As the 2018/19 school year winds up, CUFLA is proud to announce its first annual CUFLA Academic All-Canadians.
The awards are intended to honour the top academic performers from each of the schools in the league.
Each team can nominate its two student-athletes who achieved the highest academic standing during the fall semester, when the CUFLA season was played. While it's lacrosse that brings us all together, CUFLA recognizes that it is important for our student-athletes to have a balance between athletics and academics. We enjoy honouring the top players in the league and now we are adding recognition for the players who lead the way academically as well.
Following are this year's Academic All-Canadians with their year in school in '18/'19, position, home town and field of study.
Bishop's University Gaiters
Sam Marceau
Senior defensive midfielder
St-Henri, Quebec
Sports Studies / Business
Breac Baker
Sophomore LSM
Hartford, Maine
Bio-Chemistry
Brock University Badgers
Aidan Buis
1styear midfielder
Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
Oenology and Viticulture
Macgregor Allen
2ndyear LSM
Ilderton, Ontario
Business Economics
Carleton University Ravens
Noah Hoselton
Graduating attack
Ottawa, Ontario
Masters of Civil Engineering
Matt Klassen
5thyear midfielder
Ottawa, Ontario
Law
Laurentian University Voyageurs
Michael Kussman
5thyear midfielder
Brampton, Ontario
History and Concurrent Education
Adam Graham
3rdyear midfielder
Ottawa, Ontario
Adventure Leadership and Concurrent Education
McGill University
Julian Smith-Voudouris
3rdyear faceoff midfielder
Stouffville, Ontario
Anatomy and Cell biology
Jack Turner
3rdyear defence
Toronto, Ontario
Political Science
Nipissing University Lakers
Brendan McCarthy
5thyear defence (first year with Nipissing after four years with Carleton)
Ottawa, ON
Education
Patrick Fitzgerald
5thyear defensive midfielder
London, Ontario
Education
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees
Kyle Staveley
4thyear midfielder
Orangeville, Ontario
Civil Engineering
Connor Primeau
2ndyear grad school defence
Cornwall, Ontario
Master of Human Kinetics
Queen's University Gaels
Luca Danetta
Jr Attack
Toronto, Ontario
History
Tom Asma
Senior goalie
London, Ontario
Civil Engineering
Trent University Excalibur
Cole McWilliams
6thyear midfielder
Peterborough, Ontario
Education
Aidan Jeffrey
1styear defence
Scarborough, Ontario
Swansea Law and Arts
Western University Mustangs
Manraj Nijjar
4thyear goalie
Brampton, Ontario
Health Sciences
Hayden Nix
1styear medical school, defence
Mississauga, Ontario
Medicine
Note: Guelph, Laurier, McMaster and Toronto opted not to nominate players for Academic All-Canadian honours