In addition to a strong year of competition, 2019-20 was another banner year in the classroom for the Holland Hurricanes.
62 Hurricanes student-athletes who participated in Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) competition this season were recognized as scholar-athletes, topping the school’s total from the 2018-19 season by four.
Meanwhile, an additional 51 student-athletes who participated in non-CCAA sports (football, baseball, dance, and women’s hockey) were also recognized as scholar-athletes.
“Student-athletes live a challenging life at college, filled with demands coming from many angles,” explained Albert Roche, Director of Athletics and Recreation at Holland College.
“Achieving academic success is an indication of a person’s ability to find balance and focus through busy days. We are extremely proud of this group of student-athletes who dedicated themselves to their sport and studies garnering honours standing at our institution. They have brought great recognition to themselves and our program.”
To qualify as a scholar-athlete, a student-athlete must be in full-time studies, achieving an average of 80 per cent or higher.
The Hurricanes also finished with ten CCAA Academic All-Canadians; the second most in Canada, after leading the way the previous five years. Student-athletes named a CCAA Academic All-Canadian were those that combined their academic excellence with a selection on their respective All-Conference teams.
The male and female student-athletes with the highest academic average for the 2019-20 year were Danielle McKinnon and Tyler Johnston.
From Valleyview, Alberta, Danielle McKinnon, a guard with the women’s basketball Hurricanes, is Holland College’s top female student-athlete, posting a 97.88 per cent average while studying in the Accounting Technology program.
Meanwhile, Tyler Johnston is the top male student-athlete, as the Construction Technology student from Cardigan, Prince Edward Island earned a 96.22 per cent average while competing for the Hurricanes men’s baseball team as a pitcher.
Finally, the women’s volleyball team was the Hurricanes Academic Team of the Year, leading the way with 84.6 percent of their roster achieving scholar-athlete status in 2019-20.
Below is the full list of Hurricanes Scholar-Athletes for the 2019-20 academic year.
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Student |
Program |
Sport |
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Raul Pineda Garcia |
Business Administration |
Men's Soccer |
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Alexander Lourenso |
Automotive Technology |
Men's Soccer |
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Bobby Gamba |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Soccer |
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Jonathan MacKenzie |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Soccer |
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Hayden Porter |
Welding Fabrication |
Men's Soccer |
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Ehab Moustafa |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Soccer |
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Benjamin Nwaogazi Awuja |
Electronics Engineering Technology |
Men's Soccer |
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Thomas Ford |
Business Administration |
Men's Soccer |
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Daniel Martell |
Open Academic Studies |
Men's Soccer |
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Alexander Tougher |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Soccer |
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Calandra Bychyk |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Soccer |
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Samantha MacEachern |
Bioscience Technology |
Women's Soccer |
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Emily Cormier |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Soccer |
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Hina Suzuki |
Adult Education |
Women's Soccer |
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Nicole McInnis |
Open Academic Studies |
Women's Soccer |
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Madison Doiron |
Child and Youth Care Worker |
Women's Soccer |
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Kalie MacKinnon |
Human Resource Management |
Women's Soccer |
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Mackenzie Leblanc |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Soccer |
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Grace Peardon |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Soccer |
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Paige Deighan |
Human Services |
Women's Soccer |
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Tyler Johnson |
Construction Technology |
Men's Baseball |
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Colin Gaudette |
Primary Care Paramedicine |
Men's Baseball |
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Elijah Hood |
Child and Youth Care Worker |
Men's Baseball |
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Luke Robison |
Business Administration |
Men's Baseball |
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Riley Gallant |
Business Administration |
Men's Baseball |
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Brett Brittany |
Culinary Arts |
Men's Baseball |
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Joshua Tardif |
Basic Firefighting |
Men's Baseball |
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Jake MacLaren |
Automotive Technology |
Men's Baseball |
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Tyson McInnis |
Plumbing/Pipefighting |
Men's Baseball |
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Eric Anderson |
Open Academic Studies |
Men's Baseball |
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Dylan Cameron |
Business Administration |
Men's Baseball |
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Patrick Young |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Baseball |
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Adam Richards |
Plumbing/Pipefighting |
Men's Baseball |
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Drew Bernard |
Energy Systems Engineering Technology |
Men's Football |
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Rodrigo Montes De Oca |
Automotive Technology |
Men's Football |
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Mitchell Peach |
Open Academic Studies |
Men's Football |
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Griffin Quigley |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Mitchell Osmond |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Owen Kramer |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Jack Malo |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Dennis Brown |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Thomas Jarabeck |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Adison Williams |
Plumbing/Pipefighting |
Men's Football |
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Marco Briones |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Camaron Cable Walsh |
Plumbing/Pipefighting |
Men's Football |
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Justice Grant |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Christian Dickens |
Welding Fabrication |
Men's Football |
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Ian McLellan |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Football |
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Thomas Richardson |
Aircraft Turbine Technician |
Men's Football |
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Jon Prince |
Computer Networking Technology |
Men's Football |
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Spencer McNamara |
Welding Fabrication |
Men's Football |
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Darius Kemp |
Energy Systems Engineering Technology |
Men's Football |
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Teena Letkeman |
Primary Care Medicine |
Cross Country Running |
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Rebecca Levy |
Advanced Care Paramedicine |
Cross Country Running |
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Carter Van de Wiel |
Commercial Diving |
Cross Country Running |
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Alicia McIsaac |
Advanced Primary Care Medicine |
Cross Country Running |
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Ian McKenna |
Construction Electrical |
Cross Country Running |
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Ben Sullivan |
Advanced Care Paramedicine |
Cross Country Running |
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Martha Day |
Electronics Engineering Technology |
Cross Country Running |
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Zora Wendt |
Wildlife Conservation Technology |
Cross Country Running |
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Tristan Rampersad |
Commercial Diving |
Cross Country Running |
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Benjamin Nwaogazi Awuja |
Electronics Engineering Technology |
Cross Country Running |
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Danielle McKinnon |
Accounting Technology |
Women's Basketball |
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Kassandra Little |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Basketball |
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Sophie Atkinson |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Basketball |
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Haley Cole |
Business Administration |
Women's Basketball |
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Rylee Connolly |
Marketing and Advertising Management |
Women's Basketball |
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Molly Birtwistle |
Bioscience Technology |
Women's Basketball |
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Courtney Kane Rissling |
Open Academic Studies |
Women's Basketball |
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Ashley Plaggenhoef |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Basketball |
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Aki Kobayashi |
English for Academic Purposes |
Women's Basketball |
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Kennedy Frittenburg |
Marketing and Advertising Management |
Women's Basketball |
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Marc Hofer |
Business Administration |
Men's Basketball |
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John Vos |
Business Administration |
Men's Basketball |
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Lucas Tompkins |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Basketball |
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Javares McIntosh |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Basketball |
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Parker Roche |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Basketball |
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Keighan Hamilton |
Business Administration |
Men's Basketball |
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Calandra Bychyk |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Volleyball |
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Abby Hyndman |
Graphic Design |
Women's Volleyball |
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Jenna MacFarlane |
Environmental Applied Science Technology |
Women's Volleyball |
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Kateia Barenaba |
Early Childhood Care and Education |
Women's Volleyball |
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Zayley Murphy |
Tourism and Travel Management |
Women's Volleyball |
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Kali Wilson |
Electronics Engineering Technology |
Women's Volleyball |
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Dana Trainor |
Dental Assisting |
Women's Volleyball |
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Amanda Brito |
English for Academic Purposes |
Women's Volleyball |
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Kalie MacKinnon |
Human Resource Management |
Women's Volleyball |
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Samantha Gerbig |
Business Administration |
Women's Volleyball |
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Taylor Boudreau Deveaux |
Early Childhood Care and Education |
Women's Volleyball |
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Gordon Veitch |
Environmental Applied Science |
Men's Volleyball |
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Aaron Pugh |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Volleyball |
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Riley O'Keefe |
Construction Technology |
Men's Volleyball |
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Nicholas Blewett |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Volleyball |
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Ethan Arsenault-Saunders |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Men's Volleyball |
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Bethany Parkhouse |
Theatre Peformance |
Dance |
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Shawnnice Waldron |
Welding Techology |
Dance |
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Aaliyah Johnson |
Early Childhood Care and Education |
Dance |
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Kate Ferguson |
Theatre Peformance |
Dance |
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Brigitte Carroll |
Dance Performance |
Dance |
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Inhara Cigarroa Castro |
Tourism and Travel Management |
Dance |
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Kibsaim Mayoleytte |
Theatre Peformance |
Dance |
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Isiah Seymour |
Electromechanical Techology |
Dance |
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Dawn Ward |
Dance Performance |
Dance |
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Olivia Hill |
Dance Performance |
Dance |
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Alexa Cann |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Hockey |
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Emma Dixon |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Hockey |
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Meredith Harrison |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Hockey |
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Paige Deighan |
Human Services |
Women's Hockey |
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Heidi Colp |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Hockey |
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Lindsey Minard |
Primary Care Medicine |
Women's Hockey |
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Billie MacKay |
Tourism and Travel Management |
Women's Hockey |
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Breanna Cormier |
Sport and Leisure Management |
Women's Hockey |
For more information on the Hurricanes, please visit www.hollandhurricanes.com. Follow us on social media at www.facebook.com/hollandhurricanes, www.twitter.com/hc_hurricanes and www.instagram.com/hollandhurricanes.
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For more information about this release, please contact:
Daniel Cudmore, Athletics Development and Communications Coordinator
Tel: (902) 894-6870
Date: Monday, July 13, 2020
