Former Blazers defenceman named U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian
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KAMLOOPS — A former Kamloops Blazers defenceman has been named a U SPORTS Top Eight Academic All-Canadian for the 2020-21 season.
Joe Gatenby, who spent two of his five Western Hockey League (WHL) seasons with the Blazers from 2016 to 2018, was one of eight student-athletes nominated for their excellence both on and off the field of play. Gatenby plays defence for the University of New Brunswick Reds men’s hockey team and pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with honours, in finance.
Sporting a cumulative 4.3 GPA, he’s a three-time Academic All-Canadian and on track to achieve that status for a fourth straight school year. On the ice, Gatenby was most recently named a Second-Team AUS All-Star for the 2021-22 season and received the Don Wells Trophy as the most sportsmanlike player in the AUS Conference.
“Joe has the ultimate high-performance mindset. He’s one of our senior captains and leads with his consistently high level of play and work ethic on the ice. In the classroom, he’ll graduate as the ultimate high achiever, with a perfect 4.3 GPA,” Gardner MacDougall, head coach of the UNB Reds men’s hockey team says. “In the community, he’s certainly made a difference in the lives of many people with his volunteering, for a number of different organizations, and the many school visits he’s made. He’s an All-Star on the ice, in school, and in our community.”
