Logan Greves named Canada West Libero of the Year

VANCOUVER – A stalwart leader of UBC’s defence, Logan Greves has been named the 2023-24 Canada West Libero of the Year. The third-year from Calgary led the entire conference in digs (242) and digs per set (2.55) while playing in all 95 sets over the course of the regular season.

“Logan has been a steadying force for us all year,” said UBC head coach Mike Hawkins. “He’s spent an enormous amount of time honing his craft, particularly serve receive. He really is the best defender in the country. His athleticism and the way he reads the game is incredible but the improvements he’s made in serve receive are one of the reasons our program had success this year.”

Greves is just the second Thunderbird to win Libero of the Year and the first since Blair Bann in 2010-11.

“It’s not only the quality of receptions that he makes but he also frees up guys like Gavin (Moes) and Conaire (Taub) to maybe have a little less responsibility so they can focus on the attack,” Hawkins continued. “It’s incredible. Sometimes you know he played a good game but you look at the stat sheet and he had 16 or 17 digs. Some of those balls he’s genuinely stealing points for us, stealing points that nobody else in the country can steal. For us he really is a bit of a cheat code, he’s able to do things others can’t and put us in advantageous positions.”

Greves and the Thunderbirds host the Winnipeg Wesmen this Saturday, March 9 at War Memorial Gym with Canada West bronze up for grabs. The winner will advance to next week’s U SPORTS National Championship tournament at McMaster University in Hamilton. Tickets for the do-or-die bronze are available now and the match will also be streamed live on Canada West TV.