Sean YoshiuraBSportsSc StudentStudying a Bachelor of Sports Science, Sean Yoshiura made headlines around the country in 2009 as the first Japanese player to make a professional Australian Football League (AFL) team. | Year | Milestone |
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| To 1998 | Born and raised in Japan, Sean moved to Australia at the age of seven, where he soon developed a strong passion for AFL | | 2005 - 2007 | Member of the Queensland Under 16 AFL squad and AFL Lions Academy squad | | 2008 | Elected School Captain of Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland Graduated high school and was awarded a Collegiate Scholarship through the school’s partnership with Bond University Trained with the Gold Coast Football Club pre-season squad | | 2009 | Enrolled in a Bachelor of Sports Science at Bond, attracted by state-of-the-art facilities, small class sizes, personalised attention and reputation for being an Elite Athlete Friendly University Played senior AFL for the first time when he represented the Brisbane Lions reserves in Round 5 of the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) season Made headlines around Australia as the first Japanese-born player to make a professional AFL team after being drafted to the Brisbane Lions with their Queensland Priority Selection in the 2009 AFL Rookie Draft | | 2011 - Onwards | Secured internship with QLD Reds |
“Understanding how your energy metabolism works and how it is used in AFL and running is useful. I know what the coach is explaining in training and I am able to help my teammates as well.”
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