Incoming Varsity Blues women’s volleyball players Olivia St. Jean and Charlotte Sider have been named members of the Team Ontario roster that will compete at the 2010 National Team Challenge Cup (NTCC), July 20-25, in Winnipeg, Man.
A member of the 2010 Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) volleyball championship team from Louis-Riel High School, St-Jean was named the most valuable player on the Ottawa Mavericks beach volleyball team in 2009. The Ottawa native will be immediately called upon as a leftside hitter for the Blues and is looking to pursue a degree in psychology while at U of T.
Sider, also a member of the Ottawa Mavericks, was invited to train at the Ontario High Performance Centre in 2009. A member of New Brunswick’s under-16 team in 2008, she is a versatile player, comfortable both as an outside hitter and a middle. Sider will enter the Faculty of Physical Education and Health in September.
The provincial team program affords the highest level of volleyball training and competition for young Ontarians and acts as a stepping-stone and development vehicle towards top-level college/university play and national team opportunities.
The team will train at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Sports Hall from July 12-20 before heading to Winnipeg for the 2010 NTTC.
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