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VISION A healthy, active, and connected community where each person is at their personal best and proud of their UBC experience.

MISSION To engage our community in outstanding sport and recreation experiences, to enable UBC athletes to excel at the highest levels, and to inspire school spirit and personal well-being through physical activity, involvement, and fun.

GOALS To deliver on the vision, we make decisions and prioritize work that will 1. Increase participation 2. Deliver excellence on the national and world stage 3. Build school spirit 4. Nurture a strong sense of community 5. Cultivate an inspired workplace where staff are at their best

STRATEGY

Our strategy is to invest in partnerships, to leverage resources, and to align with other UBC units and organisations.

WHAT WE DO We focus our efforts and resources on:

PROGRAMS We deliver engaging, dynamic programs for the whole of our community that increase involvement, in sport and recreation and deliver performance success.

LEARNING We provide unique and exciting student learning opportunities that foster personal growth, skill building and leadership development.

EVENTS We create high-quality, community-building events where people can connect, have fun and get involved with UBC, recreation and varsity sport.

PARTNERSHIPS We invest in cross-campus and community partnerships that drive research and improvement in the areas of high performance sport, fitness and well-being. EXCEL. ENGAGE. INSPIRE. 2017 - 18 SCHEDULE

DATE OPPONENT RESULT SET SCORES Sept. 14, 2017 at UBC Okanagan W 3-1 25-22, 18-25, 25-16, 25-20 Sept. 21, 2017 Thompson Rivers W 3-0 25-19, 25-22, 25-15 Oct. 12, 2017 Trinity Western L 0-3 15-25, 21-25, 22-25 Oct. 13, 2017 v. Mt. Royal (in Langley) W Oct. 14, 2017 v. UBC Okanagan (in Langley) L 2-3 Oct 20, 2017 * at UBC Okanagan W 3-1 25-21,25-23,23-25,25-22 Oct 21, 2017 * at UBC Okanagan W 3-1 25-18,25-17,21-25,25-22 Nov 03, 2017 * #9 CALGARY W 3-2 25-21,25-21,23-25,22-25,15-13 Nov 04, 2017 * #9 CALGARY W 3-1 25-21,18-25,25-14,25-19 Nov 09, 2017 * THOMPSON RIVERS W 3-0 25-17,25-22,25-16 Nov 10, 2017 * THOMPSON RIVERS W 3-0 25-17,25-17,25-23 Nov 17, 2017 * at #6 Alberta W 3-2 20-25,25-18,28-26,22-25,15-7 Nov 18, 2017 * at #6 Alberta L 1-3 23-25,25-22,23-25,18-25 Nov 24, 2017 * MACEWAN W 3-0 25-19,25-15,25-14 Nov 25, 2017 * MACEWAN W 3-1 22-25,25-13,25-18,25-19 Dec 01, 2017 * at Mt. Royal W 3-0 25-20,25-16,25-20 Dec 02, 2017 * at Mt. Royal W 3-0 25-22,25-21,25-21 Jan 05, 2018 * #10 L 2-3 15-25,23-25,25-23,25-13,13-15 Jan 06, 2018 * #10 MANITOBA W 3-0 25-18,25-21,25-23 Jan 12, 2018 * at #6 W 3-1 25-21,22-25,25-21,25-23 Jan 13, 2018 * at #6 Winnipeg W 3-0 25-20,25-22,25-21 Jan 26, 2018 * #4 BRANDON W 3-1 25-19,25-22,21-25,25-22 Jan 27, 2018 * #4 BRANDON W 3-0 25-11,27-25,25-22 Feb 02, 2018 * at Regina W 3-0 25-23,25-21,25-14 Feb 03, 2018 * at Regina W 3-1 22-25,25-15,25-12,25-20 Feb 09, 2018 * at #1 Trinity Western W 3-1 25-22,22-25,25-17,25-19 Feb 10, 2018 * #1 TRINITY WESTERN L 2-3 25-16,20-25,25-20,21-25,13-15 Feb 16, 2018 * SASKATCHEWAN W 3-1 29-27,21-25,25-19,25-13 Feb 17, 2018 * SASKATCHEWAN L 2-3 25-17,21-25,25-27,25-21,13-15 Feb 22, 2018 MANITOBA (CW Quarter-final) W 3-1 25-20,25-22,15-25,25-23 Feb 23, 2018 MANITOBA (CW Quarter-final) W 3-0 25-20,25-17,25-15 Mar 02, 2018 #3 ALBERTA (CW Semifinal) L 2-3 17-25,25-18,26-28,25-17,13-15 Mar 03, 2018 #3 ALBERTA (CW Semifinal) L 1-3 25-20,23-25,20-25,23-25 Mar 09, 2018 #7 WINNIPEG (CW Bronze) W 3-1 25-17,28-26,20-25,25-20

U SPORTS Men's Volleyball Championship Mar 16, 2018 New Brunswick 10 a.m. Mar 17, 2018 at McMaster University Mar 18, 2018 (Hamilton, Ont.)

All home games in bold All times Pacific *Denotes Canada West conference game

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 1. IRVAN BRAR The left side will finish his university career with UBC this weekend and is the school's all-time kills leader. Photo by Rich Lam.

• 110 ALL-TIME • 200+ ALL-TIME CANADA WEST • 12 ALL-TIME NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MOST OF ANY CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS CANADIAN UNIVERSITY) • 4 CANADA WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS • 2 NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS SO FAR • 3 U SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS SO SO FAR IN 2017-18 SEASON IN 2017-18 SEASON FAR IN 2017-18 SEASON

• 221 ALL-TIME UBC OLYMPIANS • 57 OLYMPIC MEDALS

2. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL 2017 - 18 UBC THUNDERBIRDS ROSTER UNIVERSITY OF LOCATION // , B.C. NO. NAME POS. ELIG HT HOMETOWN FOUNDATION // 1908 ENROLLMENT // 54,601 1 Byron Keturakis Setter 4 6-8 Surrey, B.C. PRESIDENT // DR. SANTA ONO 2 Ben Chow Libero 5 6-2 Surrey, B.C. CHANCELLOR // LINDSAY GORDON 3 Keith West Left side 5 6-4 Lethbridge, Alta. DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS 4 Irvan Brar Left side 5 6-2 Surrey, B.C. SR. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR // GILLES LEPINE ADDRESS // 272-6081 UNIVERSITY BLVD / V6T 1Z1 5 Jeremy Bednar Libero 1 6-1 Kelowna, B.C. NICKNAME // THUNDERBIRDS 6 Cam Fennema Left side 4 6-6 Victoria, B.C. COLOUR // BLUE & GOLD AFFILIATIONS // U SPORTS, CANADA WEST; NAIA, A.I.I., CASCADE 7 Zec Johnson Setter 1 6-1 Langley, B.C. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS // 110 U SPORTS, 12 NAIA 8 Jordan Deshane Middle 2 6-6 Surrey, B.C. MEDIA RELATIONS // STU WALTERS MEDIA RELATIONS PHONE // 604-827-3090 9 Joel Regehr Middle 4 6-7 Courtenay, B.C. SPORTS INFORMATION // WILSON WONG 10 Matt Santema Right side 5 6-7 Coquitlam, B.C. SID PHONE // 604-822-9115 11 Fynn McCarthy Middle 1 6-6 Lake Country, B.C. THUNDERBIRDS MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 12 Danny Aspenlieder Left side 2 6-6 Vernon, B.C. AFFILIATIONS // U SPORTS, CANADA WEST CANADA WEST TITLES // 5 13 Nathan Teasdale Left side 1 6-4 Langley, B.C. MOST RECENT // 1986 14 Mat Guidi Right side 5 6-3 Coquitlam, B.C. U SPORTS TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES // 9 (SINCE 1981, INCLUDING 2018) 15 Coltyn Liu Left side 1 6-5 Vancouver, B.C. LAST APPEARENCE // 2018 16 Tyson Smith Libero 2 6-2 Surrey, B.C. U SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS // 3 (1967, '76, '83) HEAD COACH // KERRY MACDONALD 20 Harrison Byrne Middle 2 6-9 Black Rock, Australia MACDONALD PHONE // 604-822-5215 RS Nick Mickelberry Right side RS 6-7 Victoria, B.C. MACDONALD EMAIL // [email protected] HOME COURT // WAR MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM CAPACITY // 3,000 OPENED // 1951

TEAM INFORMATION 2017-18 CANADA WEST RECORD // 20-4 2017-18 CANADA WEST PLAYOFFS // 3-2 2017-18 OVERALL RECORD // 25-7

CONTACT UBC ATHLETICS GENERAL INQUIRIES // 604-827-2764 GROUP TICKETS // 604-822-2473 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE // 604-822-1972 SPONSORSHIP // 604-822-1688

PHOTOS TO PURCHASE PHOTOS, VISIT: HTTP://UBCTHUNDERBIRDS. PHOTOSHELTER.COM/

MAT GUIDI The right side is one of five T-Birds in their last year of eligibility this season. Photo by Rich Lam.

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 3. THUNDERBIRDS STAFF

Kerry MacDonald is in his second season as the head At the U SPORTS tournament, UBC beat New Brunswick coach of the UBC Thunderbirds men's volleyball team, and then fell to Alberta in a thrilling five-set semifinal, having started on July 1, 2016 as the 12th person to hold eventually finishing fourth in the country. the position in program history. MacDonald brought to Vancouver a resume that The 2017-18 season has been an excellent one for includes both a U SPORTS national championship and MacDonald, as his Thunderbirds went 20-4 in Canada experience within Canada's national team system. West play, good for second in the regular season standings. UBC swept Manitoba in the quarter-finals Before UBC, MacDonald was a long-time assistant before falling to Alberta in the semifinals. The T-Birds coach and consultant for the men's beat Winnipeg to win bronze and earn a berth to the U volleyball program and was integral in the Dinos' 2010 U SPORTS men's volleyball championship. SPORTS national championship triumph.

It is the second straight appearance for the blue and He has been an assistant with both the National Teams' gold as MacDonald guided the squad to the tournament Full-Time Training Centre and the Youth National Team last year, UBC's first time at the national event since program. MacDonald has over a decade of experience 2008. as a head coach at the club level in Alberta, winning KERRY MACDONALD several provincial and national titles. HEAD COACH UBC finished the 2016-17 regular season with a 16-8 2ND SEASON record, before sweeping its quarter-final series with MacDonald, born in Revelstoke, B.C., has a PhD in Brandon to advance to the Canada West Final Four. Sports Injury Prevention. The ‘Birds fell to Manitoba before rebounding to sweep Alberta to claim bronze.

MATT LEBOURDAIS IAN PERRY MATT KRUEGER ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH 7TH SEASON 2ND SEASON 1ST SEASON

4. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL THUNDERBIRDS STAFF

LHODA KIM JOLIE WONG MARTIN AMBROZIC TRAINER TRAINER STATISTICIAN

SON TRINH WILL HSU TAVIS BRUCE ANALYTICS ANALYTICS RESEARCHER

EMMA MCCRUDDEN SCOTT FRASER DR. WHITNEY SEDGWICK, R.PSYCH SPORT DIETICIAN HEAD THERAPIST SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 5. 2017-18 THUNDERBIRDS

#1 #2 #3

BYRON KETURAKIS BEN CHOW KEITH WEST SETTER // 4TH YEAR LIBERO // 5TH YEAR LEFT SIDE // 5TH YEAR APPLIED SCIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE ARTS SURREY, B.C. SURREY, B.C. LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. CANADA JR. NATIONAL TEAM CANADA BEACH VOLLEYBALL TEAM UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

#4 #5 #6

IRVAN BRAR JEREMY BEDNAR CAM FENNEMA LEFT SIDE // 5TH YEAR LIBERO // 1ST YEAR LEFT SIDE // 4TH YEAR ARTS SAUDER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ARTS SURREY, B.C. KELOWNA, B.C. VICTORIA, B.C. CANADA JR. NATIONAL TEAM MT. BOUCHERIE SECONDARY

6. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL 2017-18 THUNDERBIRDS

#7 #8 #9

ZEC JOHNSON JORDAN DESHANE JOEL REGEHR SETTER // 1ST YEAR MIDDLE // 2ND YEAR MIDDLE // 4TH YEAR ARTS SAUDER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS KINESIOLOGY LANGLEY, B.C. SURREY, B.C. COURTENAY, B.C. FORCE VOLLEYBALL CLUB TEAM BC CANADA JR. NATIONAL TEAM

#10 #11 #12

MATT SANTEMA FYNN MCCARTHY DANNY ASPENLIEDER RIGHT SIDE // 5TH YEAR MIDDLE // 1ST YEAR LEFT SIDE // 2ND YEAR SAUDER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS KINESIOLOGY FORESTRY COQUITLAM, B.C. LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. VERNON, B.C. CANADA JR. NATIONAL TEAM TEAM BC

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 7. 2016-17 THUNDERBIRDS

#13 #14 #15

NATHAN TEASDALE MAT GUIDI COLYTN LIU LEFT SIDE // 1ST YEAR RIGHT SIDE // 5TH YEAR LEFT SIDE // 1ST YEAR ARTS ARTS KINESIOLOGY LANGLEY, B.C. COQUITLAM, B.C. VANCOUVER, B.C. FORCE VOLLEYBALL CLUB TEAM BC TEAM BC

#16 #20 RS

TYSON SMITH HARRISON BYRNE NICK MICKELBERRY LIBERO // 2ND YEAR MIDDLE // 2ND YEAR RIGHT SIDE // RED SHIRT ARTS APPLIED SCIENCE ARTS SURREY, B.C. BLACK ROCK, AUSTRALIA VICTORIA, B.C. TEAM BC AUSTRALIA JR. NATIONAL TEAM CANADA YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM

8. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL SEASON RECAP

Following their best regular season record in Friday, March 7 for the Canada West bronze medal Top 10 best ranking: No. 1 (1 week) decades, the UBC Thunderbirds have advanced and the final conference berth to the national Top 10 number of weeks ranked: 14 to their second straight U SPORTS national tournament. championship in search of their first banner since Team leaders 1983. UBC was led all season by a pair of Canada West Kills per set: Irvan Brar (3.26) first team all-stars in fifth-year outside hitter Blocks per set: Joel Regehr (0.81) Finishing the regular season as the No. 2-ranked Irvan Brar, the school's all-time kills leader, and Assists per set: Byron Keturakis (10.47) team in the country, the T-Birds went 20-4, just fourth-year setter Byron Keturakis, who set the Service aces per set: Byron Keturakis (0.71) four points behind the first place and top-ranked single-season Canada West service aces record Digs per set: Tyson Smith (2.03) . UBC started the season with 65. on a seven-match win streak before losing their first of the season to the Alberta Golden Bears, The Thunderbirds bring a deep squad to Hamilton the same team that would eventually beat the as evidenced by first-year outside hitter Fynn ‘Birds in the Canada West semifinals at War McCarthy being named to the Canada West all- Memorial Gym. rookie team after finishing top 10 in conference hitting percentage along with Brar. UBC hosted the for the conference quarter-finals where the ‘Birds Playoff finish: third, Canada West dispatched the visitors with relative ease, 3-1 and Regular season record: 20-4 3-0 to advance to the semifinals the following Playoff record: 3-2 weekend. But the ‘Birds ran into a hot Bears team Last U SPORTS championship: 1982-83 that swept UBC, the first time all season the Total U SPORTS championships: 3 T-Birds had lost back-to-back matches. Overall record vs. U SPORTS teams: 25-7 The ‘Birds defeated the on Top 10 final ranking: 3rd

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 9. YEAR IN REVIEW 2017 - 18 UBC REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

NO. NAME SP MP-MS K K/SET E TA PCT A A/SET SA SA/SET SE

1 Keturakis, Byron 92 24-24 71 0.77 26 149 .302 963 10.47 65 0.71 89 2 Chow, Ben 57 19-0 1 0.02 0 1 1.000 14 0.25 0 0.00 0 3 Keith West 74 20-20 171 2.31 81 429 .210 18 0.24 38 0.51 76 4 Brar, Irvan 92 24-24 300 3.26 123 600 .295 30 0.33 37 0.40 98 5 Jeremy Bednar 7 4-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 6 Fennema, Cam 7 2-2 17 2.43 11 48 .125 3 0.43 0 0.00 4 7 Johnson, Zec 7 6-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 6 0.86 0 0.00 0 8 Deshane, Jordan 73 20-19 142 1.95 31 234 .474 0 0.00 11 0.15 34 9 Regehr, Joel 88 23-23 144 1.64 20 259 .479 6 0.07 21 0.24 53 10 Santema, Matt 27 10-0 15 0.56 10 38 .132 1 0.04 0 0.00 0 11 McCarthy, Fynn 73 21-15 143 1.96 59 302 .278 4 0.05 21 0.29 54 12 Aspenlieder, Danny 54 19-0 8 0.15 6 18 .111 2 0.04 7 0.13 16 14 Guidi, Mat 62 19-15 111 1.79 47 313 .204 11 0.18 14 0.23 29 15 Liu, Coltyn 16 8-2 31 1.94 15 66 .242 4 0.25 1 0.06 4 16 Smith, Tyson 63 19-0 0 0.00 0 2 .000 26 0.41 0 0.00 1 UBC...... 92 24-24 1154 12.54 429 2459 .295 1088 11.83 215 2.34 462 Opponents...... 92 24-24 837 9.10 433 2179 .185 772 8.39 103 1.12 331

YEAR IN REVIEW 2017 - 18 UBC REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

NO. NAME RE DIG DIG/S BS BA TOTAL BLK/S BE BHE PTS. PTS/SET

1 Keturakis, Byron 2 132 1.43 14 40 54 0.59 0 5 170.0 1.85 2 Chow, Ben 15 42 0.74 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 0.02 3 Keith West 22 106 1.43 6 24 30 0.41 1 2 227.0 3.07 4 Brar, Irvan 25 118 1.28 7 33 40 0.43 3 0 360.5 3.92 5 Jeremy Bednar 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 6 Fennema, Cam 2 9 1.29 0 2 2 0.29 0 0 18.0 2.57 7 Johnson, Zec 0 3 0.43 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 8 Deshane, Jordan 0 15 0.21 8 49 57 0.78 1 0 185.5 2.54 9 Regehr, Joel 1 31 0.35 8 63 71 0.81 1 1 204.5 2.32 10 Santema, Matt 0 8 0.30 0 6 6 0.22 0 0 18.0 0.67 11 McCarthy, Fynn 0 52 0.71 6 31 37 0.51 3 3 185.5 2.54 12 Aspenlieder, Danny 0 8 0.15 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 15.0 0.28 14 Guidi, Mat 3 72 1.16 3 20 23 0.37 0 0 138.0 2.23 15 Liu, Coltyn 4 13 0.81 0 4 4 0.25 0 0 34.0 2.12 16 Smith, Tyson 21 128 2.03 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TEAM 7 UBC...... 103 737 8.01 52 272 188.0 2.04 13 12 1557.0 16.92 Opponents...... 215 693 7.53 46 211 151.5 1.65 6 16 1091.5 11.86

10. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL YEAR IN REVIEW 2017 - 18 UBC PLAYOFF STATISTICS

NO. NAME SP MP-MS K K/SET E TA PCT A A/SET SA SA/SET SE

1 Byron Keturakis 20 5-5 25 1.25 8 44 .386 214 10.70 17 0.85 15 2 Ben Chow 6 2-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 3 Keith West 16 4-4 44 2.75 11 96 .344 11 0.69 4 0.25 16 4 Irvan Brar 20 5-5 55 2.75 25 116 .259 9 0.45 9 0.45 24 7 Zec Johnson 1 1-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 8 Jordan Deshane 20 5-5 36 1.80 9 66 .409 0 0.00 3 0.15 9 9 Joel Regehr 20 5-5 26 1.30 6 52 .385 4 0.20 4 0.20 7 11 Fynn McCarthy 20 5-5 63 3.15 29 139 .245 1 0.05 8 0.40 14 12 Danny Aspenlieder 14 5-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 1 0.07 5 14 Mat Guidi 14 5-0 3 0.21 0 6 .500 1 0.07 0 0.00 1 15 Coltyn Liu 5 2-1 7 1.40 5 25 .080 1 0.20 0 0.00 2 16 Tyson Smith 20 5-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 11 0.55 0 0.00 0 UBC...... 20 5-5 259 12.95 93 544 .305 252 12.60 46 2.30 93 Opponents...... 20 5-5 209 10.45 79 497 .262 198 9.90 25 1.25 67

YEAR IN REVIEW 2017 - 18 UBC PLAYOFF STATISTICS

NO. NAME RE DIG DIG/S BS BA TOTAL BLK/S BE BHE PTS. PTS/SET

1 Byron Keturakis 1 33 1.65 2 9 11 0.55 0 1 48.5 2.42 2 Ben Chow 4 1 0.17 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 3 Keith West 6 20 1.25 1 2 3 0.19 0 0 50.0 3.12 4 Irvan Brar 6 29 1.45 9 1 10 0.50 0 0 73.5 3.67 7 Zec Johnson 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 8 Jordan Deshane 1 5 0.25 3 7 10 0.50 0 0 45.5 2.28 9 Joel Regehr 0 8 0.40 1 8 9 0.45 0 0 35.0 1.75 11 Fynn McCarthy 1 27 1.35 2 4 6 0.30 0 0 75.0 3.75 12 Danny Aspenlieder 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 0.07 14 Mat Guidi 0 1 0.07 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.21 15 Coltyn Liu 1 4 0.80 0 1 1 0.20 0 0 7.5 1.50 16 Tyson Smith 5 39 1.95 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TEAM 0 UBC...... 25 167 8.35 18 32 34.0 1.70 0 1 339.0 16.95 Opponents...... 46 152 7.60 10 61 40.5 2.03 0 8 274.5 13.73

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 11. KEITH WEST West has been a huge addition to the UBC roster after transferring from the University of Calgary. Photo by Bob Frid.

YEAR IN REVIEW YEAR IN REVIEW 2017 - 18 2017 - 18 CANADA WEST PLAYOFF CANADA WEST STANDINGS RESULTS

W-L SW SL STREAK PTS. CANADA WEST QUARTER-FINALS Trinity Western Y 22-2 69 19 Won 3 44 Feb. 22-23 UBC X 20-4 67 25 Lost 1 40 (2) UBC def. (7) Manitoba (3-1, 3-0) / (1) Trinity West. def. (8) TRU (3-0, 3-0) Feb. 23-24 Alberta X 19-5 61 28 Won 1 38 (3) Alta. def. (6) Cgy. (3-1, 3-2) / (5) Winnipeg def. (4) Brandon (0-3, 3-2, 3-1) Brandon X 17-7 58 31 Lost 1 34 Winnipeg X 15-9 56 41 Lost 1 30 CANADA WEST SEMIFINALS March 1-2 Calgary X 14-10 50 40 Won 4 28 Trinity Western def. Winnipeg (3-0, 3-0) Manitoba X 11-13 45 47 Won 4 22 March 2-3 Thompson Rivers X 11-13 42 49 Lost 2 22 Alberta def. UBC (3-2, 3-1) Saskatchewan 10-14 40 49 Won 1 20 CANADA WEST BRONZE Mount Royal 7-17 38 59 Lost 4 14 March 9 UBC Okanagan 5-19 22 63 Lost 14 10 UBC def. Winnipeg (3-1) MacEwan 3-21 21 68 Won 1 6 CANADA WEST FINAL Regina 2-22 20 70 Lost 4 4 March 10 x denotes playoff team Trinity Western def. Alberta (3-1) y denotes regular season champion

12. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL YEAR IN REVIEW 2017 - 18 CANADA WEST AWARDS

MVP // Adam Schriemer, Trinity Western ROOKIE OF THE YEAR // Dylan Mortensen, Saskatchewan DALE IWANOCZKO AWARD NOMINEE // Logan Brennan, Winnipeg COACH OF THE YEAR // Larry McKay, Winnipeg

CANADA WEST FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM BYRON KETURAKIS Irvan Brar, UBC // Byron Keturakis, UBC // Alex Bader, Calgary // Eric Setter Keturakis was second in assists per Loeppky, Trinity Western // Taryq Sani, Alberta // Adam Schriemer, set (10.47) in the Canada West, and set the Trinity Western // Elliott Viles, Brandon league record for service aces in a single season. Photo by Bob Frid. CANADA WEST SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM Lars Bornemann, UBC Okanagan // Logan Brennan, Winnipeg // Adam DeJonckheere, Manitoba // Tim Dobbert, Thompson Rivers // Seth Friesen, Brandon // Alex McMullin, Alberta // Tyler Schmidt, Mount Royal

CANADA WEST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Fynn McCarthy, UBC // Jesse Elser, Trinity Western // Caleb Funk, UBC Okanagan // Jackson Howe, Trinity Western // Dylan Mortensen, Saskatchewan // Brendan Warren, Manitoba // Ryan Zachary, MacEwan

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 13. BEN CHOW An All-Canadian in 2014, Chow returned to the UBC roster - after a two-year absence - for his final season of university volleyball. Photo by Bob Frid.

ALL-TIME HONOURS U SPORTS ALL-CANADIANS ALL-TIME HONOURS U SPORTS MAJOR AWARDS

YEAR PLAYER TEAM WINNERS 2015-16 ALEX RUSSELL FIRST 2013-14 BEN CHOW FIRST DALE IWANOCZKO AWARD MILAN NIKIC SECOND (ACHIEVEMENT IN VOLLEYBALL, ACADEMICS 2008-09 STEVE GOTCH FIRST & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT) 2007-08 MATT LEBOURDAIS SECOND 1999-00 JEFF ORCHARD 2006-07 CHRISTOPH EICHBAUM SECOND 1997-98 MIKE DALZIEL 2003-04 GEOFF EMSLIE SECOND 1999-00 GUY DAVIS FIRST LIBERO OF THE YEAR 1998-99 MICHAEL DALZIEL SECOND

1997-98 MICHAEL DALZIEL SECOND 2010-11 BLAIR BANN 1993-94 CONRAD LEINEMANN FIRST 2009-10 BLAIR BANN 1991-92 CONRAD LEINEMANN SECOND 2007-08 BLAIR BANN 1989-90 ROB HILL SECOND 1988-89 GREG WILLISCROFT SECOND COACH OF THE YEAR 1987-88 GREG WILLISCROFT SECOND 1986-87 PHIL BOLDON 1999-00 DALE OHMAN GREG WILLISCROFT SECOND 1982-83 DALE OHMAN 1985-86 CHRIS FREHLICK SECOND

1983-84 BRAD WILLOCK FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP MVP PAUL THIESSEN FIRST 1981-82 BRAD WILLOCK SECOND 1982-83 PAUL THIESSEN

14. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL ALL-TIME HONOURS CANADA WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

1985-86 1975-76 1983-84 1973-74 1976-77

ALL-TIME HONOURS CONRAD LEINEMANN U SPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The T-Bird was a two-time All- Canadian. He went on to win gold in beach volleyball at the 1999 Pan American Games, and represented 1982-83 1966-67 Canada at the 2000 Sydney Olmypics. 1975-76

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 15. ALL-TIME HONOURS CANADA WEST ALL-STARS

YEAR PLAYER TEAM 2017-18 BYRON KETURAKIS FIRST IRVAN BRAR FIRST FYNN McCARTHY ROOKIE 2016-17 IRVAN BRAR FIRST 1992-93 CONRAD LEINEMANN BYRON KETURAKIS SECOND ROSS BALLARD JORDAN DESHANE ROOKIE 1991-92 CONRAD LEINEMANN 2015-16 ALEX RUSSELL FIRST BOB SMITH 2014-15 MAC McNICOL SECOND ROSS BALLARD 2013-14 BEN CHOW FIRST 1990-91 BOB SMITH FIRST MILAN NIKIC FIRST RANDY WAGNER SECOND 2012-13 MILAN NIKIC SECOND ROB HILL SECOND 2011-12 ROBERT BENNETT SECOND 1989-90 ROB HILL FIRST 2010-11 BLAIR BANN SECOND DAVE FARRELL SECOND 2009-10 BLAIR BANN SECOND CHARLES HEBERT SECOND 2008-09 STEVE GOTCH FIRST 1988-89 GREG WILLISCROFT FIRST BLAIR BANN SECOND ROB HILL SECOND 2007-08 MATT LeBOURDAIS FIRST KEVIN HOOGE SECOND JARED KRAUSE SECOND 1987-88 GREG WILLISCROFT FIRST 2006-07 CHRISTOPH EICHBAUM FIRST KELLY BUKOWSKI SECOND ANDREW BONNER SECOND 1986-87 GREG WILLISCROFT FIRST 2005-06 ANDREW BONNER SECOND PHIL BOLDON FIRST 2004-05 GEOFF EMSLIE SECOND KEVIN HOOGE SECOND 2003-04 GEOFF EMSLIE FIRST 1985-86 CHRIS FREHLICK FIRST 2002-03 STEVE COROTHERS SECOND BRAD WILLOCK FIRST 2001-02 CHAD GRIMM SECOND NORM HANSON SECOND 2000-01 CHAD GRIMM FIRST GREG WILLISCROFT SECOND 1999-00 GUY DAVIS FIRST 1983-84 PAUL THIESSEN FIRST JEFF ORCHARD SECOND BRAD WILLOCK FIRST 1998-99 MIKE DALZIEL FIRST CHRIS FREHLICK SECOND SEAN WARNES SECOND 1982-83 PAUL THIESSEN FIRST 1997-98 MIKE DALZIEL FIRST BRAD WILLOCK FIRST MIKE KURZ SECOND CHRIS FREHLICK SECOND JAMIE MACKAY SECOND CARY GATZKE SECOND 1996-97 MIKE DALZIEL 1981-82 BRAD WILLOCK FIRST MIKE KURZ CHRIS FREHLICK SECOND 1995-96 JEREMY WESTERENG SECOND PAUL THIESSEN SECOND 1994-95 ROSS BALLARD 1980-81 BRAD WILLOCK SECOND DAVE REIMER 1979-80 PAUL THIESSEN FIRST 1993-94 CONRAD LEINEMANN CARY GATZKE SECOND BOB SMITH GARY WARNER SECOND ROSS BALLARD 1978-79 M. THERREIN FIRST

16. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL ALL-TIME HONOURS CANADA WEST MAJOR AWARDS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1999-00 GUY DAVIS 1993-94 CONRAD LEINEMANN

LIBERO OF THE YEAR 2010-11 BLAIR BANN 2009-10 BLAIR BANN 2008-09 BLAIR BANN 2007-08 BLAIR BANN

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 2000-01 DAVE BELEZNAY 1995-96 GUY DAVIS 1991-92 CHRIS MACIVER

COACH OF THE YEAR 2005-06 RICHARD SCHICK 1999-00 DALE OHMAN 1993-94 DALE OHMAN FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: MIKE DALZIEL, MIKE KURZ, 1985-86 DALE OHMAN JAMIE MACKAY AND GUY DAVIS 1983-84 DALE OHMAN The four Thunderbirds were Canada West All-Stars 1982-83 DALE OHMAN at least once in their university careers, with Davis and Dalziel winning league awards, and All- STUDENT-ATHLETE COMMUNITY Canadian recogition as well. SERVICE AWARD

1999-00 JEFF ORCHARD 1997-98 MIKE DALZIEL

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 17. ALL-TIME HONOURS

GUY DAVIS (LEFT) THUNDERBIRD ROOKIE ATHLETE Davis after winning the Bobby Gaul Memorial OF THE YEAR Trophy, standing with UBC President Dr. Martha OUTSTANDING 1ST-YEAR UBC ATHLETE Piper (centre) and Marilyn Pomfret Award winner Jessica Mills (right). YEAR PLAYER 2012 JARRID IRELAND ALL-TIME HONOURS

BOBBY GAUL MEMORIAL TROPHY ALL-TIME HONOURS OUTSTANDING GRADUATING MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR VOLLEYBALL THUNDERBIRDS IN THE UBC SPORTS HALL OF FAME YEAR PLAYER 2011 BLAIR BANN 2000 GUY DAVIS PLAYER/TEAM INDUCTION YEAR 1999 MIKE DALZIEL 1966-67 VOLLEYBALL TEAM 2002 1994 CONRAD LEINEMANN KEN WITZKE 2006 1984 PAUL THIESSEN TOM JONES 2012 DALE OHMAN 2018

18. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL ALL-TIME HONOURS THUNDERBIRD ROOKIE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS OUTSTANDING 1ST-YEAR UBC ATHLETE

YEAR PLAYER Being a UBC student-athlete requires a significant commitment of time and energy throughout the 2012 JARRID IRELAND entire academic year. This is where you can make a difference. Great varsity programs are built with the help of great supporters. student-athletes into tomorrow’s community Here is the list of scholarships available to UBC leaders. DALE OHMAN (LEFT) AND KEITH WEST (RIGHT) men’s volleyball players: West was honoured as this season's winner of The UBC Men’s Volleyball Program and the the Dale Ohman Men's Volleyball Award. Photo Thunderbird Men's Volleyball Endowment Department of Athletics would like to extend a by Wilson Wong. Men's Volleyball Legacy of Excellence Fund warm thank you to all of its donors. Dale Ohman Men’s Volleyball Award T-Bird Men’s Volleyball Fund For more information on scholarships, please contact Gareth Bowley, Program Manager, With your generous contribution, the men’s Athletics and Recreation, at 604-822-1972. volleyball team can pursue its commitment to excellence and, together, we can turn today’s

UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL // MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE 19. THUNDERBIRDS THUNDERBIRDS WHO WHO HAVE PLAYED HAVE PARTICIPATED ON THE SENIOR AT THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL TEAM GAMES

ROSS BALLARD BLAIR BANN (Rio 2016) BLAIR BANN CHRIS FREHLICK (Barcelona 1992) PHIL BOLDON TOM JONES (Los Angeles 1984) CHRIS FREHLICK CONRAD LEINEMANN (Beach, Sydney BLAIR BANN STEVE GOTCH 2000) The former Thunderbird accepts the Best Libero TOM JONES MARTIN READER (Beach, London 2012) Award at the FIVB World League Finals in Brazil. JARED KRAUSE BRAD WILLOCK (Barcelona 1992) Photo by Silvio Avila / Fédération Internationale de CONRAD LEINEMANN GREG WILLSCROFT (Barcelona 1992) Volleyball (FIVB). MERV MOSHER (ASS'T COACH) MERV MOSHER (Assistant coach - Los MIKE ROCKWELL Angeles 1984) PAUL THIESSEN LORNE SAWULA (Head coach - Los BOB VOSBURGH Angeles 1984) RANDY WAGNER BRAD WILLOCK TIM FRICK COACHED CANADA TO GREG WILLSCROFT THREE PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALS IN KEN WITZKE WHEELCHAIR (1992, 1996, LORNE SAWULA (COACH) 2000)

20. MEN’S 2017 - 18 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS VOLLEYBALL ALUMNI MESSAGE

A BRIEF NOTE FROM THE MVB THUNDERBIRD ALUMNI COUNCIL 1966-67 UBC THUNDERBIRDS The MVB Alumni Association (MVBAA) is excited about the 2017-18 national championship and look forward Members of the historic first U to a great tournament. SPORTS championship team were honoured last season at War We continue to support the UBC men’s volleyball program with particular emphasis on the plans and Memorial Gym. Photo by Rich Lam. commitments that the team has set. We look forward to connecting with more and more of the team’s alumni and friends to talk about the program and its plan to be the most successful varsity volleyball program in the country.

Find out more by contacting Coach MacDonald ([email protected]) or by following us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UBCMVB, on Twitter at: @Ubcmvb, and Instagram at: @ubcmensvolleyball

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