Tchoualack Repeats as MVP
For the second straight season, fourth-year Montreal power hitter Laetitia Tchoualack of Paris, France, is the CIS women’s volleyball player of the year.
Tchoualack became the seventh player to claim back-to-back Mary Lyons awards and is the eighth double recipient since the trophy was first presented in 1981-82. The last player to be named CIS MVP in consecutive campaigns was Calgary’s Joanna Niemczewska, who was honoured in 2003-04 and 2004-05.
Tchoualack is one of the most decorated female volleyball players in CIS history. The Masters in management student has been named Quebec conference MVP three years running, and her selection on the 2008-09 first all-Canadian team marks her fourth nod as a CIS all-star in as many seasons at Montreal, including three consecutive nominations to the first squad. Last April, a few weeks after leading the Carabins to the best result in program history at the CIS championship, a silver-medal finish, the 5-foot-11 hitter received the prestigious BLG award as CIS female athlete of the year.
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Championship website:
www.cisport.ca/e/championships/w_volleyball/2009
