The Department of Athletics and Recreation is extremely proud to announce that 336 student-athletes have been named to the 2019-20 President's Academic Honour Roll.
This distinguished recognition is given to student-athletes who have maintained an average of 80% and higher while competing for an interuniversity sport. The University of Waterloo has one of the highest percentages of Academic All-Canadian student-athletes in the country on an annual basis.
The 336 student-athletes honoured represents over 50% of the student-athlete population at UWaterloo, and was an increase of 84 student-athletes from a year ago. In addition, 22 of the 31 Warriors varsity teams have at least 50% of their student-athletes represented on the Honour Roll, while all 31 programs have at least four student-athletes represented.
For the fifth year in a row, the number of student-athletes receiving this honour is an all-time high for the Warriors. Consistently, UWaterloo student-athletes have demonstrated excellence both in the classroom and on the playing field and it is something to be very proud of.
"Academic success is a top priority in our department and it is very rewarding to see so many of our student-athletes achieving this high level of success in the classroom," said director of athletics and recreation, Roly Webster.
"Although we can't all be together to celebrate the exceptional accomplishments of these student-athletes, we want each and every one of them to know just how proud we are of the dedication required to pursue academic and athletic excellence, here at the University of Waterloo."
Over the past week, the student-athletes were honoured with individual messages by their respective Dean on the Warriors' social media platforms.
Top Academic Student-Athletes
Four student-athletes were honoured for their outstanding achievements, earning the highest academic average of all 336 student-athletes.
Selena Dirven from women's hockey and MacKenzie Strong from baseball were the top undergrad award winners thanks to their staggering averages of 96.7% and 98.3% respectively. Dirven is in her fourth year of Kinesiology and Strong is in his third year of Chemical Engineering.
Dirven and Strong were also recipients of the Fairfax Financial Award along with Karen Fan (Biomedical Sciences) from women's volleyball and Ahmed Fouad (Biomedical Sciences) who is a dual student-athlete with football and squash.
Congratulations to all 336 student-athletes who earned their way onto the 2019-20 President's Academic Honour Roll.
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