LANGLEY — Months in the making, we’re thrilled to present Varsity letters’ 13th annual B.C. Recruits List, our annual look at who’s going where as it pertains to B.C.’s high school-to-university student-atheltes.
Over the last few years in fact, we’ve turned it into Recruits List Week here at VarsityLetters.ca.
With that in mind, we will begin today with football.
Our schedule for the rest of the week:
Wednesday – Volleyball
Thursday – Soccer
Friday – Basketball
Saturday – Our complete list
We’ve made many appeals for names, but in case you haven’t gotten the call, there is still time. If you are, or know of a graduating B.C. high school student-athlete headed to a post-secondary career in any sports at the U Sports, CCAA, NCAA, NAIA, community college or prep school ranks, we’d like to know.
We are especially looking for track and field, softball and field hockey names.
As well, as part of our season-ending farewell, we’ll take a look back on the season past, sharing some of the stories that made the 2018-19 school year so memorable!
FOOTBALL
NCAA
DIV. 1
BIG SKY
EASTERN WASHINGTON
Matthew Hewe-Baddege (6-8 OT, Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox)
MONTANA
Keelan White (6-1 WR, North Vancouver-Handsworth)
DIV. 2
GNAC
SIMON FRASER
Jerrell Cummings (5-9 DB, Vancouver-Notre Dame), Mahyar Hosseini (6-0 LB, North Vancouver-Carson Graham), Ryan Bertelsen (OL, 6-3, Lake Oswego (Ore)), Mason Block (6-1 DE, Langley Rams), Christian Butenschoen (6-2 DL, Bellingham), Roman Casey (6-2 DB, Bonney Lake (Wash)), Ryan Clarin (6-1 OL, Covington (Wash)-Tahoma), Ian Crocker (6-1 OLB, Seattle-Ballard), Sam Davenport (6-0 WR/K, Abbotsford-Robert Bateman), David Eisenkraft (6-0 K, 6-0, Everett (Wash)), Bailey Elder (6-6 OL, Tacoma-Stadium), Colin Gale (6-4 WR, Seattle Prep), Jacob Hallock (6-1 OLB, Bellingham), Nate Hebert (5-11 RB, Lynnwood (Wash), Solomon Hines (6-0 CB, Kent (Wash)-Kentridge), Andrew Hunt (6-4 QB, Surrey-Holy Cross), Thomas Jackson (6-1 DE, Phoenix-Desert Vista), Ethan Janto (6-3 WR, San Jose-Santa Teresa), Brandon Kennedy (6-1 DL, Tacoma-Stadium, Reedley College), Andrew Kraft (6-0 LB, South Delta), Gideone Kremler (6-0 QB, Victoria-Mt. Douglas), Justice Kremler (5-11 LB, Victoria-Mt. Douglas), Zairech Kremler (5-11 DB, Victoria-Mt. Douglas), Ethan Lock (6-1 OL, West Vancouver), Dawson Marchant (6-1 CB, Surrey-Lord Tweedsmuir), Riley Morrison (5-7 WR, Bothell (Wash.)), Tanner Nelson (6-4 TE, East Wenatchee (Wash)-Eastmont), Brandon Niksich (6-3 QB, Federal Way (Wash)-Todd Beamer), Evan Nolli (6-3 DL, New Westminster), Max Novak (6-0 WR, Tacoma-Stadium, Linfield College), Jean Olivier Pitte (5-11 RB, Edmonton-Harry Ainlay), Ali Rahbaran (6-1 OL, West Vancouver), Peyton Reed (6-2 DB, Kenmore (Wash)-Inglemoor), Michael Simone (5-9 WR, Burnaby-St. Thomas More), Darrion Smith (6-1 OLB, Enumclaw (Wash)), Luke Szmutko (6-2 ILB, Abbotsford), Brandon Thompson (5-10 RB, Yelm (Wash), Tacoma CC), Garret Wallace (6-7 OL, Bellevue (Wash)-Eastside Catholic)
U SPORTS
CANADA WEST
CALGARY
Dante Carbone (6-3 WR, Victoria-Mt. Douglas), Chaz Marshall (5-10 LS, Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox), Steen Rasmussen (5-9 DB, Nanaimo-John Barsby), Alex Wahl (6-5 R, North Vancouver-Argyle), Simon Li (6-5 OL, West Vancouver)
MANITOBA
Broxx Comia (5-11 WR, New Westminster)
REGINA
Cameron Mah (5-11 LB , Vancouver-Notre Dame), Ivan Xu (6-1 OL/DL, Victoria-Mt. Douglas), Thomas Hyett (6-4 QB, Vernon)
UBC
Daniel Auld (6-1 LB, Burnaby-St. Thomas More), Theo Benedet (6-6 TE/OL, North Vancouver-Handsworth), Aiden Bertuzzi (6-5 DE, Victoria-Mt. Douglas), Owen Brown (5-11 K/P, Winnipeg-St. John’s-Ravenscourt), Dario Ciccone (6-0 FS, Burnaby-St. Thomas More), Eric Dika (5-9 DB, North Vancouver-Handsworth), Julian Hartley (6-1 QB/S, North Vancouver-Argyle), Brad Hladik (6-4 TE, Vernon), Noah Hochfelder (6-2 C, Vancouver College), Charles Lemay (5-11 RB, Vernon), Kamryn Matheson (5-11 CB, Bradenton (Fla.)-IMG Academy), Kevin Morrison (6-5 OL, Langley-D.W. Poppy), Marcus Nikolovski (6-3 LB, Oakville (Ont.)-St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic), Daniel Okumagba (Calgary-St. Mary’s), Lucas Robertson (6-4 WR, Houston (Texas)-St. Pius X), Kyle Samson (6-2 DT, Stoney Creek (Ont.)-Cardinal Newman Catholic), Ethan Slater (6-4 DE, Thunder Bay (Ont.)-St. Ignatius, Saint Mary’s), Sam Steele (6-1 OL, Burnaby-St. Thomas More), Mitch Townsend (6-3 DE, North Vancouver-Windsor), Edgerrin Williams (5-11 WR, Hamilton (Ont.)-St. Thomas More Catholic), Isaac Williams (6-0 WR, Calgary-Centennial), Tommy Yanchuk (6-0 QB, Lloydminster (Alta.)-Holy Rosary), James Harney (6-2 DL, Vancouver-Notre Dame, Bishop’s)
OUA
CARLETON
Adam Lecy (6-7 OL, Vancouver College)
MCMASTER
Kaiden Lilley (5-8 WR, Surrey-Lord Tweedsmuir), Addison Sadler (6-3 DL, Surrey-Lord Tweedsmuir)
OTTAWA
Thijs Duineveld (6-4 WR, Sardis, Chilliwack, Kamloops (BCFC), UBC)
QUEEN’S
Sebastian Hansen (6-3 WR/DB, Victoria-Mt. Douglas), Connor Lewis (6-3 TE, Vancouver College), Braden Reed (6-1 LB, Prince George), Nick Butler (6-1 WR, Chilliwack-Sardis)
TORONTO
Charlie McMillan (6-1 QB, North Vancouver-Carson Graham), Kinsale Philip (6-0 QB, New Westminster), Jeremy Sinclair (6-4 DE, North Vancouver-Windsor), Aidan Wold (6-2 DE/RB, Victoria-Mt. Douglas)
WESTERN
Liviano Canil (6-3 TE, Parksville-Ballenas, Simon Fraser), Owen Ker (6-0 WR, Vancouver College), Liam Scott (6-1 WR, North Vancouver-Carson Graham), Connor Chapman (6-0 LB, West Vancouver), Ben Welsh (6-0 DB, West Vancouver), Kojo Odoom (6-0 DB, Surrey-Lord Tweedsmuir)
WINDSOR
Finn Bradbrooke (6-2 WR,Nanaimo District), Liam Cumarasamy (5-11 LB, Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox), Braeden Hutchinson (6-0 RB, Surrey-Lord Tweedsmuir)
RSEQ
BISHOPS
Brendan Griffiths (5-10 WR, North Vancouver-Handsworth), Lucas Spencer (6-2 DL, Kelowna)
MCGILL
Chris Kongbo (6-2 DB, Vancouver College), James Mooney (5-10 LB, North Vancouver-Handsworth), Ebiye Okoko (5-10 RB, Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat)
AUS
ST. MARY’S
Teon Alexander-Amour (5-8 RB, Vancouver-Notre Dame)
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
Gabe Wallace (6-6 OL Salmon Arm, Saint Andrew’s College), Liam Simmonds (6-4 OL Duncan-Cowichan)
PREP SCHOOL
CLARKSON FOOTBALL NORTH
Cade Cote (6-3 LB/S, Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox)
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