Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2011<unk>2012 i kite a Bottcher i tana angitu o mua i te 2012 Alberta junior provincials, ka mutu te robin porowhita me te rekoata tino pai me te patu i a Jordan Steinke o Dawson Creek i te whiringa toa kia wikitoria i tana taitara tuarua a nga taitara rangatahi. I te 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships i Napanee, Ontario i mutu te roopu i te rauna hurihuri me te rekoata 11<unk>1, i whiwhi ai i te mutunga o Kanata. Ka whiwhi a Bottcher i a ia ano i nga honore o te kapa tuatahi mo te whetu whetu mo te tatauranga pupuhi teitei i te potae potae. Katahi ka hinga a Bottcher i a Wark o Northern Ontario 9-6 ki te wikitoria i nga toa rangatahi o Canada. Kātahi ka haere te rōpū ki te
Ko te 2012 World Junior Curling Championships i Östersund Sweden, i mutu ai ia i te whiringa toa me te rekoata 8<unk>1, ka ngaro noa ki a Kyle Smith o Scotland 8<unk>4. Ko te wikitoria o te whārangi 1-2 9<unk>3 i runga i Sweden i hoatu ki a Bottcher me tana kapa he waahi tika ki te whakamutunga. Ka hinga a Sweden i a Norway 8 ki te 4 i te whakataetae haurua whakamutunga, me te whakarite i te tukinga ano i te whiringa toa. Ka whiwhi a Bottcher i nga tohu e rima i te pito tuawhitu o te whakamutunga mo te wikitoria 10 × 4 ka riro ko ia te 2012 World Junior men's curling champion - te taitara tuatahi mo te ao mo nga taane mo te whakataetae curling mo Kanata mai i te 2007.