Men's Volleyball News
Brandon Connection Remains Strong for Blazers MVB
The CMU Men's Volleyball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Xavier Folkerts for the 2024-25 MCAC season. The Vincent Massey Brandon and Brandon Volleyball Club product is the latest addition to the program coming out of Western Manitoba.
A star on his MHSAA "AA" Elton Collegiate squad in his grade ten year, Folkerts drew onto the varsity squad that year as well. As a captain of his junior varsity team he led the Sabres to the Provincial Championships, where he was named a tournament All-Star, while his varsity squad saw considerable success throughout the season, making three tournament finals and capturing one title en route to a Provincial Championship berth. For his true varsity seasons Folkerts played for Vincent Massey High School in Brandon, qualifying for "AAAA" provincials in his grade eleven season, and then following up with more big-game experience this past fall season, when his grade twelve squad qualified for provincials again after wins at the Husky Classic and Brandon University Invitational tournaments. Folkerts played the full range of attacking positions with his high school teams, but feels most at home on the left side. Aside from volleyball, Folkerts also competes at high jump with the Vikings, as he continues his vertical training off the court for the track and field season as well.
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Curran Chan Continues Family Tradition Signing with Blazers MVB
The CMU Men's Volleyball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Curran Chan for the 2024-25 MCAC season. The Grant Park and WinMan Volleyball Club product follows in his brother's footsteps to don the Green and Gold of the Blazers.
A dynamic outside attacker for his Grant Park Pirates team, Chan is a complete package very much in the mold of outgoing Blazers' combo left side and libero Albert Francisco, who is taking his talents to PacWest's College of the Rockies this upcoming season. The two share many similar attributes and the link goes beyond their on court play as they have been family friends for some time. While the Pirates weren't able to get past the Kelvin Clippers in the divisional semi-finals of their MHSAA "AAAA" playoffs, the team made the finals in the Pembina Trails Collegiate tournament, and Chan was named Tournament All-Star in two other tournament appearances, at Tec Voc and West Kildonan this past season. The team's most valuable player was also named an MHSAA Graduating All-Star following the conclusion of his high school season.
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Blazers Men's Volleyball Bring in Titan Outside Johnston
The CMU Men's Volleyball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Levi Johnston for the 2024-25 MCAC season. The Transcona Collegiate and Winman Volleyball Club student-athlete joins the Blazers as one of the top recruits of his graduating class, and will look to make an immediate mark on his new team.
Transcona Collegiate is not typically known to be a hot bed for top volleyball talent in the province but Johnston may be changing the narrative, as he led his varsity team to an MHSAA "AAA" Provincial Finals in his grade eleven season, and then continued to make history by captaining the squad to a "AAAA" Provincials berth in his senior year after the school's athletics programs got bumped up to the top tier in the province. It was the first time the Titans had featured at a "AAAA" provincial championship in the school's history. The team even managed to make a splash at the championships, upsetting their seventh-seeded Steinbach Regional opponent in the first round to make it into the "Elite Eight" of their new division. A dual-sport threat both on the volleyball and basketball court, Johnston was named an MHSAA "AAA" Provincial All-Star in both disciplines in the same season during his grade ten year, and followed that up with Graduating All-Star recognition this past season alongside being named to the "AAAA" All-Manitoba team.
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Cameron Gayleard: November's Zueike Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Cameron Gayleard of Blazers Men's Volleyball on being selected the CMU Zueike Male Athlete of the Month for November. The fourth year left side captained his team to a perfect record to start the season.
From the time he first stepped onto the court in a Blazers uniform in the fall of 2019, Cameron Gayleard has been the kind of player a team can rely on game in and game out to be a consistent performer, and the Selkirk product has started this season no differently. Gayleard has been the definition of a lead-by-example captain, putting in extra hours of practice, time in the gym, and in the classroom, all leading to his high performance on the court. The two-time CCAA Academic All-Canadian currently sits in the top MCAC leaderboards in a number of offensive categories, including leading the conference in service aces per set, while also sitting top three in total kills and kill efficiency. Gayleard also routinely leads his team in passing percentage, showing that he works on all aspects of his game.
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Griffith Comes Full Circle, Landing Back in Winnipeg with Blazers MVB
The CMU Men's Volleyball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Brayden Griffith for the 2023/24 MCAC season. The Winnipeg product has played collegiate volleyball in both Alberta and Ontario, and is ready to finish his career in his hometown where he hopes to lift the Blazers back to another MCAC title and CCAA National Championships appearance.
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