WATERLOO, Ont. – This morning, Warriors Athletics and Recreation congratulated the 480 student-athletes who were included on the 2024-2025 Academic Honour Roll with an academic average of 80% or higher.
This total marks an increase of 36 from last year, and represents 59% of the Warriors student-athlete body. 26 of 36 varsity teams had over 50% of their roster named to the Academic Honour Roll.
Student-athletes in attendance at Fed Hall were treated to a complimentary breakfast. Former varsity swimmer and current Coordinator, Competitive Clubs & Aquatics Karin Browne MCed the event, with guest speakers Olivier Quesnel and UW Vice President, Academic and Provost Dr. Thomas Duever.
Quesnel was a member of the Warriors men’s basketball team from 2002-2007, and is now the Vice President and Chief Actuary at Fairfax Financial. Fairfax Financial has supplied funding for the Fairfax Financial Academic All-Canadian Awards since 2012, providing a $1,000 Athletic Financial Award (AFA) to each of the top two male and top two female undergraduate academic performers.
The Fairfax Financial Academic All-Canadian Awards recipients this year were Liam Fedak (Oakville, Ont./Oakville Trafalgar High School), Rebecca Brown (Waterloo, ON/), Mathias Onuska (Waterloo, Ont./Ressurection), and Kathrine Langille, with Fedak and Brown earning the distinction of top male and female undergraduates.
An Honours Science major, Fedak earned an outstanding 96.9% academic average as well as taking home the OUA men’s hockey EDI Award of merit.
Brown, an Honours Co-op Psychology, Research Intensive Specialization student, earned a 95.8% academic average and was named an OUA Figure Skating All-Star.
Onuska scored high percentages on and off the ice, as he was named the OUA and U SPORTS Goaltender of the Year and earned a 96.7% academic average in the Honours Health Sciences program.
Langille earned a 95.3% academic average in the Biomedical Engineering program while helping the Warriors Women’s Squash team to an OUA bronze medal.
View the full list of student-athletes on the 2024-2025 Academic Honour Roll here.