Players in the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame

For volleyball fans around the world, October is the best time of the year to learn about the latest inductees into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. We salute Barry Couzner, Laura Ludwig, and the rest of the 2025 class. However, we salute the Canadian volleyball pioneers, past and present. This article highlights the groundbreaking Canadian volleyball players in the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame who made us fall in love with the ultimate two-player sport.

Dave Carey

Dave Carey is a true hero of Ontario volleyball players. Carry learned the ropes at the University of Victoria and then with the Scarborough Solar’s in the 1970’s and 1980’s. He became a member of the Board in 1980 and then President in 1996. He also served as a coach in the club.

Dave was also elected Vice President of Volleyball Canada in 1992 and ultimately President in 2000, until he left the role in 2006. As chair of the Outdoor Volleyball Committee, Dave was instrumental in instrumental in getting Team Canada involved with the 2012 London Olympics. Carey remains involved in developing new volleyball stars to popularize the sport and boost coverage across sports media, social media platforms.

Wanda Guenette

Few Canadians have had as much impact on the sport as Wanda Guenette, who has been involved with volleyball for nearly 40 years. Today, fans flock to social media and find the latest coverage at the best betting sites for Canadians to root for today’s Canadian volleyball stars like Hillary Howe and Brandie Wilkerson. However, they owe Wanda deep thanks for modernizing and building up the profile of Canadian female volleyball. Wanda set the bar high for excellence for being  part of Team Canada at the numerous Pan American Games, as well as the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Wanda has been coaching beach volleyball since 2001. When she left coaching in 2013, Wanda added three World Masters Games gold medals to her hall of fame resume. Besides being inducted into the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame, Wanda also has the honor of being placed into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

Doramy Ehling

While hall of famers mostly make the grade as a player, Doramy Ehling took her rightful place in the 2024 Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame for her work off the court. Doramy got her volleyball start managing a high school team in Vancouver. Her success led her to help manage the Junior National Women’s team in Ottawa in 1980.

Ehling stayed with the National Team through 1983 before moving on as technical coordinator for Volleyball Canada. Doramy has been a sports volunteer for the past 30 years and has served on the Boards of Volleyball BC and the Sport Medicine Council of Canada.

Michelle Sawatzky-Koop

As a member of the Manitoba Bisons university team, Michelle was a two-time CIS Championship MVP in 1990 and 1991 and a member of three championship teams. Michelle would get her first taste of the national team, helping win the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games, serving as a stepping stone to the National Canadian team for the 1996 Olympics.

After she retired from the national team, Michelle continued to work in volleyball, coaching with the program in Steinbach and with the University of Manitoba. By the late 1990s, Michelle went into radio broadcasting. Throughout her life, Michelle has overcome several obstacles on her path to the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame. Despite being shorter than most volleyball players, her unbeatable work ethic and practice regiment makes her an enduring role model for today’s Canadian volleyball players.

Kent Greves

Kent began his National team career as a member of the Junior National team in 1987. Kent was part of Team Canada that competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Throughout his career, Kent played over 350 matches for Canada, including two World Championships, a World Cup, and the Olympics. He was part of the 1999 World League play that upset Brazil and the Netherlands.

Kent played eleven seasons of professional volleyball in Europe, including several years in Belgium and then in France with the Paris Saint-Germain Volley. He spent five seasons playing for the Paris Volley Team, racking up several records and titles along the way. In 2009, Kent was inducted into the Alberta Volleyball Hall of Fame, and after retirement, became part of the inducted into the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame in 2023.

Conclusion

With volleyball gaining more recognition on the International stage, each country has its volleyball heroes who are inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Canada is known for hockey, baseball, and basketball, but it remains a silent powerhouse for volleyball. These inductees continue to raise the bar and put Canada on the map for competitive volleyball.

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