Cody Bremner, who plays junior A hockey with the Nanaimo Clippers and junior A lacrosse with the Nanaimo Timbermen, completed that rare double this season. He was a B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League first-team all-star in 2008, and on Wednesday (Jan. 13) he will play in the 2010 B.C. Hockey League All-Star Game.
For now, Bremner doesn’t need to choose between his passions. He’s accepted a lacrosse scholarship to the NCAA’s Cornell University in 2010-11, but he’d prefer a hockey scholarship if he can swing it. There’s even a chance he’ll find a school that will recruit him for both sports.
“You never know, something like that might come up,” he said. “I’d love to do that. It’s something not many people get to do.”
Nanaimo has produced a lot of hockey talent for Cornell over the years; maybe we can develop a lacrosse connection as well.
I am always struck by these references to hockey or lacrosse or football scholarships.
ReplyDeleteIn cases like this one, I just assume it's the reporter's error. If the kid says "scholarship," then there's a problem.
ReplyDeleteNo chance he would play those two sports at CU. Seasons overlap too much, and we know how Schafer feels about two-sport athletes.
ReplyDeleteBased on an interview I saw with this kid on the BCHL website, it appears that he is really looking for a hockey scholarship, and his commitment for playing lax at CU seems rather soft.
I was thinking he'd have to commit full-time to hockey, and he'd join lacrosse once the hockey season was over.
ReplyDeleteJust like Milo jointed baseball? Schafer would have him out by sophomore year if he did that.
ReplyDeleteThe issue of playing two sports was not central to Milo's decision to leave Cornell.
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