OAKVILLE, Ont. - The best of the best in Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) volleyball will be on display at the J.M. Porter Athletic Centre on Saturday as Sheridan Institute of Technology hosts the 2013 OCAA Volleyball All-Star Games.
The 20th annual event brings together the elite collegiate volleyball players from across the province for a day of camaraderie and competition. Over 50 student-athletes will be representing 21 Ontario colleges and universities at this event.
Two members of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) men's volleyball champions are expected to take to the court in Oakville, Ont. All-Canadian Frankie Edgecombe (Elmvale), the OCAA and CCAA championship MVP, and Nipissing Lakers teammate Adam Leblanc (Sudbury) will team up with another all-Canadian Shayne Petrusma (Bowmanville) of the Niagara Knights to form the nucleus of Team West.
Team East is led by OCAA player of the year and all-Canadian Philippe Yeldon (Ottawa) of the Algonquin Thunder. The Sheridan Bruins are represented on Team West by OCAA second-team all-stars Josh Butler (London) and Jeremy Frantin (Mississauga).
In the women's match, two-time reigning OCAA player of the year and all-Canadian Kelly Nyhof (Georgetown, Ont.) will be joined by Humber Hawks fifth-year teammates Laura Bye (Burlington) and Nina Carino (Scarborough) for one last time. All three have been members of an OCAA championship dynasty that has lasted six seasons. They will be joined on Team West by Sheridan's Melissa Cappelletti (Cambridge).
Team East is led by three-time all-Canadian Shawna Metcalf (Azilda, Ont.) of the Cambrian Golden Shield. Metcalf set a number of OCAA records this past season, including the all-time career marks in points (1,239) and kills (960). In addition, she broke her old single season record of 270 kills. She will be joined by Cambrian fifth-year teammate Kelsey Fielding (Sudbury) for one final curtain call in a Golden Shield uniform.
The women's all-star game begins at 1:15 p.m., followed by the men's all-star game at 3:15 p.m.
OCAA VOLLEYBALL ALL-STAR GAME ROSTERS
| Women's Team East | ||||||
| # | Player | School | Position | Height | Hometown | Year |
| 1 | Rayan Bourne | Durham | LS | 5-foot-8 | Whitby | 1 |
| 2 | Iris Su Wong | George Brown | LS | 5-foot-6 | Scarborough | 1 |
| 2 | Clare Weisser | Seneca | L | 5-foot-2 | Queensville | 4 |
| 3 | Sophie Bernier-Gagnon | Boreal | M | 5-foot-9 | Hearst | 2 |
| 5 | Shawna Metcalf | Cambrian | LS | 5-foot-10 | Azilda | 5 |
| 5 | Adama Soumah | La Cite | M | 5-foot-9 | Conakry, Guinea | 2 |
| 6 | Allison Marshall | Georgian | M | 6-foot-0 | Orillia | 1 |
| 8 | Breann Wheeler | Algonquin | M | 5-foot-10 | Owen Sound | 3 |
| 15 | Natalie Buck | Georgian | OH | 6-foot-0 | Keswick | 4 |
| 11 | Kelsey Fielding | Cambrian | LS | 5-foot-11 | Sudbury | 5 |
| 11 | Stephanie Fortier | Boreal | RS/S | 5-foot-9 | Garson | 4 |
| 11 | Meghan Renwick | Durham | S | 5-foot-7 | Whitby | 3 |
| 12 | LeeAnne Jeffs | Loyalist | M | 6-foot-0 | Stirling | 3 |
| 14 | Sarah MacLaren | Trent | M | 6-foot-3 | Renfrew | 2 |
| Women's Team West | ||||||
| # | Player | School | Position | Height | Hometown | Year |
| 1 | Mackenzie Mills | Canadore | LS/M | 5-foot-9 | North Bay | 1 |
| 2 | Laura Bye | Humber | L | 5-foot-6 | Burlington | 5 |
| 3 | Stephanie Bignell | Fanshawe | M | 6-foot-0 | Drayton | 3 |
| 3 | Alee Brecka | St. Clair | LS | 5-foot-9 | Windsor | 4 |
| 5 | Nina Carino | Humber | S | 5-foot-5 | Scarborough | 5 |
| 5 | Chantal Renaud | Conestoga | M/P | 5-foot-8 | Carlisle | 3 |
| 6 | Lynsay Collette | Mohawk | S | 5-foot-10 | Kitchener | 1 |
| 7 | Curtiss Straatsma | Redeemer | RS | 6-foot-1 | Brampton | 2 |
| 8 | Brittany Ardron | Nipissing | OH | 6-foot-1 | Lakefield | 2 |
| 9 | Brandie Ellis | Fanshawe | LS | 5-foot-8 | Newbury | 3 |
| 10 | Kelly Nyhof | Humber | M | 6-foot-2 | Georgetown | 4 |
| 14 | Melissa Cappelletti | Sheridan | M | 5-foot-11 | Cambridge | 3 |
| 14 | Jenna Bray | Niagara | LS | 5-foot-7 | Burlington | 3 |
| Men's Team East | ||||||
| # | Player | School | Position | Height | Hometown | Year |
| 1 | Edwin Sheon | George Brown | LS/S | 5-foot-10 | Toronto | 2 |
| 3 | Richard Serote | George Brown | L/S | 5-foot-6 | Toronto | 2 |
| 5 | Predrag Gajic | Seneca | LS | 6-foot-11 | Scarborough | 4 |
| 5 | Eric Larabie | Boreal | LS | 5-foot-9 | Kapuskasing | 4 |
| 7 | Ian McAlpine | Algonquin | M | 6-foot-4 | Ottawa | 3 |
| 7 | Lyndon Sonego | Georgian | LS | 6-foot-3 | Barrie | 1 |
| 8 | Clay Couchman | Fleming | M | 6-foot-6 | Blue Mountain | 3 |
| 8 | Jordan Darlington | Seneca | M | 6-foot-3 | Ajax | 1 |
| 8 | Jared Moelker | Loyalist | LS | 6-foot-4 | Trenton | 2 |
| 10 | Keith Marier | La Cite | P | 6-foot-3 | Ottawa | 3 |
| 11 | Philippe Yeldon | Algonquin | LS | 6-foot-3 | Ottawa | 4 |
| 14 | Craig Lush | Durham | M | 6-foot-8 | Port Perry | 3 |
| 15 | Dakota Campbell | Cambrian | LS | 6-foot-0 | Capreol | 3 |
| 16 | Riley McAllister | Durham | S | 6-foot-2 | Oshawa | 4 |
| Men's Team West | ||||||
| # | Player | School | Position | Height | Hometown | Year |
| 3 | Dan Trudel | Canadore | LS | 6-foot-0 | North Bay | 3 |
| 4 | Josh Butler | Sheridan | RS | 6-foot-4 | London | 2 |
| 4 | Aleks Inveiss | Humber | L | 6-foot-0 | Toronto | 3 |
| 4 | Josh Lynch | St. Clair | S | 6-foot-4 | Windsor | 3 |
| 5 | Shayne Petrusma | Niagara | OH | 6-foot-6 | Bowmanville | 5 |
| 5 | Mo Sulaiman | Mohawk | RS | 5-foot-11 | Hamilton | 5 |
| 7 | Jake Klassen | Redeemer | S | 6-foot-0 | Surrey, B.C. | 2 |
| 7 | Adam Leblanc | Nipissing | M | 6-foot-8 | Sudbury | 5 |
| 9 | David Klomps | Redeemer | LS | 6-foot-2 | Surrey, B.C. | 4 |
| 9 | Matt Stewart | Fanshawe | L | 6-foot-2 | Brisbane, Australia | 2 |
| 11 | Frankie Edgecombe | Nipissing | M | 6-foot-5 | Elmvale | 4 |
| 11 | Jeremy Fantin | Sheridan | M | 6-foot-4 | Mississauga | 2 |
| 12 | Chris Irving | Conestoga | LS | 6-foot-2 | Waterloo | 3 |
| 18 | Andre Brown | Humber | M/RS | 6-foot-9 | Mississauga | 4 |
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