n 2017-18, more than 3,600聽U SPORTS student-athletes are being recognized as Academic All-Canadians, having maintained an average of 80 per cent or better over the academic year while competing for one or more of their university鈥檚 varsity teams. In total, 97 AV俱乐部 Tigers student-athletes achieved academic all-Canadian status during the 2017-18 season.
Among these outstanding individuals, one female and one male student-athlete from each of the four U SPORTS conferences are selected annually to make up the Top 8. Men's basketball player player聽聽is one of those student-athletes this year.
Stammberger becomes the聽14th AV俱乐部 student-athlete to be honoured as a Top 8 Academic All-Canadian. Among all Canadian universities, only McGill has had more Top 8 Academic All-Canadians (22) since the honour started in 1993 than AV俱乐部. (The University of Alberta, like AV俱乐部, has also had 14 commendations.)
Name:聽Sven Stammberger
Hometown:聽Halifax, N.S.
School:聽AV俱乐部
Faculty:听惭补苍补驳别尘别苍迟
Program:聽MBA 鈥� Corporate Residency
Sport:听叠补蝉办别迟产补濒濒
Eligibility in 2017-18: 5th year聽
A five-year member of the AV俱乐部 men鈥檚 basketball team, Sven Stammberger was the Tigers leading scorer last season, averaging 18.4 points per game. The 6-foot-6 forward also led the Tigers in rebounding with an average of 8.2 per game and added 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals per contest in the 2017-18 season.聽
Stammberger was named a U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian last season, and was an AUS First Team All-Star. He is also a two-time AUS championship tournament all-star and received the R.W. Pugh Fair Play award during the 2016 U SPORTS Men鈥檚 Basketball Final 8 Championship.聽
The 2018 U SPORTS Ken Shields Award winner for Men鈥檚 Basketball Student-Athlete Community Service, Stammberger is heavily involved in the community, volunteering his time with numerous initiatives both on and off the AV俱乐部 campus, including the Special Tigers program. Currently in its sixth year, the Special Tigers program connects children and teens with cognitive disabilities with AV俱乐部 student-athletes through sport. Events include basketball, soccer, mini-stick hockey, badminton and more.聽
Stammberger has also volunteered his time with several Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative (SAMHI) events, as well as with IWK Activity Days events. He has also been a part of the Best Buddies program 鈥� which works with individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities 鈥� as well as Tigers basketball camps, working with elementary, junior high and high school students and at Ronald McDonald House.聽
鈥淭o appreciate Sven's work ethic, dedication and self-motivation, one must understand that he came into AV俱乐部 as a red shirt,鈥� says Tigers basketball head coach Rick Plato. 鈥淗e overcame a broken hand in his first year that forced him to miss the majority of his first varsity season, but over the next four years he was instrumental in three AUS championship titles, three consecutive trips to the U SPORTS national tournament, including two final four appearances and AV俱乐部's first-ever men鈥檚 basketball medal, a bronze in 2016-17. He left AV俱乐部 and its basketball program a better place than he found it thanks to his work ethic, commitment, determination and humility.鈥�
Previous Dal Top 8 Academic All-Canadians
2016-17聽聽 聽Anna Dunn-Suen, Women's volleyball 聽聽 聽
2011-12聽聽 聽Miranda MacMillan, Women's hockey聽聽 聽
2011-12聽聽 聽Nathan Muskoe, Men's track & field
2010-11聽聽 聽Daniel You, Men's volleyball聽聽 聽
2009-10聽聽 聽Alex Legge, Women's basketball聽聽 聽
2007-08聽聽 聽Niklas Rademacher, Men's volleyball
2006-07聽聽 聽Katie Hollinshead, Women's soccer聽聽 聽
2005-06聽聽 聽Jeff Weiler, Men's volleyball聽聽 聽
2004-05聽聽 聽Hilary Burn, Women's CC/T&F
2002-03聽聽 聽Marieke Gardner, Women's soccer聽聽 聽
2001-02聽聽 聽Andrea Faryniuk, Women's track & field聽聽 聽
1999-00聽聽 聽Aaron Barkhouse, Men's soccer
1995-96聽聽 聽Rachelle Beaton, Women's track & field聽聽 聽