cross-Country/Track
Lars Schwarz, Men's Cross-Country/Track
Andrea Bell, Women's Track
Santanna Rafuse, Women's Track