OSHAWA, Ont. – On Tuesday morning, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) athletic department recognized 47 students at the department's annual academic brunch presented by the Office of the Provost.
 
"We're extremely proud of what our student-athletes are able to accomplish not only in their respective sports this year, but also in the classroom and today is an opportunity to recognize the achievements each of these student-athletes has attained in the classroom," said Scott Barker, UOIT athletic director.
 
The 47 student-athletes were acknowledged for their success in the classroom through the all- academic awards, top GPA by sport, and the Bob and Sallie Baun Award.
 
Norbert Wojdylo of the badminton team, who majors in biological science was named a recipient for the second straight year, while Josh Maguire of the men's hockey team, who majors in criminology and justice studies was the other male recipient.
 
Katherine Koehler-Grassau of the women's soccer team, a recipient of the Bob and Sallie Baun Award in 2015, was announced as a female award winner alongside women's curler Brittany Andrey. Koehler-Grassau is an applied & industrial mathematics major, while Andrey is enroled in forensic psychology.
 
Each recipient of the Bob and Sallie Baun Award were also presented with a scholarship from the Bob Baun scholarship fund, which was first awarded in 2014-15.
 
Of note, for the second straight year Wojdylo (men's badminton), Andrey (women's curling), Danielle Bates (dance), Lindsay Tomlinson (women's field lacrosse), Kierstyn Hawke (women's rowing) and Quintyn Walcott (men's rowing) all won the top GPA award for their respective teams.
 
This Thursday, the 13^th annual UOIT Athletics Awards Gala will take place at the Regent Theatre in Oshawa.
 
 
AWARDS LIST
BOB AND SALLIE BAUN AWARD
Female: Katherine Koehler-Grassau & Brittany Andrey
Male: Norbert Wojdylo & Josh Maguire
 
TOP GPA ACADEMIC AWARDS (BY SPORT)
Women's Badminton: Bonnie Chung
Men's Badminton: Norbert Wojdylo
Women's Curling: Brittany Andrey
Men's Curling: Matthew Mepstead
Dance: Danielle Bates
Women's Golf: Dale Lewis
Men's Golf: Justin Posteraro
Women's Hockey: Sophia Christopherson
Men's Hockey: Josh Maguire
Women's Lacrosse: Lindsay Tomlinson
Women's Rowing: Kierstyn Hawke
Men's Rowing: Braden Reid
Women's Soccer: Katherine Koehler-Grassau
Men's Soccer: Quintyn Walcott
 
UOIT ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Women's Badminton
Alyssa Wong (North York, Ont.) – Mechanical Engineering
Bonnie Chung (Scarborough, Ont.) – Health Science
 
Men's Badminton
Nicholas Magee (Beeton, Ont.) – Criminology & Justice Studies
Norbert Wojdylo (Oshawa, Ont.) – Biological Science
 
Women's Curling
Brittany Andrey (Oshawa, Ont.) – Forensic Psychology
Morgan Typhair (Brighton, Ont.) – Criminology & Justice Studies
 
Men's Curling
Matthew Mepstead (Pontypool, Ont.) – Computer Science
  
Dance
Brooklyn Parlane (Kingston, Ont.) – Forensic Science
Danielle Bates (Bowmanville, Ont.) – Kinesiology
Sam Latta (Whitby, Ont.) – Kinesiology
Victoria Berkers (Bowmanville, Ont.) – Kinesiology

Women's Hockey
Chelsea Ball (Maple, Ont.) – Forensic Science
Erin Ross (Lucan, Ont.) – Commerce
Kassidy Nauboris (Brampton, Ont.) – Kinesiology
Mia Rogers (Keswick, Ont.) – Health Sciences
Sophia Christopherson (Langley, B.C.) – Criminology 
Tailor Campbell (Paimerston, Ont.) – Forensic Psychology

Men's Hockey
Anthony Latina (Scarborough, Ont.) – Communications & Digital Media Studies
Austin Eastman (Lindsay, Ont.) – Commerce
Brett Harasymuk (Yorkton, Sask.) – Accounting
Danny Elser (Hopewell Junction, N.Y) – Criminology & Justice Studies
Joshua Maguire (Cobourg, Ont.) – Criminology & Justice Studies
Matthieu Gomercic (Winnipeg, Man.) – Kinesiology
Michael Bullion (Anchorage, Alaska) – Political Science
Mike Robinson (Stouffville, Ont.) – Communications & Digital Media Studies
Leif Hertz (Kingston, Ont.) – Accounting

Women's Field Lacrosse
Brianna Yuill (Belgrave, Ont.) – Kinesiology
Dale Wilson (Saskatoon, Sask.) – Commerce
Lindsay Tomlinson (Pickering, Ont.) – Kinesiology
Mallory Gallant (Burlington, Ont.) – Commerce
 
Women's Rowing
Kierstyn Hawke (Oshawa, Ont.) – Health Sciences
Nicole Marin (Whitby, Ont.) – Health Sciences
Nicole Olaru (Goodwood, Ont.) – Health Sciences
Mitchelle Tam (Scarborough, Ont.) – Criminology & Justice Studies

Men's Rowing
Braden Reid (Whitby, Ont.) – Kinesiology
Bradley Semenick (Thunder Bay, Ont.) – Forensic Science

Women's Soccer 
Alyssa Nikkel (Toronto, Ont.) – Forensic Science
Katherine Koehler-Grassau (Greely, Ont.) – Applied & Industrial Mathematics
Sarah Norman Minnis (Bowmanville, Ont.) – Health Science
Taijah Henderson (Ajax, Ont.) – Criminology and Justice

Men's Soccer
Elijah Lorenc-Clarke (Scarborough, Ont.) – Commerce
Mateo Marques (Burlington, Ont.) – Kinesology
Owen Hughes (Toronto, Ont.) – Commerce
Quintyn Walcott (Bridgetown, Barbados) – Networking & Information Technology Security

Women's Golf
Dale Lewis (Whitby, Ont.) – Education
 
Men's Golf
Jarret Wait (St. Thomas, Ont.) – Criminology & Justice Studies
Justin Posteraro (Courtice, Ont.) – Mechatronics Engineering