The 28^th annual Marauder Weekend wrapped up on Sunday with the Marauder Scholar Brunch, which was held at the McMaster University Faculty Club.

The event is held on an annual basis to recognize Marauder varsity athletes that excel in their academic endeavours.  The Marauder Scholar award is given to student-athletes who achieve a minimum sessional average of 9.5 on at least 24 units of work.   

Representatives from the seven faculties of Arts & Science, Business, Engineering, Science, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities were on hand to present the awards to the Marauder-Scholars in attendance.  A total of 284 varsity athletes achieved this distinction for the 2013-14 season, which represents roughly one-third of all the varsity athletes competing for McMaster.

Also presented were the Dr. Mary E. Keyes and Dr. Jack Kennedy awards which are bestowed to one female and one male undergraduate student-athlete who best combines outstanding academic achievement and athletic excellence. Candidates exemplify the high ideals of former Directors of Athletics Dr. Keyes and Dr. Kennedy, including the qualities of excellence, integrity, community involvement and the development of the whole student-athlete.

On hand to present the awards were McMaster President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Patrick Deane and Director of Athletics & Recreation Glen Grunwald, and the recipients for 2013-14 were Mikaila Nederveen from the women's squash team and Chris Griffiths from the men's lacrosse team.

The complete list of Marauder Scholars is available at the LINK