Football Canada adds 35 to Junior National Team roster

Football Canada is proud to unveil the 35 first Junior National Team players, representing Canada at the 2012 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) U-19 World Championship to be held June 28 – July 8 in Austin, Texas.

“On behalf of the coaching staff, I would like to thank all those players who tried-out for Team Canada at this year’s regional selection camps held in Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia,” said Head Coach, Noel Thorpe.

“Over 400 players from across the country participated in the camps, contributing to the popularity and development of this elite program in Canada. We are excited to take the final roster of 45 players to compete at this year’s IFAF U-19 World Championship in Austin, TX, and wish those that did not make the team the best in their football endeavors.”

Team Canada is looking to improve upon a silver medal finish at the 2009 IFAF Junior World Championship in Canton, Ohio. Canadian 2009 Junior National Team alumni include Bryron Perez-Archambault (Université de Montréal), Jérémi Doyon-Roch (Université de Sherbrooke), Steven Lumbala (University of Calgary), Brandon Bridge, Jake Thomas (Acadia University) and Kirby Fabien (University of Calgary).

“Players like Jerome Messam, Samuel Giguère, Vaughn Martin, and Christopher Milohave come through Football Canada’s developmental program and Team Canada, represented our country on an international stage and have since gone on to have successful collegiate and professional careers,” added Noel Thorpe.

Canada’s coaching staff includes Noel Thorpe (Head Coach), Warren Craney (Defensive Coordinator), Pat Boies (Offensive Coordinator), Gilles Lezi (Special Teams Coordinator and Running Backs Coach), Michael Faulds (Quarterbacks), Brian Guebert (Defensive Line),Kamau Peterson (Receivers), Devin Murphy (Defensive Backs), Alain Mainguy (Offensive Line) and Elliott Richardson (Strength and Conditioning Coach).

Team Canada
Name	Hometown	Team 2011	Commitment 2012	Coupe  Football Canada Cup
Quarterbacks
Will Finch	Burlington, ON	Burlington Stampeders / Nelson	Western	2011 ON. W.
Dallon Kuprowski	Kanata, ON	McGill U.		ON. E.: 2008 & ’09 (U-17), 2010 (U-18)
Running Backs
Christophe Amoah	Lachine, QC	Dalbé-Viau		2010, 2011 QC
Andreas Robinson	Dartmouth, NS	Philip Exeter (NH)		2010 NS
Mercer Timmis	Burlington, ON	Canisius (NY)	Calgary
Receivers
Regis Cibasu	Montréal, QC	Édouard-Montpetit
Doug Corby	Burlington, ON	Burlington Stampeders/ Nelson	Queen’s
A’dre Fraser	Lawrencetown, NS	Citadel	Guelph	2011 NS
Tylor Henry	Camrose, AB	Edmonton Wildcats		2010 AB
Alexandre Huard	Laval, QC	Taft School (CT)		2011 QC
Shaquille Johnson	Brampton, ON	Brampton Bulldogs	Guelph	2008 U17 W. ON 2010 ON W.
Alexandre Savard	Lorraine, QC	Vanier College		2010 QC
Offensive Line
Kadeem Adams	Halifax, NS	Citadel	Western	2010 NS
Louis-Gabriel Beaudet	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC	Notre-Dame-de-Foy
Andrew Boisvert	Sherwood Park, AB	Edmonton Huskies		2009 U17 N. AB
Lloyd Constant	Montréal, QC	Vanier
Erick Lessard	Sudbury, ON	St. Benedict	Queen’s
David Knevel	Brantford, ON	Brantford Bisons (OVFL)		2011 ON. W.
Jean-Simon Roy	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC	F-X Garneau
Defensive Line
Edward Godin Gosselin	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC	Notre-Dame-de-Foy		2009 U17 QC
Quinn Horton	Winnipeg, MB	St. Paul’s	Simon Fraser	2010, 2011 MB
Jacob Leblanc	Halifax, NS	Mount Allison U.		2010 NS
Clement Lebreux	Candiac, QC	Vanier College
Adam Melanson	North Alton, NS	Horton	Champlain College – Lennoxville	2011 NS
Charles Rémy-Sarrazin	Montréal, QC	Édouard-Montpetit		2010 QC
Brett Wade	Regina, SK	Regina Thunder		2009, 2010 SK
Linebackers
Tanner Doll	St. Albert, AB	U. of Calgary		2010 AB
Maxime Drolet	Québec, QC	F-X Garneau
Nicholas Easterbrook	Laval, QC	André-Grasset
John Rush	Port Robinson, ON	U. of Guelph		2010 ON. W.
Defensive Backs
Kwame Adjei	Brampton, ON	Mount Allison U.
Keldyn Ahlstedt	Whitby, ON	Pickering Dolphins (OVFL)	McMaster
Kevin McGee	Sherbrooke, QC	Volontaire de Sherbrooke AA	Champlain College – Lennoxville	2010 QC
Michael Schmidt	Calgary, AB	U. of Calgary		2009 S. AB.
Kicker, Punter
Louis-Philippe Simoneau	Saint-Hyachinthe, QC	F-X Garneau

Established in 1884, Football Canada is the national governing body of amateur football in Canada and a proud member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). Working closely with the provincial football associations, we develop programs and resources for players, coaches, officials in the three disciplines of Tackle, Flag and Touch Football. Football Canada’s vision statement is “from playground to stadium” where players can participate in the game of football throughout a lifetime recreationally, competitively and internationally.