John Willsey
| John Willsey | |
|---|---|
| Team | |
| Curling club | Westmount Golf and Country Club, Kitchener, ON |
| Skip | John Willsey |
| Third | Brady Lumley |
| Second | Matthew Garner |
| Lead | Spencer Dunlop |
| Mixed doubles partner | Sierra Sutherland |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Ontario |
| Top CTRS ranking | 17th (2018–19) |
John Willsey is a Canadian curler from Orillia, Ontario.[1] He currently skips his own team out of Oakville, Ontario.
Career
Youth
In 2012, Willsey won the Ontario Bantam Mixed championship, playing third for Sarah Nuhn.[2]
While attending the University of Waterloo, Willsey skipped the Waterloo men's curling team for three of the four years on the team.[3] In his first year on the team, he won a silver medal for Waterloo at the 2016 OUA championship[4] and led Waterloo to a 2-5 record at the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, the national university championship. After winning a bronze medal at the OUA championship,[5] he led Waterloo once again at the 2018 national university championship. There, Waterloo would finish the round robin in first place with a 5-2 record.[6] In the playoffs however, Waterloo lost both of their games, and settled for fourth place.[7][8] Willsey was named as a second team All-Canadian at the event.[9] Following the event, Willsey was named OUA athlete of the week.[10] After graduating from Waterloo, Willsey was awarded with the Warrior Shield of Excellence Award.[11] In his fifth year of eligibility, beginning in 2019, Willsey began curling for Wilfrid Laurier University,[12] playing third on the team, which was skipped by Matthew Hall. The team went on to win the 2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships for Laurier.
Men's
Following his strong run in university curling, Willsey and his rink of Connor Lawes, Robert Currie and Evan Lilly had a strong season on the 2018-19 World Curling Tour. The team won two tour events that season, the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel[13] and the Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic.[14] The team finished the season in 17th place on the Canadian Team Ranking System.[15]
Willsey and his rink was one of the two qualifying teams at the 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel #1,[16] which qualified his rink for the 2020 Ontario Tankard, Willsey's first men's provincial championship. At the Tankard, he led his rink to a 4–4 record, missing the playoffs.
Personal life
Willsey attended Park Street Collegiate Institute[citation needed], and then Orillia Secondary School. He is in the MBA program at Laurier. He took civil engineering while in Waterloo, Ontario.
References
- ^ "Draws/Scoreboard - CurlON: John Willsey". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "U18 Mixed Championship - Past Champions". Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "John Willsey - Men's Curling (Waterloo Warriors)". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ ""Mackenzie, Ford named Athletes of the Year at 59th annual Athletics Banquet"". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ ""Men's curling win OUA bronze, advance to U Sports Championship"". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "Curling Canada - Curling Scores: 2018 U Sports Championships Standings". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "Curling Canada - Curling Scores: 2018 U Sports Championships Medal Round". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ ""Warriors finish fourth at U Sports Championship"". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ ""2018-19 Curling Canada Season of Champions Fact Book"" (PDF). Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ ""John Willsey, Curling, Waterloo"". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "Warriors honour their top athletes". Waterloo Region Record. March 30, 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ ""Golden Hawk Athletics - John Willsey"". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "Two-time Olympic champ done with 'grind' of men's curling". Winnipeg Sun. October 17, 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Sports briefs: tennis, gymnastics, curling, basketball". Woodstock Sentinel-Review. October 30, 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Curling Canada - 2018-19 CTRS". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "Draws/Scoreboard - CurlON: CurlON Men's Cash Spiel #1". Retrieved December 29, 2019.