SSNS Announces Ron O’Flaherty Scholarship Award Recipients

School Sport Nova Scotia (SSNS) believes that school sport is an extension of the classroom and that students who choose to participate in athletic competition better themselves in mind, body and spirit.
SSNS presents The Ron O’Flaherty ScholarAthlete Awards to recognize the top male and female student-athletes throughout the province. The scholarship is named for the long serving Executive Director, Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation, Mr. Ron O’Flaherty. There are approximately 66,000 eligible.

THE RON O’FLAHERTY SCHOLAR-ATHLETES 2021-2022 students and each member school has the
opportunity to nominate one male and one female for the award. Applicants are required to have a minimum academic average of 85 percent and to have represented their school in athletic competition.

In recognition of outstanding ability to combine excellence in academics with excellence in athletics, we are pleased to present the following SSNS Ron O’Flaherty Scholar-Athletes for 2021-2022.

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Abigail Aucoin, Dartmouth High
Nicholas Ferguson, Bay View High
Ellie Shields, Avon View High School
Charlie Harris, Park View Ed. Centre
Rachel Galbraith, Oxford Regional Ed. Centre
Luke MacDonald, Pictou Academy
Avery MacKinnon, Inverness Ed. Ctr./Academy
Stephane Delane, École NDA

JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL
Abigail Aucoin, Dartmouth High
Nicholas Ferguson, Bay View High
Ellie Shields, Avon View High School
Charlie Harris, Park View Ed. Centre
Rachel Galbraith, Oxford Regional Ed. Centre
Luke MacDonald, Pictou Academy
Avery MacKinnon, Inverness Ed. Ctr./Academy
Stephane Delaney, École NDA
Sophia Das, Gorsebrook Junior High
Harrison Dunphy, St. Agnes Junior High
Breton Hayden, Bluenose Academy
Ryan Trimper, St. Mary’s Bay Academy
Avery Cohen, New Glasgow Academy
Jack Horne, Fanning Ed. Centre/Canso
Ava MacDonald, Malcolm Munroe Middle
Finley MacDougall, Dalbrae Academy