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 Congratulations 2011 Book Award Winners

Book awards honour exemplary high school student athletes

Tatiana Iorio will begin studies in kinesiology in September, but the Sandwich Secondary student can't wait until then to get to the University of Windsor. She has already begun training with the Lancer women's soccer team in preparation for the fall season.

"I filled out a recruiting form on the Lancer Web site, and the next day I got a call asking me to come out," says Iorio, one of 25 top local student athletes honoured Thursday at the Human Kinetics Book Awards reception. The awards recognize students who have maintained outstanding academic performance and have made exceptional contributions to their schools and communities through athletics, leadership and volunteer activities.

In Iorio's case, that has meant holding down a grade average of over 90 percent throughout her high school career, captaining her school's soccer and volleyball teams and playing on the senior basketball team, and volunteering as a volleyball coach and charity fundraiser.

She says her selection was flattering, but wasn't a factor in deciding to attend the University of Windsor: "I just heard that the kinesiology program here is the best."

The full list of 2011 HK Book Award winners is: 

• Kevin Hamilton, Academie Ste. Cecile International School 
• Gabrielle Malette, Assumption College School 
• Kimberley Moroun, Belle River District High School 
• Hannah Robson, F.J. Brennan High School 
• Marie Youssef, Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School 
• Nadia Soulliere, Catholic Cental High School 
• Steph Bonneau, Essex District High School 
• Danielle Fournier, École Secondaire L'Essor 
• Safia Abdulle, J.L. Forster Secondary School 
• Meaghan Marton, General Amherst High School 
• Meghan Howell, Harrow District High School 
• Milos Savic, W.F. Herman Secondary School 
• Adriana Baggio, Holy Names High School 
• Bojana Radan, Kennedy Collegiate Institute 
• Courtney Fischer, Kingsville District High School 
• Dean Mailloux, École Secondaire E.J. Lajeunesse 
• Madison Brothers, Leamington District Secondary School 
• Daniel Blata, Maranatha Christian Academy 
• Liz Fader, Vincent Massey Secondary School 
• Dragana Vuletic, Riverside Secondary School 
• Randy Busch, St. Anne High School 
• Jacinta Cowan, St. Joseph's Catholic High School 
• Kaela Scott, St. Thomas of Villanova Secondary School 
• Tatiana Iorio, Sandwich Secondary School 
• Lauren Gyemi, Walkerville Collegiate Institute

Each honoree received a sports- or health-related book to keep, and their school libraries will receive a copy of Contemporary Sport Management, with a book plate acknowledging the honoured students. The text contains chapters by UWindsor kinesiology professors Bob Boucher, Jess Dixon and Marijke Taks.