(l to r) Sam Flowerday, Brooklyn Olfert and Keira Gent (Image credit: Canada West).

By Aaron Schulze

WolfPack Volleyball

Three WolfPack volleyball players selected to Canada West year-end teams

Feb 27, 2024 | 12:08 PM

KAMLOOPS — A trio of Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack volleyball players received year-end honours from the Canada West conference.

In a news release issued Tuesday (Feb. 27), Canada West named third-year TRU outside hitter Sam Flowerday to the men’s volleyball first team all-stars, third-year outside hitter Brooklyn Olfert to the women’s volleyball second team all-stars and outside hitter Keira Gent to the women’s volleyball team all-rookie team for 2023-24.

Flowerday led all Canada West men’s volleyball players with 418 kills in 24 games, averaging a kills-per-set of 3.94. He was also first in points with 479 (4.5 per set) and 11^th in hitting percentage with 0.260.

Olfert finished second in all Canada West women’s volleyball players with 318 kills in 24 games, averaging a kills-per-set of 3.57. She was also fourth in points with 369 (4.1 per set).

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In her first season of university volleyball, Gent played all 24 of the WolfPack’s games in 2023-24. Her 165 kills and 204 points were both third-best among Canada West rookies.

TRU’s women’s volleyball team finished the season 10-and-14, earning the eighth and final Canada West playoff spot. They fell in their best-of-three quarter-final series to the University of British Columbia 2-0. The men’s volleyball team finished 11-and-13 on the season, good for ninth in the Canada West standings but just outside the playoff picture.