The University of Fraser Valley athletic department recognized 38 student athletes who achieved an exceptional academic record in the classroom for 2023-24 on Thursday.

"I am always impressed with student-athletes who juggle athletics and academics and excel in both," said Steve Tuckwood, Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation.  "Shining the spotlight on these achievements is a way to recognize some of the great work being done here at UFV."

It was also announced that women's volleyball was awarded the President's Shield for the best team GPA of 3.56

The Cascades had 20 athletes that were named U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians among that group.  This honours those who reached a 3.67 on the UFV GPA scale or better while playing on a varsity team.  Recipients were as follows:

Men's Basketball
Daniel McCullough

Women's Basketball
Nikki Cabuco
Maddy Gobeil
Kyla Smith

Men's Soccer
Kevin Mailand
Aiden McDonald

Women's Soccer
Danielle Coss
Maya Cuerrier
Serena Deol
Jasdeep Dhaliwal
Kareena Sahota

Men's Volleyball
Kian Bos
Caleb Kastelein

Women's Volleyball
Zoe Arca
Lauren Attieh
Gabrielle Attieh
Amy Bennett
Kinna Fisher
Alicja Hardy-Francis
Natalie Lemoine-Selles

Furthermore, Cascades Academic Awards were presented to 18 student athletes who had a 3.5 GPA or better but did not fall under the criteria for U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian.  This also includes athletes who were redshirting or were on teams that are not within U SPORTS.  The athletes are as follows:

Women's Basketball
Natalie Rathler
Katie Saari
Gurveer Sidhu
Julia Tuchscherer

Men's Soccer
Mateo Brazinha
Anthony Vega
Bhagvir Sidhu

Women's Soccer
Dawn Nansumba
Jacqueline Reinhard
Jenna Mele

Men's Volleyball
Comrie Engbers

Women's Volleyball
Aubrey Gingles
Lauren Rommel

Men's Golf
Jacob Armstrong
Benjamin Whiton

Women's Golf
Lucy Park

Baseball
Andrew Vander Veen
Jackson Ray