OSHAWA, Ont. - Humber College's Kelly Nyhof was named the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) women's volleyball player of the year for the third straight season in a ceremony held in Oshawa, Ont., on Thursday morning as part of the 2014 OCAA Women's Volleyball Championship.
The OCAA West Division scoring champion led all OCAA players averaging 4.9 points per set. Nyhof totaled 274 points on 200 kills, 42 blocks and 32 aces for a Humber team that won the OCAA West regional crown with an unblemished 18-0 record. The Georgetown, Ont., native is also a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) all-Canadian, as well as an OCAA West Division first-team all-star.
Liza Grenon (Sudbury, Ont.) of Canadore College is also a CCAA all-Canadian. The fifth-year outside hitter won the OCAA East scoring championship averaging 4.4 points per set. Grenon contributed 261 points on 213 kills, 32 service aces and 16 blocks. Grenon is also an East Division first-team all-star.
Conestoga College's Brieanne Gallant (Kitchener) is the OCAA overall rookie of the year. The libero led all OCAA players with 342 digs. Also named West Division rookie of the year, Gallant is also a West first-team all-star and headlines the first-ever West all-rookie team.
Jaime Fryer (Pickering) of Trent University is the East Division rookie of the year. The left side hitter averaged 3.2 points per set totaling 183 points on 138 kills, 33 service aces and 12 blocks. Fryer is a member of the East Division second-team all-stars and the East all-rookie team.
Doug Veldman of Redeemer University College is the West Division coach of the year and is the OCAA nominee for CCAA coach of the year. Veldman led Redeemer to its best-ever record at 13-5, improving on a 9-9 mark last season. Redeemer finished in third place in the West Division.
Canadore's Stefanie Hancock is the OCAA East coach of the year. A former OCAA student-athlete, Hancock turned around a program that was winless in 18 matches last season. Canadore went 13-5, good for fourth place in the East Division.
Joining Nyhof and Gallant as West Division first-team all-stars are Shelby Charlton (Strathroy) and Kaitlyn Kelly (London) of Fanshawe College; Thalia Hanniman (Pembroke) of Humber; Curtiss Straatsma (Brampton) of Redeemer; and Desirée Redding (Detroit, Mich.) of St. Clair College.
Along with Grenon, East Division first-team all-stars include Alixandra Burkart (Kenora) of Algonquin College; Lauren Kuehni (North Bay) of Canadore; Natalie Buck (Keswick) and Hannah Campbell (Midland) of Georgian College; Clare Weisser (Queensville) of West regional champion Seneca College; and Rebecca van Staalduinen (Peterborough) of Trent.
OCAA West second-team all-stars include Mallory O'Hara (Kitchener) of Conestoga; Melanie Griese (Newmarket) of Fanshawe; Carley Uden (Newmarket) of Humber; Kayde Bailey (Burlington) and Alexandria Botelho (Hamilton) of Niagara College; Chi Chi Chuks-Mady (Hamilton) of Mohawk College; and Charlene De Vries (London) of Redeemer.
Joining Fryer as OCAA East second-team all-stars are Jessica Broad (Courtice) of Durham College; Veronica Harrison (Cookstown) and Allison Marshall (Orillia) of Georgian; Lindsay Ballance (Napanee) of Seneca; and Samantha Belsey (Norwood) and Erin Clancy (Woodbridge) of Trent.
The first-ever OCAA West all-rookie team is comprised of Gallant and O'Hara of Conestoga; Darian Gropp (Kitchener) of Fanshawe; Adela Xhameta (Albania) of Humber; Kaylee Duncan (Mount Albert) and Corinne McGrath (Cambridge) of Mohawk; and Monica Roch (Windsor) of St. Clair.
The OCAA East all-rookie team includes Fryer; Victoria Waizmann (Beaconsfield, Que.) of Algonquin; Kuehni and Liarra Marchand (Penetanguishene) of Canadore; Alex Chabot (Ottawa) of La Cité Collégiale; Patricia Niengue (Portugal) of George Brown; and Tina O'Donnell (Scarborough) of Seneca.
2013-14 OCAA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL MAJOR AWARDS
OCAA Women's Volleyball East Division Champions
Seneca Sting
OCAA Women's Volleyball West Division Champions
Humber Hawks
OCAA Women's Volleyball Player of the Year
Kelly Nyhof, Humber
OCAA Women's Volleyball Rookie of the Year
Brieanne Gallant, Conestoga
CCAA Women's Volleyball All-Canadians
Liza Grenon, Canadore
Kelly Nyhof, Humber
CCAA Women's Volleyball Coach of the Year Nominee
Doug Veldman, Redeemer
OCAA Women's Volleyball East Division Scoring Champion
Liza Grenon, Canadore
OCAA Women's Volleyball West Division Scoring Champion
Kelly Nyhof, Humber
OCAA Women's Volleyball East Division Rookie of the Year
Jaime Fryer, Trent
OCAA Women's Volleyball West Division Rookie of the Year
Brieanne Gallant, Conestoga
OCAA Women's Volleyball East Division Coach of the Year
Stefanie Hancock, Canadore
OCAA Women's Volleyball West Division Coach of the Year
Doug Veldman, Redeemer
OCAA Women's Volleyball East Division First-Team All-Stars
Alixandra Burkart, Algonquin
Liza Grenon, Canadore
Lauren Kuehni, Canadore
Natalie Buck, Georgian
Hannah Campbell, Georgian
Clare Weisser, Seneca
Rebecca Van Staalduinen, Trent
OCAA Women's Volleyball East Division Second-Team All-Stars
Jessica Broad, Durham
Veronica Harrison, Georgian
Allison Marshall, Georgian
Lindsay Ballance, Seneca
Samantha Belsey, Trent
Erin Clancy, Trent
Jaime Fryer, Trent
OCAA Women's Volleyball West Division First-Team All-Stars
Brieanne Gallant, Conestoga
Shelby Charlton, Fanshawe
Kaitlyn Kelly, Fanshawe
Thalia Hanniman, Humber
Kelly Nyhof, Humber
Curtiss Straatsma, Redeemer
Desirée Redding, St. Clair
OCAA Women's Volleyball West Division Second-Team All-Stars
Mallory O'Hara, Conestoga
Melanie Griese, Fanshawe
Carley Uden, Humber
Chi Chi Chuks-Mady, Mohawk
Kayde Bailey, Niagara
Alexandria Botelho, Niagara
Charlene De Vries, Redeemer
OCAA Women's Volleyball East Division All-Rookie Team
Victoria Waizmann, Algonquin
Lauren Kuehni, Canadore
Liarra Marchand, Canadore
Alex Chabot, La Cité
Patricia Niengue, George Brown
Tina O'Donnell, Seneca
Jaime Fryer, Trent
OCAA Women's Volleyball West Division All-Rookie Team
Brieanne Gallant, Conestoga
Mallory O'Hara, Conestoga
Darian Gropp, Fanshawe
Adela Xhameta, Humber
Kaylee Duncan, Mohawk
Corinne McGrath, Mohawk
Monica Roch, St. Clair
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