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All‑star Academic All‑Canadian

- November 17, 2010

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Alex Legge. (Nick Pearce Photo)

First-year Dal med student and former varsity basketball player Alex Legge has been named one of the Top 8 Academic All-Canadians across Canada.

A native of Mahone Bay, Ms. Legge was a stand-out player for the Tigers women’s basketball team for the past four years. In her first year, she was named AUS rookie of the year and AUS first-team all-star. In her last year with the team, she received the 2010 James Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award, presented annually to an outstanding student athlete for excellence in academics, athletics, leadership, sportsmanship and citizenship.

And all this while finishing her undergraduate degree in neuroscience -- with a 4.27 grade point average.

How did she manage? “Good time management I guess,” says Ms. Legge, who says she spent as much time at the library as she did on the basketball court. “I also think I thrive on a little bit of stress and being really busy. I’m much happier constantly being productive and having things to do.”

The other student athletes of the Top 8 are:  Jacob Kilpatrick from the University of New Brunswick; Marie-Michelle Genois, Laval University; Steven Bielby, McGill University; Megan Brown, University of Toronto; Dillon Heap, Wilfrid Laurier University; Jennifer Hinze, UBC; and Thomas Hall, University of Manitoba.

In all, 96 Dalhousie student athletes were named to the Academic All-Canadian list. They were recognized at a celebration Wednesday, Nov. 17 in the presence of peers, professors and parents for their academic accomplishments according to standards set by the national university sport authority, Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). In order to be recognized as an Academic All-Canadian, a student must maintain an average GPA of 80 per cent or better while being a member of a varsity team.

This year, Ms. Legge is discovering new volunteer opportunities through Dalhousie Medical School; she’s acting as the cancer fundraising rep for her class and encouraging med student involvement in initiatives such as Relay for Life, Run for the Cure and Movember. As well, instead of playing basketball this year, she’s helping out as assistant coach.

“I need to give my knee a break and let some rehab happen there,” says Ms. Legge, who's had persistent knee trouble over the past year or so.

She's loving med school so far and speaks highly of her classmates. "It's such a competition when you're trying to get admitted, but now we're all in it together. You want so much for each other to succeed."

Here is the full list of Dalhousie's Academic All-Canadians:

Cailin Crosby, Basketball
Rachael Harrison, Basketball
Alexandra Legge, Basketball
Joseph Schow, Basketball
April Scott, Basketball
Andrew  Sullivan, Basketball
Brooke Sullivan, Basketball
Alexander Veit, Basketball
Anna vonMaltzahn, Basketball
Megan Wiggins, Basketball
Emily Meisner, Cross Country
Gwendolyn Muir, Cross Country
Tyler Reddy, Cross Country
Fergus Tweedale, Cross Country
Shannon McCarey, Cross Country
Russell Christie, Cross Country/T&F
Joshua Coyle, Cross Country/T&F
Cara Groves, Cross Country/T&F
Ryan Kiros, Cross Country/T&F
Celia Peters, Cross Country/T&F
Erin Ready, Cross Country/T&F
Bruce Russell, Cross Country/T&F
Caroline Schlosser, Cross Country/T&F
Daniel Bartek, Hockey
Jordan Berk, Hockey
Benjamin Breault, Hockey
Emelie Ederfors, Hockey
Benoit Gervais, Hockey
Jacob Johnston, Hockey
Jocelyn LeBlanc, Hockey

Elizabeth Matheson, Hockey
Miranda McMillan, Hockey
Kaitlyn  McNutt, Hockey
Sarah McVey, Hockey
Bobby Nadeau, Hockey
Katya Sodamin, Hockey
Devrin Stonehouse, Hockey
Hamzeh Afani, Soccer
Heather Armstrong, Soccer
Joanna Blodgett, Soccer
Gillian Clark, Soccer
Stephanie Crewe, Soccer
Stephen Dalziel, Soccer
Michel Daoust-Wheatley, Soccer
Ross Hagen, Soccer
Andreas Hart, Soccer
Amanda Henry, Soccer
Jeanette Huck, Soccer
Laura Johnstone, Soccer
Emma Landry, Soccer
Kate MacDonald, Soccer
Alannah MacLean, Soccer
Taryn McKenna, Soccer
Anna McKilligan, Soccer
Teresa Morrison, Soccer
Eric Negulic, Soccer
Beth O'Reilly, Soccer
Nathan Rogers, Soccer
Rieka Santilli, Soccer
Emily Wood, Swimming
Danielle Adam, Swimming
Theresa Benison, Swimming
Philippe Boilard, Swimming
Bryan Fumerton, Swimming
Bevan Haley, Swimming
Renata Jaciw-Zurakowsky, Swimming
Corey Knickle, Swimming
Christopher Moran, Swimming

Matthew Piggott, Swimming
Johannah Profit, Swimming
Tavia Raiche-Marsden, Swimming
Evan Schmid, Swimming
David Sharpe, Swimming
Jilayna Stigter, Swimming
Joseph Ur, Swimming
Kristen Vandenberg, Swimming
Michael Bawol, Track & Field
Anthony Bernard, Track & Field
Seth London, Track & Field
Elizabeth MacDonald, Track & Field
Robert McCulloch, Track & Field
Audrey Prayal-Brown, Track & Field
James Sharpe, Track & Field
Susan Sobey, Track & Field
Graeme Higgins, Volleyball
Alesha Johnson, Volleyball
Jillian Johnsrude, Volleyball
Raeesa Lalani, Volleyball
Russ   Lawrence, Volleyball
Callum Mireault, Volleyball
Petra Rafuse, Volleyball
Michael Ruus, Volleyball
Lauren Schinkel, Volleyball
Hilary Sears, Volleyball
Amy Yorke, Volleyball
Daniel You, Volleyball