Last week, the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association, with support from Manitoba’s Credit Unions, announced the winners of the 2023-24 Manitoba’s Credit Unions High School Scholar Athlete Awards. Carman Collegiate’s Griffin Carnelley and Miami School’s Kaiden Dyck were each named as recipients of this prestigious award.
These $2,000 scholarships are awarded to four graduating high school student athletes who maintained a minimum 85 percent average and compete in at least two interscholastic sports. Other criteria included school, community, volunteer, and citizenship activities.
The presentation took place at a ceremony hosted by the Honourable Anita R. Neville, P.C., O.M., Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba at Government House. Awards were presented by the Lieutenant Governor, MHSAA Executive Director Chad Falk, and Tim Klassen of Manitoba’s Credit Unions.
Griffin Carnelley of Carman Collegiate participated in cross country, soccer, volleyball, hockey, basketball, badminton, and track and field while maintaining a 99 percent academic average. He was the volleyball team captain and was named the Carman Collegiate Varsity Male Athlete of the Year.
In badminton, he was the 2022 Zone 4 champion and a finalist for 2023 and 2024. He has podium finishes for several sports, including the A.A. hockey provincials in 2024 and A-AAA cross country in 2023-24.
Carnelley is also involved in school activities such as the robotics club, enviro club, concert band, regional honour band, drama club, youth in philanthropy and student council. He was also the Grade 7/8 boys’ volleyball coach in 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Kaiden Dyck of Miami School participated in hockey, golf, cross country, volleyball, curling, badminton, and track and field. In 2022, he was named the Miami School JV Male Athlete of the Year and was recognized for his outstanding contribution to several sports, such as golf, cross country, volleyball, badminton, and track and field. He was the team captain for the volleyball team, competed in the track and field provincials in 2022-23 and was named the Most Improved Player on his hockey team.
Dyck maintained an academic average of 98 percent while participating in sports, school activities, and community programs and assisting with duties at his family’s farm. At school, Dyck is a member of the student council, grad committee, and drama club. He is also very involved in the church, where he assists with the tech committee, church events, worship, and Bible camp.
Dauphin’s Raylyn Koshowski and Boissevain’s Danika Nell received the other two Scholar Athlete Awards.
