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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Zach van Geel

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/29/2024
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • Bio
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Men’s Volleyball Zach van Geel takes home Athlete of the Week honours powered by Meal Prep for You, for the week ending on October 27th.

van Geel led the Heat this weekend to several offensive program records for attack efficiency and his distribution was impressive with three players on the Heat registering double digit kills in each match against the Griffins. On Friday, van Geel posted 35 assists, tying him for fourth all-time in team history for assists in a match, and his play led the team to a .476 hitting percentage, the second-best single-game in team history. He would add another 41 assists on Saturday and his 10.9 assists per set ranks him 3rd in the conference early in the season. Currently his offence leads Canada West in attack efficiency (.414 percent) and kills per set (15.0) in the team categories.

This is the first time this season and in his career that van Geel has been named Athlete of the Week.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
8/31/2026 Will Armitage Men's Soccer
8/31/2026 Jayda Labonte Softball
3/16/2026 Oakley Mayner Men's Golf
3/16/2026 Julia Alexander-Carew Women's Golf
3/9/2026 Julia Alexander-Carew Women's Golf
3/9/2026 Ryan Vest Men's Golf
3/5/2026 Zach van Geel Men's Volleyball
3/5/2026 Thys Weststrate Men's Volleyball
2/23/2026 Ella Wigmore Women's Cross Country/Track
2/23/2026 Kyle Porter Men's Cross Country/Track
2/17/2026 Xander van Driel Men's Volleyball
2/17/2026 Kiana Kaczur Women's Basketball
2/9/2026 Sydney Lewis Women's Basketball
2/9/2026 Jalen Shirley Men's Basketball
2/2/2026 Lily Pink Women's Basketball
2/2/2026 Anthony Brady Men's Basketball
1/26/2026 Zach van Geel Men's Volleyball
1/26/2026 Natalie Funk Women's Volleyball
1/19/2026 Jalen Shirley Men's Basketball
1/19/2026 Kanani Coon Women's Basketball
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