info for notable alumnus of M.E. Lazerte High School.

Playing career

Amateur

• introduced to volleyball in junior high school ^[2]
• M.E. LaZerte high school senior team three yars,^[2] 1976 ASAA provincial champions (coach was later U of A coach Pierre Baudin)
• Canadian Junior National Team 1977
• Canadian Sr Men’s National team 1978 played World Championships in Italy^[2]
• University of Alberta 1979-81
• Canadian Sr Men’s National team 1981 to 1987

Professional

• All Japan League Suntory Ltd team Nov 1984 to May 1985
• French National ‘A’ league
• Swiss National ‘A’ league (1984-1991 for these three pro leagues) check if Swiss league is considered pro

French Pro A (or LNV) is the top French league and one of the best in Europe. Japan top league: 1967-68 to 1993-94: Japan Volleyball League, 1994-95 to 2005-06: V.League, 2006-07 to present: V.Premier League ... find mention of All Japan tournament, but not league. The second tier league is V.Challenge League formerly V1

Accomplishments

• 1976 Provincial ASAA champions
• National Junior team at 17, played World Junior Championships in Brazil^[2]
• Canada West all-star team^[when?]
• Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) Championship MVP 1979–1980, 1980–1981^[3]
• CWUAA Conference MVP 1980–1981^[3]
• CIAU (now CIS) tournament MVP 1979–1980, 1980–1981^[4]
• CIAU player of the year 1979–1980, 1980–1981^[4]
• Costa Chrysanthou Memorial Trophy (Golden Bears Volleyball MVP) 1978–1979, 1979-1980 1980-1981 check this, some sources don't mention 78-79. both of these do^[5][6]
• CIAU National Championship in 1980–1981^[7]
• Outstanding U of A Male Athlete of the Year in 1981
• 1981 Commonwealth Volleyball Championship held in 1981 for first time, not again until 2007 see https://volleyballarchive.wordpress.com/commonwealth-champs/)
• 1983 Universade silver medal team (games in Edmonton)
• 1984 Summer Olympics fourth place team
• Best Setter in the French League (1986), Best All-Round Player at the Mulhouse Tournament (1987), Best Serve Receiver at the Eurohop Tournament (1989), and Best All-Round Player at the Friedrichshaven Tournament (1990). won Japan Cup (1984-85), Semi-Finalist in European Cup of Champions (1988), Swiss League Champions (1988-1990), and Swiss Cup Champions (1988-1991)^[8]

Coaching career

• U of A Golden Bears head coach (replacing his high school coach volleyball) 1991 to present

Accomplishments

• 77.5 winning percentage
• 12 Canada West titles: 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1998–1999, 2001–2002, 2004–2005, 2005–2006, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2013–2014, 2014–2015^[9] check this since^[2] says 11
• seven CIS National championships: 1996–1997, 2001–2002, 2004–2005, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2013–2014, 2014–2015^[7]
• CWUAA Coach of the Year: 1994–1995, 1996–1997, 1998–1999, 2003–2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2009^[3]
• CIS coach of the year five times: 1996–1997, 1998–1999, 2003–2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2009^[4]

Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union renamed Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) in 2001 and U Sports October 2016.

Accolades

• Volleyball Alberta Hall of fame 2005^[8]
• University of Alberta Sports Wall of Fame 2005^[10]
• Alberta Schools' Athletic Association Hall of fame 2011 as an athelete^[11]
• Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame as an athlete and builder June 2016 ^[2][12]

• team history, coaches etc ^[13]
• BPE (1991), MA (2004) Suntory etc ^[14]
• birth March 22, 1960, Tofield, Alberta. height 188cm 1984 Olympic vball^[1]