A Norfolk County native and first-year running back at the University of Waterloo has received a three-year ban from football after testing positive for Human Growth Hormone.
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport says Matt Socholotiuk is the first athlete in North America to be caught using H-G-H.
The organization says the Waterford student also tested postive for testosterone through a urine sample.
And his blood sample contained H-G-H, according to the Centre.
Socholotiuk was initially banned for four years, but an arbitrator ultimately reduced the suspension to three years through to June 4, 2013.
In June of this year, the school suspended its football program from competition for a full season after urine tests revealed nine anti-doping violations.