Brooke had an outstanding weekend on both defense and serve receive and was a key reason for the Briercrest Clipper’s two wins on the road against the Lethbridge Kodiaks. She is a second-year libero and leads the league with 204 digs. She added to that total with 29 more this weekend in just seven sets of action. Not only did she help shut down the Lethbridge attack, but was the key reason for our success on offense as she had a passing average of 2.45 with 70% three passes. Brooke earned player of the game honors on Friday night for her outstanding play and then performed even better during Saturday’s match!

Brooke is an extremely dedicated athlete and puts in extra time every week to improve her great God-given abilities, and it is great to see her hard work paying off! Brooke is in her second year of a BA in Business Administration at Briercrest and hails from Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

Congratulations on being named Athlete of the Week, Brooke!

SAIT Trojans rookie rightside Lucas Rauwerda tallied 26 kills, eight digs and eight blocks in two five-set wins for the Trojans at Grande Prairie. The 17-year old Rauwerda stepped into Friday’s match at GPRC at the end of game two when the team was down by two sets. In game three, he began to make a huge impact and led the team’s comeback to a 3-2 victory over the host GPRC Wolves. The 6’3” Rauwerda finished the night on Friday with 10 kills, two digs, three blocks and an amazing 69% hitting percentage. On Saturday afternoon, Rauwerda started the match at rightside and had an even better performance. Rauwerda notched 16 kills, six digs, and five blocks with a 37% hitting percentage to aid the SAIT Trojans in a repeat 3-2 win over the Wolves.

Lucas Rauwerda is from Acme, Alberta and a Chemical Engineering Technology student at SAIT Polytechnic.

Congratulations Lucas on being named Athlete of the Week!