VICTORIA - Every year the University of Victoria Vikes commemorate the announcement of a number of student-athletes being named to the Vikes Honour Roll list at the University of Victoria's University Club on campus. Every November the Vikes Honour Roll recipients from the previous academic year are honoured, while the student-athlete with the top academic average is honoured with the Provost Award. 

The recipients of the 15th annual Vikes Honour Roll are student-athletes who achieved a minimum of a 6.6 GPA (80%) while training and competing at the highest level of sport. Thanks to the generous support of the University of Victoria the 2018-19 group of recipients receives financial support for their accomplishments. 

The Provost Award winner receives a further $500 athletic financial award, for a total of $1,000 in support and is honoured again at the end of the year at the Celebration of Champions athletics award banquet in April.

For the second time in the event's history, there are two Provost Award winners. This year, Hannah Walline from Women's Basketball and Natalie Cavallin from Women's Soccer shared the award.

Cavallin is a fourth-year member of the women's soccer team. Vikes Women's Soccer Head Coach Tracy David describes Natalie as the epitome of what a student-athlete should be. She has always believed in the Vikes Women's Soccer program and has given everything for the program. She is always welcoming and positive to those first year athletes and tries to help them make a smooth transition to university life—including tutoring them. She is an incredibly nice person and tremendous role model off the pitch with her volunteer work in the community.

"It's such an honour and very humbling to win the award. I feel really proud and special to be apart of the Vikes program. It's only because of them that this is possible, so I'm very thankful," said Cavallin.


Walline is enjoying her second season with the basketball program. Vikes Women's Basketball Head Coach Dani Sinclair describes Hannah as an emerging guard in her third year with the women's basketball program. She has worked incredibly hard to improve each season and is a fierce competitor on the court.  Hannah is a tireless worker and one of the most determined athletes and students in the department. Off the court, Hannah is a dedicated Vike, who often volunteers her time with the Women's basketball youth programs and worked this past summer as the lead coach for the UVIC Basketball summer camps.
 
"Having better time management and being really dedicated to getting everything done allowed me to be successful last year," said Walline. "Winning this award was really validating for all the hard work and time it takes to balance my academic and athletic life."

All of the student-athletes from teams that compete in U SPORTS sports also received an official Academic All-Canadian certificate.
 
FOR A FULL LIST OF VIKES HONOUR ROLL RECIPIENTS BY YEAR, CLICK HERE.
 
2018-19 Vikes Honour Roll Recipients (91):
 
BUSINESS
Kristina Walters-Shumka, Women's Field Hockey
Eric Velestuk, Men's Rowing
Nicholas Carson, Men's Rugby
Gabriel Casey, Men's Rugby
Gavin Kratz, Men's Rugby
Nick Pearce, Men's Rugby
Will Adams, Men's Soccer
Mackenzie Rigg, Men's Soccer
Mitchell Basher, Men's Cross Country and Track
Timothy Longley, Men's Cross Country and Track
 
EDUCATION
Graeme Hyde-Lay, Men's Basketball
Kayla Krug, Women's Basketball
Justine Balen, Women's Field Hockey
Emily Wong, Women's Field Hockey
Anna Mollenhauer, Women's Field Hockey
Melanie Murchison, Women's Golf
A ndrea Chan, Men's Rowing
Samuel Seshadri, Men's Rowing
Hayley Hubbs, Women's Rowing
Hannah Meeson, Women's Rowing
McKenna Simpson, Women's Rowing
Gradyn Bowd, Men's Rugby
Kapriele Vataiki, Men's Rugby
Emily Belchos, Women's Rugby
Jordyn Taylor, Women's Rugby
Jas Lally, Men's Soccer
Nestor Valencia, Men's Soccer
Avneet Rai, Women's Soccer
Ali Murtland, Women's Soccer
Caitlin Millham, Women's Soccer
Buzz Mallender, Men's Swimming

ENGINEERING
Isaac Donaldson, Men's Rowing
Riley Raso, Men's Rowing
Nathaniel Dring, Men's Rugby
Thomas Heuser, Men's Rugby
Max Moyes, Men's Rugby
Zoe Goodwin-Sutton, Women's Rugby
Maggie Hemphill, Women's Rowing
Xavier Araujo, Men's Soccer
Mark Kaiser, Men's Soccer
Eryn Libert-Scott, Women's Soccer
Eric Hedlin, Men's Swimming
Baylee Munro, Men's Swimming
Josh Zakala, Men's Swimming
Alice Gentleman, Women's Swimming
 
FINE ARTS
Rhiannon Jones, Women's Golf
Christopher Clarke, Men's Rowing
Lise McCracken, Women's Rowing
Olivia Procter, Women's Soccer
Josh Kozelj, Men's Cross Country and Track
 
HUMAN & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Trinity Kettyls, Women's Soccer
Nicole Gargarella, Women's Golf
 
HUMANITIES
Carson O'Sullivan, Men's Rugby
Grace Johnson, Women's Swimming
 
SCIENCE
Taylor Montgomery-Stinson, Men's Basketball
Hannah Walline, Women's Basketball
Cara Butler, Women's Field Hockey
Lindsay Cole, Women's Field Hockey
Jenna Dhillon, Women's Field Hockey
Stefanie Sajko, Women's Field Hockey
Quinn Fitzgerald, Women's Golf
Sebastian Gulka, Men's Rowing
Piper Battersby, Women's Rowing
Eden Hardcastle, Women's Rowing
Adriana Rooker, Women's Rowing
Louise Eriksson, Men's Rugby
Kennedy Rolston, Women's Rugby
Georgia Bignold, Women's Soccer
Natalie Cavallin, Women's Soccer
Dari Cote, Women's Soccer
Bailey Espersen, Men's Swimming
Arthur Firmino, Men's Swimming
Bryce Molder, Men's Swimming
Ethan Phillips, Men's Swimming
Taylor Snowden-Richardson, Women's Swimming
Matthew Thibodeau, Men's Cross Country and Track
Caitlin Mann, Women's Cross Country and Track
Alison Irvine, Women's Cross Country and Track
 
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Morgan Roskelly, Women's Basketball
Ashton Aumen, Women's Field Hockey
Daan Arscott, Men's Rowing
Brett Larson, Men's Rowing
Haydn Thomas, Men's Rowing
Lauren Bertuzzi, Women's Rowing
Sarah Craven, Women's Rowing
Kelly Halvorsen, Women's Rowing
Ethan Hager, Men's Rugby
 Brea Christie, Women's Soccer
Jamie Hellard, Women's Swimming
Vlad Lyesin, Men's Cross Country and Track
Gabe Van Hezewijk, Men's Cross Country and Track