AHOW RECEPIENT OF DALE IWANOCZKO AWARD

Thursday, February 26, 2009 – The University of Winnipeg along with the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Association (CIS) is pleased to announce that fifth year men’s volleyball player Alan Ahow has been named the CIS recipient of the Dale Iwanoczko Award at the CIS Men’s Volleyball Championship banquet held this evening in Edmonton, Alberta.

Ahow is the first Winnipeg player to receive the Dale Iwanoczko award since it was first presented in 1993-94. The recipient exhibits outstanding achievement in volleyball, academics and community involvement.

In his fifth and final university season, the 6-foot-3 outside finished seventh in Canada West with 1.85 defensive digs per game and chipped in offensively with 2.75 points and 2.49 kills per set to help the Wesmen advance to the CIS championship for the third straight year. The 22-year-old was an integral part of Winnipeg's success over the past two campaigns when the team won a record-tying 10th Tantramar trophy in 2006-07 before claiming CIS silver a year ago.

Ahow is a dedicated student-athlete who has a 4.01 GPA in the very demanding combined Arts and Education degree program, which involves completing the two degrees simultaneously. An academic all-Canadian each of his first four years at Winnipeg, he will complete his Bachelor of Arts degree this spring and his Bachelor of Education degree in 2010.

In the community, Ahow has been a volunteer coach with the Grade 7 girl's volleyball and basketball teams at Arthur Day Middle School in Winnipeg, and with the Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute U17 boy's volleyball team. He assisted with the implementation of the junior golf program at Harbour View Golf Club, was a volunteer at the Volleyball Coaching Seminar for the past four seasons, and worked with inner city kids at the Manitoba Public Insurance Volleyball Camp in 2006 and 2007.

 "Alan exemplifies what fantastic role models we have in Canadian university sport. He works hard at his sport and his studies and finds time to give back to others what has been given to him in the past. We are all proud to have him as a teammate and friend”, said Wesmen Men’s Volleyball Head Coach Larry McKay.

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Sheldon Appelle
Sports Information Coordinator
University of Winnipeg