WOLFPACK HAVE TWO MVB NAMED TO TEAM BC FOR 2009CANADA SUMMER GAMES
Gord Perrin (left) and Kyle Donen (right) dive for ball
For immediate Release: April 27, 2009
Kamloops, BC—Two members of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Men’s volleyball team have been chosen to represent the province at this year’s Canada Summer Games. Libero Kyle Donen (3rd year, White Rock, BC) and outside hitter Gord Perrin (2nd year, Creston, BC) have been named to the 12 player squad which will travel to Charlottetown Prince Edward Island in the end of August.
“It’s excellent for our program to have two players chosen,” says head coach Pat Hennelly. “Actually, Josh (Boruck, 1st year, outside hitter, Revelstoke, BC) and Conor (Eatch, 1st year, middle, Aurora, Ontario) were both invited to the Team BC camp. Conor got an invite to the Ontario team as well. But both declined. “
Boruck , due to financial reasons, is concentrating on his representing Canada at the upcoming Maccabbi Games in Isreal this summer. Team Ontario doesn’t allow its athletes to compete for both the Canada Summer Games and the National Junior Team. Boruck, Perrin and Eatch are all invites to that team’s training camp.
“Looking at the list, Kyle is the only Libero on it,” says Hennelly “When you look at the best Under 21 players in the province, that is a lot of guys that Kyle had to beat out. I’m pretty proud of him to do that. The Canada Games is a great experience. I think Gord (Perrin) is somebody they really wanted on the team. The Team BC officials are working out a way for him to play both with this club and the Junior National squad. It’s great that Gord went out there. I understand they both went out this weekend and did well and were great representatives of our program.”
Perrin and Donen will participate in the second week of the Canada Summer Games. They will return to instruct at WolfPack Volleyball Camps in Creston, BC and Kamloops, BC after wards.
Other CIS players named to Team BC include Justin Merta of Quesnel, BC (University of Alberta), and four players from Trinity Western University (Ben Ball, Rudy Verhoeff, Josh Dornenball and Marc Howatson).