Acadia’s Wood named coach of the year
Acadia Axewomen’s Michelle Wood was named the U Sports women’s volleyball coach of the year on Wednesday night.
Wood, in her 12th year with the Axewomen, led Acadia to its first Atlantic University Sport title. Her team finished first in the AUS standings with a 15-5 record.
Saint Mary's Huskies middle hitter Madison Hann was named the recipient of the Thérèse Quigley Award, given to a women's volleyball student-athlete who shows outstanding achievements in three areas: volleyball, academics and community involvement.
Hann, a third-year Criminology student from Conquerall Mills, N.S., placed sixth in the AUS with 45 total blocks and was 10th in service aces with 21.
In the classroom, the L'nu student-athlete has held a GPA over 4.15 for three years running, earning Academic All-canadian and SMU Faculty of Arts Dean's List status her first two seasons.
In the community, Hann volunteered as manager/ coach/guardian with the Mi'kmaw Nova Scotia U19 women's volleyball team for the 2023 North American Indigenous Games and participated in the Motionballu Marathon of Sport event hosted at SMU to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics.
Huskies’ Olivia Bell was named a first-team Allcanadian while Acadia setter Charlotte Dean was selected as a second-team All-canadian.
UNB’S Talia Nixon was named to the All-rookie team.
U SPORTS NATIONALS
The AUS is represented by Acadia and Saint Mary’s at the U Sports championship in Mcmaster this weekend.
The No. 6-ranked Axewomen take on the No.3brock Badgers (9 p.m.) in quarter-final action on Friday while the No. 8 Huskies open the tournament against the No. 1 seed Manitoba Bisons (1 p.m.).