OSHAWA, ON – The Durham College Department of Athletics & Recreation is proud to celebrate 65 student-athletes for their academic achievements during the 2023-24 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. There was a four-way tie with perfect 5.0 grade point average's as Ryan Mattes of the men's baseball team and Ben Rocheleau and men's volleyball team took home the award along with Heather Bews of the women's rugby team and Camryn Wood of the women's rugby and basketball teams.
 
In addition, one student-athletss received an CCAA Academic All-Canadian Award. Emma Bergen of the women's basketball team was honoured with 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 rugby team earned that award this year, featuring two players with perfect GPA's and six players with honours.
 
2023-24 Durham College Student-Athlete Awards Summary

Bert Dejeet Highest Overall GPA
Females: Heather Bews - Women's Rugby & Camryn Wood - Women's Rugby & Basketball
Male: Ryan Mattes - Men's Baseball & Ben Rocheleau - Men's Volleyball
 
CCAA Academic All-Canadian Award
Emma Bergen - Women's Basketball
 
Top Team GPA
Women's Rugby
 
ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Golf
Quin Doherty (Entrepeneurship & Small Business)
Sean Michalicka (Electrical Techniques)

Women's Soccer
Emily Arn (Dental Hygiene)
Faith Holmes (Recreational Therapy)
Meg Sommerville (Police Foundations)
Maya South (Practical Nursing)
Madelyn Vickery (Pre-Service Firefighting)
Heather Wright (Fitness & Health Promotion)

Men's Soccer
Joshua Ambrose (Fitness & Health Promotion)

Women's Softball
Carris Austin (Fitness & Health Promotion)
Kaitlyn Beck (Emergency Services Fundamentals)
Ella Coverdale (Mechanical Engineering Technology)
Hannah Dykes (Social Service Worker)
Chelsea Oke (Pre-Health Sciences Pathway) & Women's Volleyball
Arianne Pollon (Practical Nursing)
Kaleigh MacIntyre (Victim Justice and Interventions)

Men's Baseball
Cole Cote (Crane Operations)
Nick King (Mechanical Techniques – Plumbing)
Carter Lamb (Trades Fundamentals)
Jacob Mahoney (Carpentry & Renovation Technician)
Ryan Mattes (Behavioural Science – Honours Bachelor)
Jackson Painter (Protection, Security and Investigations)
Connor Rodwin (Electrical Engineering Technician)
Charles Roy (Mechanical Technician - Millwright)
Ben Spunde (Mechanical Technician - Millwright)
Mason Wright (Marketing - Business)
 
Women's Rugby
Maya Austin (Police Foundations)
Megan Bent (Sport Business Management)
Heather Bews (Carpentry and Renovation)
Emily Cooper (Welding Engineering Technician)
Daniella Kimevski (Construction Management)
Emma Nagy (Advanced Law and Investigations)
Camryn Wood (Firefighter – Pre-Service Education and Training) & Women's Basketball

Men's Rugby
Sebastian Bonk (Paramedic)
Michael Brunner (Fire Prevention Technology)
Terrell Carter (Electronics Engineering Technology)
TK Chinoda (Data Analytics for Business Decision Making)
Brandon Donnelly (Police Foundations)
Robert Eliadis (Entrepreneurship & Small Business)
Cole Harris (Mechanical Techniques - Plumbing)
Jackson Lyn (Computer Programming)
Andrew Neveu (Firefighter – Pre-Service Education and Training

Women's Volleyball
Stefanie Ciz (Animation – Digital Production)
Maxine Felsbourg (Trades Fundamentals)
Jenna MacFarlane (Dental Hygiene)
Jayde Smyth (Pre-Health Sciences)
Cassidy Unrau (Graphic Design)

Men's Volleyball
Ben Rocheleau (Fitness & Health Promotion)
Jacob Simpson (Behavioural Science - Honours Bachelor)
Ryan Travis (Behavioural Science Technician)
 
Women's Basketball
Abi Ansell (Fitness & Health Promotion)
Emma Bergen (Dental Hygiene)
Brooklyn Lortie (Sport Management)
Faith Jaggon (Recreation Therapy)
 
Esports
Alex Cheng (Computer Systems Technician)
Ian Davis (Computer Programming)
Javin De Silva (Business – Marketing)
Jessica Knapp (Advertising and Promotion)
Matthew Mason (Web Development)
Daniel Opasinis (Advertising and Promotion)
Mitchell Peltenburg (Computer Programming and Analysis)
Dallas Smith (Computer Programming and Analysis)
Manu Sugunakumar (Computer Programming and Analysis)
Maddox Thelander (Science and Engineering Preparation)
Nathan Wilson (Finance – Business)

Top Overall GPA By Sport
Golf -  Quin Doherty
Women's Softball - Ella Coverdale
Men's Baseball - Ryan Mattes
Women's Soccer - Emily Arn
Men's Soccer - Joshua Ambrose
Women's Rugby - Heather Bews & Camryn Wood
Men's Rugby - Cole Harris
Women's Basketball - Camryn Wood
Women's Volleyball - Maxine Felsbourg
Men's Volleyball - Ben Rocheleau
Esports - Nathan Wilson