Teresa Duck, a fourth-year student in York's combined honours Physics and Applied Math program, is this year's winner of the Alumni Silver Jubilee Scholarship.

    An excellent student with a grade-point average of 8.6, the King City resident has a keen interest in academics, athletics, music, travel and community involvement. Her academic awards include the Women in Engineering Science Award, Canada Science Scholarship and (for three consecutive years) a York Continuing Scholarship.

    She is an avid sports enthusiast and has competed at the CIAU level for varsity sports in both track and field and cross-country running. In 1997, against 150 competitors, she was the first York athlete ever to win the University of Western Ontario invitational cross-country race. For the past three years, she also has played intramural football, basketball and volleyball.

    She still finds time to do volunteer work in her home town, where she has helped to organize the Terry Fox run for the past 10 years.

    Upon graduation, the King City resident intends to do graduate studies in science and human physiology. Her research interests include orthopaedic engineering and the study of human mobility. She would like to help make it possible for people with disabilities "to enjoy physical activities we often take for granted," she says.

    She also hopes to pursue research in injury prevention.