OSHAWA, Ont. – The Durham College athletic department hosted the tenth annual academic luncheon on Tuesday, April 9 to celebrate the academic accomplishments of their student-athletes during the 2018-19 season.
 
This year the Lords had a program-high 44 student-athletes recognized with all-academic awards, beating the previous record of 38 set last year.
 
The Bert Dejeet Memorial Scholastic Award was presented to Griffin Oliver (men's baseball – firefighting) and Dekota Kirby (women's basketball – sport management) for having the top overall GPA for all student-athletes at Durham College. This marks back-to-back years that Kirby has received the award.

Devyn Fraser (women's volleyball – graphic design), Nigel Buckley (men's soccer – fitness & health promotion), Erin Dicaire (women's soccer – dental hygiene) and Cory Lapointe (women's soccer – environmental technology) were each recognized with CCAA all-academic awards. The CCAA award is prestigious as it recognizes excellence in academics and athletics. To achieve the honour, a student-athlete must be named to their respective provincial all-star team in a CCAA sport and must achieve honour roll status.
 
The men's volleyball team finished with a 3.31 GPA, winning the top team GPA award. Since being introduced, no team has won the award twice. Women's softball won the inaugural award in 2015-16, followed by women's volleyball. Men's rugby captured the award in 2017-18.
 
AWARDS SUMMARY
Bert Dejeet Highest Overall GPA
Male: Griffin Oliver – Men's Baseball
Female: Dekota Kirby – Women's Basketball
 
CCAA All-Academic Award
Devyn Fraser – Women's Volleyball
Nigel Buckley – Men's Soccer
Erin Dicaire – Women's Soccer
Cory Lapointe – Women's Soccer
 
Top Team GPA
Men's Volleyball
 
OCAA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Women's softball
Andrea Patrick (Whitby, Ont.) – Emergency Services
Ashley Black (Waterloo, Ont.) – Human Resources
Courtney McKellar (Alvinston, Ont.) – Biotechnology Advanced
 
Baseball
Griffin Oliver (Oshawa, Ont.) – Firefighting
Robert Hauk (Whitby, Ont.) – Police Foundations
Sam Cawker (Courtice, Ont.) – Media Design
 
Golf
Lucas Pichl (Cobourg, Ont.) – Protection, Security & Investigation
 
Women's Basketball
Dekota Kirby (Markham, Ont.) – Sport Management
 
Men's Soccer
Dante LaFerrara (Whitby, Ont.) – Pre-Health Science
Nigel Buckley (Pickering, Ont.) – Fitness & Health Promotion
Ryan Airlie (Whitby, Ont.) – Protection, Security & Investigation
Sheldon Brown (Whitby, Ont.) – Police Foundations
 
Women's Soccer
Cory Lapointe (Whitby, Ont.) – Environmental Technology
Erin Dicaire (Oshawa, Ont.) – Dental Hygiene
Morgan Blaind (Oshawa, Ont.) – Sport Administration
Mya Beverley (Oshawa, Ont.) – Emergency Services  
Shae-Lynn Young (Oshawa, Ont.) – Paramedics
 
Men's Volleyball
James Hirt (Scarborough, Ont.) – Welding Engineering
Mitchell Hallett (Oshawa, Ont.) – Business Administration – Human Resources
Tyler Krabi (Stouffville, Ont.) – Protection, Security & Investigation
 
Women's Volleyball
Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge, Ont.) – Graphic Design
Karlina Domingo (Pickering, Ont.) – Early Childhood Education
 
Men's Rugby
Brock Dunn (Ashburn, Ont.) – Electrical Engineering
Hayden Parkins (Oshawa, Ont.) – Fitness & Health Promotion
Israel Ogbogu (Toronto, Ont.) – Elevating Devices
Jacob Jorz (Oshawa, Ont.) – Paramedics
John Stewart (Whitby, Ont.) – Sport Management
Liam King (Brooklin, Ont.) – Business Administration – Marketing
Thomas Rourke (Whitby, Ont.) – Trade Fundamentals
 
Women's Rugby
Carly Warren (Courtice, Ont.) – Supply Chain Operations
Haleigh Quesnelle (Oshawa, Ont.) – Early Childhood Education
Kaya Crockford-Jerome (Oshawa, Ont.) – Human Resources
Madalynn de Wal (Trenton, Ont.) – Biomedical Engineering
Pamela Luke (Oshawa, Ont.) – Paralegal
Rachel Philip (Courtice, Ont.) – Pre-Health
Taylor Lantaigne (Whitby, Ont.) – Recreation & Leisure Studies 
 
Esports
Adam Balkissoon (Whitby, Ont.) – Computer System Technology
Alexander Minz (Blackstock, Ont.) – Computer Program Analyst
Calvin Lapp (Courtice, Ont.) – Computer Program Analyst
Eric Jones (Pickering, Ont.) – Human Resources
Harry Palmer (Pickering, Ont.) – Computer System Technology
Henry Zheng (Scarborough, Ont.) – Computer Program Analyst
Keith Mathur (Whitby, Ont.) – Computer Program Analyst
Ryan Handley (Bowmanville, Ont.) – Computer System Technology
 
Top GPA per Team
Lucas Pichl – Golf
Griffin Oliver – Men's Baseball
Courtney McKellar – Women's Softball
Dante LaFerrara – Men's Soccer
Mya Beverley – Women's Soccer
Thomas Rourke – Men's Rugby
Madalynn de Wal – Women's Rugby
Dekota Kirby – Women's Basketball
Daavyd Marquez-Relih – Men's Basketball
Devyn Fraser – Women's Volleyball
James Hirt – Men's Volleyball
Adam Balkissoon – Esports

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