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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Women's Basketball Ready to Hit the Hardcourt with New Coach Harding
CMU Blazers Athletics is very pleased to announce the hiring of Sharlene Harding to the Women's Basketball program for the upcoming 2024-25 MCAC and NIAC seasons. Harding grew up in the greater Toronto area where she developed into a budding dual-sport basketball and soccer star before an international career in coaching. A Winnipeg resident since 2021, she has already planted firm roots in the local basketball community.
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Blazers WBB Add Power in the Paint with Keara Howden
The CMU Women's Basketball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Keara Howden for the 2024-25 MCAC and NIAC seasons. The Vincent Massey Collegiate and Evolve Club signing will add more punch on the boards to the Blazers lineup this coming year.
Joining her high school and club teammate Gina Maher in signing with the Blazers this offseason, Howden will be the forward in the front court and back court duo, bringing with her plenty of championship and big-game experience. In her grade ten season Howden and the Trojans were MHSAA "AAAA" Provincial Championship finalists. Her two varsity seasons at Massey her team reached the Provincial Championship Final Fours, narrowly edged by Garden City for the chance to play in the title game on both occasions. Of the four tournaments her Massey squad entered this season, the team medalled in all four, including two tournament titles at the Sisler Spartan Classic, and the Buckeye Classic at Miles Macdonell. The team also headed West in December for a Pacific Coast showdown with some of the top teams in the Vancouver area. Here at home, Howden was named a MHSAA "AAAA" Graduating All-Star, earning her right to play with and against some of the top high school competition in Manitoba. Leading up to her Graduating All-Star selection, Howden was also named player of the game in a number of her team's tournaments over the past seasons, and also earned Defensive Player of the Tournament in Brandon in her grade eleven year, hinting at the strong presence in the paint the Blazers are getting, not to mention leadership on and off the court from the VMC captain.
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Men's Volleyball Continue their Avalanche of Signings with Matthew Janzen
The CMU Men's Volleyball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Matthew Janzen for the 2024-25 MCAC season. The Linden Christian, Bisons Club, and College of the Rockies transfer is bringing his talents back to Manitoba after a year away with one of the top CCAA programs in the country.
A 2023 graduate of Linden Christian, Janzen spent the past year studying kinesiology and playing volleyball at College of the Rockies in beautiful Cranbrook, BC. He got his feet wet playing college ball under 2023-24 CCAA Coach of the Year Cisco Farrero in the ultracompetitive PacWest Conference, with a team that sat atop the CCAA National Rankings for a total of eight weeks during a long stretch of the season. Featuring at left side with the Avalanche, the hometown Winnipeg talent found himself yearning for a return to the prairies, and will certainly be a big factor in the Blazers' lineup this season.
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Shaftesbury Titan Obonde Steps Up to Sign with Blazers Soccer
The CMU Men's Soccer program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Geno Obonde for the 2024-25 MCAC season. The Shaftesbury High School product is taking his talents on the pitch and in the classroom across the street to CMU's campus where he will join the Blazers soccer family.
The fourth signing of the offseason for the CMU men's soccer program, Blazers co-head coaches Anderson Pereira and Gode Katembo are hard at work rounding out their roster for the upcoming campaign. Obonde adds some more versatility to the team makeup, having slotted in primarily up front throughout his career, but has more recently moved to the backline as a steady defending presence for the Titans. The Blazers' newest recruit was the second-leading scorer for his Shaftesbury squad in his first varsity season of Winnipeg Youth Soccer Association (WYSA) indoor league, and this past March wrapped up his final season there, helping the team to a Boys Championship Group semi-finals appearance, narrowly missing out on a spot in the finals thanks to their West-Winnipeg rival across the Assiniboine River Sturgeon Heights Huskies.
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