From his first step onto the pitch at the Gorge Soccer Club at four years old in 1971, a field later endowed with his family name, Jamie has exemplified the physical versatility of the consummate soccer player. He honed his craftsmanship on the soccer pitch by blending the skills of lacrosse, baseball, field hockey and ice hockey from his childhood and early teen years. As a youth at Gorge FC Soccer Club, Jamie was awarded the Gorge Kulia (MVP) Award six times.

As a member of the Spectrum High School team in 1985, he helped the team claim the Colonist Cup and was named to the Tournament All-Star team for the BC High School Provincials. In his first year playing top flight adult soccer in the Vancouver Island Soccer League (VISL), Jamie was recognized with the Ivy Lucas Lands End Award as Rookie of the Year along with the Mogens Brodsgaard (McGavin Cup) MVP Award. A stalwart fixture of the Gorge Division One Men’s Soccer team, he helped lead the team to two Provincial Senior Men’s Soccer Championships in 2001 and 2002.

At 16 years old, Jamie also gravitated to coaching and immediately made a contribution to the development and excellence of club players. In 2005, he began his long tenure as the Gorge FC Soccer Club Technical Director, overseeing the community soccer program for players 3 - 18 years old. In 2014 and 2022, he was awarded the Lower Island Soccer Association Coach of the Year Award; coaching a Victoria United Girls U14 Metro team to a Provincial title - a first for a lower island girl’s Tier One team.

Over the years, Jamie suffered multiple concussions resulting in brain damage, which led to his career as a para soccer player. While still an active member of the Gorge Over 35s team, Jamie made his debut with Canada Soccer’s Para Soccer National Team Program under coach Drew Ferguson. In Jamie’s first competition in 2010 at Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was Canada’s top goal scorer with four goals. He scored two goals versus Venezuela in a 6-0 win and later versus Mexico, he scored another two goals in a 5-4 win helping the team qualify for the 2011 World Championships in Drenthe, Netherlands. Playing as a central midfielder, Jamie continued his scoring streak with a hat-trick in a 6-0 win versus Finland. Canada went on to finish the tournament with a memorable 3-2 comeback win against Spain with Jamie scoring the equalizer and eventual winner.

For his play and invaluable mentorship on and off the soccer pitch, Jamie was named Canadian Soccer Association Para Player of the Year in 2017

In 2019, Jamie retired as one of the all-time greatest Canadian para players, having represented Canada in tournaments worldwide and won the respect of all against whom he played. Over his nine years with the Para Soccer National Team, he scored 25 goals and accumulated 35 caps for Canada at three World Championships, two America’s Championships, two World Cup Qualifiers, the Para Pan Am Games and the International Cup.