Women's Volleyball News
Craig McKenzie Blazes his Trail to CMU to Head Coach Women's Volleyball
The CMU Women's Volleyball program is pleased to announce Craig McKenzie the successor to head coach Jayme Menzies, and will look to hit the ground running in taking the team to new heights with Manitoba slated to host the 2026 CCAA Nationals.
If McKenzie seems like a familiar face around CMU, it's because he's been on campus for plenty of games over the last several years. His daughter Sahra McKenzie played under Jayme Menzies for three seasons, capping off her time as a Blazer with the program's first appearance at a CCAA Nationals in March of 2024. McKenzie has a lengthy list of prior coaching experiences following his own USports career as a member of the University of Winnipeg Wesmen. Another connection to outgoing head coach Jayme Menzies was Craig's involvement as an assistant coach with the Wesmen from 2007-2014 during the years which Menzies played for the University of Winnipeg herself.
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Women's Volleyball Head Coach Jayme Menzies Leaves Program in a Good Place
The CMU Blazers would like to give a heartfelt thanks and bid farewell to Women's Volleyball coach Jayme Menzies, who leaves the program in a good place after a busy spring of recruiting for the 2025/26 team.
Menzies joined the Blazers program in 2019, and took the helm of the women's team for the 2019/20 season, finding immediate success by capturing the MCAC title in 2020, during the MCAC's first probationary year of inclusion in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association. The Blazers took home the MCAC title once again under Menzies during the 2023/24 season, securing the program's first-ever berth in the CCAA National tournament held in Red Deer in 2024.
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2025/26 Women's Volleyball Roster Preview
Blazers women's volleyball has been one of the most active programs this off-season, with recruiting for the 2025/26 squad beginning back in November, and it continued to add pieces throughout the winter and spring. The Blazers were back in the MCAC Finals this past February, and are hoping to land another spot at the 2026 CCAA Nationals next March, when the tournament comes to Manitoba for the first time.
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Haley Makes a Return to CCAA Volleyball with Blazers
The CMU Women's Volleyball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Haley Bickell for the 2024-25 MCAC season. After a stint with the Durham Lords of the OCAA out of high school, the veteran outside is returning to the court herself after a couple of years coaching club here in Manitoba.
Perhaps "The Comet" might be an appropriate new nickname for Haley Bickell, as she makes her long-awaited return to the court after a few years away from playing competitive collegiate volleyball. The Winnipeg native was a rising star coming out of her youth club career, but had her CCAA volleyball path disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic after only one full season of play. Now, the pull of playing again seems to be too big of a force to counteract, as she blazes a new trail with CMU women's volleyball.
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Blazers WVB Get Set for the Season with Latest Signing
The CMU Women's Volleyball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Abigail Jeffrey for the 2024-25 MCAC season. The tall and talented St Paul's Collegiate and Winman Club product will look to be a factor in distributing the ball to the Blazers' offensive options this upcoming season.
A member of the varsity girls team at St Paul's Collegiate in Elie, Manitoba since her grade ten season, Jeffrey captained her team to an MHSAA "AA" Provincial Championships berth in her final season with the Barons, upsetting the Landmark 96ers to claim the final spot in the top tournament. It was at the provincials that Jeffrey really put herself on the map, earning herself player of the game honours in two of the team's matches, leading to a selection as the Players Choice Award at the conclusion of the tournament. The team's setter was also named to the MHSAA All-Manitoba Team, selected from the top student-athletes from "A" to "AAA" schools from across the province.
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