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Schmitt Reflects on Olympic Career and Life After Volleyball

He led Team Canada volleyball at the last Olympics in Rio, now retired, Gavin Schmitt reflects on an impressive career.

When Canada qualified for the 2016 Rio Games they ended a 24-year drought in Olympic appearances for men’s volleyball. Playing a huge part in that achievement was right-side attacker Gavin Schmitt. The 6 ft 10 Saskatoon native had come a long way since first making the national team back in 2007. In the decade that followed, Schmitt would transform from a physically gifted player with potential t...



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Emily is the Lead Editor of Momentum Volleyball. She is an experienced broadcaster as the Olympic Volleyball Commentator in London 2012 and Rio 2016. She is also an accomplished journalist with Embracing Ottawa, Ottawa Life Magazine, CBC Radio Canada and Global Television. Emily is also an accomplished volleyball athlete. She is a U Sports National Championship Silver Medallist 2005 & 2006, CanWest Championship 2006, CanWest Player of the Year 2006, U Sports All-Canadian 2005 & 2006​, and a Therese Quigley Award (U Sports WVB Top Student Athlete 2005). She won the Marilyn Pomfret Trophy (UBC Most Outstanding Female Athlete 2005), 5-Year Women’s National Team member (3-Year Team Captain) and played professional Volleyball in France​. Emily was inducted into the UBC Hall of Fame in 2017.

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