OSHAWA, Ont. – The Ridgebacks held their annual academic brunch, presented by the Office of the Provost, on Tuesday morning and recognized the academic efforts of 77 students.

To go along with the 77 athletes that were honored with Ridgebacks All-Academic awards, there were 55 Ridgebacks student-athletes named OUA Academic Achievement winners and 36 student-athletes named U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians. The brunch culminated in the awarding of the prestigious Bob and Sallie Baun Varsity Scholarships to athletes. The Bob and Sallie Baun Varsity Scholarship is awarded to eight athletes, four men and four women, who are returning student-athletes with a GPA of 3.7 or higher. These student-athletes are outstanding members of our community and have demonstrated excellence in high-performance athletics while exhibiting strong leadership qualities.

This year, the Bob and Sallie Baun Varsity Scholarship was awarded to Jack Sears and Noah Mossavat of men's soccer, Nolan Ford and Braiden Koran of men's hockey, Zoe McGee and Kayla Welk of women's hockey, Maeya Price of women's lacrosse, Felicity Villarin of women's basketball and Tia Schaffer of women's soccer.

AWARDS LIST
BOB & SALLIE BAUN AWARD
Female: Kayla Welk, Zoe McGee, Maeya Price, Tia Schaffer, Felicity Villarin
Male: Braiden Koran, Nolan Ford, Zoe McGee, Jack Sears, Noah Mossavat

TOP GPA ACADEMIC AWARDS BY SPORT
Women's Badminton - Venuga Kariharan
Men's Badminton - Dilran Ambalangoda Waduge 
Men's Basketball - Stefan Prica
Women's Basketball - Felicity Villarin
Women's Curling - Jasmine Groleau
Men's Curling - Alexander Cole
Dance -  Melinda Geissberger
Golf  - James Powers
Women's Hockey - Elissa Burton
Men's Hockey - Braiden Koran
Lacrosse -  Maeya Price
Women's Rowing - Taylor Ruzgys, Kierstyn Hawke
Men's Rowing - Kelton Sutherland
Women's Soccer- Christina Coroado
Men's Soccer- Jackson Sears

ONTARIO TECH ALL ACADEMIC AWARDS

Badminton
Kyle Zheng
Cooper MacAdams
Kevin Vu
Dilran Ambalangoda Waduge
Kaushik Raman
Areej Fatima
Kartiki Balsekar
Mashal Niazi
Venuga Kariharan
Chloe Hoang

Men's Basketball
Stefan Prica

Women's Basketball
Ellycea Burke
Felicity Villarin
Zoey-Anna Hemeon

Curling
Danton Kellington
Alexander Cole
Jasmine Groleau
Zachary Bowles

Golf
James Powers
Cole Leal

Women's Hockey
Emily Davis-Tope
Baie Marcantonio
Victoria Solti
Kayla Welk
Paige Wagner
Jia Leblanc
Katie Mikkelsen
Zoe McGee
Elissa Burton
Jordanna Connors
Julia MacDonald
Erin Lawless

Men's Hockey
Nolan Ford
Andrew Suriyuth
James White
Braiden Koran
Alek Sukunda
Antoine Desrochers
Ben Diamond
Alexis Giroux

Lacrosse
Rachel Kucera
Julia Hambly
Lauren Mata
Maeya  Price
Taylor Beam
Emma Wilson

Rowing
Taylor Ruzgys
Kierstyn Hawke
Kelton Sutherland
Zachary Dixon
Rahma Khan

Men's Soccer
Jacob Begley
Tyler Sukovski
Alessandro Prataviera
Matthew Mattila
Adam Klimek
Luciano Nania
Noah Mossavat
Jackson Sears
Alexander Irwin
Imran Abdulatif

Women's Soccer
Katrina Pappaas
Mya Parr
Christina Coroado
Marlene Siwula
Priscilla Voulgaris
Sara Wylie
Sierra Tohana-Belisle
Tia Schaffer
Tara Sisic
Nikita Mohan
Emma Dang
Emileigh Macphie
Mary Nicolaou
Kiana Parker-King
Ella Pechkoff
Zoé Lortie