A Princeton Posse hockey player has been named the recipient of the Jaxon Joseph Memorial Scholarship.

Brennan Watterson, a forward for the Posse, was presented with the $2,500 scholarship. He is the fourth player to receive this award.

The scholarship is given in honour of Joseph, one of 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos killed in a bus crash on April 6, 2018.

Joseph started his hockey carer playing for the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League before moving on to Junior A hockey in the B.C. Hockey League and the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. His goal was to play college hockey.

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Wattterson, from Moose Jaw, Sask., graduated from Briercrest Christian Academy in 2022 and plans to pursue a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree studying engineering at the University of Jamestown in North Dakota. 

He will also play for the school's Jimmies team in the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

He spent three seasons with the Posse and was involved in volunteer work while in Princeton. He helped with Princeton Minor Hockey, the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day ceremony, Truth and Reconciliation Ceremony set up, Family Day and more. He also volunteered on his own to assist Alzheimer's and dementia patients at Lakeview Perpetual Health Centre last year.

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