The province of British Columbia hosted the biggest moment in McMaster football history at last November’s Vanier Cup, and now one of that province’s best high school football players has decided to don Maroon for his CIS career.
Marauder Coach Stefan Ptaszek has confirmed that linebacker Jake Heathcote from W-J Mouat High School in Abbotsford, has committed to play his university football at McMaster.
If you want to compete nationally, then you have to be able to attract the most talented student athletes from coast to coast,” Coach Ptaszek explained. “Jake is one of the best stand up defensive players in the nation. He is also a 90% high school student. We are very confident that he will have a tremendous impact on our entire campus.”
Mouat Hawks have been one of BC’s most successful high school programs, making five provincial finals in the last 10 years, and winning two British Columbia high school championships.
Standing 6-foot-3 and weighing in at 225 lbs., Heathcote has been a dominant presence on the field for Mouat and for the BC provincial team. A multiple-time team MVP, he was also named an All-Star at the 2010 Canada Cup of Football, and was recognized as an All-Province player by Football BC.
McMaster he will line up beside his old high school teammate, ALLAN DICKS, who just completed his second-year as a Marauder after a fine high school career at Mouat. Both are working towards completing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from McMaster’s Degroote School of Business.
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