The Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) is excited to announce the winners of the Student-Athlete of the Month Award for June: Kenton Wong & Nathan Okoloise.
This award is aimed at recognizing the student-athletes within the CSSHL and acknowledges their hard work, dedication, commitment, leadership, academics and community impact.
We would like to congratulate these four student-athletes, who were all nominated by their programs, for their hard work in the month of June.
East Division – Kenton Wong, Okanagan Hockey Ontario
“Kenton has won our Academic Award for grade 12 students in our Program with the following marks: Business 91%, Economics 90%, Functions 92%, Calculus 93%, Interdisciplinary Studies 93% and English 80% for an academic average of 90%. Kenton consistently demonstrated focus, determination and an unwavering work-ethic on his academics over the course of the season. He actively volunteered in community events (public skating and u5 hockey helper multiple times). Kenton managed to be over a point per game in the CSSHL East he never lost site of his post-secondary education goals and lead by example in the classroom and study hall’s all season.”
West Division – Nathan Okoloise, RHA Kelowna
“Every time I ask coaches for suggestions for our student-athletes of the month, Nathan’s name comes up. Nathan is consistently showing up as one of the most mature, responsible, kind, and intelligent student-athletes we get to work with.
His teachers all highlight the positive energy he brings to each class, what a role model he is, how he prioritizes his work and holds himself to an extremely high standard. Nathan’s coach enjoyed sitting in on report card meeting with myself and Nathan, just to hear how positive and praiseful his teacher’s comment were. His Chemistry teacher said “You are such a steady, positive presence in our learning community, and I truly enjoyed working with you. You naturally lead by example through your work ethic and the way you treat others. It has been a genuine pleasure teaching you this team.”
Having worked with Nathan for the past year at RINK Kelowna, I have watched him continuously set the standard for what a true student-athlete should be: disciplined, resilient, responsible, and deeply committed to excellence both on ice and in the classroom. I have also been able to get to know Nathan personally by driving him home on occasion, running into him in the community while he played soccer with his billeted siblings, and by having him over to visit my billeted player and join us for dinner which turned into baseball lessons with my son. During these interaction, Nathan would carry himself with such decorum, not common at his age. It was always a pleasure to be around Nathan.
While maintaining the demanding training schedule that our U17 Prep teams had, Nathan was still able to complete Grade 11 with a 95.4% average and solid 4.0 GPA. He did not achieve these high marks but taking the easy road either, Nathan challenged himself by taking courses a grade up including Pre-Calculus 12 (94%), and World History 12 (91%). This success can only be achieve with a rare dedication and work ethic to excel. Nathan’s U17Prep Team also fought their way all season to successfully take home the 2026 CSSHL Championship showing that hard work and determination pays off.
Nathan is the epitome of a student-athlete and deserves all of the credit and praise for his accomplishments.”
