More than 3,600 U SPORTS student-athletes are being recognized as Academic All-Canadians for the most recent academic year (2016-17) 鈥� including 96 Dalhousie Tigers. Academic All-Canadians are student-athletes who have maintained an average of 80 per cent or better over the academic year while competing for one or more of their university鈥檚 varsity teams. 听
Among these outstanding individuals, one female and one male student-athlete from each of the four U SPORTS conferences are selected annually to make up the Top 8.
Women's volleyball player听听is one of those student-athletes this year, and she becomes the听13th Dalhousie student-athlete to be honoured as a Top 8 Academic All-Canadian since the honour started in 1993.听
McGill leads all U SPORTS schools with a record 22 Commendations, while Dalhousie is in second place with 13, alongside the University of Alberta and the University of Manitoba.听
Name:听Anna Dunn-Suen
Hometown:听Halifax, N.S.
School:听新澳门六合彩
Faculty:听厂肠颈别苍肠别
Program:听Microbiology & Immunology
Sport:听痴辞濒濒别测产补濒濒
Eligibility听in听2016-17:听Fourth year听
Anna Dunn-Suen had a tremendous impact at 新澳门六合彩, both on off the court. As a four-year member of the women鈥檚 volleyball team, she helped lead the Tigers to four consecutive AUS championship titles earning numerous individual awards along the way. A two-time AUS all-star, Dunn-Suen was named to the all-rookie team at the end of the 2013-14 season and earned AUS championship MVP and all-star nods in her last three conference championship tournaments.听
A native of Halifax, N.S., Dunn-Suen graduated in the Spring of 2017 with Honours, majoring in microbiology and immunology. She also earned a minor in French and a certificate in genetics. A recipient of the French department鈥檚 Prix de Merit, she was a Dean鈥檚 List student and a U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian in all four of her years at Dalhousie. Dunn-Suen has also been involved in many research programs including the Cheng Lab鈥檚 research on market pro-biotic bacterial beverages and supplements.听
As if striking a successful balance between being a student and an athlete wasn鈥檛 enough, Dunn-Suen has also found the time to give back. She鈥檚 volunteered on the Faculty of Medicine鈥檚 microbiology infectious disease clinical rounds and has coached at both the provincial and club levels. She has volunteered in Cambodia, helping to build a school library and contributing to the largest man-made coral reef to promote oceanic biodiversity and community sustainability. She鈥檚 also been active on campus with the Special Tigers program and is a regular contributor to the CIBC Run for the Cure and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society鈥檚 Light the Night Walk.听
鈥淎nna Dunn-Suen is one of the most committed and hardest working student-athletes that I have ever had the privilege to coach,鈥� says Dalhousie volleyball coach Rick Scott. 鈥淪he is a highly motivated and extremely disciplined individual who takes great pride in everything she does. Anna played a vital part in our four consecutive AUS women鈥檚 volleyball championship titles and in our success at the national level.鈥�
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The elite group will be honoured at a later date by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, the newly-appointed Governor General of Canada.
鈥淭he list of Academic All-Canadians continues to grow each year,鈥� said听Graham听Brown, President and CEO of U SPORTS. 鈥淭he success of the Top 8 is a testament to the dedication of our student-athletes on the field of play, in the classroom and as leaders in their communities across the country.鈥澨�
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