(l to r) Sam Flowerday, Brooklyn Olfert and Keira Gent (Image credit: Canada West).
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 11th 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).

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.

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