Gavin Schmitt

Gavin Schmitt
Personal information
Full name Gavin Charles Schmitt
Nationality Canadian
Born (1986-01-27) January 27, 1986
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Hometown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Height 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Spike 369 cm (145 in)
Block 339 cm (133 in)
College(s) University of Saskatchewan
Red Deer College
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current club Olympiacos Piraeus
Number 12
Career
YearsTeams
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2012
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Arago de Sète
Daejeon Samsung
Iskra Odintsovo
Arkas Izmir
Funvic Taubaté
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Toray Arrows
Olympiacos Piraeus
National team
2007– Canada
Last updated: 28 June 2018

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

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

Club

National Championships

National Team

Individual Awards

Record

  • 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. "Player ranking by skill" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2016.


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