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We take pride in the success of our alumni. We are very proud of our graduates and feel that their success is a good measure of the effectiveness of our programs.

Wrestling Under the guidance of coach Ian McDonald, many elite wrestlers have got their start at Balmoral. Balmoral has produced numerous provincial and even Canadian wrestling champions.

Ashley McKilligan
Wrestling

• 2010 - defeated Olympic Gold medalist Carol Hyun in the Hargobind International Tournament
• 2003 silver medal - Pan American Junior Championships
• 2004 gold medal - Pan American Junior Championships
• 2004 B.C. High School Champion (47 kg)
Voted Outstanding Female Wrestler for the Tournament
• 2004 Canadian Junior Champion (44 kg)
• 2008 Canadian University Champion

Although Ashley attended Argyle for her senior secondary years she continued to train at Balmoral with coach McDonald.

Chris Lim
Wrestling
• B.C. High School Champion in both 1992 and 1993
• Canadian Juvenile Champion in 1993
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Jim Miller
Wrestling
• Canadian Juvenile Champion 1969
• Canadian Senior Champion 1972 - 1975
• Ivy Leaque Champion 1973
• Pan American Games-Bronze 1975
• Member of the Olympic Team 1976
• Commonwealth Games Coach 1982
• National Wrestling Coach 1987 - 1995
• Two time Canadian Olympic coach at Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992
Shannon Samler
Wrestling

• 1995 B.C. High School Champion
• Two time Cadet National Champion (1993-1994)
• National Junior Champion in 1998
• Fourth at 1998 Junior Worlds
• Nine Senior National placings including four time National Senior Champion (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003)
• Four trips to Senior Worlds, including fourth, sixth and ninth placings
• Read an article on Shannon

Audrey Yap
Wrestling
• Canadian Wrestling Champion
• National Cadet Champion (57 kg) 1994
• Voted Canada's Outstanding Female Cadet Wrestler for 1994
Mike Miller
Wrestling
• Pan American Junior Championships - Gold Medalist 1973 .
Amir Ghareman
Wrestling
• Three time B.C. High School Champion, 1994-1996
Patrick McDonald
Wrestling
• 2005 B.C. High School Champion at 74 kilos.
• 2005 Canadian Juvenile Greco-Roman Championships - 2nd
• 2005 Canadian Juvenile Freestyle Championships - 3rd
• 2005 Canada Games - Gold Medal
• 2008 - 3rd at both 2008 and 2009 Canadian University Championships

Rugby Rugby has a very strong history at Balmoral. Over the years coaches Harold Heer, Ian McDonald, Bruce Bourdon and Troy Burtt have produced many championship teams and individual rugby stars. Balmoral is by far the most successful school in Grade 8, 9 and 10 rugby in North Shore and Vancouver and District history. Below are some of the athletes that got their start in Balmoral's rugby program.

Chuck Anderson
Rugby

• Canada U19 Team
Chris Burke
Rugby
• Canada U21 Team .
Kevin Guidi
Rugby
• Canada U19 Team
John Granander
Rugby

• Canada U19 Team

Rod Holloway
Rugby
• Canadian Assistant National Coach for close to ten years in the 1980's and early 1990's .
Ron Johnstone
Rugby

• Canada U19 Team
• Canada U21 Team
• International Senior Player (2001 - present)

Tom Larisch
Rugby
• Canada U19 Team
• Canada U21 Team
Kelly McCallum
Rugby

• International Senior Player (2003)

Craig McLaren
Rugby
• Canada U19 Team .
Tim Murdy
Rugby
• Canadian Assistant National Coach (1999 - 2001)
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Garth Prouse
Rugby
• Canada U19 Team
• Canada U21 Team
• Canada's Sevens Squad
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Tony Scott
Rugby
• International Senior Player (1973) .
Erika Shand
Rugby
• Canadian Senior Women's Team (2004-present).
Aaron Vani
Rugby
• Canada U19 Team .


Miscellaneous Sports

Alex Whiteman
Basketball
• Starting forward Laurentian University 2004-2009
• Semi-pro basketball in Europe after graduation in 2009

Joanna Smith
Basketball

• BF Copenhagen Club - Won Danish National
Championships 2003-2004
• 3-point shooting record for a single season at
Washington State University - 1997-1998
• Pac-10 All Freshman Team (Washington State University) - 1996

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Johanna Bischof
Field Hockey
• Senior Canadian National Team- 2005-2006
• Commonwealth Games team - 2005-2006
• Duke University Team 2001-2005 (full scholarship)
- All-Region 4 years
- All-conference 2003
- All-American

Susan Gardiner
Water Polo

• Canadian Womens National Waterpolo Team
• Canada's Junior Waterpolo Team - 4years
• Represented Canada in World Championships, FINA Championships, the Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games
• Member of Canada's Olympic Team in both Sydney and Athens
• Member of Italian Womens Pro League

Erin Porter
Soccer

• BC Provincial Team
• Assistant Coach at U of New Mexico

Sean Millington
Football

• Millington attended Balmoral in 1981-1984. He played four years of NAIA ball for Simon Fraser University before being drafted first overall by the Eskimos in the 1990 College Draft.
• He started his career with the Leos in 1991 and was a team fixture until 1997, when he drifted over to Winnipeg as a free agent. He was reacquired by the Lions in 2000.

Kurt Chapman
Football
• Offensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos - 1984,1985 and 1986 .
Bob Miller
Skiing
• Canadian Ski Team 1975 - 1978
• Five year World Record Holder for production skiis - 1978 - 1983
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Brett Hull
Hockey

• Two-time Olympian (1998, 2002)
• Eight-time National Hockey League All-Star
• 1991 Hart Memorial Trophy recipient (NHL Most Valuable Player)

We will be adding names to this page as former students are nominated.


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