2018 WINDSOR LANCERS MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE Men’s Volleyball St. Denis Centre. Faculty of Human Kinetics. The University of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. N9B 3P4. Telephone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 2475 General Quick Facts: Name ..................................... University of Windsor Location ........................................ Windsor, Ontario Table of Contents: Founded ............................................................ 1857 Enrollment ..................................................... 16,000 Team Name ...................................................Lancers 2017-18 ROSTER ................................................... 3 Colour...........................................Navy Blue & Gold Gym..... ............................................St. Denis Centre THE GRAVELLE FILE ........................................ 4 Gym Capacity .................................................. 2,000 Conference ...... OUA (Ontario University Athletics) PLAYER PROFILES ............................................. 5 League .................... U SPORTS (University Sports) SEASON REVIEW ................................................ 9 Lancer Men’s Volleyball Staff: 2017-18 SEASON STATISTICS .......................... 10 Head Coach ...................................... James Gravelle - Team Statistics, 8 Assistant Coach .............................. Will Alexander - Individual Statistics, 9 Assistant Coach .................................. Ryan Leknois Assistant Coach................................ Shawn Reaume Assistant Coach .................................. Andre Khayat Student Trainer ................................ Zach Mougenot Athletics & Recreational Services: Director of Athletics ............................. Mike Havey Associate Athletic Director ...... Eric Vandenbroucke Sports Information Coordinator ........... Elisa Mitton Marketing & Sponsorship ................. Mona Sleiman Business Manager ..................... Helen Ellis-Govette Medical & Support Staff: Athletic Therapist ...........................Natalie Paladino Athletic Therapist ................................. Dave Stoute Athletic Therapist ........................... Adam Ellewood Equipment & Events Technician ..... Trevor Dinham 2017-18 WINDSOR LANCERS MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2017-18 Lancer Men’s Volleyball Roster No. NAME POS HT EL PROGRAM HOMETOWN 2 Matthew Pe Benito LS/S 5-7 3 Business LaSalle, ON 3 Marc Pineault MB 6-6 2 Engineering Windsor, ON 4 Nolan Langley S 5-8 2 Criminology Uxbridge, ON 5 Josh Rankine Libero 6-0 5 Business Windsor, ON 7 Pierce Johnson OH 6-5 2 General Arts Chatham, ON 8 Brad Gyemi RS 6-5 3 Engineering Tecumseh, ON 9 Sean Spencer OH 6-2 1 Criminology Richmond Hill, ON 10 Roland Bouchard OH 6-2 3 French Toronto, ON 11 Dami Alalade MB 6-5 2 Engineering Windsor, ON 12 Anthony DeGirolamo S 6-1 1 Engineering Newmarket, ON 15 John Moate MB 6-8 3 Human Kinetics Oakville, ON 16 Adam Child OH 6-5 2 Human Kinetics Toronto, ON 18 Kevin Hillman MB 6-6 3 Criminology Windsor, ON 3 THE GRAVELLE FILE James Gravelle, Head Coach Since taking over the Lancers in 2013, James has re-focused the team on the fundamentals, stressing individual skill-building and steady development of every player on the roster. A great deal of the Lancers development model comes from Coach Gravelle’s time spent with Team Canada as an assistant coach (National B Team in 2015 and 2016) and head coach of the Canadian Universiade team (Taipei, Taiwan in 2017). James was also the 2017 Team Ontario 17U Boys head coach. The steady improvement of the Lancers over the past five seasons has been highlighted this season as they qualified for the national championship tournament for the very first time in program history, while also winning the program’s first provincial medal following a victory over the Ryerson Rams in the OUA bronze medal game. The 2017-18 season is the second time in James’ five year tenure that the program advanced to the OUA Final Four. As well, several Lancers have been selected as OUA all-stars under Coach Gravelle including current Lancers John Moate, Brad Gyemi, Pierce Johnson, and Anthony DeGirolamo who was named to the OUA all- rookie team. The Gravelle File Date of Birth: March 8, 1975 Birthplace: Windsor, ON A Windsor native and proud Lancer alumnus, James brings an impressive playing resume to the table. He Hometown: Windsor, ON was a four-year member of the Lancers (1994-98), High School: Holy Names High School team captain from 1996-98, selected two-time team MVP (1996-98), and a two-time OUA West First Team University: 1994-98: Windsor (B.Arts. English) All-Star (1996-98). 2012-13: Windsor (Bachelor of Education) Coaching Experience: Following graduation in 1998 Gravelle trained for a 2013 -Present: University of Windsor (Head Coach) beach volleyball career that included a three-year run on the FIVB World Tour (2000-02) and a spot on the 2015 & 2016: Team Canada Men’s B Team (Assistant Coach) Canadian National Beach Volleyball Team. 2017: Team Canada Men’s FISU Team (Head Coach) 2017: Team Ontario Boys 17U (Head Coach) James is an NCCP Certified Level 3 Coach. 4 PLAYER PROFILES Matthew Pe Benito 2 Marc Pineault 3 Position: L/S Position: MB Elig. Yr: 3 Elig. Yr: 2 Height: 5’7 Height: 6’6 Program: Business Program: Engineering Hometown: LaSalle, ON Hometown: Windsor, ON High School: Villanova SS High School: St. Joseph’s 2017-18: Appeared in all 17 matches; 127 digs, 1.87 digs per game 2017-18: Appeared in 9 matches, 18 kills, 16 blocks, 32 points 2016-17: Appeared in 13 matches; 1 kill, 5 assists, 25 digs. 2016-17: Appeared in 6 matches; 11 kills, .333 hitting %, 2 assists, 2 digs, 3 total blocks, 1.0 points per set. 2015-16: Appeared in 19 matches; 1 kill, .250 hitting%, 68 assists, 107 digs, 1.67 digs per set. 2nd best in OUA in terms of reception errors (26). Nolan Langley 4 Josh Rankine 5 Position: Setter Position: Libero Elig. Yr: 2 Elig. Yr: 5 Height: 5’8 Height: 6’0 Program: Criminology Program: Business Hometown: Uxbridge, ON Hometown: Windsor, ON High School: Uxbridge HS Last Team: Walkerville 2017-18: appeared in 16 matches; 517 assists, 9.4 assists per set (4th in 2017-18: Appeared in 11 matches; 10 digs OUA), 80 digs, 13 points 2016-17: Appeared in 10 matches; 2 assists, 46 digs, 1.53 digs per set. 2016-17: OUA all-rookie team; appeared in 17 matches; 14 kills, .323 hitting %, 538 assists, 75 digs, 13 total blocks, 0.5 points per set Pierce Johnson 7 Brad Gyemi 8 Position: OH Position: RS Elig. Yr: 2 Elig. Yr: 3 Height: 6’5 Height: 6-5 Program: General Arts Program: Software Engineering Hometown: Chatham, ON Hometown: Tecumseh, ON High School: Chatham-Kent High School: St. Anne’s 2017-18: OUA first-team all-star; appeared in 16 matches; 228 kills, 2017-18: OUA second-team all-star. Appeared in all 17 matches; 205 kills, 3.6 3.51 kills per set (7th in OUA), 271.5 total points, 4.2 points per set kills per set (6th in OUA); 236.5 points, 4.1 points per set 2016-17: OUA second-team all-star. Appeared in 16 matches; 195 kills, .200 2016-17: OUA all-rookie team; appeared in 17 games; 123 kills, .150 hitting %, 4 assists, 90 digs, 19 total blocks, 3.9 points per set and was named an hitting %, 8 assists, 55 digs, 20 total blocks, 2.8 points per set OUA second team all-star. 2015-16: OUA & U SPORTS all-rookie teams. Appeared in 16 matches; 176 kills, .127 hitting %, 8 assists, 85 digs, 23 total blocks, 3.6 points per set. 5 PLAYER PROFILES Sean Spencer 9 Roland Bouchard 10 Position: OH Position: OH Elig. Yr: 1 Elig. Yr: 3 Height: 6’2 Height: 6’2 Program: Criminology Program: French Hometown: Richmond Hill, ON Hometown: Toronto, ON High School: Richmond Hill High School:John A. MacDonald 2017-18: Appeared in 6 matches (7 sets); 2 kills, 1 assist, 2 digs, 3 2017-18: Appeared in 15 matches; 109 kills, .222 hitting %, 84 digs, 24 points total blocks, 2.3 points per set 2016-17: Appeared in 15 matches; 55 kills, .066 hitting %, 4 assists, 65 digs, 13 total blocks, 1.5 points per set. 2015-16: Appeared in 13 matches; 44 kills, .060 hitting %, 7 assists, 29 digs, 10 total blocks, 1.7 points per set. Dami Alalade 11 Anthony DeGirolamo 12 Position: MB Position: Setter Elig. Yr: 2 Elig. Yr: 1 Height: 6’5 Height: 6’1 Program: Engineering Program: Engineering Hometown: Windsor, ON Hometown: Newmarket, ON High School: St. Joseph’s High School: William Mulock 2017-18: Appeared in 12 matches; 24 kills, .345 hitting %, 15 digs, 25 2017-18: OUA all-rookie team. Appeared in 11 matches; 161 assists, total blocks, 1.2 points per set .167 hitting %, 26 digs, 8 total blocks 2016-17: Appeared in 10 matches; 4 kills, .300 hitting %, 1 assist, 1 dig, 2 total blocks, 0.2 points per set. John Moate 15 Adam Child 16 Position: MB Position: OH Elig. Yr: 3 Elig. Yr: 2 Height: 6’8 Height: 6’5 Program: Human Kinetics Program: Human Kinetics Hometown: Oakville, ON Hometown: Toronto, ON High School: Iroquois High High School: Greenwood College 2017-18: U SPORTS second-team all-Canadian, OUA first-team all-star. Appeared in all 17 matches; 135 kills, .429 hitting %, 10 assists, 38 digs, 87 total blocks, 206 total 2017-18: Appeared in 13 games; 38 kills, .180 hitting %, 59 digs, 12 points, 3.0 points per set total blocks, 1.2 points per set 2016-17: OUA second-team all-star. Appeared in 17 matches; 146 kills, .412 hitting 2016-17: Appeared in 7 games; 21 kills, .279 hitting %, 1 assist, 9 digs, %, 4 assists, 38 digs, 49 total blocks, 3.2 points per set. Ranked #4 in U SPORTS in hitting %(.412) and #7 in solo blocks (22). 1 block, 1.8 points per set. 2015-16: OUA all-rookie team. Appeared in 20 matches; 110 kills, .309 hitting %, 3 assists, 24 digs, 49 blocks, 2.3 points per set. No. 1 in the OUA in solo blocks (30) 6 PLAYER PROFILES & 2017-18 SEASON REVIEW Kevin Hillman 18 Position: MB Elig. Yr: 3 Height: 6’6 Program: Criminology Hometown: Windsor, ON High School: Villanova SS 2017-18: Appeared in 2 matches; 1.00 hitting %, 2.5 points per set 2016-17: Appeared in 4 matches; 2 kills, 7 digs, 0.7 points per set 2015-16: Appeared in 4 matches; 5 kills, .308 hitting %, 1 assist, 1 block, 1.3 points per set.