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Charisse Cyr will be joining the CMU women's volleyball coaching staff this fall as part of an Indigenous coach mentoring partnership with the Manitoba Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Council (MASRC) and Agoojin Volleyball Club. Cyr is a member of Cote First Nation and works as an Intervention Support Facilitator with the Manitoba First Nation School […]
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CMU head coach Jayme Menzies has assembled a strong structure for her 2020-21 roster and annouced a new addition recently just as plans emerge from Manitoba Volleyball and the MCAC for a return to play. The newest Blazer, Annika Kornelsen is an athletic 5'8 outside hitter from Winnipeg's Glenlawn Collegiate. Playing mostly left-side, the Lions […]
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The CMU Blazers are very happy to announce the commitment of Sturgeon Height's Collegiate's Faith Ridd for the 2020-21 MCAC season. Perhaps the 5'11 middle attacker's greatest success came at the 15-u level when she guided her Junior Wesmen club team to a 4th place finish at the Canadian National Championships. In her final season […]
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CMU Athletics is very happy to welcome middle blocker Brooklyn Thiessen to the Women's Volleyball program. The 5'10 product of Altona's W.C. Miller Collegiate moved into the varsity program as a Grade 10 player to help the Aces at Provincials. Since that transition, Thiessen was voted her team's Most Valuable Player in Grade 11 and […]
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After receiving the honour of Sports Woman Of The Year at Winnipeg's River East Collegiate in 2019, Lauren Ens has decided to return to the volleyball court in 2020-21, making it official with her recent letter of intent signing with the CMU Blazers. Ens contributed to some of Manitoba's strongest club volleyball programs during her […]
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It has been almost a year since the Canadian Mennonite University Blazers and the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference were welcomed into the CCAA and on Tuesday, Tiegan Kroeker, Jana Klassen and Carter Hofer became the first CMU student-athletes to be officially recognized by the national conference with a major award. The distinction of Canadian Collegiate […]
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A graduating high school all-star and former Manitoba provincial team player, Leia Jaworski is sure to make an impact on the court when she suits up for the defending MCAC Champions this season. The versatile 5'8 left side/middle was recognized as her high school's Most Valuable Player in her Grade 12 season and added the […]
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Peaking at the right time in the season is key to every championship run, and that was certainly the case for CMU on Sunday afternoon when the Blazers kept their undefeated streak going in 2020, upsetting the top-ranked USB Rouges 3-0 to raise their first Manitoba Colleges banner since 2017. The win was sweet for […]
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CMU Athletics is pleased to announce the commitment of Oak Park Collegiate's Delaney Gerwing for the 2020-21 MCAC Women's Volleyball season. Gerwing and head coach Jayme Menzies need no introduction. The two combined for two high school season at Oak Park for Gerwing's Grade 10 and 11 campaigns. "I had the pleasure of coaching Delaney […]
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Congratulations to Jana Klassen of Women's Volleyball on being selected the CMU Lionheart Sports Female Athlete of the Month for January. The fifth-year outside hitter led her team to a miraculous four weeks that has seen CMU move from fourth to second in the MCAC standings, riding a wave of success that has the Blazers […]
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