Athletes of the Month
Josh Gagnon
April 30, 2019
The Alberta Sport Development Centre – Central (ASDC-C) is pleased to announce that the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month for April 2019 is Josh Gagnon. Josh Gagnon is a 17 year old Red Deer, AB resident, Grade 11 student at Lindsay Thurber High School (LTCHS) and a competitive volleyball athlete.
Josh was a member of the 2018 LTCHS Senior Boys Volleyball Team that finished 8th in the 2018 ASAA 4A Provincial Championships. Josh garnered All-Star recognition at the University of Alberta Bears Volleyball High School tournament in the fall of 2018 as well. In 2017, Josh was the team MVP for the LTCHS JV team and in 2016, Josh was named the Team MVP and Athlete of the Year at Camille J. Lerouge School in Red Deer. Josh is currently playing with the Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club’s 17U team where they recently finished 7th at the 2019 Volleyball Alberta 17U Provincials Championships.
This past summer Josh was a member of both the Volleyball Alberta 16U Provincial Team for both indoor and beach volleyball. With Team Alberta’s indoor team, Josh and his teammates finished 4th at the Canada Cup Championships in Richmond, BC. Josh quickly converted to the beach after indoor season and went to Toronto where his 2018 Provincial Champion partnership captured the 2018 Volleyball Canada 16U Tier 2 National Beach Championship.
An Honors with Distinction student in the International Baccalaureate Program (and French Immersion student) at LTCHS, Josh has his eyes set on playing volleyball at a post-secondary level and eventually at the national team level in indoor or beach volleyball.
With Josh’s strong work ethic, his undeniable athletic abilities and his training experiences with ASDC-Central, he will surely continue to grow, develop and succeed in his volleyball career!
ASDC-Central thanks Tom Bast Sports for celebrating the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month recipients by the provision of commemorative apparel for each recipient.
Claire Booth
March 27, 2019
The Alberta Sport Development Centre – Central (ASDC-C) is pleased to announce that the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month for March 2019 is Claire Booth. Claire Booth is a 15 year old Grade 10 student at Lindsay Thurber High School in Red Deer and a competitive curler/softball player.
Claire has been curling for 7 years and this past season Claire competed in Alberta U18 Curling Tour, qualifying for Alberta U15 Bantam Championships and was a Red Deer Junior Curling Academy Silver Medallist. Last season Claire and her teammates captured the Gold Medal at Alberta U15 Bantam Championships, won the Red Deer Junior League, and competed in the 2019 Jeux Canada Winter Games Pre-Trials. Claire’s short terms goal for next season is to win U18 Curling Provincials and represent Alberta at the Canadian Curling Championships, with a long term goal of competing at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Claire also excels in the classroom as an Honours Student since Grade 6 and last year was named an Honours Student with Distinction. Claire’s goals in the classroom are to remain an Honours student and attend university in the medical field.
Claire keeps herself busy with other sports (has played softball for the past 11 years) and enjoys travelling and hanging out with her friends.
With Claire’’s strong work ethic, her undeniable athletic abilities and her training experiences with ASDC-Central, she will surely continue to grow, develop and succeed in her curling career!
ASDC-Central thanks Tom Bast Sports for celebrating the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month recipients by the provision of commemorative apparel for each recipient.
