Winnipeg’s 2026 RAW Summer Camp MVPs
September 21, 2026
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RAW Summer Camp 2026 · Winnipeg Five Days.Nine MVPs. Five days of competition in Winnipeg, and nine athletes walked out with hardware. Meet the 2026
RAW Summer Camp 2026 · Hamilton
Five of the nine came up from Niagara Falls. The rest came in from Burlington, Brooklin, St. Catharines and Hamilton itself. They all left with hardware. Meet the athletes who owned the week at the 2026 RAW Hamilton Summer Camp.
Nobody hands out an MVP medal on day one. At a RAW camp you earn it in the reps nobody films: the third one-on-one of the morning, the drill you lost yesterday, the walk back to the line when your legs are done.
Over a week in Hamilton, nine athletes did exactly that. They came in from across southern Ontario, played different positions, and are chasing different things. Same habit.
Here is the class.
The Roll Call
Route artist. His word, not ours.
Most receivers describe themselves with speed words. Kaleb picked route-artist, which is a claim about craft rather than gifts, and a harder one to back up. Hamilton had a deep receiver room, and he backed it up.
He is chasing a U SPORTS roster spot with a Senior All-Star nod and a RAW Talent Award already behind him. And when he talks about the award, he talks about the group he beat for it.
“It was a huge honour to be chosen from such an outstanding group of receivers.”
Kaleb Holden
An offer in hand, and a bigger league in mind.
Hybrid, everywhere, leader. Three words that describe a defender who does not have one job, which is exactly the kind of player who ends up with the camp's top defensive award rather than a position one.
He already holds an offer from McMaster and is aiming higher, at D1. His favourite memory is a sack against London in an OSFL game, in crunch time, which is the only time a sack really counts.
“It shows me how much I've improved in the past year, how much work I have put in.”
Michael Arewa
One award doesn't make you Superman.
Ask any football player for a favourite memory and most name a play. Luca named the bus ride home after a win, with everybody on it. That is the answer of someone who understands what the sport is actually for.
He is gritty, physical, relentless, an Offensive Player of the Year who just won a defensive award, and he is not letting himself enjoy it for long.
“This camp award means a lot of positive things. It is a testament to hard work paying off and the start of even better things to come.”
“One award doesn't make you Superman. You've got to still continue to go out and prove it.”
Luca Garofalo
The day he moved to safety, the whole game opened up.
Some players find their position. Levi's story is about the moment he did. He moved to safety with the Nelson Lords and everything changed: he could see the whole field, make plays on it, and help everyone around him do the same. The confidence followed, and so did the hardware.
Look at that list. An All-Ontario Honourable Mention, an All-Canadian Classic selection, Rookie of the Year with the Stampeders. He is class of 2026, which means the recruiting clock is not ticking, it is going off.
“This award means a lot to me because it shows that my hard work and preparation are paying off.”
Levi Terry
The camp's top offensive player.
Across a week of competition against athletes from across southern Ontario, Gabe was the one the staff kept coming back to. Offensive MVP is the biggest award on that side of the ball, and it went to him.
Every rep graded, all week.
Quarterback is the one position where there is nowhere to hide: everybody watches every throw. Ezra spent the week under that spotlight and came out of it with the award.
Downhill, all week.
Running back is the position where the tape settles the argument. Tyson ran through a full week of live work against a defence that knew what was coming and kept getting what he wanted.
The week's most thankless job, done best.
Nobody films the offensive line and nobody thanks them until something goes wrong. Trent spent a full week making sure nothing did, and the staff noticed.
Pressure up front, all week long.
Interior pressure changes everything behind it. Elisha spent the week making the quarterback's clock run faster than it was supposed to, and the rest of the defence got to play easier because of it.
Nine athletes, five of them from one town. Nine different routes. One who calls himself a route artist, one with a McMaster offer already in his pocket, and one graduating this year with an All-Canadian Classic selection on his record.
What they share is the thing no award can hand you: they got better this week, on purpose.
Congratulations to Gabe, Michael, Ezra, Tyson, Kaleb, Trent, Luca, Levi and Elisha. We will be watching this season.
Camp MVPs, tag @rawsportsyyc when you post your award. Want your shot next summer? Registration for the 2027 RAW Summer Camps opens soon at rawsports.ca.
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