Josh Participant 2024 UNH Commit

“Huge, sturdy two-way defender who can add some offense and defend nicely…Participant was sturdy in his personal finish, enjoying laborious on pucks and making life robust within the corners. He performs physique to physique on his man and retains himself between the puck and the online.” Impartial Zone, December, 2021

Josh Participant Defenseman, 6’1″, 182 lbs. Shoots Proper Hometown: Thorofare, New Jersey DOB: Might 13, 2005 17 years, 4 months Impartial Zone Ranking: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Present Group: Bishop Kearney Selects 18U (18U AAA) Dedicated to UNH in August, 2022 at Age 17 years, 3 months.

Interview

I had a possibility to interview Josh Participant, by way of e-mail, about his hockey profession and dedication to UNH:

Mike Lowry: Congratulations in your dedication to play for the College of New Hampshire. How did you first turn out to be excited about UNH?

Josh Participant: I first grew to become excited about UNH a few 12 months in the past once I first talked to Coach Giuliano. Since then, I used to be all the time very excited about enjoying for UNH.

Mike Lowry: What are the principle causes you selected to decide to UNH?

Josh Participant: The principle causes I select to decide to UNH are the tradition that’s being constructed and the belief I gained within the teaching employees. All through my recruitment course of, it was clear that UNH was the most effective match for me.

Lowry: What different faculty packages did you think about through the recruiting course of? Which faculties did you go to and which of them made a proposal to you?

Josh Participant: Throughout my recruitment course of, I thought-about a number of different faculties. I used to be in a position to go to UConn, Umass Amherst, RPI, and Princeton.

Lowry: Have you ever and the UNH coaches agreed on a goal date so that you can enroll as a freshman at UNH and be part of the group?

Participant: We now have not formally selected a goal date but.

Lowry: Which junior leagues would you wish to play in earlier than you go to UNH?

Participant: Earlier than I am going play for UNH, I wish to play within the USHL. I imagine the USHL would be the finest league for me to develop as an individual and participant earlier than coming to UNH.

Lowry: At this stage in your improvement, what are the principle strengths of your sport? What areas are you attempting to enhance?

Participant: I imagine the principle strengths of my sport are my skating, imaginative and prescient, management, and my skill to make a robust first move. These areas of my sport enable me to create fast offense in transition and bounce into the offense when lanes are open. I’m constantly attempting to enhance my skating and motion on the offensive blue line.

Lowry: You participated within the 2021 USA Hockey Choose 16 Participant Growth Camp and the 2022 Choose 17 Camp. How do you assume your expertise evaluate with the opposite prime US defensemen born in 2005?

Participant: I imagine my expertise enable me to compete with any 2005 defenseman within the nation. The Choose 16 and 17 Growth Camp was a fantastic expertise for me to problem myself towards the most effective gamers within the nation.

Lowry: Final season, you scored 12 objectives and 26 assists for Bishop Kearney Selects 16U, together with a aim and an help because the group gained the USA Hockey Nationwide Championship. Would you describe the expertise of successful the championship?

Participant: Successful the Nationwide Championship final 12 months was an expertise that may final with me the remainder of my life. All through the entire season, my group targeted on turning into the tightest group within the nation. This allowed us to create a particular bond that helped us make it by means of the laborious elements of a season. The bond and belief we gained for one another allowed us to win the Nationwide Championship.

Lowry: When do you propose to graduate from highschool? What are your tutorial strengths and pursuits? Have you considered what you would possibly main in if you enroll at UNH?

Participant: I’m presently in my Senior 12 months of Excessive College and can graduate on the finish of the 12 months. I’m excited about enrolling within the Peter T. Paul Faculty of Enterprise and Economics college.

Impartial Zone Scouting Report

USA U16 Nationals, April, 2022

“Participant is a mid-sized defenseman that may be a little aggressive on his gaps however doesn’t let something by him. He pinched an excellent bit as he learn passes and jumped the lane, making it tough for the wingers to catch the move, not to mention make a play on the puck. He is aware of when he must strain or again off and takes sensible dangers with and with out the puck. Usually, if nothing is out there, he’ll make the most of the excessive smooth chip or the glass to get pucks out and relieve the strain. He steers puck carriers out huge and may make strong contact to jar pucks unfastened.”

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