Sixteen student athletes from Simon Fraser University earned the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Faculty Athletic Representative Scholar-Athlete Award for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.85.
Seven Simon Fraser athletes, including three men and four women have GPAs of 4.00 or better.
Among SFU’s award winners were diver Elizabeth Durward, golfer Mackenzie Field and middle distance runner Lorenzo Smith, who each received the honour for the third straight year. With a 4.20 GPA in Biomedical Physiology, Smith had the highest GPA among Clan student athletes.
Four Clan athletes were honoured for the second straight year.
Faculty athletic representative awards are presented annually to the most outstanding scholar-athletes at each of the conference’s institutions. All student-athletes, including redshirts, listed on any Great Northwest squad list, regardless of whether the sport is a conference championship sport, are eligible for the award.
A total of 156 Great Northwest student athletes, including 106 women and 50 men, received FAR Awards.
SFU FAR Recipients
Men
Ben Conrad (track and field/cross-country, computing science, Fr., 4.09)
**Jordan Herdman (football, biomedical physiology, So., 3.99)
Igor Lazic (swimming and diving, criminology intended, Fr., 3.92, Burnaby)
Cameron Proceviat (frack and field/cross-country, molecular biology and biochemistry, Jr., 3.85, Burnaby)
***Lorenzo Smith (track and field/cross-country, biomedical physiology, Jr., 4.20)
Brandon Watson (soccer, kinesiology, So., 4.11, Victoria)
Women
**Nicole Cossey (swimming and diving, applied mathematics, Sr., 3.89)
Andrea di Lorenzo (soccer, molecular biology and biochemistry, So., 4.16, Burnaby)
***Elizabeth Durward (swimming and diving, engineering science, Jr., 3.99)
***Mackenzie Field (golf, chemistry and molecular biology joint major, Jr., 4.00)
Jasmine Gill (track and field/cross-country, biological sciences, Fr., 3.88)
Christine Howlett (volleyball, kinesiology, Fr., 4.00)
Jennifer Johnson (track and field/cross-country, MA international studies, Gr., 3.93)
Devon Kollmyer (soccer, molecular biology and biochemistry, So., 3.90)
**Madeline Millsip (wrestling, business administration, So. 4.17)
**Kelsey Robinson (volleyball, biological sciences, Sr., 3.93)
** Two-time selection
*** Three-time selection
