Vancouver Island University athletes recognized by CCAA for academics
Published 3:00 pm Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Players that compete for Vancouver Island University were recognized for their achievements in the classroom by the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.
The CCAA, a governing body for college sports in Canada, granted 28 VIU Mariners academic all-Canadian award honours, recognizing “outstanding student-athletes who have successfully combined academic excellence with high-level athletic performance throughout the (2025/26) college season,” stated a Sept. 14 press release.
Grace Greene, Lauren Hoard, Regan Ingram, Elisabeth Sim and Alannah Wright were CCAA national scholars on the women’s volleyball team.
Owen Artuso, Owen Dyck, Gavin MacGregor, Carter Munro, Kieran Paauwe, Phillip Treitel and Enrico Del Mundo received the honours from the men’s volleyball team.
Kai Leighton was named from the men’s basketball team, while Trista Thorn and Annabelle Neufeld received the honours for the women’s basketball team.
Women’s soccer academic all-Canadians are Tianna Chau, Mya Creed, Niobe Darku, Olivia Guild, Courteney Ingram, Erin Jensen, Kaiden Thorpe and Maggie Thurbide and recipients from the men’s side are brothers Marshall and Maxwell Dadzie, Kalen Lindstrom, Nathan Torres and Thomas Greze-Kozuki.
According to VIU, Creed, a local and Nanaimo District Secondary School product, and Greze-Kozuki had perfect grade point averages of 4.33.
In all, 766 student-athletes across the country received all-Canadian academic honours for 2025/26, noted the press release.
More information on the VIU Mariners can be found at https://mariners.viu.ca/landing/index.
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