News Archives

2012

Avalanche Open Season on the Road - Trevor Crawley
Daily Townsman

The Avalanche are rolling down to the Lower Mainland. Both men's and women's volleyball teams from the College of the Rockies are on the road to open the new PACWEST season with a four game stretch this weekend, as they play Douglas College and Capilano University each twice.

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PRESEASON ACTION A BOON FOR AVALANCHE - Trevor Crawley

The Rumble in the Rockies volleyball tournament concluded with a whimper for some and a boon for others. READ FULL STORY

RUMBLE IN THE ROCKIES

The men's and women's team will play host to teams from Lethbridge, University of Calgary, TRU, Kings, Augustana and Red Deer College this coming weekend in the Rumble in the Rockies Volleyball Tournament.

Come on out and see your Av's in action for the first time at the Rumble in the Rockies.

Red Deer Here We Come!

The women's team is off to Red Deer, AB on Friday Sept 21 to participate in an exhibition tournament hosted by Red Deer College. This is the first opportunity for the ladies to put all their pre season training and conditioning to the test. First up is an 8:15 pm match on Friday against the host Red Deer College and then a 9:30 am match on Saturday against Augustana.

Check back often to see how the ladies are doing!

Av's Sign Aussie Curtis Stockton

College of the Rockies’ International Department and Avalanche Men’s Volleyball Head Coach Steve Kamps are pleased to announce the signing of first year 6’7” right side Curtis Stockton from Melbourne, Australia. Read More

 

One More Piece of the Puzzle

Ashleigh White (Kamloops, BC) 6’0” middle has committed to play for the Avalanche for the 2012/13 season. White took a year off of volleyball while studying at VIU but kept her fingers in the game by playing in the intramural volleyball league on campus at VIU. White played AAAA at South Kamloops Secondary School and helped lead her team to a 3rd place finish in the Okanagan division. White also played within the Kamloops club system throughout high school. White is extremely excited about joining the Avalanche program and is looking forward to the upcoming season. White has a lot of passion for the game and will be a great addition to the Av’s line-up this coming season. Ashleigh will be taking general studies while attending COTR.

The Future Looks Bright!

Abby Glaicar (High River, Alberta) has signed a letter of commitment to join the Women’s Avalanche team for the 2013-14 season. Full Story

 

 

Another Piece of the Puzzle...

Madi Gibbs (Abbotsford B.C) has signed on to play at COTR for the 2012/13 season. Gibbs is very excited to join the Avalanche for the 2012/13 season. Full Story

 

Two Avalanche Players Moving on to CIS

Jeremias Guenter and Brendan Visser will be moving onto CIS volleyball with the University of Calgary Dinos. Both student athletes enjoyed two successful seasons with the Avalanche and have used their College experience to develop into CIS players.
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Avalanche Add New Talent to their Roster

The Av's men's team signs some local talent for the 2012/13 season.
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The Avalanche Women welcome talent from Kelowna (Nikki Valgardson) and Prince George (Stephanie Welch).
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The Avalanche Women's Team is proud to introduce Taylor Sieben, Jen and Julie Pillon and Kelsey Thompson, their 4 newest recruits for the 2012/13.
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College of the Rockies Men's Volleyball Coach Steve Kamps is pleased to announce the signing of a trio of U18 Calgary Dinos club volleyball players (Josh Lockert, Nick Schmidt and Tyler Remenda)and two Prince George athletes (Trevor Zemlak and Mitchell Duthie) will be joining the Av's for the 2012/13 season
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Athletic Banquet

College of the Rockies hosted the Annual Athletic Awards Banquet on March 31st, 2012 at the Heritage Inn. This evening recognizes our Student Athletes accomplishments which include PACWEST Awards as well at Team Distinction Awards.

Thank you to the parents, guests, student athlete, coaches and sponsors who attended the event.

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Close.....

Both Avalanche teams were on the cusp of qualifying for the Provincial Championships but with losses in the last week of play close was not quite close enough. The men were in a 3 way tie for 6th place but with the tie breaker they ended up in 7th just missing Provincials. The women couldn't put the nerves to rest and unfortunate moved from 6th to 7th in the last week of play.