2006-2007 TRU Wolfpack in the News
TRU WolfPack WVB welcomes Danish dynamo
By BRONWEN SCOTT
The TRU WolfPack women’s volleyball team is looking forward to the arrival of one of Denmark’s top volleyball players: Stine Bleeg Christiansen, a 5’9” setter from Ribe, Denmark... full story
TRU WolfPack WVB welcomes two more
By Bronwen Scott
The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women’s volleyball team welcomes two more recruits this week. Joining the WolfPack are Amanda Loree, a 6’ left side from Pleasant Valley Secondary in Armstrong, and 5’7” setter Taylor Hall, a Grade 12 grad at Burnaby Mountain Secondary...full story
Outstanding athlete commits to WolfPack women’s basketball
By Bronwen Scott
It’s hard to pick your favourite varsity sport when you were captain of senior girls basketball, volleyball and soccer teams in your final year of high school, but Tsawwassen athlete Kaitlyn Widsten has chosen basketball-and chosen Thompson Rivers University as the place to play... full story
Two outstanding athletes to play TRU hoops next season
By Bronwen Scott
Two outstanding athletes, Zach Anderson, a 6’2” point guard from Fort Fraser and Kyle McMurray, a 6’2” guard from Sardis, have committed to the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men’s basketball team for the upcoming 2007-08 season...full story
TRU WolfPack WBB welcomes talented Lower Mainland forwards
By Bronwen Scott
Forwards Michelle Dimond of Port Moody and Jessica Mulock of North Vancouver, both talented scholar athletes who have excelled in the classroom and on the court throughout their high school years, have committed to the TRU WolfPack women’s basketball team for the 2007-08 season...full story
French Adventures
By Gerard Cros
This summer, TRU's two baseball players from France, Anthony and Gregory Cros, have returned home and they brought with them fourth-year TRU player Nathan French, who joins the Cros' to play club baseball in Europe...full story
Kamloops' newest multi-sport facility is officially named "TOURNAMENT CAPITAL CENTRE"
By City of Kamloops News Release
The official name of the Kamloops’ new 135,000 square foot multi-sport facility is Tournament Capital Centre...full story
Richmond volleyballer commits to TRU WolfPack
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Kelly Asleson, a leading high school volleyball player from Richmond, has committed to the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women’s volleyball team for the upcoming 2007/08 season...full story
Langley volleyballer commits to TRU WolfPack
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Volleyball all-star Tanis Hoeltgen, a grade 12 honours student who will graduate from D.W. Poppy Secondary School in Langley this June, has committed to the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women’s volleyball team for the upcoming 2007/08 season...full story
Alberta, Manitoba MVPs to play WolfPack hoops next season
By BRONWEN SCOTT
TRU WolfPack head coach Nevin Gleddie will be welcoming some top prairie players, Simon Doty and Matthew Pierce, to the WolfPack men’s basketball team for the coming season’s CIS play...full story
Radium recruit to be tallest on team
By BRONWEN SCOTT
At 6’11’, middle blocker Taylor Verboom will be a force to be reckoned with at the net. The Radium, BC, student, who has been his school’s volleyball MVP each year since grade eight, has committed to the TRU WolfPack for the 2007/08 season... full story
2006/2007 Athletic Awards and Banquet
By JEN ROBERTSON
The theme at this year's Athletic Awards Banquet was 'Casino Royale' and the athletes dressed accordingly. Beautiful dresses, suits and ties and long flowing hair made most unrecognizable...full story
Two top Canadian recruits commit to WolfPack men’s volleyball
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Winnipeg student Stefan Savoie and Gordon Perrin of Creston, BC join Revelstoke spiker Josh Boruck, who committed to the WolfPack in March, as the CIS team’s 2007/08 rookies...full story
The future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades
By MATTHEW STRADER
He's been a three-time pitcher of the year for the TRU WolfPack Men's baseball team (every year he's been in the program, actually!). He was a member of the TRU WolfPack championship baseball team from 2005, and each of the Fall Classic winning teams of the past three years...full story
Fitting Into Kamloops
By MATTHEW STRADER
A great number of university students admit to the nagging worry about what comes after school. For TRU athletics graduates, the city of Kamloops may bring them just the opportunities they are looking for...full story
TRU men’s volleyball confirms first 2007/08 recruit
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Josh Boruck, one of the hardest hitting high school players in BC, will join the TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball team next season...full story
TRU athlete wins Canada West rookie honours
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Thompson Rivers University WolfPack athlete Robin Schoebel has been named the 2007 Canada West Rookie of the Year... full story
Wesmen defeat WolfPack and Advance to Final Four
By SHELDON APPELLE
On Sunday, the Winnipeg Wesmen advanced to the Canada West Final Four after defeating the Thompson Rivers WolfPack 3-1 (25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15) to win the best of three semi-final series 2-1... full story
WolfPack Upset Wesmen In Canada West Playoff Opener
By SHELDON APPELLE, University of Winnipeg Sports Information Director
The Thompson Rivers Wolfpack upset the fourth ranked Winnipeg Wesmen... full story
Wesmen stand in way of TRU trip to nationals
By MARK HUNTER, Daily News Sports Reporter
The naivete of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men's volleyball team may be a good thing heading into its best-of-three playoff series with the Winnipeg Wesmen... full story
Future bright with local talent
By MARK HUNTER, Daily News Sports Reporter
Whenever TRU WolfPack badminton head coach Brad Pape wants to see into the team's future, he looks towards Brennan Arduini... full story
Historic weekend for WolfPack
By MARK HUNTER, Daily News Sports Reporter
The TRU WolfPack men's volleyball team made history Saturday, defeating the Calgary Dinos 3-2 to become the first TRU team to earn a Canada West playoff spot... full story
WolfPack men's volleyball make first ever playoffs
By JENNIFER ROBERTSON
The TRU WolfPack men's volleyball team has secured it's seventh ranked position in Canada West...full story
Local women’s volleyball MVP commits to WolfPack
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Amanda Frayne, a Sa-Hali Secondary student who has played volleyball at school since grade six...full story
Volleyball coaching symposium and certification at TRU Feb 3-4
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Volleyball BC will host a coaching symposium at TRU the first weekend in February, 3-4...full story
Winnipeg all-star commits to WolfPack women’s volleyball
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Jennifer Johnston of Winnipeg, named a Manitoba Graduating All Star in 2006 and a Canadian Top 25 Prospect by Volleyball Prospects website, has committed to play the 2007-08 season...full story
Penticton All-Star Commits to TRU WolfPack
By BRONWEN SCOTT
Jena Riches, a 5’9” guard and all-star at Penticton Senior Secondary has committed to the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack’s women’s basketball team for the 2007/08 season...full story
'Pack opens nationals with golden-goal win
By TRACY WATSON, Daily News Sports Reporter
Katie Clark's golden goal lifted the fifth-seeded WolfPack to a 1-0 overtime victory over the second-seeded F-X Garneau Elans in both teams' round-robin opener at nationals, at Langara College in Vancouver...full story
WolfPack generous to Huskies
By BART CUMMINS, Special to the Daily News
For the second straight night, the TRu men's volleyball coach watched his players commit so many service faults that they essentially handed the visiting University of Saskatchewan Huskies their second three-set sweep at the TRU gym...full story
Huskies bite WolfPack
By BART CUMMINS, Special to the Daily News
The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's volleyball team entered its second season of Canadian Interuniversity Sport action with a four-set loss to the visiting University of Saskatchewan Huskies on Friday night at the TRU gym...full story
Speed, size, skill - Cummings has it all
By CHRIS JUREWICZ, Kamloops Daily News Sports Reporter, Oct 30 2006
Her potential, and what the TRU WolfPack looks forward to seeing in years to come, was evident when Cummings stuffed 6-foot-3 forward Lindsay Robinson of the Fraser Valley Cascades on Saturday at TRU gym...full story
TRU women’s soccer lick last weekend’s wounds
By GARY McKENNA, Kamloops This Week Sports reporter, Oct 27 2006
The TRU women’s soccer team has a lot of reasons to be concerned about this weekend’s provincial soccer championships...full story
New coach ready to turn TRU into winner
Chris Jurewicz, Daily News Sports Reports, October 27 2006
Scott Reeves says his team need to learn how to win this season. And, if that's the goal, the TRU WolfPack women's basketball team is in good hands with Reeves. Because if you know one thing about the man, you should know this - he wins...full story
WolfPack putting something together
Chris Jurewicz, Daily News Sports Reports, October 26 2006
Hennelly, head coach of the TRU WolfPack men's volleyball team, has reason to be optimistic heading into his team's second season as a member of Canada West. Hennelly recruited 10 players in the offseason, five of whom are from Alberta...full story
Devlin, WolfPack are ready to go full out
Chris Jurewicz, Daily News Sports Reports, October 25 2006
Robyn Devlin has experienced it all in her four seasons as a member of the UCC Sun Demons / TRU WolfPack women's volleyball team...full story
Pre-season excitement
Matthew Strader, September 27 2006
The TRU WolfPack Men's baseball team is gearing up for another run at the title, and this weekend there are some home games you won't want to miss...full story
WolfPack Volleyball take K-Town Cup
Matthew Strader, September 27 2006
Friday night, the men's volleyball season opened up in the TRU gym with an exhibition match versus the UBC-Okanagan Lakers from Kelowna. It was dubbed the "K-Town Cup", an event which Head Coach Pat Hennelly hopes becomes annual...full story
WolfPack scores four goals but loses soccer game to Royals
September 25 2006
The TRU WolfPack women's soccer team suffered its first loss of the B.C. Colleges Athletic Association season on Sunday, losing 5-4 to the Douglas Royals in Surrey...full story
Men's Volleyball adds new coach
By Patrick Johnston, Sept 20 2006
The WolfPack Men's Volleyball Team will have a new face join the coaching staff for the 2006/07 season. The addition is the experienced Chad Grimm. The Quesnel, BC native is joining the 'Pack from Denmark where he played three seasons of professional volleyball for squads in Denmark and Belgium...full story
TRU women open with win
Tracy Watson, September 11 2006
Shannon Kelly earned the shutout as the TRU WolfPack women's soccer team scored a season-opening 2-0 victory over the Kwantlen Eagles at Hillside Stadium on Saturday...full story
Eagles soar past frustrated WolfPack
By Tracy Watson, Sept 11 2006
CJ Jhooty scored all three goals and Erman Ozkan earned the shutout as the Kwantlen Eagles downed the WolfPack 3-0 during their B.C. Colleges Athletic Association season-opener on a soggy day at Hillside Stadium... full story
TRU scores Denmark dynamo
By Kevin Mitchell, Sept 10 2006
At 6-foot-8, 206 pounds and shiny blond hair, 21-year-old Martin Madsen looked somewhat out of place at the Fulton Gold Medal Volleyball Camp in Vernon... full story
WolfPack kicks off varsity athletics with pre-season soccer tourney
By BRONWEN SCOTT, Aug 22 2006
KAMLOOPS- The WolfPack will be kicking off against the Okanagan University College Lakers, the Skagit Valley College Cardinals, and the TRU Alumni this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at TRU’s 2nd annual Soccer Invitational at Hillside Stadium... full story