Nicole Chateau

Basketball has always been Nicole Chateau’s first love, both by playing the game and instilling this love of the game to others by way of her commitment to supporting youth sport in the Etobicoke community. She has excelled at every level of play, including making significant contributions to the community-based Etobicoke Basketball Club and her school team at Father Redmond. Her accomplishments were recognized by a number of universities and colleges across Ontario, ultimately landing her a spot with the University of Toronto Blues. Moving forward, Nicole will continue to be a terrific role model and advocate for women in sport.

Rachel Santini

Rachel Santini is a natural born leader. She is captain of the field hockey, ice hockey, and soccer teams at Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School, and also wears the “C” with the Etobicoke Junior Dolphins of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League, an organization she has been with for 12 years. Santini impresses her coaches and inspires her teammates with her work ethic, commitment, and dedication, as well as her positive mindset, humility, and compassion. The well-respected and self-motivated student-athlete balances her busy sports schedule—she also competes in dragon boating and track and field at Redmond, and plays with the Etobicoke Youth Soccer Association and Mimico Minor Lacrosse Club—while organizing school activities on Redmond’s leadership team, tutoring her peers, and holding down a high-90s grade average at the Advanced Placement and gifted levels. This is no small feat considering her course load is heavy on math and science. Next year, Santini plans to study engineering and play varsity hockey at McGill.

Christina Piccinin

Christina Piccinin inspires her classmates at Bishop Allen Academy both on and off the court. As captain of the school volleyball team, Piccinin led the Cardinals to a gold medal at OFSAA, adding to a bronze medal and city and provincial titles. She also won a city title with the varsity soccer team and played senior basketball. Outside of school, Piccinin plays competitive volleyball with Etobicoke 381. After putting in long hours to improve her game physically and mentally, Piccinin saw her hopes of playing post-secondary volleyball put on hold when she tore her ACL late in the season. But she is staying positive despite this setback, displaying the perseverance and leadership qualities that help her lead vocational summer camps, welcome Grade 9 students to BA’s annual orientation camp, and volunteer at the 2015 Pan Am Games. Piccinin is president of her school’s athletic council and an honour roll student in the gifted program. In the fall, she plans to study political science.

Josh Grimes

Josh Grimes of Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School and Regional Arts Centre has already built up an extensive sports résumé for himself. Josh, a Toronto native, says his primary athletic focus is golf, which he has been playing since he was six years old. He also has experience playing hockey and lacrosse, and through both skill and dedication has garnered praise and accolades in all three. During his time in high school, Josh placed sixth at the TDCAA Golf Championship, has competed in OFSAA twice for lacrosse, and played at the Ontario Hockey Federation Championships in 2014 and 2017. He has also racked up his fair share of individual honors as well, earning Senior Athlete of the Year and MVP acknowledgments in both golf and lacrosse. Josh presently plays Under 21 AAA hockey for the Toronto Aeros of the GTHL and has entered his first year at Humber College, attending the school’s Lakeshore campus, where he is studying Business Administration and Golf Management.

Mikaela Lucki

Mikaela Lucki of Bishop Allen Academy excels as both an individual and a leader, both on and off the track. A highly accomplished track athlete, the Toronto-born Mikaela began running in Grade 9 and soon became a captain for both the cross-country and track teams at her school. Alongside running cross-country, she competes in the 400m, 800m, and 1500m track events, of which 800m is her best. In Grade 10, Mikaela finished second at OFSAA in the 800m and was a finalist in the 800m at the Canadian Jr. Nationals this past summer. As a member of her 4x400m team, Mikaela also won OFSAA this past year. Her leadership abilities also shone through as a member of her high school’s Leader in Training program (LIT), a mentorship program for Grade 9 students. Mikaela, as part of this group, also served as a counselor for Grade 9 orientation camp. In addition to her dedication to running, she was also a member of her school’s swim team. Mikaela is currently attending the University of Illinois, where she is majoring in business. She is considering law school after graduating and, in the future, hopes to be a politician and work in government.

Daniel De Ponte

Daniel De Ponte, now enrolled at George Brown College in the Construction Trades Techniques program, hopes to work in the electrical trade one day. Graduating from Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School, Daniel has been an outstanding goaltender for various rep hockey teams. He previously played for the Etobicoke Bulldogs hockey team, also as a goaltender. As much time as Daniel puts into playing hockey, he dedicates an equal amount of time to his school studies. In grade 11, he received the Smodis-Martinez Award for Community Service. In grade 12, he received the Christian Athlete Award and the Father Fogarty Award from the Catholic Education Foundation of Ontario for being the Catholic Student of the Year for Father John Redmond CSS. No longer playing any competitive sports, Daniel is focusing primarily on his studies.

Devon Jarrett

Devon Jarrett is still in his senior year at Lakeshore Collegiate in Etobicoke, but he is already excitedly looking toward the future. With a passion for sports and the human body, Devon is looking to study Kinesiology at the highly respected schools of McMaster and the University of Toronto.

The multi-sport athlete has most notably received success in track and field this year, claiming the title of regional champion for the 100m and 200m events and finishing 18th overall in the 100m at the OFSAA provincial championships. A well-rounded student-athlete, Devon is a member of his school’s student council and a senior leader with the Lakeshore Leadership program. With a combination of athleticism and social prowess, Devon is sure to reach new levels of success as he transitions from high school to university.

Tesse Kuhelj

Tesse Kuhelj participating on twelve different athletic teams around the school and community while being a full-time grade twelve student might seem like an all encompassing task on its own, but Tesse manages to still make plenty of time for community involvement and mentorship programs.

While competing competitively in hokey, soccer, volleyball, and cross-country—and finishing with a silver medal on the provincial level—she also spearheaded an anti-bullying team at her high school, Father John Redmond. The initiative, known as “Redmond Respects”, has had a strongly positive impact within the school and the greater community and is demonstrative of her leadership and organizational abilities.

After graduation Tesse plans on attending the concurrent education program at Queens University and becoming a teacher.

Gabriel Lopez

Gabriel Lopez was a two-sport athlete at Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School in the swimming and volleyball programs.

Lopez’s high school swimming career includes 20 TDCAA medals, 19 of them gold, seven OFSAA medals and the current record holder of the OFSAA 100 metre freestyle of 57.69 seconds set in 2012. Lopez also swam for the Lakeshore Swim Club and during the two years he was with the club he won a total of 24 provincial medals and has beaten over 150 personal records. He is also an avid beach and court volleyball player with national and provincial bronze medals under his belt while playing for Toronto West volleyball club.

Lopez graduated high school as a consistent honour roll student, four-time Male Athlete of the Year, most valuable player and captain for both swimming and volleyball teams. He is currently studying international economics and finance at Ryerson University with hopes of working with stocks or in a bank in the future.