Gavin Schmitt

Gavin Charles Schmitt (born 27 January 1986) is a former Canadian volleyball player, who started playing volleyball in Saskatoon for the Saskatchewan Huskies volleyball club and eventually went on to win the silver medal with the Canada men's national volleyball team at the 2013 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Langley, Canada.

Gavin Schmitt
Personal information
Full name	Gavin Charles Schmitt
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1986-01-27) January 27, 1986 (age 36) Grande Prairie, Alberta
Hometown	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
College / University	University of Saskatchewan Red Deer College
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Career
Years Teams 2004–2005 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2012 2012–2013 2013–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2020 Saskatchewan Huskies Red Deer College Ethnikos Alexandroupolis Arago de Sète Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs Iskra Odintsovo Arkas Izmir Funvic Taubaté Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Toray Arrows Olympiacos Piraeus Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm Paris Volley
National team
2007–  Canada
Honours Representing  Canada Men’s Volleyball NORCECA Championship 2013 Canada 2011 Puerto Rico

Career

From 2009 to 2012, Schmitt played for the Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs in South Korea's V-League, where he led the team to three consecutive titles winning the MVP awards in the 2009–10 and 2011–12 seasons.

Schmitt led the national team in scoring in six of the seven matches he played for Canada at the 2014 World Championship in Poland, where Canada finished seventh for its best result ever in the championship that has been held 18 times since 1949.

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.^[1]

Sporting achievements

• CSV South American Club Championship
  •   Brazil 2016 – with Funvic Taubaté
• National championships
  • 2009/2010   KOVO Cup, with Daejeon Samsung
  • 2009/2010   V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung
  • 2010/2011   V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung
  • 2011/2012   V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung
  • 2014/2015   Turkish Championship, with Arkas Izmir
  • 2018/2019   Greek Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
  • 2018/2019   Greek Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
• National team
  • 2008   Pan American Cup
  • 2009   Pan American Cup
  • 2011   Pan American Cup
  • 2011   NORCECA Championship
  • 2013   NORCECA Championship
  • 2015   Pan American Games

Individually

• 2008: Pan American Cup – Best Opposite
• 2009: Pan American Cup – Best Scorer
• 2010: V-League Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2010: V-League Championship – Best Scorer
• 2010: V-League Championship – Best Opposite
• 2010: V-League Championship – Best Server
• 2011: V-League Championship – Best Scorer
• 2011: Pan American Cup – Best Opposite
• 2011: Pan American Cup – Best Scorer
• 2012: V-League Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2012: V-League Championship – Best Scorer
• 2012: V-League Championship – Best Opposite
• 2015: Turkish Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2015: Turkish Championship – Best Scorer
• 2015: Turkish Championship – Best Opposite
• 2015: Turkish Championship – Best Server
• 2015: Pan American Games – Best Scorer, Best Server^[2]
• 2016: 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament – Best Opposite Spiker

Records

• 2011/2012: 58 points in one match in – V-League

References

1. Hossain, Asif (22 July 2016). "Canada's men's volleyball team ready for Rio after long Olympic absence". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

 

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