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Teams & Coaches

Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club has a long history of developing both great young volleyball players and great young people.
 

Since 1998 Canuck has had over 4000 male and female athletes play high level volleyball here with the Volleydome facilities as our home . Many have gone on to play at colleges and universities all over North America as well as in Provincial and National team programs. Many of them contributed to the 70 plus Provincial and National Championship banners acquired over the years
 

A number of factors are responsible for this success, but probably the largest amount of credit should go to the amazing group of coaches and technical resource people that are the backbone of Canuck Stuff. Our current coaching staff has an unprecedented number of former national team and professional volleyball players, all anxious to pass along their experience and "Love of the Game" to the next generation of hard working athletes. Listed below are the teams and respective Canuck Stuff Coaches for the season.
 

One of the distinct advantages of a club like Canuck is the high caliber of coaches it attracts because of its history and reputation for developing great athletes, and great young people. We know each team will not only benefit from great coaching but will be exposed to the wealth of knowledge and experience of our Technical Committee consisting of a group or former CIS, National Team and many Pro volleyball players, as they help with the selection process, assist at team practices and offer positional clinics to Canuck athletes throughout the season.
 

Club Founders and Technical Directors: Don and Mylene Saxton


Don's volleyball career as a player started nearly 45 years ago, when after 2 years of playing Basketball at U of S he saw the light and switched to Volleyball, winning CIAU Gold in 1979. Don went on to play a total of 8 years with Team Canada earning a second place finish at the FISU Games, a third place finish at the Pan Am Games, and a forth place finish at the 1984 Olympics. Don played Pro Volleyball with the Dutch team in 1980, and in Spain from 1989 to 1991. He started the Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club in 1991 as a men's team which won 7 Canadian Championships and 1 USA Open Championship. During the next 15 years he enjoyed playing and winning in the masters and seniors categories, earning 4 more World Titles.

Don's coaching career started with a couple of seasons as an apprentice and assistant coach with Team Canada and his first youth club team was a group of 13 year old Bantam boys most of whom had never seen a volleyball before. Since that time Don and Mylene have run programs for players of all ages including the very popular adult co-ed leagues, Volleyball Academy and Dome Club for kids grade 3 to 11, School and Club Tournaments and of course the Canuck Stuff Youth Volleyball Club for male and female players between the ages of 13 and 18. Don was awarded the Tachikara Coach of the Year Award in 2008 after taking a group of U18 girls on an unexpected journey which ended with a Silver medal at the Canadian Open Juvenile Championships. The next season he led a group of U14 guys to a National Championship in Abbotsford and was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame again, this time as the recipient of the Sport Builder Award. Don has continued to enjoy sharing his Love of the Game with young athletes and is looking forward to starting a group of U14 boys on their Volleyball Journey in the 2023 season!

Mylene played at the University of Ottawa where she was awarded the CIAU Most Valuable Player Award in 1980. She played 1 year with the Jr. National Team and then went on to play six years for Team Canada, mostly as a middle blocker.

After moving to Calgary, Mylene taught and coached volleyball at St. Mary's High School. Mylene has developed many great young volleyball players through the Canuck Stuff program winning two Canadian National Championships in 2003 and 2005. Mylene has enjoyed coaching our younger athletes working with the U14 age group and winning back to back provincial championships in 2012 and 2013. Mylene continued to coach and develop so very many young women until she stepped away from active coaching in 2020.

The Saxton's contribution to the game of volleyball can only be described as "immeasurable".

 

Please take a minute to look over the impressive Bios of the Coaching Staff that call Canuck Stuff and The Volleydome "home".

Below is a list of our Teams and Coaches for the upcoming 2024/2025 season. Please be patient as we are currently updating this page as we confirm this year's coaching staff

2024/25 Teams and Coaches

For more information on specific age groups please scroll down.

U18 Women Black

Coaches: Graham and Toby Gent

Contact Graham:

 gent13@telus.net

U18 Women Red

Coaches: Brian Gullekson, Candace Greves & Laura Huculak

Contact: Brian

canuckstuff@volleydome.net

U17 Women

Coaches: Chris Cheng, Chad Magus & Morgan McKale

Contact Chris:

clinics@svolley.com

U18 Men

Coaches: Bill Knight, Jon Isaacs and Jeremy Sadleir

Contact Bill william@knightlynk.com

U16 Boys​

Coaches: Don Saxton, Fauve Welsh,
Contact Don: dsax@volleydome.net
U16 Girls

Coaches; Diego Perez, Sothy Pich, Claire Laurie and Gianna Olheiser

Contact Diego:

repsoldop729@hotmail.com

U15 Boys

Coaches: Sothy Pich, Phil Au, Joe Carroll and Jefferson Le

Contact Sothy:

sothy_pich@hotmail.com

U15 Girls

Coaches; Brian Quach, Carlee Thorsen, Paige Deering and Mikayla Sherriffs

Contact Brian: brianquach89@gmail.com

U14 Boys

Coaches Jason Crellin & Richard Johnson

Contact Jason at jcrellin@rockyview.ab.ca

U14 Girls

Coaches: Camille Saxton, Reid Bilben, Craig Pawlychy, and Chase Bandura.

Contact Camille at domedefenders@volleydome.net

U13/14 Girls

Coaches Milou Saxton, Brianna Flanigan Kat Dolguidh and Rebeca Agoston.

Contact Milou at info @volleydome.net

U18 Men
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Coaches : Bill Knight, Jon Isaacs & Jeremy Sadleir
 

Bill Knight

Over the past 40 years Bill has been a player, official and coach in different sports. He has coached Volleyball, Basketball and Soccer over the last 25 years. He was a 10 year member of the Canadian men’s national team, 1992 Olympian and he finished off his volleyball career with Canuck Stuff National Championship in 1995. Hanging up the playing equipment and picking up the whistle changed his focus in the sport to development of the players and the referees to better improve the overall level of the game. He was involved with the original Volleydome operations and has returned to coaching volleyball the past number of seasons starting with the younger kids at Dome and then into provincial club system where has coached guys and girls teams from the U14 to U18 age groups. If you do not see him on the court as a coach, you may see him on the referee stand, as he officiates many weekends and at all levels which gives him a different perspective and insight to the game.

Jon Isaacs

Jon grew up playing volleyball in the Bahamas and joined the Jr. National Team there in 2009. He came to Canada in 2011 to attend the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) and began practicing with the SAIT Men's team. Jon officially joined the Bahama's Sr. Men's National Team in 2012. He joined the SAIT Trojans in 2014 as a right side for the ACAC volleyball season and returned home to play and travel with the National Team during the summers. Jon has also competed on the international beach circuit for the past several years. He has been coaching various youth and adult programs here at the Volleydome for years as well as some youth development programs back home.  This will Jon’s eighth year with Canuck having coach numerous boys teams at all age groups.

2024/25 U18 Team Roster

Peter Mackie ..Middle

Evan Mosley....Middle

Derek Monette...RS

Jason Guo.....LS

Carter Merchant....Lib

Abhijeet Singh Deol....LS

Cooper Sadleir.... RS

Damian Piquer...Setter

Noble Obasi.... Middle

Rylan Mcilwain.... LS

Darvn Wang...LS

Kian Gueverra...Lib

Nash Hubick...Setter

Duro Awodein...Mid

The U18 Men's roster is Full.

Team Info

 

Canuck is planning to run 2 competitive juvenile men's teams for the 2024/25 season.
A U18 team, and a U17 team. The U18 team will have a number of strong players returning who will re-sign in September There are still 3 spots available.
For more information on the U18 program please contact Bill at  william@knightlynk.com

U18 Men

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U17 Men

Coaches: Steve Smith

Contact: braxsports@gmail.com

U18 Women

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Coaches : Graham & Toby Gent 

 

Graham Gent
Graham grew up in Calgary playing volleyball at EP Scarlett high School and with the Dinos Club Program. He attended UofC and played as an outside hitter with the men's program there from 1995 to 2000. Graham also played with the Canuck Sr. Men's program in numerous US Open competitions. Graham and Toby have been with our club for the past nine season and have had tremendous success developing a number of athletes going on to play post secondary volleyball. This past season their U17 team went undefeated in regular season play with 28 and 0 perfect season and winning another provincial championship 
Toby Gent

 

Toby grew up in Calgary and attended Bowness High school and played her youth club volleyball through the Dino’s and Elite West programs and was a member of Team Alberta. After high school Toby played for the University of Manitoba Bison’s Women’s volleyball team as a middle blocker from 1995-2000. Toby is keen on using her experience and skills to coach and mentor young women as they grow through the Canuck program.

 

2024/25 U18 Black Roster

Ashlyn Gent....LS /Lib

Isabella Tano ...Setter

Jade-Alexis Gauthier....Mid/RS

Kallie Komori...RS

Lauren Robertson...OH

Leyton Balint...Lib

Jessica Yang...Setter

Nikola Gamlin...Middle

​Sarah Thompson...LS

Leni Blanke...Mid

The U18 Women's roster is Full.​​

Team Info

Canuck will be running 3 juvenile women's teams again for the 2024/25 season.
Two U18 teams, and a U17 team. 
The U18 team  will have a number of strong players returning who will re-sign in September.
Their Roster is complete.

For more information contact Graham Gent at gent13@telus.net
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U18 Women Red

Coaches : Brian Gullekson, Candace Greves and Laura Huchulak

 

Brian Gullekson

2025 will mark Brian's 26th season coaching volleyball at Canuck Stuff, although it also marks his 44th year involved in competitive sports as either a coach, official and/or sport administrator. Brian has spent those years coaching Canuck guys and girls club teams and has thoroughly enjoyed the experience. He is a Level 2 NCCP certified coach in both Softball and Volleyball and has completed all the training for his Level 3. Brian is also an Advanced Coach Developer and Evaluator. He spent 16 years officiating Basketball at all levels including community, ACAC, CIAU and the World Basketball League. Brian believes strongly in the lifelong benefits children gain when they participate in competitive sports as witnessed in his own children as well as many others in his years in sports. Over the years Brian's teams have earned several championship banners and many of the athletes he has coached have gone to play at the post secondary, national and professional levels, but his greatest pride is in watching these young athletes grow to become great young men and women and in some cases return to coach at Canuck or the Volleydome.

 

Candace Greves

Candace played in the Alberta club program as well as the Team Alberta representatives to the Canada Games in 1989. She played at the University of Calgary as a power hitter in winning the CIAU Championship in 1989. She and her teammates went on to add another in 1994. Candace was awarded the "Mikasa U16 Coach of the Year" in 2011 after winning the Provincial Championship and taking her team all the way to play in National Final Candace and Kent have continued that trend ever since, taking their current boys team to the provincial and national final year after year. Their track record coaching here at Canuck is truly amazing when you consider their win/loss record and the look at the caliber of athletes they have developed in their programs!

For the past 3 years Candace has helped coach in the girls program moving along with a group from U14 to U16 and now working with the U17/18 team!

2024/2025 U18 RED Roster

Payton Shafer...Setter
Georgia Strangemann....LS
Madison Abougoush.... LS
Alivia Sladek.....Mid/LS
Rachel Eykelbosh...Mid/RS
Jamie Miller...Mid
Lindsay Gallant.....Mid
Ella Kivi ....Setter
Emmy Sarich... Lib
Charlee Gould...Lib
Reem Saif...Mid
Masyn Whittingham...LS


The U18 Women's roster is Full
 

Team Info

The U18 Women's Red team  will have a number of strong players returning from U17/18 program who will re-sign in September 

For more information contact Brian at canuckstuff@volleydome.net
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U17 Women

Coaches : Chris Cheng, Chad Magus & Morgan McKale.

 

Chris Cheng
Chris joined our Canuck coaching staff last year with the U16 Girls program although he has been coaching with other club programs in the Calgary area for the past 15 years. Chris has also helped as an assistant coach with both UofC and MRU and coached with Team Alberta winning Gold, and was a guest coach with the Canada Cup U18 team. He completed a Kinesiology degree at UofC and worked as a strength coach with the  VC Center of Excellence program and has also completed his Advanced Performance Coach with NCCP. Chris spent a year in Europe coaching professional volleyball and had the opportunity to work with the German Women's National team as a guest coach.
After winning  provincial Gold with the Canuck U16 girls last year Chris is excited about working with the U17 Women’s team this year.

 

 

2024/2025 U17 Roster

Kaitreanne Chojnacki

Megan Deveaux

Mila Kosoric

Esme Magus

Ava Kleiner

Adriana Shaw

Brooklyn Clemens

Jordan Ding

Isabella Haag

Jocelyn Guo

Elianna Storsley

Ava Kryway

Team Info

Canuck will be running 3 juvenile women's teams again for the 2024/25 season.
Two U18 teams, and a U17 team.
The U17 team  will have a number of strong players returning from the U16 program who will re-sign in September.
With 3 verbal commitments this roster will be complete after tryouts on Sept 15th.

For more information contact Chris Cheng at clinics@svolley.com
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U17 Men

Coaches : Steve Smith & Greg Barthel

 

Steve Smith
 Steve grew up in Southern Ontario as a multi-sport athlete competing in rowing, basketball and volleyball, as well as cycling, cross country and soccer. He went on to play volleyball at Waterloo University winning several Ontario and National Championships. Steve joined the National Team and played with them from 1988 to 1994 competing in two World Student Games, the Pan Am Games, and the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, and played with Team Canada in the World Championships in 1994. Steve followed up his national team career playing 10 more years of professional volleyball in Europe in both Belgium and Germany.

The last 10 years, Steve has spent coaching both high school and club volleyball including a variety of age groups with Canuck and Dome Defenders. He previously coached a team of young men from U16 to U18 with Bill Knight and Jon Isaacs and is excited about working the them and the Canuck U17 men's team for the upcoming season. 

Greg Barthel

Greg Barthel is a well known and respected post secondary coach having coached in both the ACAC and CIS conferences. He played volleyball at King's University College, before taking on the role of Assistant Coach and finally Head Coach there from 1999-2007. Greg went on to lead his team to a bronze medal in 2002 and again in 2005. He was named both the ACAC Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year as well as the CCAA Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year for the 2003/04 season. Greg went on to head coach at the University of Regina from 2007- 2018 and also worked with the Junior, Youth & Regional Excellence programs with Volleyball Canada during that time. Greg is an NCCP level 3 coach who has been working with the Mount Royal College Men’s team for the past 3 seasons. He joined our Canuck coaching staff two years ago taking on the U14 Boys Program and followed them into U15 last year. Greg also coached the Canada Games men’s team last year leading a number of Canuck alumni to a silver medal. We are excited to have Greg work with the U16 guys this season.

2024/2025 Roster
Erik Barthel...OH
Nathan Loor...Middle
Mekhi Nguyen...Lib
Kaleb Williamson...Mid
Ethan Doiny....OH
Colton Wagstaff....OH
Josh McKinders.....OH
Noah Campbell...Setter
Jake Mackenzie....Setter
Alex Wang....Lib

4 Spots still available

Team Info

Canuck is planning to run 2 competitive juvenile men's teams for the 2024/25 season.
A U18 team, and a U17 team 

U17 Men's Open Tryouts:

Sunday Sept. 15th 9:00 to 11:00am
Wednesday Sept. 18th 5:00 to 7:00pm

Click on the link below to register;
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/446879

 For more information please contact Steve at braxsports@gmail.com
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U16 Girls

Coaches : Diego Perez, Sothy Pich, Claire Laurie & Gianna Olheiser

 
Diego Perez

 

Diego has been coaching boys and girls here at the Volleydome for past 13 years and has enjoyed coaching a group of young women starting at U14 five years ago, staying with this group with many of them playing in our U18 program last year. He head coached the U14 girls program and also helped coach U16 Girls team last year and will continue with some of them this year on the 17/18 Women's team.
He played for eight years in the A1 Club League in Mendoza Argentina and is very passionate about volleyball and loves helping the kids improve their skills and knowledge of the game. Diego is a level 2 NCCP Certified Coach and is working on completing his level 3. This will be his seventh season with Canuck, coaching U14 and U15 boys when he first joined our staff, as well as coaching school teams at Masters Academy and St. Jean Brebeauf school.

Sothy Pich

Sothy has been around the Volleydome for a number of years coaching Dome Club as well as Sr. Boys volleyball in High School. He is a fully certified NCCP Level 2 coach and working on his Level 3 Performance Coaching certification. He has also coached girls club teams of all ages at Canuck, SAVC and Rampage over the past 10 years. Sothy enjoyed working with the U14 Girls this year and is excited to move up to U15 next season.

 

2024/2025 U16 Roster
 

Kate Klein

Ava Kont

Emily Couillard

Hailey Elliott

Aven Bentrim

Chloe Zinger

Avery Bell

Lauryn Orosz

Jordyn Olson

Makenna Wetherell

Shelby Kolody

Zoe Verhoef

Neleigha Smith

Kayla Ceuric

​Alana Aristimuno

Brooklyn Bush

Maysun Carriere

Keele yMiles

Emmie Spronk

Kiana Pourkamal

Payton Richelhof

Quinn Williams

Team Info

 

Canuck will run two competitive U16 Girls teams for the 2024/25 season.
This group had a very successful season this past year and will have a number of players re-sign with Canuck for the 2025 season in September.
Tryouts for this group are by invitation only.
For more information see the "News" page or contact Diego at repsoldop729@hotmail.com
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U16 Boys

Coaches : Don Saxton, Fauve Welsh, & TBC

Don Saxton

Don's volleyball career as a player started over 40 years ago, when after 2 years of playing Basketball at U of S he saw the light and switched to Volleyball, winning CIAU Gold in 1979.  Don went on to play a total of 8 years with Team Canada earning a second place finish at the FISU Games, a third place finish at the Pan Am Games, and a forth place finish at the 1984 Olympics. Don played Pro Volleyball with the Dutch team in 1980, and in Spain from 1989 to 1991. He started the Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club in 1991 as a men's team which won 7 Canadian Championships and 1 USA Open Championship. During the last 15 years he has still enjoyed playing and winning in the masters and seniors categories, earning 4 more World Titles.
Don's coaching career started with a couple of seasons as an apprentice and assistant coach with Team Canada and his first youth club team was a group of 13 year old Bantam boys most of whom had never seen a volleyball before. Since that time Don and Mylene have run programs for players of all ages  including the very popular adult co-ed leagues, Volleyball Academy and Dome Club for kids grade 3 to 11, School and Club Tournaments and of course the Canuck Stuff Youth Volleyball Club for male and female players between the ages of  13 and 18. Don was awarded the Tachikara Coach of the Year Award in 2008 after taking a group of U18 girls on an unexpected journey which ended with a Silver medal at the Canadian Open Juvenile Championships. The next season he led a group of U14 guys to a National Championship in Abbottsford and was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame again, this time as the recipient of the Sport Builder Award for all he has done to benefit the volleyball community over the past 40+ years! Don is looking forward to building another strong group of boys this year at the U15 age group after placing 3rd at U14 Nationals last year.

Fauve Welsh

Fauve played her club volleyball in Calgary and graduated from the Canuck program heading to College of the Rockies to play the 2013/14 season. She returned to Alberta to play at Red Deer College where her team won a National Championship. Fauve also coached both U17 and U14 girls club teams with the Queen’s Volleyball Club during her time in Red Deer. She helped coach the Canuck U14 girl’s program in 2017 before completing a Bachelor of Education at UofA. Fauve returned to Calgary again and played in the One Volleyball league during the 2018 season and we are thrilled to have her back to coach at Canuck again. She has worked with both our U17 & U18  Women’s program as well as a group of boys from U14 to through to U16. She thoroughly enjoyed working with our U15 Boys teams and is looking forward to continuing on with the U16 Boys group this year.

2024/2025 U16 Roster

Jayden Liu...Setter

Ben Timmerman...OH

Iain MacCaulay...RS

Chase Enders...OH

Callum Ng...OH

Joel Honywood...Setter

Ben MacPherson ...Setter

Yufan Zhou...OH

Logan Ellemers...OH

Cole Osicki...OH

Lachlan Brodie...Setter

Martin Tchervensky...Mid

Carter Brown...Setter

Hunter Bourne...Mid

Oliver Ngo...Lib

Liam Newman...Mid
Jake Tucker...OH
Jazzen Villamayor...Lib
Vlad Iurasco...Mid
Brennan Nikkel.....Mid

Team Info

 

Canuck is planning two competitive U16 Boys teams for the 2024/25 season. 
This group had a very successful season this past year and will have a number of players resign with Canuck for the 2025 season in September.
Tryouts for this group are by invitation only.
For more information contact Don at dsax@volleydome.net
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U15 Girls

Coaches :Brian Quach, Carlee Thorsen, Paige Deering and Mikayla Sherriffs

Coaches Bios coming soon.....

 

 

2024/2025 U15 Roster
 

Emma Mangat

Nancy Yang

Rei Hasegawa

Estella Henderson

Kylie Leonard

Nicole Strachan

Sanaa Hamilton

Tomi Yoshimura

Logan Balint

Lara Moussa

Milynn Wurz

Yuna Kim

Londynn To

Lacey Bunting

Ainsley Armstrong

Brynn Morrissette

Elena Lonardelli

Emily Zhao

Kyla Huang

Madilyn Pugliese
Violet Cam
Juliette Young

Team Info

Canuck will run 2 competitive U15 Girls teams for 2024/25 season. 

This group had a very successful season this past year and will have a number of players that will resign with Canuck for the 2025 season. 
Tryouts for this group are by invitation only.
 For more information please contact Brian at brianquach89@gmail.com

U15 Boys

Coaches : Sothy Pich, Phil Au, and Joe Carroll

 

Sothy Pich

Sothy has been around the Volleydome for a number of years coaching Dome Club as well as Sr. Boys volleyball in High School. He is a fully certified NCCP Level 2 coach and working on his Level 3 Performance Coaching certification. He has also coached girls club teams of all ages at Canuck, SAVC and Rampage over the past 13 years. Sothy  is excited to work with the U14 Boys this season.

Joe Carroll

The 2025 season will be Joe’ 4th year coaching with Canuck having coached a group of boys through U15 and U16 then joining the SAIT Men’s coaching staff as an assistant coach last fall. Joe enjoyed coaching the U14 boys last year and is excited about working with them as U15s this season. Many of the athletes he has had the opportunity to coach have moved on to the post-secondary level and Joe feels fortunate to have worked with and be mentored by many great Southern Alberta coaches who have had a profound impact on his coaching philosophy. He has enjoyed a life long love of the sport and hopes to inspire the same in the athletes the coaches. 

2024/2025 U15 Roster

Nicholas Tang

Noah Papez

Sam Mota-Antunes

Westley Armitt

Caleb Hwang

Arthur Guerra

Trevan Jordan

Cole Rudy

Wyatt Castle

Connor Davis

Justin Sibayan

Matthias Choi

Martin Alvarez

Tej Singh

Qiaolin Fan

Andrew Buscu

Nathan Lange

Justin Guo

Arsham Rezvanpour

Leo Trieu

​Caithun Toyad

​Sam Politeski

Team Info

 

Canuck will run 2 competitive U15 Boys team for 2024/25 season.
This group had a very successful season this past year and will have a number of players resign with Canuck for the 2025 season. 

Canuck U15 Boys Open Tryout: Sunday Sept. 29th 9:00 to 11:00am

Click on the link below to register;

https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/452126

For more information about the tryout email: Sothy Pich at sothy_pich@hotmail.com

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 U14 Girls 

Coaches: Camille Saxton, Chase Bandura, Craig Pawlychyn & Reid Bilben

Camille Saxton

Camille has been around volleyball and the Volleydome since not long after she could walk. She played 6 years with the Canuck Stuff Club and went on to play with Oregon State University as a power hitter on a 5 year scholarship winning numerous awards along the way. Four years ago Camille joined the FIVB beach circuit culminating in a trip to compete in the World Championships in Vienna that summer. Being part of the Saxton clan Camille has been coaching kids since she was 16 years old in Summer Camps, Dome Club, Skills Clinics as well as a number of club teams with both Canuck and Dome Defenders. after leading them to a provincial championship last season.  After a couple of season coaching the Canuck U17 and U18 Women's teams she is excited to share her playing and coaching experience with this exceptional group of young girls.

Team Info

Canuck will run 2 competitive U14 Girls teams for 2024/25 season.
For the 2025 season, this group will be selected and signed during the Fall Tryout Period between October 20th and 27th.
The Volleydome will also run fall programing for this age group from Sept 3rd to Oct. 17th as CBE will not be running a fall school season again this year.  For more information or to register for this program click on the link below.
https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/ND3X2J33IEDZ
 For more general information please contact Camille at domedefenders@volleydome.net

 U14 Boys

Coaches : Jason Crellin, and Richard Johnson
 

Jason Crellin
 

Jason grew up in Calgary playing volleyball for Crescents Heights High School winning both a city and provincial championship. He also captained Team Alberta to a western national championship. Later on Jason went on to earn his Bachelor of Arts degree and Education degree from the University of Calgary while playing volleyball for the U of C Dino’s winning a national championship in 1993. Currently, Jason is a teacher at Springbank High School and has been coaching boys and girls volleyball for the past 18 years. He is also a NCCP certified coach with club coaching experience at all age groups. This past season Jason was part of the 18UWomen’s coaching team that enjoyed a very successful season as well as a U13/14 Boys team for Dome Defenders.  Jason is a dedicated coach and is passionate about the game of volleyball. We are excited to welcome him back to our Canuck coaching staff!





 

Team Info

Canuck will run 2 competitive U14 Boys teams for 2024/25 season.
For the 2025 season, this group will be selected and signed during the Fall Tryout Period between October 20th and 27th

The Volleydome will also run a fall program for U14 boys interested in playing club volleyball with either Canuck or Dome Defenders from Sept 3rd to Oct. 17th as CBE will not be running a fall school season again this year.  For more information or to register for this program click on the link below.

https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/LHQDPDQNC6TJ

 For more information please contact Jason at jcrellin@rockyview.ab.ca
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U13/14 Girls

Coaches: Milou Saxton, Brianna Flanigan, Kat Dolguikh and Rebeca Agoston

Milou Saxton

Milou, being the first of the four Saxton children, started playing volleyball at the age of 10 and spent 7 years playing with Canuck Stuff club - winning a couple of Provincial Championships and 2 Nationals Championships before going off to Connecticut University for 5 years as a Division 1 setter/rightside in the NCAA and pursuing her interests in graphic design.

Milou’s passion for coaching started when she was about 16 years old running the Volleydome summer camps for kids and she has been actively coaching ever since. Over the years she has coached all age groups for both guys and girls. Milou has also really enjoyed sharing her experience as a high level setter over the past few years by running setting sessions for our juvenile women’s setters. Add to that her passion for the beach game and the fact that she spends her summers coaching beach volleyball to club athletes as well as on the Provincial Teams, Summer Games teams and most recently the Western Canada Summer Games team.
In her “spare time” she works full time running the Volleydome's Youth programs and somehow still finds time play in the competitive women’s and co-ed leagues. Not sure where she finds the energy, but we are sure grateful for all she brings to our club and the volleyball community in general!

Team Info

Canuck will run 2 competitive U13/14 Girls teams for 2024/25 season.
This group will be selected and signed during the Fall Tryout Period between October 20th and Nov. 3rd and will be compete in the U14 Girls age category. We anticipate taking some U14 aged athletes but hope to have mostly U13 aged athletes. Players should sign up for their own age groups for tryouts as the coaches will attend both the U14 and U13 tryouts to select their athletes.

The Volleydome will also run a fall program for U13 girls interested in playing club volleyball with either Canuck or Dome Defenders from Sept 3rd to Oct. 23rd as CBE will not be running a fall school season again this year.  For more information or to register for this program click on the link below.

https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/K6PHZFJPEWNE

 For more information please contact Brian at milou_saxton@yahoo.com
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