The 2018 Volleyball Manitoba Awards & Hall of Fame Banquet was held last night, Sunday, June 10th, at the Canad Inns Destination Centre Polo Park, a celebration recognizing some of our outstanding athletes, coaches, volunteers and officials.
At the banquet Volleyball Manitoba recognized all Provincial Champions from this past year, All-Stars & MVP’s, National Medalists, the Age Class Players of the Year from each age category as well as the Cheryl Cable, Mark Tennant, Wezer Bridle Golden Whistle and Mary Jean England Coach Awards, among others.
The evening was capped off with the Volleyball Manitoba Hall of Fame inductions, details which can be found here.
Congratulations to the following major award winners:
2018 Volleyball Manitoba Age Class Players of the Year:
15U Girls Player of the Year: Andi Almonte – SHOCK
15U Boys Player of the Year: Simon Hildebrandt – WinMan Krush
16U Girls Player of the Year: Devon Borody – Cobras 16U,
16U Boys Player of the Year: Justin Cross – 204 16U Gold
17U Girls Player of the Year: Erika Vermette – Jr Bison
17U Boys Player of the Year: Isaiah Olfert – Jr Wesmen
18U Girls Player of the Year: Jayda Nault – Cobras 18U
18U Boys Player of the Year: Nigel Nielson – WinMan Clutch
Mark Tennant and Cheryl Cable Awards for the Junior (20U) Players of the Year:
Cheryl Cable Memorial Award Winner – Kearley Abbott, University of Manitoba
Mark Tennant Award Winner – Eric Loeppky, Trinity Western University Spartans
Mary Jean England Awards – Elite and Developmental Coach of the Year:
Developmental Coach of the Year – Lorriann Ludwig of the WinMan Titans 14U Boys
Elite Coach of the Year – Rob Olfert of the Jr Wesmen 17U Boys
Wezer Bridle Golden Whistle Award – Referee of the Year
Lindsey Barnett
Volleyball Manitoba Volunteers of the Year:
Catherine-Grace Peters – Chair of the 2017 Canada Games Beach Volleyball Event
Nikki Redekop Memorial Scholarship Recipients:
Kelysian Warmington – Lord Selkirk Royals
Special Recognition Award:
2017 Canada Games Indoor Women’s Team – Gold Medalists
Canad Inns Teams of the Year:
Anna Maidment & Erika Vermette – 2017 16U Beach National Champions
Jr. Bison 17U Gold – 2018 17U National Champions
We also recognize all 195 teams that competed in this year’s Provincial Championships, as well as all those teams that competed in the Volleyball Canada Nationals in Edmonton. In total, there were over 120 teams participating in the National Championships from Manitoba, of the 864 total teams across the country. Know that the hard work and dedication to the sport from all teams is acknowledged, and you have our sincere congratulations.