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Canyons Athletics Names Six Academic Excellence Award Winners, Honors Graduating Class

Group College of the Canyons student-athletes from the Academic Achievement Dinner held on May, 16, 2024.
May 21, 2024

By Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information Director

The College of the Canyons Athletic Department honored Cougar student-athletes who will be graduating and/or transferring this semester while also naming six Student-Athlete Academic Excellence Award Winners during the department's annual end of the year celebratory dinner.

Images from the 2024 Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Dinner held Thursday, May 16, are available here.

To be eligible for the Academic Excellence Award student-athletes must have competed in their sport for two seasons and demonstrate tremendous leadership qualities, with the student's combined GPA also a determining factor in recognizing award winners.

The honorees for the 2023-24 academic year are: 

  • Faith Abt — Women's Tennis
  • Oscar Adolfsson — Football
  • Laurel Durkin — Women's Soccer
  • Jonah El-Farra — Men's Basketball
  • Sam Regez — Men's Cross Country / Track & Field
  • Ryan Shepherd — Women's Soccer / Softball

In all, the college's 2024 graduating class includes nearly 100 student-athletes, with a combined GPA above 3.0 (for fall 2023 semester), who will be earning an associate degree and/or transferring to a four-year school. 

Those numbers included individuals from 14 of the college's intercollegiate athletic programs and eight dual-sport student-athletes.

Several COC student-athletes have already committed to play their sport at the four-year level, with many more still weighing both their athletic and academic options.

Stay up to date on all this season's action by following the College of the Canyons Athletic department on social media at @COCathletics on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.