Laval brings in two QuΓ©bec commits to their Class of 2017.
Phillipe Lessard-Vezina, a running back from Champlain College Lennoxville and CFC100 Kean Harelimana, a linebacker from Vanier College will be heading to the provincial capital QuΓ©bec after signing with the Laval Rouge et Or.
Phillipe Lessard-Vezina
Courtesy of Philippe Lessard-Vezina.
It will be a homecoming of sorts of Phillipe Lessard-Vezina, who has spent the last three years in Sherbrooke, QuΓ©bec, with the Champlain College Cougars (RSEQ Division 1). βI chose this university because it allows me to come back home (to QuΓ©bec City),β he said. βIt allows me to compete with the best.β
The 6β0, 200lbs future geological engineering student was already familiar with the Laval coaching staff prior to his two visits. βThey were looking at me for almost three years. They tell me the truth right away,β Lessard-Vezina said.
Courtesy of Philippe Lessard-Vezina.
In high school, he played five seasons with LβArsenal of the AcadΓ©mie Saint-Louis. In his final year, he was a RSEQ JuvΓ©nile Division 1 MVP. In 2014, he represented Team Canada U19 at the IFAF World Cup in Kuwait. The following year, he helped the Champlain Cougars cap off their 11-0 season with a Bol dβOr championship.
Kean Harelimana
Kean Harelimana will be joining the Rouge et Or from the Vanier Cheetahs (RSEQ Division 1). Standing at 6β2, 220lbs, the outside linebacker played with Les Loups de l’Γcole secondaire CurΓ©-Antoine-Labelle in high school. Originally from Laval, QuΓ©bec, he was part of the 2016 edition of Team Canada U19, which competed in the International Bowl. In 2015, he was part of the Canada U18 team that beat the United States in Arlington, Texas, at that yearβs International Bowl. He was the 2016 RSEQ Division 1 MVP.
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