May 11, 2010: Keyano College Athletics is pleased to announce that Joel Roberts of Calgary, Alberta has been recruited to suit up for the Huskies in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference men’s volleyball for the 2010-2011 season. Here is a quick 90-second Question and Answer with Roberts.

NAME: Joel Roberts

AGE: 18

BIRTHDATE: March 24, 1992

HEIGHT:  5-foot- 9

HITTING HAND: Right

VERTICAL: Spike touch 288 cm

POSITION: Setter sometimes Libero

HIGH SCHOOL: Bishop O’Byrne High School

COACH(ES) IN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Kevin Buck, Mr Patrician, Lisa Rathwell 

PLANNED COURSE AT KEYANO: Education or Business

WHAT IS YOUR STRENGTHS AS A VOLLEYBALL PLAYER: Leadership and defence

 PERSONAL VOLLEYBALL AWARDS: MVP Bishop O’Byrne 2009/2010   

MOST MEMORABLE VOLLEYBALL MOMENT TO DATE: Weird that it is a negative, but getting subbed out in the third set of city finals in Grade 11  

 OTHER SPORTS PLAYED: Track & Field as well as Cross Country running in high school

 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: Community ice rink maintenance and volleyball refereeing at Rally Pointe Volleyball Complex 

YOUR HOBBIES:  Xbox 360,  Hockey (ice, ball, roller or street), going to the Gym

WE HAVE ONLY 15 SECONDS LEFT JOEL FOR SOME QUICK RESPONSE ONE ANSWER QUESTIONS….READY….WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE?

MOVIE: Zoolander- Ben Stiller is hilarious!

TELEVISION SHOW: That 70’s Show

BOOK: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

SONG: Road to Zion – Nag & Damion Morley

FOOD: Anything from Quizno’s

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM: Pittsburgh Penguins

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ATHLETE: Kobe Bryant

May 2, 2010: You may bet your last Gabrielle Roy $20 bill that one day Pascal Guenette will become an excellent volleyball coach.

Guenette, from St. Adolphe, Manitoba, attended high school at Ecole College Regional Gabrielle Roy which is named for the late French-Canadian authour who was honoured in September 2004 when the Bank of Canada issued a $20 bank note which included a quotation from her 1961 book The Hidden Mountain.

The affable Guenette, who has been tagged with various nicknames during his four-year college volleyball career, including Lumberjack when he grows a grizzly beard, was recently selected the 2010 Male Athlete of the Year for the Keyano College Huskies.

The 6-fot-4 Guenette arrived in Fort McMurray in 2008 following two years wearing the colours of Edmonton’s NAIT Ooks which was preceded by a high school career which included the following highlights: 2005 Manitoba AAA finalists, 2005 Under-21 Bisons Club National Champions and 2005 National Francophone Game finalists.

Playing the offside and power hitting positions, Guenette, 22, states the highlight of his volleyball playing career to date was participating in the 2009 Coldwell Banker Fort McMurray Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men’s championship which was hosted by the Keyano Huskies.

“My highlight was at nationals getting the last block to end the game and win in the fifth set versus Camosun (College Chargers from Victoria, British Columbia.).”

The scores of that quarter final game which, was viewed by a SRO crowd at the Syncrude Sport & Wellness Centre, were 25-14, 25-19, 23-25, 19-15 and 15-10.

The winner of the tournament was Edmonton’s Grant MacEwan College Griffins upsetting the CEGEP Limoilou Titans from Quebec.

Guenette has one year of eligibility remaining and will be transferring into Keyano College’s EMT Program. Upon graduation he also plans to get into coaching.

“I have been mentoring elementary and junior high school students about the game of volleyball and I plan to get into coaching in the near future. I would like to start in high school and then move into club volleyball.”

Pascal Guenette (left) with teammate Stacey Elser standing for the national anthem

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Mens Volleyball 2009-2010 Awards

Head Coach Konrad Plante presenting

MVP: Stacey Elser 

Rookie of the Year:  Matt Herbert 

March 15, 2010: Keyano College Athletics is pleased to announce that Brock Payne of Brandon, Manitoba has been recruited to suit up for the Huskies in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference  men's volleyball for the 2010-2011 season. Here is a quick 90-second Question and Answer with Payne.

NAME: Brock Payne 

AGE: 19 

BIRTHDATE: September 19, 1990 

HEIGHT: 6-foot-5 

HITTING HAND: Right 

VERTICAL: Spike touch: 338cm 

POSITION: Leftside 

HOMETOWN: Brandon, Manitoba 

HIGH SCHOOL: Vincent Massey High School 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NICKNAME: Vikings  

COACH(ES) IN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Brent Tocher, Mike Degroot 

PLANNED COURSE AT KEYANO: Science 

TEAM VOLLEYBALL AWARDS & CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2007 18U Manitoba club provincials silver medalists; 2008 18U Manitoba club provincials bronze medalists

2009 CIS bronze medal (Brandon University) 

PERSONAL VOLLEYBALL AWARDS: 2008 4A graduating all-star;  2008 BU tournament all-star; 16U Manitoba club provincial all-star  

MOST MEMORABLE VOLLEYBALL MOMENT TO DATE: Brandon junior varsity city champions  

LIST ANY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE PLAYED POST SECONDARY SPORTS OR HIGHER. NAME THEIR SPORT AND ACHIEVMENTS: Nancy Payne (Mom) - University of Winnipeg Wesmen Women's Basketball 1975-77  

BELOW IS A SIMPLE ONE ANSWER FOR EACH. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE?

HOBBIES: NHL, NBA, Xbox 360 

 MOVIE - Law Abiding Citizen

 TELEVISION SHOW - That 70's show

 BOOK - The Da Vinci Code

 SONG - Make it rain - Fat Joe & Lil Wayne

 FOOD - chicken wings

 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM Pittsburgh Penguins

 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ATHLETE: Jonathon Toews

 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM Oklahoma City Thunder