Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Oge 2011<unk>2012 hụrụ Bottcher ka ọ na-aga n'ihu na ihe ịga nke ọma ya na 2012 Alberta junior provincials, na-emechi okirikiri okirikiri na ndekọ zuru oke ma merie Jordan Steinke nke Dawson Creek na njedebe iji merie ya nke abụọ na-eto eto na-eto eto. Na 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championship na Napanee, Ontario, ndị otu ahụ kwụsịrị round robin na ndekọ 11<unk>1, na-enweta bye na njedebe nke Canada. Bottcher n'onwe ya ga-enweta ndị otu mbụ nke kpakpando niile na-asọpụrụ maka pasent kachasị elu na-agbapụ na round robin. Bottcher ga-emeri Wark nke Northern Ontario 9-6 iji merie ndị mmeri Canada na-eto eto. Ndị otu ahụ ga-aga n'ihu n'asọmpi World Junior Curling Championship nke afọ 2012
na Östersund Sweden, ebe o ji ihe ndekọ 8<unk>1 mechie round robin, naanị na-efunahụ onye Scotland Kyle Smith 8<unk>4. Mmeri 1-2 nke egwuregwu egwuregwu 9 <unk> 3 meriri Sweden nyere Bottcher na ndị otu ya ụzọ kwụ ọtọ na ngwụcha. Sweden ga-emeri Norway 8-4 na egwuregwu ọkara-ikpeazụ, na-edozi egwuregwu ọzọ na njedebe. Bottcher ga-enweta isi ise na njedebe nke asaa nke njedebe maka mmeri 10 na 4 wee bụrụ onye mmeri nke 2012 World Junior men's curling - nke mbụ ụwa ụmụ nwoke na-eto eto na-agba ọsọ n'asọmpi nke Canada kemgbe 2007.