Jonah Burridge is the 2018 recipient of the John Frederick Walls Memorial Award.

The award is given annually to a male of good character who has actively participated in university athletics, maintained a good academic standing, and represented the athletic ideal.

Burridge, a fifth-year student athlete from Fort St. John, BC, has been a member of the men's volleyball team for five years and has competed with the golf team for the past three seasons. The double Tommie earned the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association's National Scholar award for 2016-2017 and is on pace to earn the distinction again this season while juggling the demands of the Education program.

His dedication to the Tommies was evident on the court this season—after spending four years as libero Burridge was moved to setter where he led a young STU volleyball squad to an ACAA title.

"I'm very appreciative of this award—it surprised me, but it's awesome," he said.

"It's been an awesome five years. It's going to be bittersweet moving on, but I'm looking forward to starting my teaching career. I recently signed a contract for a job next year back in British Columbia, so I'm looking forward to that."