When PROfiles was started in October 2009, the goal was to increase awareness of some of our top athletes and coaches to those in the OVA community. During this time, over 25 athletes have been featured, providing young athletes a look at what they can accomplish in the sport of volleyball. For those who like [...]
Read More..>>Crush Volleyball Club has made a huge impact on volleyball in Ontario, winning the 18U Indoor Provincial Championships and grabbing Silver at Indoor Nationals last season. It’s easy to judge them by their best players and medal count, but if you pay close attention they are developing well-rounded athletes on a deep team. Michael Denton [...]
Read More..>>During Taylor Simon’s volleyball journey she has been around several great coaches and been a key part of many strong teams. As a result she has been on medal winning teams and participated at Provincials and Nationals for both Indoor and Beach. She has also received the Joel Ferrell Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance at [...]
Read More..>>Predicating potential is never an easy thing to do. When college and university coaches are recruiting they have to watch for athletes who are good players now and who will continue to improve over their school careers. Cathy George and the coaching staff at Michigan State University won’t have to hope and wait very long [...]
Read More..>>To many people volleyball is the ultimate team sport. Success depends on you and your teammate(s) working together for a common goal. Any team would enjoy having an athlete like Alex Mingay on their roster. She is a great example of an “everyday superstar,” someone who shows up every day with consistent effort and skill. [...]
Read More..>>Growing up in Comox, British Columbia has many advantages, the town is approximately 12,000 people on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island with beautiful summers and mild winters. Comox is also the home town of NHL Legend Cam Neely, and actresses Kim Cattrall, and Pamela Anderson. Some may wonder why someone would ever leave. For [...]
Read More..>>From a distance it’s easy to say success if usually gained from persistence and luck. For those fortunate enough to be around Aleks Poldma for his volleyball career they know there is way more to his success. Aleks is a great person to be around and as result is surrounded by a lot of great [...]
Read More..>>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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
