Roster
Announcing the 2011/2012 BYU Cougar Hockey Team!
Defense
#7 Tanner Billingsley, Junior
Position: Defense
Shot: Right
Birth Date: April 18, 1988
Hometown: Orem, Utah
Height: 6′ 2″ Weight: 200 lbs
Tanner is from Chicago, Illinois and has played hockey since he was 6. Tanner served
a mission in Ogden, Utah and currently works as a hockey instructor at the Peaks Ice
Arena.
#23 Scott Johnson, Junior
Position: Defense
Shot: Right
Birth Date: June 18, 1989
Hometown: Fairview, Texas
Height: 5′ 11″ Weight: 160 lbs
Scott grew up playing hockey in Dallas, Texas. He served an LDS mission in Indonesia from 2008-2010. This is Scott’s second year playing hockey for BYU.
#2 Adam Farero, Junior
Position: Defense
Shot: Right
Birth Date: July 5, 1984
Hometown: White Lake, Michigan
Height: 5′ 10″ Weight: 185 lbs.
Adam Farero is a junior this year for the Cougars. He is from White Lake Michigan and has been playing hockey since he was three years old. Adam originally came out to play for the team as a non-member of the church, but since that first year he has been baptized, served a successful 2 year mission in Nevada, Las Vegas and was just this past summer married in the Salt Lake Temple. Hockey, he says, has had an enormous influence on him for the better.
#6 Bradley Gordon, Freshman
Born and raised in Alberta, Canada, Bradley is the youngest of 7 children and the only
one in his family to play the sport of hockey. He started at BYU in 2011 as a Junior and
looks forward to a solid season.
#4 Chris Larson, Freshman
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#24 Matt McClure, Freshman
Born in Laguna Hills, CA and competed Gymnastics at a national level from 9 to 12.
Picked up hockey in high school and then played midgets through high school. Street
bikes hockey and long-boarding is life. Served a mission in Taiwan, Taichong. Planning
on a career in the FBI.
#21 Travis Kotter, Senior
Travis has played hockey from the age of 8. his interests include politics, aviation, motorcycling,
baseball, history, and freemasonry. Travis and his wife Melissa love to spend
time together traveling, cooking, playing field hockey, watching baseball, and not
dancing.
Forwards
#17 Landon Ball, Sophomore
I have played hockey for about 16 years of my life in Southern California (Simi Valley
and Valencia). I played both roller and ice hockey at a competitive level. I played travel
roller hockey along with competitive ice hockey with the 16 AA Mariners, 18 AA Mariners
and the so-cal titans, 18AAA. I had the opportunity to play Junior A hockey out in
Maine. I played for the BYU cougars for a year and a half and then I decided to go on
a mission. I served a full time mission in Culiacan, Mexico. I’m back and ready for this
exciting new season. And I’m dating a super amazing girl.
#14 Cam Hymas, Sophomore
Position: Forward
Shot: Right
Birth Date: September 24, 1988
Hometown: Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Height: 6′ 2″ Weight: 165 lbs
Cameron started playing hockey at the age of twelve in Salt Lake City, Utah. Shortly after that, he and his family moved to British Columbia, Canada, to attend the Okanagan Hockey Academy where he played Midget AAA. Cam also played Junior B in Canada for the Summerland Sting of the KIJHL for two seasons before serving an LDS mission in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
#20 Tim Hope, Sophomore
Position: Forward
Shot: Right
Birth Date: December 29, 1988
Hometown: Temecula, CA
Height: 5’8″ Weight: 175 lbs
Tim is from Temecula, CA. He is a pre-med student majoring in exercise science. He
served a mission in Bulgaria.
#22 Eric Peterson, Junior
Position: Forward
Shot: Right
Birth Date: August 20, 1987
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Height: 5′ 6″ Weight: 150 lbs.
Eric’s interest in hockey was sparked at a young age by the Mighty Ducks movies. He
began practicing in his driveway, joined a league when he was 10, and later played for
East High. Eric served in the Spain Málaga mission before joining the BYU Cougars, and
this is his third season with the team. Other hobbies include snowboarding, skiing,
soccer, and piano.
#12 Ashton Ripley, Sophomore
Position: Forward
Shot: Right
Birth Date: October 26, 1987
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Height: 5′ 9″ Weight: 190 lbs.
Ashton grew up playing roller hockey and only started playing ice hockey in high school. He played for the Birmingham Devils, an 18 and under travel team. Ashton served an LDS mission in Londrina, Brazil from February 2007-09. Ashton has been happily married for 2 years.
#2 Adam Hickman, Sophomore
Adam was born in New York and started playing roller hockey. He started playing ice
hockey here in Utah at age 10 for TAHA. He played high school hockey locally at Mountain
View High School. He is also married with 2 children. This is Adam’s 3rd year playing
on the BYU Hockey team and is doing so as a senior.
# 25 Mitch Facer, Sophomore
Mitch Facer grew up in Scotch Plains, NJ and has been playing hockey for 6 years. Before
playing for BYU he was captain of his high school team and playing for the Jersey
Wildcats Junior team. He is majoring in Chemistry considering a minor/double major
in Computer Science. He is a 20 year old Sophomore at BYU. Aside from hockey Mitch
loves snowboarding, motocross, and being awesome. Classical music pumps him up.
Mitch has an amazing family.
#13 Andy Merriman, Freshman
Andy Merriman is a Freshman this year. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado hockey
has been a big part of his life for the past 10 years, and he is looking forward to this
season.
#19 Brendan Hubbard, Freshman
Brendan played competitive hockey in Canada growing up. He served a mission in the
Santa Rosa, California Mission. He’s a Sophomore, majoring in Biology to one day go to
dental school and hopefully specialize in orthodontics. He is from Grande Prairie, AB.
#5 Josh Patrick, Sophomore
Josh started playing hockey at the age of six, accumulating over ten years of competitive
hockey. While at Timpanogos High School he was able to help his team win a state
championship. Josh played for BYU his freshman year before serving a mission in the
Dominican Republic.
Tate Cowley, Freshman
Tate graduated from Eagle high School last year. He grew up playing hockey for the
Jr. Steelheads and was the captain at Eagle high. Tate is currently studying Chemical
engineering and plans to serve a mission in the summer of 2012.
#15 Tanner Gray, Freshman
Tanner grew up in Logan, Utah where he played hockey and enjoyed to wake board,
snow-ski in deep powder, and ride motocross. he is studying exercise science and will
go on a mission this summer.
#8 Joey Pratt, Freshman
Joey grew up in Orem, UT and won the 06 UT state HS championship w/ UT co. indp. He
played for the pf flyers midget AAA and for BYU his freshman year. He served a mission
in Houston, TX and is studying Economics.
#23 Mark Boivin, Senior
“Just Livin the Dream”
#3 Jake Nelson, Freshman
Jake began playing hockey at the age of six and played for ten years, four of them with
the AAA Cincinnati Cyclones. Jake is from Cincinnati, OH and a class of 2011 graduate
from Anderson High school. Gained all-state recognition in lacrosse and was all-league
as a running back for the football team. Also excelled academically registering a 4.3
GPA in high school, being top ten in the class, and being a certified member of the
cum laude society. All this has led him to receiving the heritage scholarship at BYU. He
is the last of five siblings - son of Lana and Tab Nelson. his cousin, Daniel Sarosen is a
safety on the BYU football team and cousin Brad Sarosen is a quarterback for SUV.
Goalies
Neil Squire, Freshman
*Bio coming soon!*
#31 Taylor Barr
Taylor is from Chester Springs, PA, a Philadelphia suburb. Born in Denver, Taylor started
playing hockey at age 11 and most recently played at Downingtown East High School
in Downingtown, PA, from which he graduated in June 2011. Taylor is the oldest of
three children, and has two sisters and a brother. Planning to major in chemistry or biochemistry,
Taylor is interested in a career in research medicine. He is an avid Colorado
Avalanche and Philadelphia Flyers fan and is excited to be a part of BYU Cougar Hockey
in his freshman year.
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Kayden Carter HS Junior Defense
Andrew Beutler HS Junior Defense
Josh Punderson RM Defense
Aaron Cox Mission - Oct Defense
Jordan Larson Winter Accept. Forward
Thomas Fischetti HS Graduate Forward
Parker Steele RM Forward
Ashton Shimbashi Winter Accept. Forward
Vilem Juran HS Graduate Forward
Mitch VanQuill HS Sophomore Forward
Michael Larson RM Forward
Dillon Doxey HS Senior Defense
