From Abbynews.com: Star setter signs with UBC Okanagan
Dan Kinvig of the Abbotsford News writes a great story on men’s volleyball recruit Kristof Schlagintweit, learn more about the future Heat setter here.
A video of Alex Recsky Volunteer Trainer Therapist
UBCO.tv produced a great film that features Alex Rescky, a long time volunteer and supporter of UBC athletics. This film was featured at the 2012 Stewardship dinner. Part of the University’s Start an Evolution campaign.
2012 Men’s Soccer Tryouts
UBC Okanagan Heat Men’s Soccer 2012 Try-outs Any student-athlete who wishes to be considered for the 2012 UBC Heat Men’s Soccer team must attend the walk on portion before attending the evaluation camp and must register by emailing dante.zanatta@ubc.ca. August 10th 5:00 to 7:00pm August 11th 10:00am to 12:00pm Players identified during this camp must be […]
From the Capital News: Hall of Fame welcomes five new inductees
For more than 20 years, Recsky has been a tireless volunteer on the Kelowna sports scene.
Once a physiotherapist with the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders, Recsky has worked with varsity athletes at Okanagan University College and UBC Okanagan, with the Okanagan Sun and the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets.
He has also volunteered on various committees including the B.C. Senior Games, Memorial Cup, World Junior Hockey Championship, and Kelowna General Hospital.
Recsky was humbled by his induction.
“This is huge, this is really a big-time honour,” said Recsky. “I’m very fortunate to have chosen the profession I’m in, I really enjoy working with young people and I get a great thrill out of it. The satisfaction I’ve had over the years working with people is immense.”
Cross Country at UBC’s Okanagan campus continues to evolve as coaches are named
The athletic department at UBC’s Okanagan campus recently announced Nikki and Nathan Reiter as head coaches of the school’s cross-country running team. The duo joined long-time coach Brian Rhodes last fall, and enjoyed some success with eight UBC O runners taking part in the CCAA national championships this past November. With Rhodes deciding to retire […]
Kristof Schlagintweit Heat volleyball recruit part of The Province’s Head of the Class
Parents, teachers, and most importantly, fellow students, it is my privilege to deliver tonight’s best speech, sorry Mr. Pankratz, to the biggest, brightest and baddest grad class Yale Secondary School has ever seen.
Graduation is a time of transition, we are moving from all too familiar life in high school into the uncertainties of the real world.
We are leaving behind our childhood with memories of friendships, victories and struggles.
Emily Oxland Heat volleyball recruit part of The Province’s Head of the Class
Hear others talk about her abilities on the volleyball court, and you know that Emily Oxland defines her skill as a setter right down to the letter.
It’s what she accomplishes in the split second before attack, how instantaneously she processes information, and in the end provides her teammates with the best scoring opportunities, which has served to set her apart from the rest of the pack over three stunning Quadruple A varsity seasons with the Handsworth Royals.
Heat head coach explains the NBA Workout process for ‘The Province’
INSIDE THE WORKOUTS
If anyone in B.C. knows just what North Vancouver big man Robert Sacre is going through these days as he works his way through the grueling process of NBA pre-draft workouts, it’s Peter Guarasci.
During the late 1990s, Guarasci served as the partner for many of the Vancouver Grizzlies’ NBA pre-draft prospects who worked out for the team at its former Richmond practice facility.
“I was the pre-draft workout dummy,” the 6-foot-9, 230-pound former European pro and Canadian national team forward laughed over the phone last week. “It was mostly one-on-one in the post, or one-on-one on the perimetre.
2012-13 Heat volleyball schedules unveiled
Sophomore season in Canada West for Heat volleyballers. The 2012-13 Canada West volleyball schedules were unveiled Tuesday morning and the UBC Okanagan volleyball teams will open the season against Interior rival, the Thompson Rivers WolfPack in a home and home series, Friday October 26 in Kamloops with the Heat home opener on Saturday night. The […]
2012-13 Heat hoops schedules released
The UBC Okanagan basketball teams are no longer the new kids on the block in the Canada West conference this year, as the 2012-13 basketball schedules have been released with the conference moving to a 22-game, 16-team schedule. To reach 16 teams the Canada West basketball conference will welcome its newest members, the Mount Royal […]