Amazing opportunity

Hamilton defensive lineman hopes OUA team will lead him to Vanier Cup

Liam McCowellโ€™s dream is to win the Vanier Cup.

The 6โ€™2, 240 pound defensive lineman from Hamilton, Ontario believes that the Ottawa Gee-Gees are the team that will help him achieve this goal.ย  Recently, McCowell committed to the OUA team for the 2014 season.

โ€œSome time after that I was contacted by Coach (Jamie) Barresi from Ottawa and was invited to visit the school and the Facility,โ€ recalls McCowell.ย  โ€œIt really meant a lot to me that they would be willing to take a chance and recruit me despite my injury.โ€

โ€œNot to mention the fact that I was extremely impressed by the atmosphere of the team, the city and the school itself. My whole life, I have wanted to become a police officer and the University of Ottawa offers an exceptional program for criminology.ย  It has been a dream of mine to win a Vanier Cup and I truly believe that I can accomplish that dream with this amazing opportunity.โ€

McCowell joins the Gee-Gees after a five year stint with the Cardinal Newman Cardinals of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic Athletic Association (HWCAA).ย  As captain of the team in 2013, the defensive lineman recorded eight sacks in five games; however, his regular season took an unexpected turn as he sustained a torn ACL, MCL, Meniscus as well as a chipped Tibia.

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