176 TSC Athletes Receive Academic Thunderbird award for the 2024-25 Academic Year

The TSC Academic Thunderbird Award honours student-athletes who have excelled in the classroom as well as their competitive field. This award recognizes athletes who achieved an 80% or higher sessional average while competing for their sport club.*


The 2024-2025 season saw an impressive 176 student-athletes recognized with the Academic Thunderbird Award. This figure represents 53 percent of all sport club athletes in the program last year. It is equally impressive that these student-athletes are achieving this at a Top 40 university in the world.

“Thunderbirds Sport Clubs athletes demonstrated an incredible commitment to academic excellence during the 2024-25 season. We are particularly proud that the average across all athletes in the program is above 80%. Congratulations to all award winners!” – Stephanie Jameson, Manager, Competitive Sport Clubs

Thirteen Sport Clubs finished with a team average above 80%, including Alpine Skiing, Artistic Swimming, Curling, Cycling, Lacrosse, Nordic Skiing, Sailing, Table Tennis, Men’s Tennis, Women’s Tennis, Triathlon, Men’s Ultimate and Women’s Ultimate. Women’s Ultimate held the highest average amongst all teams, with a commendable team GPA of 83.5%, spanning undergraduate to graduate students across various faculties.

Scroll below to see who earned the Academic Thunderbird Award on each team!

Athletes with Academic Thunderbird Status by Team

Name Faculty
Bea Mick Faculty of Science
Helen  He  Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Anika Prasad Faculty of Arts
Nathan Pennie Faculty of Science
Samuel Agerskov School of Kinesiology
Marko Smitran Faculty of Applied Science
Malia Hodgkinson Faculty of Science
Tayo Steininger Faculty of Science
Soniya Tagirova-Sirotkina Faculty of Arts
Nina Steyn Faculty of Arts
Daniel Jennewein Faculty of Applied Science

Minji Seo Faculty of Science
Marissa Enns Faculty of Arts
Hannah Dilger Faculty of Applied Science
Maia Cesario Faculty of Arts
Mackenzie Campbell Faculty of Arts
Alanna Henry Faculty of Science
Alexandria Teng Faculty of Science
Ana Flechas Faculty of Science
Alexanne Lavoie Faculty of Applied Science
Hannah Dykeman Faculty of Medicine
Miini  Teng Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health

Name Faculty
Michael Nunn Faculty of Forestry
Amanda Wong
Madeline Brinkmann Faculty of Forestry
Bowen Yuan Faculty of Applied Science
Payton Shank Faculty of Forestry
Emma Harris Faculty of Applied Science
Dingyi (Alicia) Wang Sauder School of Business
Michelle Wong Faculty of Applied Science
Ethaniel Chou Faculty of Science
Chelsea Taylor Faculty of Science
Troy Chong Faculty of Science

Name Faculty
Rowan Lewis Faculty of Applied Science
Lilly  Ujfalusi School of Kinesiology
Cole Gar-Aouy Faculty of Forestry
Evan Richardson Faculty of Applied Science
Noah Monash Vancouver School of Economics
Cameron Hickling Faculty of Arts
Thomas Ford Faculty of Arts , Sauder School of Business
Sophie Forsyth Faculty of Science
Francisco (Cruz) Custodinho Faculty of Science
Aydin Rezazadeh  Peter A. Allard School of Law
Kai Constabel Faculty of Science
Emma Jean Neal Faculty of Science
Adlih Britton Faculty of Science
Sophie Perry Faculty of Applied Science
Sophie MacDonald Faculty of Science
Rebecca Rechlin School of Nursing
Rohin Dhaliwal Faculty of Applied Science

Name Faculty
Terena  O'Hara Faculty of Science
Isabella Bauman Faculty of Science
Julia Bratz Sauder School of Business
Alex Niu Faculty of Arts
Sierra Ducharme Faculty of Arts
Anna Trimble Faculty of Arts
Jamie Robinson Faculty of Forestry
Clare Carmichael Faculty of Medicine
Bella Yang Faculty of Science

Name Faculty
Martin Gonzalez Faculty of Arts
Thomas Hooper Faculty of Applied Science
Benjamin Hobson  Faculty of Arts
Noah Berg School of Kinesiology
Jonah Campbell Faculty of Forestry
Aiden Hindson School of Kinesiology
Colton Zawada Faculty of Science
Peter Landine Faculty of Applied Science
Charles Lever Faculty of Applied Science
Arthur Wormser Sauder School of Business

Name Faculty
Griffin Brown Faculty of Applied Science
Ava Lien Faculty of Arts
Madeline Sivils Faculty of Applied Science
Finn Hanson  Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Parker Munroe Faculty of Applied Science
Erika Peterson Faculty of Arts
Reese Critchlow Faculty of Applied Science
Emil Wiik Faculty of Science
Chloe Walc Faculty of Science
Paige Saravanamuttoo Faculty of Science
Matthew Broder Faculty of Forestry
Rafe Murray Faculty of Applied Science
Benjamin Geertz Faculty of Applied Science
Ava Betts Faculty of Forestry
Tilda Cressman  Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Maxine Forder Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Maggie Beckner Faculty of Science
Florence Kalia Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Karina McMullen Faculty of Applied Science
Isaac Lowenthal Walsh Faculty of Forestry

Name Faculty
Edmond Dang Faculty of Arts
Marcus Lo Faculty of Arts
Mikah Lau School of Kinesiology
Isaac Qi  Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Melissa Wei Faculty of Arts
Andy Yue School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Name Faculty
Anthony  Rizk School of Kinesiology
Jessica Hirschbold Faculty of Science
Angela Ying Faculty of Arts
Alexander van der Velden Faculty of Applied Science
Anja Nikkel Faculty of Arts
Connor Smith School of Music
Max  Moyes Faculty of Applied Science
Owen Nevlud Faculty of Applied Science
Dylan Jones Faculty of Dentistry
Evan Sun Faculty of Science
Luna Wagner  Faculty of Education
Jenna Louie Faculty of Arts
Mia Boguslavsky Faculty of Science

Name Faculty
Zichuan Lak Zhang Vancouver School of Economics
Ruoyu Vince Tang Faculty of Arts
Edison Huang  Sauder School of Business
Chuyun Alley Wu Faculty of Science
Herman Lee Sauder School of Business
Matt Fu Faculty of Science
Hao-Chih Huang Faculty of Applied Science
Meixuan Vivian Li Faculty of Science

Name Faculty
Cameron Jim Faculty of Applied Science
Isaac Dee Faculty of Applied Science
Hyunwoo Cho Faculty of Applied Science
Simon Kurono Sauder School of Business
Graeme McIntosh Faculty of Applied Science
Luka Zoric Faculty of Arts

Name Faculty
Sara Zupanc Faculty of Applied Science
Anuradha Chopra Sauder School of Business
Madeline Kam Sauder School of Business
Esmé MacGillivray Faculty of Arts
Rachael Kaluza Faculty of Science
Zoey Qiu Faculty of Science
Ella James Faculty of Science
Arwen Fong Faculty of Science
Audrey Chang Faculty of Science

Name Faculty
Aki Zvjerac Faculty of Applied Science
Mary O'Reilly Sauder School of Business
Gleb Valiakhmetov School of Kinesiology
Maximilien Filion Faculty of Applied Science
Evan Hodson Sauder School of Business
Madeline Colenbrander Sauder School of Business
Emma Jean Neal Faculty of Science
Andrew Karanicolas Faculty of Applied Science
Flynn Dowey Faculty of Applied Science
Tommy Chung School of Kinesiology
Owen Vincent Faculty of Applied Science
Carson Wong School of Kinesiology
Max Davidow Faculty of Applied Science
Matthew Skirrow School of Kinesiology

Name Faculty
Zachary Wong Faculty of Arts
Justin Luna Faculty of Arts
Sunny Wong Faculty of Arts
Wesley Wong Sauder School of Business
Daniel  Qiao Faculty of Science
Erez Kassirer Faculty of Applied Science
Joshua Jang School of Kinesiology
Davis Toth Faculty of Applied Science
Ryan Graves School of Kinesiology
Ian Holzman Faculty of Applied Science
James Lehmann Faculty of Arts
Edward Ross-Zhu School of Kinesiology
SIMON RAMIREZ ORTIZ Faculty of Arts
Elvin Ng-Young-Lim Faculty of Science

 

Name Faculty
Phoebe Chen Faculty of Arts
Mijoo Lee School of Kinesiology
Bryelle Wong  Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Audrey Nichols Faculty of Science
Yi Hsuan Claire Weng School of Nursing
Noor Al-Tabbaa Faculty of Science
Shaelyn Woo Faculty of Arts
Verona Hua  Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Mika Kurahashi Faculty of Arts
Madoka Wowk Faculty of Science
Ella Bolan Faculty of Forestry
Jamie Jung School of Kinesiology
Hsin Jung Lin Faculty of Applied Science
Jun Fu Michelle Yang Faculty of Science
Wendi Liu Faculty of Science
Nina Tsai Faculty of Science
Mandy Li Faculty of Science

 


Congratulations again to all athletes!

*The Academic Thunderbird Award is awarded to those with a minimum sessional average of 80% in the 2024-2025 academic year. Those in ungraded undergraduate or graduate programs are not eligible for the award.