OSHAWA, ON – The Durham Lords are proud to recognize 65 student-athletes for their academic achievements in the 2021-22 year.
 
The Bert Dejeet Memorial Award is an annual honour earned by a female and male student-athlete for having the top overall GPA among all their athletic peers at Durham College. Lleyton Williams (Men's Soccer) from the Pre-Service Firefighting program took home the award among the men, as well as Devyn Fraser (Women's Volleyball & Golf) from the Interactive Media Design and Cierra Matthews (Women's Rugby) from the 911 Emergency & Call Centre Communications program among the women.
 
Furthermore, four student-athletes received CCAA Academic All-Canadian Awards, namely Devyn Fraser, Mia Hildebrandt, Katie Stewart and Brooke Young. 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 their respective conference all-star teams in a CCAA sport and achieve honours standing.
 
Every year Durham College recognizes the team with the highest overall GPA collectively among all the teams' players. The women's volleyball team was named with that honour on Wednesday afternoon. Since being first awarded seven years ago, this is the fourth time that the women's volleyball team has won the Top Team GPA award, with the first three coming in 2016-17, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
 
2021-22 Durham College Student-Athlete Awards Summary

Bert Dejeet Highest Overall GPA
Female: Devyn Fraser – Women's Volleyball & Golf, Cierra Matthews – Women's Rugby
Male: Lleyton Williams – Men's Soccer
 
CCAA Academic All-Canadian Award
Devyn Fraser – Women's Volleyball
Mia Hildebrandt – Women's Volleyball
Katie Stewart – Women's Volleyball
Brooke Young – Women's Volleyball
 
Top Team GPA
Women's Volleyball
 
ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Golf
Matt O'Neill (Peterborough, ON) – 911 Emergency & Call Centre Communications
Julia Davis (London, ON) – Dental Hygiene
Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge, ON) – Interactive Media Design
 
Women's Soccer
Heather Arnott (Whitby, ON) – Dental Assisting
Nikki Bradshaw (Newtonville, ON) – Pre-Service Firefighting
Elizabeth Cooper (Oshawa, ON) – Police Foundations
Brianna Kelly (Whitby, ON) – Social Service Worker
Samantha McDonald (Halifax, NS) – Pre-Service Firefighting
Eryka Sneath (Thorold, ON) – Fitness & Health Promotion
Ericka Van Hezewijk (Uxbridge, ON) – Marketing - Business
 
Men's Soccer
Ryan Cullen (Pickering, ON) – Human Resources – Business Administation
Tony Matula (Oshawa, ON) – Sport Management
Robert Murtagh (Whitby, ON) – Mechanical Technician – Elevating Devices
Nik Schad (Ravensburg, Germany) – Business
Lleyton Williams (Oshawa, ON) – Pre-Service Firefighting
 
Baseball
Josh Arce (Oshawa, ON) – Sport Management
Aidan Carbray (Oakville, ON) – Computer Systems Technician
Tyler Chong (Markham, ON) – Carpentry & Renovation Technician
Ryan Mattes (Whitby, ON) – Behavioural Science - Honours Bachelor
Griffin Oliver (Oshawa, ON) – Paramedic
Carter Quinney (Pickering, ON) – Protection, Security and Investigations
 
Softball
Ryleigh Easton (Bowmanville, ON) – Electrical Engineering Technician
Brynne Naworynski (Aurora, ON) – Sport Management
Alexis Pereira (Newmarket, ON) – Dental Assisting
Kylie Schofield (Oshawa, ON) – Chemical Laboratory Technician
Emma Wilson (Pickering, ON) – Police Foundations
Kaylen Wilson (Pickering, ON) – Police Foundations
 
Women's Rugby
Heather Bews (Whitby, ON) – Emergency Services Fundamentals
Glory Ezeude (Vaughan, ON) – Sport Management
Sam Gates (Uxbirdge, ON) – Conflict Resolution & Mediation
Cierra Matthews (Oshawa, ON) – 911 Emergency & Call Centre Communications
Emma Nagy (Brooklin, ON) – Police Foundations
Avril Osmond (Toronto, ON) – Police Foundations
 
Men's Rugby
Brendyn Beck (Port Hope, ON) – Millwright
Colby Bell (Ajax, ON) – Pre-Service Firefighting
Terrell Carter (Oshawa, ON) – Electronics Engineering Technology
Brock Dunn (Ashburn, ON) – Crane Operation, Rigging and Construction Techniques
Jack MacIntosh (Brooklin, ON) – Electrical Engineering Technician
Aiden Martin (Whitby, ON) – Pre-Service Firefighting
Aaron Ramlochan (Whitby, ON) – Advanced Law Enforcement & Investigations
Ben Snider (Harrowsmith, ON) – Biomedical Engineering Technology
Ethan Whillans (Oshawa, ON) – Protection, Security and Investigations
 
Women's Volleyball
Jessie Anatol (Ajax, ON) – Behavioural Science - Honours Bachelor
Jill Batsford (Kingston, ON) – Nursing
Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge, ON) – Interactive Media Design
Mia Hildebrandt (Winnipeg, MB) – Sport Management
Alisia Lush (Lyalta, AB) – Behavioural Science - Honours Bachelor
Beth Munshaw (Oshawa, ON) – Pre-Health Sciences
Katie Stewart (Gananoque, ON) – Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Cassidy Unrau (Port Coquitlam, BC) – Advertising and Marketing Communications
Brooke Young (Chestermere, AB) – Occupational Therapist Assistant & Physiotherapist Assistant
 
Men's Volleyball
Aidan Carne (Stoney Creek, ON) – Pre-Health Sciences
Josh Clarke (Oshawa, ON) – PR & Strategic Communications
Quinton Hudgins (Port Perry, ON) – Sport Management
Tyler Jegen (Calgary, AB) – Pre-Health Sciences
Michael Penney (Whitby, ON) – Marketing - Business
 
Women's Basketball
Jillian Thompson (Oshawa, ON) – Biomedical Engineering Technology
 
Men's Basketball
Mark Stoop (Oshawa, ON) – Mechanical Technician – Elevating Devices
 
Esports
Ryan Clayson (Whitby, ON) – Computer Programmer Analyst
Jack Dryswak (Newcastle, ON) – Esports Business Management
Nick Heise (Barrie, ON) – Chemical Engineering Technology
Sarvang Konnur (Oshawa, ON) – Artificial Intelligence Analysis, Design and Implementation
Nathan McQuaid (Trent Hills, ON) – Computer Programmer Analyst
Mitchell Peltenburg (Oshawa, ON) – Computer Programmer Analyst
John Sarte (Scarborough, ON) – Computer Systems Technician

Top Overall GPA By Sport
Baseball - Aidan Carbray
Softball - Emma Wilson
Golf (Men) - Matt O'Neill
Golf (Women) - Devyn Fraser
Men's Soccer - Lleyton Williams
Women's Soccer - Ericka Van Hezewijk
Men's Rugby - Terrell Carter
Women's Rugby - Cierra Matthews
Men's Basketball - Mark Stoop
Women's Basketball - Jillian Thompson
Men's Volleyball - Aidan Carne
Women's Volleyball - Devyn Fraser
Esports - Nick Heise