The National Excellence Program (NEP) is designed to prepare athletes to perform at the highest level of our sport and to continue their development towards the National Senior Team Program and/or playing professional volleyball. It offers individual technical and tactical skill development as well as team play. Athletes in the program also have access to sport science and sport medicine services.
The program, for athletes in Grade 10 to 12, is running through to December 15, 2023 at the men’s training centre in Gatineau, Quebec (Centre Sportif de Gatineau, QC.) For more info on the women’s program, click here.
2023 NEP Men’s Roster
Athlete/ Province/ Position
Silas Schalk, Alberta – Setter
Travis Schroeder, Manitoba – Setter
Evan Linder, Alberta – Opposite Hitter
Zachary Desfosses, Québec – Opposite Hitter
Owen Harris, Alberta – Middle Blocker
Alex Emery, British Columbia – Middle Blocker
Ashton Fox-Kristensen, Ontario – Middle Blocker
Matthew Siebenga, Ontario – Middle Blocker
Parker Ocampo, Alberta – Libero
Isaac Navarro, British Columbia – Libero
Louis Charbonneau, Québec – Outside Hitter
Nikolas Reimer, Manitoba – Outside Hitter
Cole Czepuryk, Alberta – Outside Hitter
Leks Symes, Alberta – Outside Hitter
William Basilio, Ontario – Outside Hitter
Ben Kuhner, Ontario – Outside Hitter
Staff
Dan Lewis, Head Coach
Matheus Braz, Assistant Coach / Program Coordinator
Lionel Bonnaure, Statistician
Melissa Healy, Lead Medical
Louis-Jean Tremblay, NEP S&C
Michael Cook, Lead S&C
Cassandra Nicol, Lead Coordinator
Julien Boucher, High Performance Director
