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.

Tamara Chackeris

Tamara Chackeris has made the most of her high school experience at Bishop Allen Academy as a student in the gifted “Sage Program” and as a three-sport champion for the Cardinals.

As an outside hitter for Bishop Allen’s volleyball team she was a four time TDCAA regional champion and won two AAAA OFSAA provincial titles in grade 11 and 12. She also medalled on the badminton and tennis teams at the regional and provincial levels for the Cardinals.

In addition to these sports, Chackeris also played a major role in Bishop Allen’s student body. The Student Government, Athletic Council, Olympia Leadership Conference have all benefitted from Chackeris’ involvement throughout her four years. She was amazingly able to balance these activities while achieving consistent honour roll status; graduating with a 95 per cent average and highest marks in advanced functions, accounting, calculus and data management in her senior year.

Chackeris is currently studying commerce at Queen’s University and is working towards a career in finance accounting or marketing

Christine Neatby

Christine Neatby has been a leader in athletics and academics. Her leadership skills have grown through mentoring younger students about her experiences in the Advanced Placement and Gifted/Enrichment program and writing for the program’s newsletter.

Neatby received high honours in this rigorous program in all four years and earned the highest mark in anthropology in grade 11. She was also a leader on the field and on the ice as the captain and MVP of the varsity girls’ hockey team, a force to be dealt with on the Burlington Junior Barracudas provincial hockey team and co-captain for the Mimico U-19 field lacrosse team. Despite her commitment to extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, Neatby took the time to mentor and coach the Mimico U-11 and U-13 field lacrosse teams.

She is currently studying life sciences at the University of Toronto to pave the way for a career in medicine.

Evan Foster

Evan Foster is an honour student, entrepreneur, coach and elite athlete. Throughout his high school career, Foster balanced his time around his studies in the Advanced Placement program while maintaining a 90 per cent average.

He also led the Redmond Respects anti-bullying committee and reached out to peers, teachers and parents about mental illness awareness. Athletics were another outlet where Foster excelled. He earned the male Physical Education Award for highest mark in grade nine and ten, and participated on the tennis, lacrosse and ski teams.

Outside of school, he competed in races and triathlons, and took part in baseball and soccer. But, his biggest love is playing hockey. Evan has been playing for the Humber Valley Sharks for nine years and quickly moved up the ranks as a goalie for the AA team last season.

Foster turned his love for hockey and coaching into a personal business and has been running private and team goalie training since grade nine. Foster is currently studying biomedical science at the University of Guelph where he plans to pursue a career as a doctor in rehabilitative medicine.