Tom McEvay serves BCHC teams and athletes as the league’s Director of Education Services.
Tom is a retired high school principal from Port Alberni, B.C. who has been working with university and college-bound student athletes for nearly 25 years and helped hundreds of junior hockey players move on to the NCAA, USports, ACAC, ACHA and BCIHL. During that time he has served as the Education Director for numerous Junior A teams as well as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.
In his role with the BCHC, Tom works with the league’s 22 teams to provide resources for our players, including:
- Assisting with education planning and secondary school transcript review
- Understanding university and college academic entrance requirements
- Navigating the differences between different college hockey leagues and levels
- Helping student athletes self-market themselves to college hockey coaches
- Hosting a series of online webinars on a variety of education and sport- related topics
- Providing advistors, players and parents with an online Handbook resource
- Evaluating the financial costs associated with playing college hockey
- Training BCHC team-based education advisors to work with individual athletes
Tom can be reached directly at education@bchchockey.ca.
