Big time blast from the past here....
Nolan
Badovinac Accepts Wrestling and Academic Scholarships to SFU
Simon
Fraser University Wrestling has now officially announced that provincial and
National wrestling champion Nolan Badovinac of Alberni District Secondary has
accepted their scholarship offer and will attend and wrestle for the Clansmen
starting in September of 2015.
The
SFU press release announced that …
“Nolan Badovinac of Port Alberni, BC, one of
the top high school wrestlers in Canada, has signed a National Letters of Intent
to join the Simon Fraser University wrestling program, head coach Justin Abdou
announced today. Badovinac is a three-time Canadian national freestyle champion.
This April Badovinac recorded four pins and a technical superiority to capture
the freestyle juvenile gold in the 76-kilogram Juvenile Men's Division at the
Canadian Under-18 championships. It was his third straight title. He also
entered the Canadian Junior Nationals (under 20) and won silver at 84 kg
competing against first and second year university students.”
Head
coach Abdou went on to comment that “Nolan
comes from a very supportive family and he is the type of student athlete we
can build around,” said Abdou. ”He has a lot of talent and a great fighting
spirit, and we are looking for him to do some great things for the Clan. “I
have known Nolan for five years and he has big dreams but also has the work
ethic and determination to match. I am
really looking forward to having him in the wrestling room.”
Badovinac
attends Alberni District Secondary School where he is coached by Alberni and Clan
Alumni, John McDonald ( ADSS 1983 and SFU 1988) and Alberni Wrestling club
coach James Messenger ( ADSS 1998 and SFU 2004) as well as Alberni Wrestling
alumnus Chris Bodnar. Another huge influence for Badovinac was ADSS and Burnaby
Mountain alumnus and Olympian Travis Cross.
Badovinac is a straight A student and has also received
an SFU Academic Entrance Scholarship as well as an athletic scholarship to the
prestigious university atop Burnaby Mountain.
“We
couldn’t be happier for Nolan,” stated a proud coach John McDonald, “he has
earned everything he is receiving. He is the complete package any university
would love to land. He is a talented wrestler, with an impeccable work ethic,
outstanding academic credentials and possesses exceptional character. Nolan has
been a leader of our ADSS team for many years and I predict great things for
him at SFU on and off of the mats.”
In
his typical humble way Badovinac commented, “I would like to thank my family,
my coaches and my teammates for all of their support and amazing help for so
many years. I am very fortunate to come from this community, this school and
from this wrestling program which have both given me so much. I am excited to
be joining such a great school as SFU and the finest university wrestling
program in Canada.”
Before he heads to SFU Badovinac has afew final exams to finish
and then the ADSS Graduation ceremony on June 26. He has also been hired by
Alberni Wrestling to work in partnership with SFU wrestler Ryan Yewchin to
coordinate the local program’s summer camps, fundraising and community service
projects over the summer. All in a day’s work for an exceptional young man.
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