2021 Awards Celebration

We are excited to celebrate our 2021 Award winners virtually this year. This year marks our 40th awards celebration. Congratulations to all of our winners!

By Kinesiology Communications

College of Kinesiology Major Awards

MOST OUTSTANDING GRADUATE

Mason Clarke

DEANS MEDAL RECIPIENT

Kaitlyn Benko

FRIEND OF THE COLLEGE AWARD

Dr. Marlys Misfeldt

For more on Dr. Marlys Misfeldt receiving the Friend of the College Award, click here.

 

University of Saskatchewan Awards

UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN SCHOLARSHIPS

Abd Alfatah Alras
Annaka Chorneyko
Emad Alsawaf
Edan McDonald
Brianna Andrews

UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

Husnaat Bajwa

CHANCELLOR’S SCHOLARSHIP

Spencer Dmytruk
Olivia Johnston
Jessica McBride

GUARANTEED ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS

Sophia Abiara
Joshua Abrigo
Shayan Ahmed
Nicolas Aiken
Sarah Al-Mouaiad Al-Azem
Keayan Alarcon-Souweha
Ahmed Aldulaymi
Karissa Alford
Ibrahim Ali
Clay Allinson
Abdullah Alras
Jolynn Amyotte
Aqsa Aqsa
Sam Ault
Jumanah Bahig
Cora Baker
Kaitlyn Bedard
Kendra Beland
Adam Blatchford
Alexa Bobowski
Kassidy Bouvier-Lemaigre
Alix Brassard
Morgan Breckon
Jessen Brust
Cadence Carter
Rehab Chaudhary
Abeerah Cheema
Alexis Chorney
Brennan Conway
Carli Cooling
Julia Coulter
Lucia Dahm
Rachel Dai
Carson Derksen
Spencer Dmytruk
Rylan Donald
Ava Dormuth
Karter Duclos
Jonah Dyck
Kelli Eckert
Sydney Ehr
Megan Fisher
Audrey Fox
Jessa Fox

 

Shane Friesen
Grace Gabruch
Georgina Gannitsos-Clark
Paige Gerl
Carson Gerwing
Rachel Gibb
Marlee Gonty
BrookeLynne Guillet
Aisley Haas
Kayla Harder
Kyra Harder
Yordi Harder
Bailey Hargreaves
Wyatt Harper
Hatem Hedayat
Taryn Hendriks
Lauren Hinz
Kaylyn Hoflin
Nathan Hufnagel
Dawson Ireland
Adham Istetieh
Andrew Jackson
Anya Jackson
Valerie Jackson
Madison Jacksteit
Brynn Jarvis
Liam Johns
Nick Johnson
Hasan Kazmi
Omair Khan
Eryn Kielo
Payten Kingwell
Rachel Kirk
Ami Klinger
Hailey Krienke
Kadie Lambert
Drew Lundquist
Rhoan MacKie
Piper Mackie
Jordan Mann
Kassidy Mannix
Courtneigh Mayne
Jessica McBride

 


Macy McDougall
Ella McLean
Amy Meyer
Tyler Moore
Jadyn Moser
Mapalo Mwansa
Maxwell Mydonick
Mehlab Nabi
Ella Nagle
Luke Nelson
Austin Normand
Liam O’Hagan
Olamide Olaloku
Shanae Olson
Noah Opseth
Justin Park
Avery Pearson
Curtis Phillipchuk
Sydney Pinsonneault
Ubaid Qaiser
Abdullah Ramadan
Alexa Rathgaber
Spencer Rathgeber
Maia Regnier
Kailyn Revering
Brooklyn Revet
Jenna Robertson
Kirstyn Robertson
Rayn Robillard
Thomas Rusk
Abby Rutley
James Sabilla
Steph Saemann
Paige Schultz
Sarah Schwab
Amritbir Sehrai
Carly Serke
Hailey Sewell
Fatma Shabaka
Eric Shurgot
Nathan Simons
Kiara Slabik
Brooke Slusar
Ethan Smith



 



Taylor Smith
Sophie Sollid
Emeli Solomes
Lauren Somerville
Quinn Strang
Caitlin Stroeder
Jatin Taya
Logan Taylor
Lauren Thibault
Emilie Thomas
Kenedy Time
Madison Trask
Emma Tremblay
Aydon Trumier
Kaylee Turgeon
Jude Tysdal-Fall
Chase Ulriksen
Bailey Unrau
Condrad Valdesimo
Skyler Varga
Ann Li Jie Vennes-Quellet
Josh Vielhauer
Jessica Warren
Jared Wassill
Alexa Watterson
Rachel Way
Emily Williams
Anna Wing

 

 

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS

Skylar Ackerman
Jolynn Amyotte
Laraib Fatima
Kira Gerein
Rourke Wunder- Buhr

UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIPS

Angelle Avery
Landry Derdall

NASSER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

Steph Saemann

GEORGE AND MARSHA IVANY – PRESIDENT’S FIRST AND BEST SCHOLARSHIPS

Mady Chartier
Anya Jackson
Maria Khan

CLARE AND MARGARET SHERRARD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Jonah Dyck

ALLAN BLAKENEY ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

Jadyn Moser

CENTENNIAL FUND AWARDS

Skyler Varga

DR. AND MRS. EDMUND H. OLIVER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PLAN

Jonah Dyck

SASKATCHEWAN YOUTH FROM CARE BURSARY

Cam Bird

RON AND JANE GRAHAM UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD

Madison Corrin

RENE BOUCLIN MEMORIAL BURSARY

Ami Klinger

LEN AND JEN WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP

Eli Lafleur

WILLIAM A. WILLISON SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOUR OF FORBES WILLIAM CAVANAGH

Ethan Smith

ABILITY SCHOLARSHIP

Emad Alsawaf

CLARK SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF GERTRUDE EVELYN CLARK (NEUMANN)

Kendra Beland

CANADIAN CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY IN AGRICULTURE AWARD

Tyler Moore

MARGARET AND TED NEWALL BURSARY

Brooke Slusar

CHERRY INSURANCE ENTRANCE BURSARY

Sophie Solid


 

College of Kinesiology Undergraduate Awards:

GORD GARVIE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Anna Oliver

GLENN TUCK MEMORIAL SASK SPORT SCHOLARSHIP

Brianna Andrews
Claire Stillwell

SASKATCHEWAN PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP

SueAnne Harms

DONALD L. BURGESS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Annie Fyfe

KINESIOLOGY ABORIGINAL STUDENT AWARD

Jaira Cross Child

VALERIE GIRSBERGER SCHOLARSHIP

Austin Gregorash

DIANE LEICESTER MEMORIAL BURSARY

Ashley Urbaniak

RON MOE MEMORIAL BURSARY

Yara Amara

HEATHER JEAN DAWE PRIZE

Stanislav Sheshnev

MEISSNER-SCHULTZ FAMILY AWARD IN KINESIOLOGY

Mercedes Robinson

COLLEGE OF KINESIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AWARD FOR SECOND YEAR

Abd Alras

COLLEGE OF KINESIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AWARD FOR THIRD YEAR

Annaka Chorneyko
Nicole Ostertag

PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Eli Lafleur (first year)
Emad Alsawaf (second year)
Jayne Gisi (third year)
Kaitlyn Benko (fourth year)

BOOK PRIZES

Taryn Dahl (first year)
Anas Kelani (second year)
Quinn MacDonald (third year)
Mason Clarke (fourth year)

 

Academic Honour Roll List

 

College of Kinesiology Graduate Awards

 TRI-COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIPS

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Natalie Houser (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Louise Humbert and Marta Erlandson)
CGS Doctoral Scholarship

Jocelyn Blouin (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Gyurcsik)
Doctoral Scholarship

Danielle Cormier (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kent Kowalski)
Doctoral Scholarship

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Council (CIHR)

Yekeen Abu-Shiraz (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson)
Master’s Canada Graduate Scholarship

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

Justin Andrushko (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Jon Farthing)
CGS Doctoral Scholarship

Natasha Boyes (Faculty Supervisors: Dr. Corey Tomczak)
Doctoral Scholarship

DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP

Kristina Sobolewski (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson)
Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship

Matthew Chapelski (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson)
Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship

Jackson Lordall (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Alison Oates and Joel Lanovaz)
Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship

Zahra Ghafouri (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Saija Kontulainen)
Dean’s International Doctoral Scholarship

Shara Johnson (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Heather Foulds)
Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship

Kelly Hall (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Nancy Gyurcsik and Kevin Spink)
Dean’s International Doctoral Scholarship

Mackenzie Marchant (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Gyurcsik)
Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship


COLLEGE OF KINESIOLOGY GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS (DEVOLVED)

Justin Andrushko (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Jon Farthing) - Tri-Council top-ups
Danielle Cormier (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kent Kowalski) - Tri-Council top-ups
Jocelyn Blouin (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Gyurcsik) - Tri-Council top-ups
Natasha Boyes (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Corey Tomczak) - Tri-Council top-ups
Natalie Houser (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Louise Humbert and Marta Erlandson) - Tri-Council top-ups
Yekeen Abu-Shiraz (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson) – Tri-Council top-ups
Karly Anderson (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Spink) – Tri-Council top-ups
Jackson Lordall (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Alison Oates and Joel Lanovaz) – Tri-Council top-ups
Matthew Chapelski (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson) – Tri-Council top-ups
Kelly (KC) Hall (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Gyurcsik) – 3rd year Dean’s Scholarship matching
Mackenzie Marchant (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Gyurcsik) – 3rd year Dean’s Scholarship matching
Karly Anderson (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Spink)
Melanie Ferstman (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Lee Schaefer)
Kevin Mageto (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Leah Ferguson)


COLLEGE OF KINESIOLOGY GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (NON-DEVOLVED)

Dylan Koshman (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Alison Oates & Gary Linassi)
Pawan Kumar (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Alison Oates)
Kirat Shukla (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Alison Oates)
Shae Beaulieu (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson)
Melissa Leonzio (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson)
Keely Shaw (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Phil Chilibeck and Gord Zello)
Doug Renshaw (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Jon Farthing)
Doris Wesaquate (Faulty Supervisor: Dr. Heather Foulds)
Nisha Mainra (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Heather Foulds)
Diala Diab (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Phil Chilibeck)
Varinder Brar (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Heather Foulds)
Aaron Hidalgo-Mazzei (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones)
Tobias Hyrich-Krueger (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones)
Brendan Ernst (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones)

 

 

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS (GTF)

Sunny Bui (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Alison Oates)

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS (GTA)

Alexandre Belisle (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Leah Ferguson)
Gregory (Ryan) Beatson (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Leah Ferguson)
Mandy Walters (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Alison Oates and Cathy Arnold)
Mackenzie Marchant (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Gyurcsik)
Jocelyn Blouin (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Gyurcsik

 

SUPERVISOR EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUND

Pawan Kumar (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Alison Oates)
Dylan Koshman (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Alison Oates and Gary Linassi)
Shae Beaulieu (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson)
Melissa Leonzio (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marta Erlandson)
Keely Shaw (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Phil Chilibeck and Gord Zello)
Doug Renshaw (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Jon Farthing)
Adam Luchkanych (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Corey Tomczak)
Rafique Khan (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Corey Tomczak)
Doris Wesaquate (Faulty Supervisor: Dr. Heather Foulds)
Nisha Mainra (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Heather Foulds)
Brendan Ernst (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones)
Diala Diab (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Phil Chilibeck)
Varinder Brar (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Heather Foulds)
Aaron Hidalgo-Mazzei (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones)
Tobias Hyrich-Krueger (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones)
Kirat Shukla (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Alison Oates)
Yuwen Zheng (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kontulainen)

 

 

COLLEGE OF KINESIOLOGY DEAN’S GRADUATE STUDENT VIRTUAL CONFERENCE AWARD

Mahdi Rostami Haji Abadi (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Saija Kontulainen)
2020 Canadian Bone and Joint Conference (CBJC)

Mahdi Rostami Haji Abadi (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Saija Kontulainen)
2020 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Conference

Yuwen Zheng (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Saija Kontulainen)
2020 Canadian Bone and Joint Conference (CBJC)

Yuwen Zheng (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Saija Kontulainen)
2020 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Conference

Natalie Houser (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Louise Humbert and Marta Erlandson)
2021 COVID-19 and Public Health Forum

Abimbola Eke (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Leah Ferguson)
2021 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) Virtual Conference

Mackenzie Marchant (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Gyurcsik)
2021 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) Virtual Conference

Jackson Lordall (Faculty Supervisors: Drs. Alison Oates and Joel Lanovaz)
2021 Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS) Annual Conference

Justin Pifko (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Joel Lanovaz)
28th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) Virtual Conference

Yuwen Zheng (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Saija Kontulainen)
2021 Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) Virtual Conference

Pawan Kumar (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Alison Oates)
2021 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Virtual Conference