London, ON – There are two distinct aspects to being a university student-athlete, the athletic portion and the academic side, both were celebrated on Tuesday morning at the 2024 Mustangs Honours Breakfast.
Student-athletes who achieve an 80% average or above are recognized each year for their excellence on the field and in the classroom. This year 483 Mustangs student-athletes achieved the honour.
"Approximately 41% of our student-athletes at Western achieved over an 80% average while competing on a varsity team last year," said Christine Stapleton, Western's Director of Sports & Recreation "This is an incredible result that we know is due to the dedication of our student-athletes to their academics, as well as from the support of our Academic Success program
Many Western faculties and affiliates attended the event to recognize the achievements of our student-athletes.
"Western is consistently ranked in the top two among Canadian Universities for the number of Academic All-Canadians, this year is another incredible result!" said Alan Shepard, Western's President & Vice-Chancellor "The commitment to excellence in both sport and their studies will serve our students extremely well in their future careers."
The top 3 faculties at Western for the number of scholar-athletes include (#3) the Faculty of Social Science with 72 scholar-athletes, (#2) the Faculty of Science with 85 scholar-athletes & (#1) the Faculty of Health Science with 89 scholar-athletes.
"I am so pleased to be celebrating these top achievements of our student-athletes who represent the Mustangs so well with their teams, in the classroom and in our community," said Stapleton "I am so proud of all of our recipients today and congratulate each and every one of them,"
Scholar Athlete Breakdown by Faculty
| Faculty/Affiliate |
# of Scholar-Athletes |
| Health Science |
89 |
| Science |
85 |
| Social Science |
72 |
| Ivey |
49 |
| Graduate & Post Doctoral Studies |
39 |
| Engineering |
38 |
| Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
28 |
| King's University College |
28 |
| Huron University College |
19 |
| Education |
14 |
| Brescia University College |
8 |
| Art's & Humanities |
4 |
| Information & Media Studies |
4 |
| Law |
3 |
| Don Wright Faculty of Music |
2 |
| Continuing Studies |
1 |
Congratulations to all 483 Mustangs Scholar Athletes.
