BC Games Alumni Heading To 2023 North American Indigenous Games
Seventy-four BC Games alumni will represent BC at the 2023 North American Indigenous Games in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia.
The 2023 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG 2023) will get underway this Saturday, kicking off a weeklong celebration of sport and culture in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia, on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq.
Team BC NAIG, a program managed by the Indigenous Sport, Phyisical Activity & Recreation Council (I·SPARC), and its 535 Indigenous athletes, coaches, and mission staff will compete in 14 sports: 3D Archery, Athletics (Track & Field, Cross-Country), Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Canoe/Kayak, Golf, Lacrosse (Box), Rifle Shooting, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Volleyball, and Wrestling.
Seventy-three of the 535 Team BC NAIG members – 69 athletes and 5 coaches – previously participated in the BC Winter or BC Summer Games.
See the full list of Team BC alumni competing at NAIG 2023.
About NAIG 2023
NAIG 2023 will be the largest multi-sport and cultural event ever to be held in Atlantic Canada. More than 5,000 athletes, coaches and team staff from 756 Indigenous nations will take part in cultural celebrations, and compete in 16 sports across 21 venues, with the help of 3,000 volunteers. 2020 NAIG was originally due to take place from July 12 to 18, 2020 in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), and Millbrook First Nation, Nova Scotia and has now been set to take place July 15 to 23, 2023. You can learn more about the 2023 NAIG HERE.
About Team BC NAIG
Team BC has taken part in every NAIG since its inception in 1990. At the 2014 NAIG in Regina, Saskatchewan, Team BC became the first team to win both the Overall Team Award and the John Fletcher Spirit Award. You can learn more about Team BC NAIG and follow them throughout the 2023 North American Indigenous Games HERE.
BC Games Alumni
| Name | Sport | BC Games (sport, if different) |
| Dion Abraham | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Nick Barton | Basketball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Heidi Bellis | Swimming | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Brody Brook | Golf | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Jada Brown | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Aivrielle Caban | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Thunder Camille | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Aiyana Carpenter | Basketball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Simon Cisco Jr | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Kelana Cottrell | Swimming | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Maddox Craske | Basketball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Carson Crooks | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Caelen Cross | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Kolton Durie | Wrestling | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Jasen Feiss | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Max Goller | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Filed Lacrosse) |
| Dallas Gray | Basketball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Aidan Heggelund | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Ava Jack | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (3×3 Basketball) |
| Bruce Jackson | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Elise Jonasson | Swimming | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Presley Kallio | Wrestling | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Danny Legault | Athletics | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Gunner Leifsson Kade Leifsson |
Lacrosse Lacrosse |
Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Kirby Lessard | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Koenn Mahar-Robins | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Magdalena Malfair | Volleyball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Shale Maurice | Volleyball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Swimming) |
| Hunter McCarthy | Wrestling | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Shay Moody | Athletics | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Wyatt Mowatt | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Troy Muise | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Brooklyn Munch | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Charlee Murdock | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Adrianna Nisyok | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Kieryn Noppen | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Soccer) |
| Ryan Peterson | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Fayth Pontious | Wrestling | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Roland Quewezance | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Linden Ransome | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Garner Ransome | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Jimmy Reed | Athletics | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Canoe Kayak) / 2022 Greater Vernon BC Winter Games (Cross Country Skiing) |
| Gabriel Ridler | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Jayla Robinson | Basketball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Taylor Robins-Swanson | Lacrosse | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Box Lacrosse) |
| Eboni Samaha | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Nate Schooner | Athletics | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Isabella Seneviratne Preston Seneviratne Jacob Seward Marcus Smith |
Swimming Swimming Canoe Kayak Basketball |
Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games Prince George BC Summer Games (3×3 Basketball) |
| Ava-Marie Starr | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Softball) |
| Kierra Starr | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Softball) |
| Payton Tjepkema | Softball | Greater Vernon 2022 BC Winter Games (Ringette) |
| Thomas Tucci | Volleyball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Beach Volleyball) |
| Cale Turchansky | Volleyball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Shayne Turner Delaney Turner |
Soccer Volleyball |
Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Rugby) Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Tristen Wallington | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Jackson Whitford | Athletics | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Emerson Whitford | Volleyball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Kionah Williams | Basketball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (3×3 Basketball) |
| Drew Williams | Basketball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Canoe Kayak) |
| Ethan Wilson | Soccer | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Softball) |
| Nolan Wilson | Softball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| James Woelders | Volleyball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games (Softball) |
| Sarah Woelders | Volleyball | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Bernice Gordon | Archery (Assistant Coach) | Greater Vernon 2022 BC Winter Games |
| Shenise Sigsworth | Basketball (Manager) | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Lorne Sam | Lacrosse (Manager) | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Joni Frei | Softball (Head Coach) | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
| Jocelyn Cater | Softball (Assistant Coach) | Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games |
