Julio Fernandez Named a CIS First Team All Canadian

February 27, 2014

ALL-CANADIAN TEAMS  The all-Canadian teams were also announced on Wednesday.

Joining Gunter on the first unit were UNB outside hitter Julio Fernandez, Laval right side Tommy Bélisle and McMaster outside Jori Mantha, all players of the year in their respective conference, as well as Trinity Western middle Lucas Van Berkel, Western outside Garrett May and UBC outside Ben Chow.

Fernandez and May both became three-time all-Canadians as they return from last year's first squad and were members of the second team two seasons ago. May was also the CIS rookie of the year in 2010-11.

The second CIS all-star team for this year is comprised of setters Austin Campion-Smith of McMaster, Jonathan MacDonald of Dalhousie and Milan Nikic of UBC, outside hitters Ray Szeto of York and Nick Del Bianco of Trinity Western, as well as Alberta left side Ryley Barnes and Montreal middle Samuel Landry.

Szeto, Del Bianco and Campion-Smith are honoured for the second year in a row. The first two made the first team in 2013, while the latter was voted to the second unit.

Joining Schriemer as CIS all-freshmen this season are fellow setters Adam Anagnostopoulos of Ryerson and Marc-André Morency of Laval, outside hitters Adam deJonckheere of Manitoba and Nicolas Pirnat of York, along with middles Matthew Donovan of Dalhousie and Mikaël Dagenais of Montreal.

2013-2014 CIS MEN'S VOLLEYBALL AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS

Player of the year: Brad Gunter, Thompson Rivers Rookie of the year: Adam Schriemer, Trinity Western Libero of the year: Erich Woolley, Waterloo Coach of the year: Ben Josephson, Trinity Western Dale Iwanoczko Award (volleyball, academics & community service): Colin Carson, Thompson Rivers

First Team

Pos. - Athlete - University - Year - Hometown - Faculty

RS Brad Gunter Thompson Rivers 3 Courtenay, B.C. Science

OH Jori Mantha McMaster 4 Vanier, Ont. Sociology

M Lucas Van Berkel TWU 5 Edmonton, Alta. Human Kinetics

RS Tommy Bélisle Laval 3 Pierreville, Que. Biology

OH Garrett May Western 4 Toronto, Ont. Social Sciences

OH Ben Chow UBC 3 Surrey, B.C. Kinesiology

OH Julio Fernandez UNB 5 Los Teques, Venezuela Business Admin.

Second Team

OH Ray Szeto York 4 Sutton, Ont. Health & Society

LS Ryley Barnes Alberta 3 St. Paul, Alta. PE & Recreation

OH Nick Del Bianco TWU 4 Langley, B.C. S&L Management

S Austin Campion-Smith McMaster 4 Bowmanville, Ont. Geography

M Samuel Landry Montreal 3 St. Alexandre, Que. Physical Education

S Jonathan MacDonald Dalhousie 3 Halifax, N.S. Management

S Milan Nikic UBC 3 Calgary, Alta. Arts 

All-Rookie Team

S Adam Schriemer TWU 1 Winnipeg, Man. Freshman Academy

S Adam Anagnostopoulos Ryerson 1 Waterloo, Ont. Creative Industries

OH Adam deJonckheere Manitoba 1 Winnipeg, Man. University 1

S Marc-André Morency Laval 1 Longueuil, Que. Open Studies

M Matthew Donovan Dalhousie 1 London, Ont. Science

OH Nicolas Pirnat York 1 Crysler, Ont. Liberal Arts

M Mikaël Dagenais Montreal 1 Montreal, Que. Open Studies

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