Gavin Schmitt

Gavin Charles Schmitt (born 27 January 1986) is a 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 nameGavin Charles Schmitt
Nationality Canadian
Born (1986-01-27) January 27, 1986
Grande Prairie, Alberta
HometownSaskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight106 kg (234 lb)
Spike372 cm (146 in)
Block340 cm (130 in)
College(s)University of Saskatchewan
Red Deer College
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Career
YearsTeams
2004–2005
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2012
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020		 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
National team
2007– Canada
Honours
Representing  Canada
Men’s Volleyball
Pan American Games
2015 Canada
Pan American Cup
2009 Mexico
2008 Canada
2011 Canada
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

Individually

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. "Player ranking by skill" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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