Josh Gagnon, 17, is a grade 11 student at Lindsay Thurber High School in Red Deer and a competitive volleyball player that has earned the ASDC-C's Athlete of the Month honours for April.

By rdnewsNow.com staff

ASDC-C

Volleyball player earns Athlete of the Month honours

May 2, 2019 | 9:34 AM

A competitive volleyball player from Red Deer has been named the Alberta Sport Development Centre-Central (ASDC-C) Athlete of the Month for April.

Josh Gagnon is a 17-year-old grade 11 student at Lindsay Thurber High School and was a member of the 2018 LTCHS Senior Boys Volleyball team that finished eighth at the 2018 ASAA 4A Provincial Championships.

Gagnon garnered All-Star recognition at the University of Alberta Bears Volleyball High School tournament in the fall of 2018 as well.

Previously in 2017, Gagnon was the team MVP for the LTCHS JV team and in 2016 was named the Team MVP and Athlete of the Year at Camille J. Lerouge School in Red Deer.

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Gagnon is currently playing with the Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club’s 17U team where they recently finished seventh at the 2019 Volleyball Alberta 17U Provincial Championships.

This past summer, Gagnon was a member of both the Volleyball Alberta 16U Provincial Team for both indoor and beach volleyball.

Additionally, with Team Alberta’s indoor team, Gagnon and his teammates finished 4^th at the Canada Cup Championships in Richmond, BC.

Following that , Gagnon quickly converted to the beach after indoor season and went to Toronto where his 2018 Provincial Champion partnership captured the 2018 Volleyball Canada 16U Tier 2 National Beach Championship.

An Honors with Distinction student in the International Baccalaureate Program (and French Immersion student) at LTCHS, Gagnon has his eyes set on playing volleyball at a post-secondary level and eventually at the national team level in indoor or beach volleyball.

(With files from Alberta Sport Development Centre-Central)