Athletes of the Month
Adam Turgeon
November 28, 2019
The Alberta Sport Development Centre – Central (ASDC-C) is pleased to announce that the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month for November 2019 is Adam Turgeon. Adam Turgeon is a 16 year old Red Deer, AB resident, Grade 11 student at St. Joseph’s High School and a competitive baseball athlete.
A current member of the St. Joseph’s Ball Academy, Adam played with the AAA 18U Red Deer Braves baseball team as a 15 year old this past summer. Adam is a pitcher, third baseman and outfielder and will begin to focus more on his pitching as he hopes to secure a baseball scholarship in the NCAA once he graduates at St. Joseph’s High School. Adam will try-out for the AAA Braves U18 team again in January 2020.
Adam was member of the St. Joseph’s High School Falcons Junior Boys Volleyball team this fall and is looking forward to playing with the Falcons Rugby team in the coming spring. Adam is an Honours student at St. Josephs.
This past spring, Adam attended the RBC Training Ground event in Red Deer. At the conclusion of this event and as the result of his test scores, Adam was chosen to be one of 100 athletes in Canada to attend the National Final. More information and a list of invitees can be found at this link: https://www.cbc.ca/olympics/trainingground/#/the_national. Needless to say, it was quite an achievement for Adam and a testament to his athletic abilities and his future in sport.
With Adam’s talent, work ethic and with the support of ASDC-Central, and his school and sport coaches, Adam will surely continue to grow and improve as an athlete in his sport of baseball.
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.
Colby Nemeth
October 30, 2019
The Alberta Sport Development Centre – Central (ASDC-C) is pleased to announce that the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month for October 2019 is Colby Nemeth. Colby Nemeth is a 17 year old Red Deer, AB resident, Grade 12 student at Lindsay Thurber High School (LTCHS) and a competitive volleyball athlete.
Colby was a member of the 2018 LTCHS Senior Boys Volleyball Team that finished 8th in the 2018 ASAA 4A Provincial Championships, and the Raiders are currently ranked #2 in ASAA 4A Boys Volleyball in 2019. This season, Colby captured an All-Star Award at U of Alberta Bears High School Invitational, and MVP honors at Harry Ainlay’s TVT Volleyball Tournament in Edmonton. The Raiders are looking forward to securing a spot in this year’s ASAA 4A Provincial Championships at Jasper Place High School in Edmonton, the week of November 21 – 23, 2019.
This past summer Colby was a member of both the Volleyball Alberta 17U Provincial Team for both indoor and beach volleyball. With Team Alberta’s indoor team, Colby and his teammates travelled to Korea to compete in early July and returned to compete at the Canada Cup Championships in Halifax, NS where the team captured the Bronze Medal. Colby quickly converted to the beach after indoor season and went to Swift Current, SK where he and his partner took home the Bronze Medal in Beach Volleyball at the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games.
Colby will play with the Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club’s 18U team in the coming 2020 season and is hoping to receive a an invitation to try-out for Canada’s Junior National Volleyball team and play with the team in the summer of 2020, or continue to pursue a Volleyball Canada Championship in Beach Volleyball with Team Alberta.
Colby 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 Colby’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.
