Raphael Gaanan, who attended Burnaby South, is a two-time senior national judo champion and also has a junior national championship to his credit.

Internationally, he has participated in the 2022 Cadet World Championships and 2022 Pan-Am championships while on the national scene, he has competed in the Toronto Seniors, the Open Nationals for U21 and the national seniors.

In January, he took silver at the Canadian elite senior nationals in Edmonton.

A graduate of Moscrop Secondary, Michelle Roche excelled on the baseball mound in an elite boys’ loop, the British Columbia Junior Premier Baseball League has seen many players move on to play at universities and colleges across the continent, and even a few reach the major leagues.

In 2022, playing for the Whalley Chiefs, Roche had a stellar 2.73 earned run average in 53 & 2/3 innings over 12 appearances in the BCJPBL. Roche had a won-loss record of 8-2 with 36 strikeouts and only eight walks. She was also invited by MLB to an elite U19 women’s camp in Orlando.

Terrianne Zhang has played at six national badminton tournaments and has been ranked in the Canadian top 10 in doubles and mixed doubles. She is a grad of Burnaby North secondary and is attending the University of California Berkley.

In his high school career Jimmy Zaborniak playing basketball for Burnaby South, Jimmy Zaborniak led the Rebels to three provincial titles.

Once for junior boys in 2019 and then the senior titles in 2020 and 2022. Zaborniak currently plays for the Simon Fraser University men’s basketball team

Ryan Goudron is a Burnaby Central grad, Goudron is a middle distance runner (400 metre, 800 metre, 2,000 metre steeplechase) who is now in his second season with the University of British Columbia’s track and field team

Ava Regan is a graduate of Burnaby Central, Regan has moved on to play midfield for the University of New Hampshire Wildcats women’s field lacrosse team. She has also played on several provincial teams for BC Lacrosse

Caitlyn Lam competed provincially, nationally and internationally in karate while attending Burnaby North. At one nationals she won gold in two divisions. Lam also represented Canada at two international junior events.

A graduate of Alpha Secondary, Eric Fong has a second-place and third-place finish at two national weightlifting junior championships and has competed nationally in the sport of crossfit.

Dario Ciccone
Sport – Football
School – St. Thomas More

Sofia Napolitano
Sport – Water Polo
School – St. Thomas More