Women's Volleyball | 4/25/2019 7:32:00 PM
MONTREAL -- Four students from McGill University were among 47 recipients unveiled on Thursday as the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence dished out $158,000 in athletic financial awards.
Volleyball player
Claire Vercheval, a 22-year-old physical education junior from Ste. Julie, Que., merited a $4,000 Pat Burns Perseverance bursary.
Other $4,000 recipients from McGill included triathlete
Jérémy Briand, also from Ste. Julie, and snowboarder
Océanic Filion of Saguenay, Que., while curler
Emily Riley of Kirkland, Que., received a $2,000 bursary for academic excellence.
Vercheval, named last month as the McGill female athlete of the year, was voted Quebec university volleyball player of the year and earned All-Canadian status.
McGill led all universities with four bursaries combining for a total of $14,000, while UQAM had three recipients, followed by Laval (2), Sherbrooke (1) and the Université de Montreal (1). The CEGEP level produced 19 awards and high schools had 17 to round out the laureates.
Also announced was the launching of the third annual Bonneville 808 Challenge, a cycling competition that serves as a fundraiser for the scholarship program. The event features individual and teams racing over distances ranging from 100 km to 808 km. This year's Challenge is scheduled for Sept. 13-14 in Mont Tremblant.
Récipiendaires du Programme de parrainage du Défi 808 Bonneville 2019
| Nom / parrain |
École |
Discipline |
Âge |
Montant |
* |
Ville |
| Albi Volvo Ste-Agathe |
|
|
|
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|
|
| Jade Bonneville |
Académie Lafontaine |
ski alpin |
16 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Prévost |
| ChicShack |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mireille Larose-Gingras |
Collège Mérici |
vélo de montagne |
19 |
2000 $ |
S |
Lac-Beauport |
| Cogeco Média |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Antoine Bouchard |
UQAM |
judo (73 kg) |
24 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Saguenay (Jonquière) |
| Charles-Étienne Chrétien |
Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
cyclisme sur route |
19 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Amos |
| Marilou Duvernay-Tardif |
Cégep de Granby |
aviron |
20 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| Océane Fillion |
Université McGill |
snowboard (style libre) |
20 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Saguenay (Chicoutimi) |
| Miha Fontaine |
École secondaire de La Seigneurie |
ski acrobatique (sauts) |
15 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Lac-Beauport |
| Noémie Gauthier |
Cégep de Sainte-Foy |
curling |
18 |
2000 $ |
S |
Saguenay (Jonquière) |
| Emily Riley |
Université McGill |
curling |
21 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Kirkland |
| Cynthia St-Georges |
Collège Montmorency |
curling |
17 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Laval |
| Laurie St-Georges |
UQAM |
curling |
21 |
2000 $ |
S |
Laval |
| Claire Vercheval |
Université McGill |
volleyball |
22 |
4000 $ |
P |
Sainte-Julie |
| Pierre Dubé et Kathleen Fortin |
|
|
|
|
| Frédérique Pérusse |
École secondaire Cardinal-Roy |
biathlon |
17 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Lévis (Saint-Jean-Chrysostome) |
| Jacob Valois |
Cégep à distance |
judo (66 kg) |
20 |
4000 $ |
S |
Boucherville |
| Fenplast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Zoé Allaire-Bourgie |
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry |
gymnastique artistique |
14 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Montréal (Ahuntsic – Cartierville) |
| Simon Lusignan |
École secondaire De Mortagne |
baseball |
16 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Varennes |
| Sarah-Jeanne Meunier-Bédard |
Université de Sherbrooke |
volleyball de plage |
24 |
4000 $ |
S |
Carignan |
| Benjamin Tessier |
École secondaire Saint-Gabriel |
plongeon |
14 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Blainville |
| Industries Bonneville |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Félix Bertrand |
École secondaire Louis-Joseph-Papineau |
ski acrobatique (bosses) |
16 |
4000 $ |
S |
Saint-André-Avellin |
| Jérémy Briand |
Université McGill |
triathlon |
24 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Sainte-Julie |
| Justine Browne |
Cégep de Saint-Jérôme |
ski de fond |
17 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Prévost |
| Anna Burnotte |
Cégep de Sherbrooke |
aviron |
18 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Sherbrooke |
| Matt Cullen |
École secondaire Saint-Gabriel |
plongeon |
13 |
2000 $ |
S |
Rosemère |
| Zachary Demers |
École secondaire Cardinal-Roy |
biathlon |
17 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Victoriaville |
| Sophie Gauthier |
École secondaire Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur |
tennis de table |
16 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Repentigny |
| Éliot Grondin |
Académie les Estacades |
snowboard (snowboard cross) |
18 |
4000 $ |
S |
Sainte-Marie |
| Elizabeth Hosking |
Cégep à distance |
snowboard (demi-lune) |
17 |
4000 $ |
S |
Mille-Isles |
| Tristan Jussaume |
Cégep Édouard-Montpetit |
cyclisme |
18 |
2000 $ |
S |
Contrecoeur |
| Thierry Kirouac-Marcassa |
Cégep du Vieux Montréal |
cyclisme |
20 |
4000 $ |
S |
Boucherville |
| Ariane Léonard |
Cégep Édouard-Montpetit |
escrime (épée) |
17 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Saint-Lambert |
| Charles Paquet |
Université Laval |
triathlon |
21 |
4000 $ |
S |
Port-Cartier |
| Clémence Paré |
École secondaire De Mortagne |
paranatation (S5) |
16 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Boucherville |
| Marianne Théberge |
Cégep de Sainte-Foy |
vélo de montagne |
18 |
2000 $ |
S |
Lévis (Saint-Rédempteur) |
| Raphaëlle Tousignant |
École secondaire Des Rives |
parahockey |
16 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Terrebonne |
| La Presse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jules Rolland |
École secondaire Saint-Gabriel |
plongeon |
13 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Sainte-Thérèse |
| Lefebvre et Benoît |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jessica Beauchemin |
École secondaire Georges-Vanier |
water-polo |
15 |
2000 $ |
S |
Laval |
| Lowe's Canada |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alexandre Arencibia |
Cégep à distance |
judo (81 kg) |
18 |
4000 $ |
S |
Montréal (Saint-Léonard) |
| Serena Browne |
St. Thomas High School |
water-polo |
15 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Pointe-Claire |
| Magdeleine Vallières-Mill |
Cégep de Sherbrooke |
cyclisme sur route |
17 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Sherbrooke |
| NOWA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Robin Plamondon |
Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne |
cyclisme sur route |
19 |
4000 $ |
S |
Montréal (Ahuntsic – Cartierville) |
| Samson groupe conseil |
|
|
|
|
| Pier-André Côté |
Université Laval |
cyclisme sur route |
22 |
4000 $ |
S |
Saint-Henri-de-Lévis |
| Adam Roberge |
Université de Montréal |
cyclisme sur route |
22 |
4000 $ |
S |
Prévost |
| MATH Sport |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Élisabeth Boutin |
UQAM |
triathlon |
23 |
4000 $ |
EX |
Les Cèdres |
| SS Lacasse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tristan Lemire |
Collège Sainte-Anne |
vélo de montagne |
14 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Montréal (Verdun) |
| Stelpro |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Justin Carpentier |
Collège Mont-Saint-Louis |
snowboard (épreuves alpines) |
17 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Montréal (Ahuntsic - Cartierville) |
| Toitures Hogues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alice Marchessault |
Académie Lafontaine |
ski alpin |
17 |
2000 $ |
EX |
Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs |
| Coaching Financier Trek |
|
|
|
|
| Nickolas Zukowsky |
Cégep à distance |
cyclisme sur route |
20 |
4000 $ |
S |
Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides |
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| * EX : excellence académique / S : soutien à la réussite académique et sportive / P : persévérance Pat Burns |