PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Humber College's Jake Gomes (Oakville, Ont.) was named the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Men's Volleyball Player of the Year in a ceremony held in Peterborough, Ont., on Wednesday evening as part of the 2020 OCAA Men's Volleyball Championship.
The third-year setter quarterbacked a Humber squad that lost only two sets during the regular season. Gomes averaged 8.10 assists per set, good for eighth among all OCAA players. He also contributed 66 points and 59 digs over 14 matches. Also named a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Canadian, the West Division Player of the Year headlines the West Division First-Team All-Stars.
Liam Gray (Barrie, Ont.) of the East Division champion Durham Lords is the East Division Player of the Year. The fifth-year setter is now a three-time All-Canadian having won the award with Georgian in 2017 and 2018. Gray was among the league leaders in service aces averaging 0.84 per set. His 246 all-time aces is an OCAA record. Gray headlines the East Division First-Team All-Stars.
Humber's Joshua Fadare (Markham, Ont.) is the OCAA Rookie of the Year. The middle blocker was 11th among all OCAA players averaging 3.9 points and 3.03 kills per set. The West Division Rookie of the Year also headlines the West Division All-Rookie Team.
Wayne Wilkins of Humber is the OCAA nominee for CCAA Coach of the Year. The Hawks completed one of the best regular seasons on record, winning 54 sets while losing only two. Humber easily won the West Division crown with its 18-0 mark.
The East Division Scoring Champion is Richard Bucar (Ottawa, Ont.) of Algonquin. The third-year power averaged 4.8 points per set on 193 kills, 52 service aces and 26 blocks. The West Division Scoring Champion is Frankie Friesen (Staples, Ont.) of St. Clair. The second-year outside hitter averaged 5.2 points per set on 242 kills, 30 service aces and 21 blocks. Both were named First-Team All-Stars in their respective divisions.
Georgian's Kaelan Kloetstra (London, Ont.) is the East Division Rookie of the Year. The outside hitter was among the OCAA's Top 5 in scoring averaging 4.4 points per set on 187 kills, 44 service aces and 16 blocks. Kloetstra headlines the East Division All-Rookie Team.
In addition to Gomes and Friesen, OCAA West Division First-Team All-Stars include Conestoga's Eric Katerberg (Listowel, Ont.); Humber's Andrew Blakey (Collingwood, Ont.); Niagara's Samuel Otten (Toronto, Ont.); Redeemer's Brayden Stoffers (Frankford, Ont.); and Sheridan's Liam Butchereit (Mississauga, Ont.).
Joining Gray and Bucar as OCAA East Division First-Team All-Stars are Algonquin's Tom Cullingworth (Ottawa, Ont.); Canadore's Ryan Carnevale (Toronto, Ont.) and Jean Francois Daoust (Sturgeon Falls, Ont.); Durham's Andrew Dube (Uxbridge, Ont.); and Fleming's Joel Howes (Sharbot Lake, Ont.).
The OCAA West Division Second-Team All-Stars include Conestoga's Ryan Clutton (Waterloo, Ont.) and Judah Verbeek (Elmira, Ont.); Fanshawe's Mike Liscumb (Ilderton, Ont.); Humber's Rady Kim (Toronto, Ont.) and Rrezart Sadiku (Kosovo); Mohawk's Alex Turkiewicz (Hamilton, Ont.); and Niagara's Elijah Bugiardini (Hamilton, Ont.).
Named OCAA East Division Second-Team All-Stars were Canadore's Jackson Brear (North Bay, Ont.); Centennial's Timothy Ho (Toronto, Ont.); George Brown's Vivek Mathimakki (Scarborough, Ont.); Georgian's Mike Fors (Uxbridge, Ont.); Loyalist's Savino Marques (Richmond Hill, Ont.) and Josh Roberts (Conception Bay, N.L.); and Seneca's David Blom (Aurora, Ont.).
Joining Fadare on the West Division All-Rookie Team are Conestoga's Verbeek; Fanshawe's Ewan Mason (London, Ont.); Niagara's Colin Prelaz (London, Ont.); and St. Clair's Logan Ondricko (Belle River, Ont.) and Simran Pahal (Kitchener, Ont.).
Joining Kloetstra on the East Division All-Rookie Team are Canadore's Ben Thompson (North Bay, Ont.); Durham's Rouzbeh Rahnavard (Richmond Hill, Ont.); Loyalist's Andrew Hudgins (Napanee, Ont.) and Riley Litwiller (Cambridge, Ont.); and Seneca's Ehsan Ghazanfari (Iran).
2019-20 OCAA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL MAJOR AWARDS
OCAA Men's Volleyball Player of the Year
Jake Gomes, Humber
OCAA Men's Volleyball Rookie of the Year
Joshua Fadare, Humber
CCAA Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year Nominee
Wayne Wilkins, Humber
OCAA Men's Volleyball East Division Scoring Champion
Richard Bucar, Algonquin
OCAA Men's Volleyball West Division Scoring Champion
Frankie Friesen, St. Clair
OCAA East Division Player of the Year/CCAA All-Canadian
Liam Gray, Durham
OCAA West Division Player of the Year/CCAA All-Canadian
Jake Gomes, Humber
OCAA Men's Volleyball East Division Rookie of the Year
Kaelan Kloetstra, Georgian
OCAA Men's Volleyball West Division Rookie of the Year
Joshua Fadare, Humber
OCAA Men's Volleyball East Division Coach of the Year
Chris Jenkins, Loyalist
OCAA Men's Volleyball West Division Coach of the Year
Wayne Wilkins, Humber
OCAA Men's Volleyball East Division Champions
Durham Lords
OCAA Men's Volleyball West Division Champions
Humber Hawks
OCAA Men's Volleyball East Division First-Team All-Stars
Richard Bucar, Algonquin
Ryan Carnevale, Canadore
Tom Cullingworth, Algonquin
Jean Francois Daoust, Canadore
Andrew Dube, Durham
Liam Gray, Durham
Joel Howes, Fleming
OCAA Men's Volleyball East Division Second-Team All-Stars
David Blom, Seneca
Jackson Brear, Canadore
Mike Fors, Georgian
Timothy Ho, Centennial
Savino Marques, Loyalist
Vivek Mathimakki, George Brown
Josh Roberts, Loyalist
OCAA Men's Volleyball West Division First-Team All-Stars
Andrew Blakey, Humber
Liam Butchereit, Sheridan
Frankie Friesen, St. Clair
Jake Gomes, Humber
Eric Katerberg, Conestoga
Samuel Otten, Niagara
Brayden Stoffers, Redeemer
OCAA Men's Volleyball West Division Second-Team All-Stars
Elijah Bugiardini, Niagara
Ryan Clutton, Conestoga
Rady Kim, Humber
Mike Liscumb, Fanshawe
Rrezart Sadiku, Humber
Alex Turkiewicz, Mohawk
Judah Verbeek, Conestoga
OCAA Men's Volleyball East Division All-Rookie Team
Ehsan Ghazanfari, Seneca
Andrew Hudgins, Loyalist
Kaelan Kloetstra, Georgian
Riley Litwiller, Loyalist
Rouzbeh Rahnavard, Durham
Ben Thompson, Canadore
OCAA Men's Volleyball West Division All-Rookie Team
Joshua Fadare, Humber
Ewan Mason, Fanshawe
Logan Ondricko, St. Clair
Simran Pahal, St. Clair
Colin Prelaz, Niagara
Judah Verbeek, Conestoga
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