Senior School

Volleyball

Volleyball is a successful and exciting program that begins with our Junior School Volleyball Club ( Grade 6 and 7 levels), and is run by Coach Shin. While they do not play league games, players will culminate with some large intramural competition. Once senior school begins, we have competitive Spring teams at the Grade 8 and 9 levels with Junior (Grade 10) and Varsity (Grade 11 and 12) teams in the Fall. Past program coaches–such as Mark Sauer and Carol Pollock–have shown a dedication to the sport that further elevated the program.

Our competitive teams play in the GVISSAA League and travel across the Lower Mainland. We also enter small local tournaments and big-scale tournaments at places like Douglas College and UBC. Our Fall teams have the opportunity to compete in the Lower Mainland tournament to try and qualify for Provincials. Our Varsity coach, Sean Sanderson, is also an expert in Beach Volleyball and runs Beach Clinics with many Saints athletes training and playing over the summer.

Over the years, we've had several boys be recruited to play University volleyball and they often come back to help coach within the program or assist players with finding opportunities in the sport after high school. Each year, we have more and more players joining the community club programs and this elevates our team play at a higher level as well. The future looks bright for Saints Volleyball! Come out and watch us train or play sometime and be impressed by the skills and focus of these great student-athletes.

Coaches

List of 3 members.

Edward Taylor

Head of PE, Senior School / House Parent

Bio
After eight years of coaching and teaching in Ontario, Ed moved with his family to Vancouver in the summer of 1998. He began teaching at St. George's in January 1999 and quickly became involved with the Volleyball program soon after, coaching the Grade 8/9 squads. The Head of Volleyball for the last 5 years, Ed is passionate about skill development and teaching progressions to young athletes. He has secured many great coaches for the Senior and Junior programs and oversees tournament entries, travel, and equipment for the program.

Ed keeps quite busy as he is also the Head of the PE Department and Associate Director of Residential Life at Harker Hall. Outside of work, he loves to spend family time with his wife, Effie, and his five busy and awesome children.
Carly Wenner

Instructional Coach / Teacher
Sean Sanderson

Coach
Bio
Senior boys’ volleyball coach, Sean Sanderson, has been with the program since 2014. Sandy, as he’s known, comes from a high-performance background having played junior hockey for the Ridge Meadows Flames, and even winning a National Championship in 1998. Sandy is the owner and head coach of Sideout Beach, a beach volleyball club, and also brings his wit and energy to UBC as a volleyball announcer. Sandy’s coaching style is skill-based and hands-on, and his goal is to see each player leave substantially more skilled when they showed up. He also wants his passion for the game to be infectious with the players so they will stay in sport for life.

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St. George’s School

Junior Campus: 3851 West 29th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Canada V6S 1T6
Senior Campus: 4175 West 29th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Canada V6S 1V1
604-224-1304 ● info@stgeorges.bc.ca

Volleyball

Coaches

List of 3 members.

Edward Taylor

Carly Wenner

Sean Sanderson

St. George’s School