U Sports Men's Volleyball Player of the Year

Last updated
Player of the Year Award
Sport Indoor volleyball
League U Sports
First awarded1980 to Terry Danyluk
Most recentIsaac Heslinga,
Alberta Golden Bears
Website usports.ca

The U Sports Men's Volleyball Player of the Year is awarded annually to the men's volleyball player of the year in U Sports (previously named Canadian Interuniversity Sport). [1] [2] No player has won the award more than twice and only three players have accomplished the feat (Terry Danyluk in 1980 and 1981; Darcy Busse in 1984 and 1986; Isaac Heslinga in 2024 and 2025). [1] The Alberta Golden Bears program has featured the most winners with 12 and nine of those recipients were either coached by Danyluk or were Danyluk himself. [1] [3] Following the cancellation of the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no award winner in 2021. [4]

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List of winners

SeasonWinnerTeam
1979-80 [1] Terry Danyluk Alberta Golden Bears
1980-81 [1] Terry Danyluk Alberta Golden Bears
1981-82 [1] Mark Kolodziej Dinosaurs
1982-83 [1] Paul Paquin Manitoba Bisons
1983-84 [1] Darcy Busse Saskatchewan Huskies
1984-85 [1] Terry Gagnon Manitoba Bisons
1985-86 [1] Darcy Busse Saskatchewan Huskies
1986-87 [1] Michael Stephens Winnipeg Wesmen
1987-88 [1] Gino Brousseau Laval Rouge et Or
1988-89 [1] Randy Gingera Dinosaurs
1989-90 [1] Dale Iwanoczko Manitoba Bisons
1990-91 [1] Tom Elser Manitoba Bisons
1991-92 [1] Marc Dunn Toronto Varsity Blues
1992-93 [1] Rob Olfert Winnipeg Wesmen
1993-94 [1] Michel Cazes Laval Rouge et Or
1994-95 [1] Scott Koskie Manitoba Bisons
1995-96 [1] François Bilodeau Laval Rouge et Or
1996-97 [1] Doug Bruce Alberta Golden Bears
1997-98 [1] Jean Sébastien Nault Sherbrooke Vert et Or
1998-99 [1] Murray Grapentine Alberta Golden Bears
1999-00 [1] Mark Gradt Winnipeg Wesmen
2000-01 [1] Brian Enns Manitoba Bisons
2001-02 [1] Denis Zhukov Calgary Dinos
2002-03 [1] Pascal Cardinal Alberta Golden Bears
2003-04 [1] Adam Ens Saskatchewan Huskies
2004-05 [1] Nicholas Cundy Alberta Golden Bears
2005-06 [1] Mark Dodds Saskatchewan Huskies
2006-07 [1] Josh Howatson Trinity Western Spartans
2007-08 [1] Ben Schellenberg Winnipeg Wesmen
2008-09 [1] Joel Schmuland Alberta Golden Bears
2009-10 [1] Paul Sanderson Brandon Bobcats
2010-11 [1] Graham Vigrass Calgary Dinos
2011-12 [1] Ben Ball Trinity Western Spartans
2012-13 [1] Mitch Irvine Alberta Golden Bears
2013-14 [1] Brad Gunter Thompson Rivers WolfPack
2014-15 [1] Nick Del Bianco Trinity Western Spartans
2015-16 [1] Brett Walsh Alberta Golden Bears
2016-17 [1] Ryan Sclater Trinity Western Spartans
2017-18 [1] Adam Schriemer Trinity Western Spartans
2018-19 [1] Elliot Viles Brandon Bobcats
2019-20 [1] Eric Loeppky Trinity Western Spartans
2020-21Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4]
2021-22 [1] Derek Epp Trinity Western Spartans
2022-23 [1] Jordan Canham Alberta Golden Bears
2023-24 [1] Isaac Heslinga Alberta Golden Bears
2024-25 [1] Isaac Heslinga Alberta Golden Bears

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 "Of the Year" (PDF). U Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Trinity Western's Loeppky headlines U SPORTS men's volleyball major award winners". U Sports . Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Terry Danyluk". volleyball.ca. 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". usports.ca. U Sports. October 15, 2020. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
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