Our series of 2008 scholarship winner profiles moves to Shawnigan Lake where two graduating athletes were recognized.
Jordan (Jin-Gyun) Jeong
Pacific Northwest Over 40 Rugby Union Scholarship
Jordan was a starter for the Shawnigan Lake 1st XV for three years, having transferred to the school at the beginning of his grade ten year. He also played club rugby for the Brit-Lions in Vancouver and the James Bay Athletic Association in Victoria. His representative team experience included the Vancouver Regional Team, and a position on the BC U-16 squad which won the gold medal at the National Championships held in Winnipeg in 2006.
Jordan is presently enrolled in the Faculty of Arts at UBC where he has played for the ‘Totems’ and the ‘Braves’, and is currently also a member of the BCRU Vancouver Intermediary Academy.
Mackenzie Poole
BC Rugby Union (Benj O’Connor) Scholarship
For this award, we recognized a player who, in the words of his coach, ‘had that rare combination of size, speed, power and running capabilities’. These talents did not go unnoticed by those coaching teams at a higher level, and he was selected for
- the Crimson Tide U-16 and U-18 teams which competed in the Provincial Regional Championships,
- the BC U-16 and U-18 teams which earned gold medals at the National Championship Festivals over a period of three years,
- the Canada U-17 program which in 2007 competed very successfully at the annual Millfield Tournament in England, and
- the National U-20 team on a tour to Florida where he was the starting fullback for the Canada ‘A’ team which played the USA U-19 team.
Mackenzie is another player who has chosen UVic. for his post-secondary education, and where he balances the pursuit of rugby with his academic studies.