At the 2011 OVAtion Awards Banquet the OVA recognized the achievements of four excellent coaches, honouring them as Coaches of the Year. The OVA Male and Female Development Coach of the Year Award is presented to coaches for their history in developing athletes and teams within the OVA and for their contribution to the development [...]
Read More..>>The OVA’s Special Achievement Award is presented bi-annually at the OVAtion Awards Banquet to an individual to recognize an outstanding contribution to volleyball at the provincial level for 15 years or more. The recipient of the 2011 Special Achievement Award is John Long.
John started playing volleyball in his native Switzerland. In Canada, his playing experience [...]
Read More..>>The OVA Achievement Award is presented to an individual who has had an impact on volleyball development at the regional or provincial level for 10 years or more. This year the OVA honoured 8 Achievement Award recipients at the bi-annual OVAtion Awards Banquet held on December 3rd, 2011.
The 2011 Achievement Award Winners are:
Denis Levesque
Denis [...]
Read More..>>It’s a day to celebrate Emily Ruetter’s accomplishments.
The 17-year-old is sitting at a table at the front of the room at Nelson High School. Family members, friends and volleyball coaches take their turn posing behind her as cameras flash. Ruetter smiles, laughs and makes jokes about her lack of cooking skills.
Surrounded by people she knows [...]
The Nipissing Lady Lakers are taking their game to Tampa Bay over the holiday break to participate in the McMaster Invitational Tournament taking place in Tampa Bay, Florida from December 28th to December 31st, 2011.
The tournament features York University, McMaster University, the University of Manitoba, Universite de Moncton, Humber College and Nipissing University.
The tournament format [...]
Canada will be in group B with world number-one Brazil, Poland and Finland as the groupings for the 16-country World League men’s volleyball tournament were announced today by the FIVB (Volleyball’s International Federation).
The World League will be part of an important and busy 2012 season for the Canadian squad, ranked 19th in the world, which [...]
Halifax will become the first city to host back-to-back FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Junior World Championships after the sport’s governing body announced that the waterfront town will welcome the world’s best junior players once again in 2012.
The six day tournament will take place from August 28 to September 2 and features a Main Draw of [...]
Samford earned four All-Conference accolades, along with Elizabeth Neisler earning SoCon Player of the Year honors, announced by the league office Wednesday. Along with Neisler, Lauren Hutchinson was named to the All-Conference First Team, Katie Murphy was named All-Conference Second Team and Michaela Reesor was named to the SoCon’s All-Freshman Team.
Elizabeth Neisler has emerged as [...]
This December, the Ryerson Rams Women’s Volleyball team is traveling to Agua Prieta to work on a philanthropic project with Rancho Feliz, a charitable organization close to the border that works to better the lives of people through education and opportunity. Over the last 20 years, the charity has invested $10 million in donations to [...]
Read More..>>Austin Hinchey of Edmonton scored 14 points and Jose Rebelo of St-Hubert, Que., launched six service aces as Canada defeated Colombia 25-13, 25-12, 25-16 to win the bronze medal on Friday in men’s sitting volleyball at the ParaPan American Games.
Canada also won the bronze at the 2007 Games in Rio
“This is my first international medal,” [...]
