Pakhomenko finalist for BLG award
KAMLOOPS — Another honor for Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women’s volleyball star Iullia Pakhomenko.
The fourth year outside hitter from Donetsk, Ukraine has been chosen as the Canada West Nominee for the prestigious BLG (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP) Awards.
This goes along with her Canada West and CIS first team and Player of the Year honors for the 2015-16 season.
“I am really honored to be nominated for this award,” Pakhomenko said after learning she was a finalist. “This is a big thing. To be considered with the top athletes in Canadian University who work so hard in their sport, in class and in the community is something special.”