REDS Celebrate 148 U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians
(FREDERICTON, NB) 148 UNB REDS student-athletes have been recognized as U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians for the 2024-2025 academic year.
The 148 come from 277 UNB student-athletes who consumed U SPORTS eligibility during the 2024-25 season, or 53.4%.
“This group deserves to be congratulated,” said REDS’ Athletic Director Jeff Speedy. “These young women and men work extremely hard on both the academic and athletic sides of what they do here. As has been said before, being a student-athlete isn’t easy, but being one who achieves Academic All-Canadian status is a tremendous accomplishment.”
To qualify as a U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian, a student-athlete must maintain an average of 80% or better while participating in a U SPORTS level sport.
“The group has shown great commitment,” added Speedy. “Academic All-Canadian status is a small reward for their dedication and hard work.”
Included in the 148 are 26 members of the REDS 2024-2025 women’s track and field team, a dozen members of the Atlantic University Sport champion men’s hockey team, 16 members of the REDS’ women’s hockey team, and ten members of the women’s volleyball team.
“We ask our student-athletes for a lot, and this is proof that they give us a lot,” said Speedy. “Balancing the complex demands of high-performance sport, academics, and everything else life throws at these kids is tough. That so many can excel is a testament to their character and desire to succeed.”
UNB’s Academic All-Canadian class of 2024-2025 was celebrated in a special ceremony on Tuesday morning, presided over by UNB’s President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Paul Mazerolle.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Marcus Barnes
Jeven Eddy
Brandon Laryea
Mark Tobin
Reese Zorogole
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Ann Bastien
McKinley Bezanson
Ava Britton
Katie Butts
Lillian Fuller
Axelle Gargya
Zoe Olscamp
Leah Travers
MEN’S CURLING
Sean Beland
Aden Kavanaugh
Jamie Stewart
WOMEN’S CURLING
Jenna Campbell
Kirsten Donovan
Carly A. Smith
Carly L. Smith
MEN’S HOCKEY
Jax Dubois
Xavier Fisk
Colton Kammerer
Cole MacKay
Roberto Mancini
Kale McCallum
Justin Nolet
Oliver Peer
Michael Petizian
Oscar Plandowski
Peter Reynolds
Samuel Richard
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Jamie Arsenault
Gabrielle Befekadu
Lilly Bell
Robyn Brokenshire
Lauren Carter
Josie Chisholm
Melanie Drost
Olivia Eustace
Payton Hargreaves
Hailey Jackson
Hannah LeClair
Alex Parvin
Madaline Pears
Katelyn Scott
Rylee Strohm
Marisa Valla
MEN’S SOCCER
Ian Aleong
Simon Bisaillon
Stefano D’Ambrogio
Colin Ernst-Fontaine
Harrison McGinn
Olivier Menard
Tyson Pinsent
Jackson Purbs
Christopher Schmit
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Yasmin Castillo
Emma Crowe
Julia Currie
Julia Dalley
Sarah Doyle
Carolina Grzesniak
Aurora Hughes-Goyette
Jillian Larose
Heidi Lauwerijssen
Sophia Maillet
Julia Mannall-Fretwell
Eva Palov
MEN’S SWIMMING
Craig Bush
Nicolas Duguay
Zaied Ibrahim
Eric Jean
Maxime Kenny
Ethan Nestoruk
Taylor Parker
Lucas Robers
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Sydney Bewsher
Jessie Collett
Brooke LePage
Hannah MacLeod
Elodie Martin
Leah Smal
Mya Beth Welton
Julia Hussey (*)
((*) not included in total of 148)
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Promise Abel-Adegbite
Elijah Bayne
William Boyle
Silas Conlin-Morse
Ronan Cornell
Quinn Eberts
Christopher Grant
Jamie Heard
Tony Jeong
Caden Jones
Yuyang Luo
Jack Mellish
Brodie Pennie
Francis Roussel
Sadiq Shahid
Logan Smith
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Haley Angus
Hannah Barnard
Alexandra Benevides
Georgia Bernhard
Ivy Bialowas
Hilary Bishop
Grace Broad
Makayla Burke
Naomi Corwin
Charlotte Davis
Ella Descoteau
Allison Dewar
Sophie Dube
Josie Dunn
Valerie Emerson
Ava Goncalves
Claire Hamilton
Natalie Irving
Jillian Langille
Gabrielle Morfitt
Ashley Morrow
Sierra Rodrigues
Lexie Shannon
Taylor Smith
Brooke Vezina
Anne Vogt
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Kieran Brost
Holden Cadden
Shamus Cormier
Nicolas Losier
Eduardo Luchese
Scott Mann
Kalan Noonan
Travis Pruim
Ben Sullivan
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Lydia Green
Mikki Green
Danielle Krzywonos
Sonya Nielsen
Talia Nixon
Isla Olesen
Sophie Ramier
Lauren Roworth
Taven Stevenson
Emily Wezeman
MEN’S WRESTLING
Jonathan Sherrard
Nguyen Tran
WOMEN’S WRESTLING
Julia Colborne
(*) Transfer student. Spent 2024-25 academic year at Acadia.
STORY BY: Andy Campbell/UNB REDS
PHOTOS BY: Jesus Salvador Alejandri Meza/UNB Media Services