Hurricanes Announces Academic and Athletic Achievement Award Winners

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Christian Tolusso, Golf Club Management student and Men's Curling participant, Top Male Scholar-Athlete.

 

Holland College is pleased to announce the student athletes who have recently been honoured for their academic and athletic achievement in the sports of basketball, golf, badminton, soccer, volleyball, cross country running, curling, hockey and football in the 2011-12 academic year.  A total of 58 Hurricanes made the grade combining a commitment to their studies with competing at a varsity level in their chosen sports.

 

Eleven students, of which two were dual athlete, were recently nominated for the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Award.  These awards are presented to student athletes who have achieved a GPA standing of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or equivalent in their current academic year.  This equates to a student averaging at least 87.5% which is indeed a high standard to achieve.

 

Golf

  • Bobbi Wilson, Sport & Leisure Management
  • Mathieu Arseneault, Golf Club Management

Women's Soccer

  • Jillian Durant, Sport & Leisure Management
  • Shalan Armstrong, Sport & Leisure Management
  • Emily Broderick, Sport & Leisure Management

Men's Soccer

  • J.D. Farrell, Sport & Leisure Management
  • Jeremy Joly, Electronics Engineering Technology
  • Andre Robert, Sport & Leisure Management

Women's Volleyball

  • Bobbi Wilson, Sport & Leisure Management
  • Shalan Armstrong, Sport & Leisure Management
  • Jennifer Cross, Pastry Arts

Men's Curling

  • Christian Tolusso, Golf Club Management

Cross Country Running

  • Michael Bryenton, Sport & Leisure Management

 

The number of CCAA Scholar-Athletes at Holland College has risen from 6 in 2008, to 12 in 2009, to 19 in 2010, 11 in 2011 and 11 again this year.

 

Hurricanes Athletics is recognizing the top Male and Female Scholar-Athletes with awards this year.  The top female is Sport & Leisure Management graduate, Bobbi Wilson from Oromocto, NB, who produced an average of 93%.  On the men's side, it is Christian Tolusso from Nepean, ON, a Golf Club Management student, who pushed his average to 90.25%.  Bobbi was a dual athlete in Women's Golf and Women's Volleyball, while Christian participated in the Curling Nationals in March.  This was the first time for the Holland Hurricanes to enter a team and they managed to come in fourth.

 

Additionally, 58 students, with 6 of them being dual athletes, are being recognized as recipients of the Hurricanes Scholar-Athlete Award.  To receive this honor a student has to achieve an academic standing averaging at least 80% over their full year of studies at Holland College.

 

 

Sport

Name

Program of Study

Co-Ed Badminton

 

 

 

Nathan Brown

Automotive Technology

 

Alicia MacDonald

Early Childhood Care & Education

 

Stephanie McLaughlin

Culinary Arts

 

Kristin Moen

Culinary Arts

 

Robert Paquet

Culinary Arts

 

 

 

Cross Country Running

 

 

 

Michael Bryenton

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Jacklyn Publicover

Practical Nursing

 

Nora Zaiser

Tourism & Travel Management

Football

 

 

 

Demetrius Ferguson

Marketing & Advertising Management

 

Kevin LePage

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Thomas McCabe

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Jared Sutton

Law & Security

 

Robert Tufts

Plumbing

Golf

 

 

 

Mathieu Arseneault

Golf Club Management

 

Robert Brown

Golf Club Management

 

Chris Croken

Golf Club Management

 

Derek Ferguson

Professional Golf Management

 

Brandi Ward

Golf Club Management

 

Bobbi Wilson

Sport & Leisure Management

Women's Soccer

 

 

 

Shalan Armstrong

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Katelin Burridge

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Emily Broderick

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Jillian Durant

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Mackenzie Goudey

Foundations

 

Sarah Hardiman

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Kathryn MacDonald

Culinary Arts

 

Megan Rhindress

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Lindsay Shupe

Pastry Arts

 

Amanda Wheatley

Advanced Care Paramedicine

Men's Soccer

 

 

 

Ryan Compton

Carpentry

 

J.D. Farrell

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Simon Hood

Business Administration

 

Jeremy Joly

Electronics Engineering Technology

 

Darren Lundrigan

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Corey Mullett

Correctional Officer

 

Andre Robert

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Rainer Zehetner

Tourism & Travel Management

Women's Volleyball

 

 

 

Shalan Armstrong

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Jennifer Cross

Pastry Arts

 

Chantry Stone

Marketing & Advertising Management

 

Jessica Wakelin

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Bobbi Wilson

Sport & Leisure Management

Men's Volleyball

 

 

 

Max Arsenault

Culinary Arts

 

Brandon Boyce

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Mark Thompson

Sport & Leisure Management

Men's Curling

 

 

 

Alex Sutherland

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Christian Tolusso

Golf Club Management

Women's Basketball

 

 

 

Katelin Burridge

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Felicia Frost

Culinary Arts

 

Rickeia Richardson

Tourism & Travel Management

 

Rachel Scoville

Culinary Arts

 

Lindsay Shupe

Pastry Arts

Men's Basketball

 

 

 

Matthew Morrison

Business Administration

Women's Hockey

 

 

 

Candace Arsenault

Dental Assisting

 

Jennifer Cross

Pastry Arts

 

Jessica Enman

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Meagan Ferguson

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Keturah Fraser

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Molly Gotell

Sport & Leisure Management

 

Kristin Moen

Culinary Arts

Men's Hockey

 

 

 

Robert Mercer

Law & Security

 

Jonathan Power

Correctional Officer

 

David Wamback

Environmental Applied Science Technology

 

Owen Wilson

Business Administration

 

 

Athletics & Recreation Director, Albert Roche, is extremely pleased with the number of awards.  "We strive to attract student-athletes who can perform well academically.  This group of students is a great source of pride for the Hurricanes and Holland College.  Balancing studies and the rigor of varsity athletics is challenging and we congratulate all our recipients on attaining this level of academic excellence."