WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL ADD KAELYN GAUTHIER TO ROSTER
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 – The University of Winnipeg and Women’s Volleyball Head coach Diane Scott is pleased to announce that Kaelyn Gauthier from Green Valley School in Grunthal, Manitoba has committed to the University of Winnipeg Women’s Volleyball program for the start of the 2009-2010 season this September.
“We are very excited to have Kaelyn join our program. She is an all-round athlete with tons of potential. She is very young to the sport of volleyball therefore she has a huge upside of growth! Kaelyn reminds me of a former raw Wesmen rookie, Andrea Charbonneau”, said Wesmen Head Coach Diane Scott.
Gauthier, a 5’10 left side was team captain of the Green Valley Pirates varsity girl’s team that competed in the Provincial AA High School Volleyball Championships in 2006 and 2008. Kaelyn’s consistent play earned her multiple Player of the Game awards at this year’s championship. Her coach at Green Valley was Doris Wiens (Weibe), a former University of Winnipeg Women’s Volleyball player, was a member of the Wesmen team that captured the CIAU Championship in 1983-1984.
A multisport athlete, Gauthier participated in swimming, track and field, beach volleyball and ringette where she was an assistant captain of Team Manitoba that finished in fourth place at this past April’s National Championships in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
An accomplished high school student with a GPA of 86%, Kaelyn has received numerous awards and honors, including being on the honor roll since grade seven. She plans on striving for a degree in Athletic Therapy at the University of Winnipeg.
“We are so proud and pleased for Kaelyn to have this opportunity with the University of Winnipeg. She is a great person and will work so hard to improve. It is very exciting for our school and community”, added Green Valley Head Coach Doris Wiens.
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For more information please contact
Diane Scott
Head Coach, University of Winnipeg Women’s Volleyball Program
(204) 786-9819
d.scott@uwinnipeg.ca