Archive for the 'PROfile' Category

The Right Stuff

Chin Yang is six-foot-two with an athletic build. As a teenager in his native China, he was much taller than the average Chinese male, but still he had to work hard to get selected for the country’s national volleyball team.
“I had to prove myself with tricks and skills to get onto the team because I [...]

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Practice Player to Provincial Team

Through thick and thin, Charlotte Sider has kept her eyes on the prize, doing everything possible to make her dreams a reality. Yesterday she was named to Team Ontario in the ultimate personal reward for a youth division athlete.
A few short years ago, Charlotte Sider was a member of Team NB 16u girls. She had [...]

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More Volleyball Source

If you liked the first issue of Volleyball Source Magazine, you are really going to enjoy publisher Ahren Cadieux’s second, on-line magazine effort. It’s a 62-pager, chock full of player profiles — notably cover girl Liz Cordonier and hard-hitting Gavin Schmitt — and includes a special player, soon-to-retire Paul Duerden.
Also included is  the predictions [...]

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Willis Makes Fox40 Coach of the Year

Queen’s Gaels Men’s Volleyball head coach Brenda Willis was named 2009-10 Fox 40 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) coach of the year.
Five-time OUA coach of the year and OUA 3M coaching award winner, Willis completed her 23rd campaign with the Gaels and her 36th year of coaching. Her career coaching record at Queen’s is 247-93 in [...]

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PROfiles: Josh Binstock

The University of Toronto has a strong history of winning in the OUA for Men’s and Women’s Volleyball. Strong athletes attend U of T every year, which makes it no surprise that they are also producing some of the top Beach players in Canada. Some top players from U of T have represented Canada Internationally [...]

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PROfiles: Kara Zakrewski

In John Child’s PROfile he mentioned “I’m a big believer in you won’t do anything well if you don’t enjoy doing it.” When you watch Kara Zakrewski play, coach or as a inspirational speaker it’s clear to see that a lot of her success comes from the enjoyment and passion she has for beach volleyball.
Kara [...]

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PROfiles Eric Simon

When people look back at Eric Simon’s impact on volleyball during the 2009-2010 season there will be some obvious accomplishments that pop out. Eric was a huge part of The University of Western Ontario Mustang’s success. He was recognized for his individual success when he was named a CIS Academic All-Canadian, this season’s OUA Player [...]

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PROfiles Garrett May

In volleyball, there are many of paths you can take to achieve success. That’s what makes being involved with volleyball so much fun, there is no magic formula that says if you follow these five steps you will experience success. However there is one path that works more often than not, surrounding yourself with good [...]

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PROfiles David Cousins

The best thing about PROfiles is hearing about all of the different people that help make this sport and community so special. It is always interesting to hear how people started playing, how they reached their accomplishments, and the passion they have for the sport.
Featuring David Cousins was an obvious choice. He has been playing [...]

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PROfiles Victoria Altomare

The Jason Senechal Memorial Award is presented to the Youth Beach Athlete that best demonstrates the qualities of honour, fair play, and sportsmanship. What makes this award even more special is it is voted on by your peers of the beach tour. Athletes such as Lance Reynolds, Eric Kuld, Sam Schachter  and Katie Jenkins have [...]

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