Brittany Verge

Brittany Verge is a sophomore midfielder that brings veteran leadership and confidence that has proved to be invaluable to Humber’s young squad. After transferring from Sheridan College, Verge established herself as a prominent student-athlete in the Practical Nursing program. Last season she was named to the OCAA All-Star team in addition to OCAA All-Academic and CCAA Academic AllCanadian honours. Now she is working towards winning provincial and national championships.

Verge said Humber has impacted her goals thanks to such a welcoming and motivational support system. In turn, she hopes to set the example that athletes can be good at their sport while doing well in school. Verge said life experiences have directed her to a growing passion for health care. She said she wants to be able to bring attention to health, well-being and quality of life through her studies and through volunteering with blood pressure clinics, health teaching in hospitals and with organizations like the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Johnny Sheridan

Johnny Sheridan is a fly half for the men’s rugby team. As a rookie, Sheridan and his squad won the club’s fourth consecutive OCAA gold medal and capped his season with the Humber rugby Rookie of the Year and Male Freshmen of the Year awards. Now Sheridan is the captain of the team in only his second year at Humber. Sheridan picked up rugby in grade nine and became the four-time Most Valuable Player at Humberview Secondary School. He also played with Rugby Ontario and was a provincial gold medalist at the U17 level. He continues to play club rugby for the Markham Irish of the Marshall Premiership league.

Sheridan is in first year of the Business Administration program where he plans on completing his Bachelor of Business and later on running his own company. Since arriving at Humber, Sheridan said he feels like he’s joined a big family that offers great support financially, emotionally and morally and feels at home in the Blue and Gold.

Kateryna Tepylo

Kateryna Tepylo’s past curling season has the essence of a Cinderella story. Her team’s fourth place finish in the OCAA Championships shouldn’t have earned the Hawks a berth at the national championships. But thanks to a last minute drop out the Hawks had their chance to prove their talent. Like all good Cinderella stories there is a happy ending. Tepylo and her squad went from fourth seed in Ontario to second best team in the country as CCAA National silver medalists. Her academics are equally as impressive. Tepylo is a perennial honour roll student and junior in the Bachelor of Creative Advertising program. She is also one of 25 W. Garfield Weston Scholars in all of Canada that recognizes students who are passionate about their field and committed to making a difference in their community and society.

Looking forward, Tepylo said she is working towards another trip to Nationals with the Hawks and representing the province in the Ontario Junior Curling Tour, where she has been competing since 14 years of age.

Katherine White

Katherine White has been an impactful member of the cross-country team for the past three seasons. As a rookie she was named a second team OCAA All-Star and two time All-Academic during her team’s OCAA gold and CCAA National bronze medal triumphs. In her sophomore year she contributed to her team’s provincial second place finish and national fifth seed.

White is a graduate of the Fitness and Health program and has bridged over to third year of the University of Guelph-Humber’s Bachelor of Applied Science in Kinesiology. Through these programs she hopes to work in the athletic therapy and clinical physiotherapy fields.

Running has been a passion of White’s since grade 10 and progressively cultivated her talent when she joined the University of Toronto’s Track Lab in grade 12. White said her career flourished at Humber thanks to her coaches teaching her about running strategies and developing her into a better racer. Through these stepping stones, White plans to continue running track and build her endurance for longer road races.

Genevieve Bernier

Genevieve Bernier has been a driving force for the Hawks curling team.

Bernier’s talent as a vice has taken her all over Ontario to play at the highest level possible. “I started out at York Curling Club, and played in Oakville and went all the way to Ottawa,” Bernier said. “I went where the good curling was.”

Her determination transfers over to academics where she’s already graduated from Humber’s personal support worker program and is working on a diploma in practical nursing.

Bernier has her sights set on a career as a nurse or in long-term care in geriatrics.

Tony Tedesco

Tony Tedesco is a member of the Humber men’s baseball team—a program in its infancy but has, like most Humber teams, already experienced success.

Tony has been on the team since its inception in 2011 and is entering his second year at Humber. Tony credits athletics with teaching him the importance of respect, perseverance, and hard work, and cites being a varsity athlete at Humber as motivation to always be improving and to achieve the same levels of success as his fellow Hawks.

Tony is set to graduate with a diploma in Recreation and Leisure in April 2013, and hopes to inspire and assist youth through recreation.