It’s Year No. 12 for the Varsity Letters’ B.C. boys Super 15 senior boys volleyball player rankings.
Once again, our sincere thanks go out to the head coaches of four B.C. men’s Canada West volleyball programs who cast their votes from a pool of this province’s top graduating Grade 12 talent.
COVID-19’s appearance on the scene could have been a convenient excuse for the coaches to beg off my request for the first time in over a decade. Instead, they came through once again, helping us keep in tact, a tradition which has begun to resonate not only here in B.C. but across our entire nation.
A special additional round of thanks to Volleyball B.C. technical director Jay Tremonti for all of his help insuring our selection panel wasn’t missing out on any potential candidates after consecutive club and high school seasons wound up being cancelled.
And we can’t forget Vancouver Sports Pictures and its guiding force, Paul Yates, for his continued support and belief in B.C. high school sports. Your company’s work is so vital and so greatly appreciated.
B.C.’s place in the delivery system of talent from the high school and club ranks to university and beyond has always been foundational for our nation, and as our 2020 Super 15 shows, that tradition is just set to continue.
By the way, you can click here for our annual feature story on the player voted No. 1.
TOMORROW: Our B.C. senior girls Super 15, and our feature look at the No. 1 player!
Stay safe over the holidays! — Howard Tsumura
1 Liam Remple
School — Vernon Christian
Height — 6-foot-8
Position — Outside hitter/middle blocker
Poll points — 60 (four first place votes)
Freshman’s Future — Trinity Western
2 Hunter Arulpragasam
School — MEI (Abbotsford)
Height — 6-foot-6
Position — Outside hitter
Poll points — 56
Freshman’s Future — Toronto
3 Kai Higuchi
School — Oak Bay (Victoria)
Height — 6-foot-6
Position — Outside hitter
Poll points — 48
Freshman’s Future — N/A
4 Levi VanderDeen
School — Vernon Christian
Height — 6-foot-5
Position — Outside hitter
Poll points — 46
Freshman’s Future — UBC Okanagan
5 Jordan Gazzola
School — Elgin Park (Surrey)
Height — 6-foot-7
Position — Middle blocker/outside hitter
Poll points — 44
Freshman’s Future — N/A
6 Juhan Park
School — Pacific Academy (Surrey)
Height — 6-foot-2
Position — Outside hitter
Poll points — 34
Freshman’s Future — N/A
7-tie Tayler Roxburgh
School — Langley Fundamental
Height — 6-foot
Position — Setter
Poll points — 33
Freshman’s Future — Trinity Western
7-tie Austin Duff
School — George Elliot (Lake Country)
Height — 6-foot-4
Position — Outside hitter
Poll points — 33
Freshman’s Future — UBC Okanagan
9 Kaylin Michie
School — Mt. Boucherie (Kelowna)
Height — 6-foot-10
Position — Middle blocker
Poll points — 26
Freshman’s Future — UBC Okanagan
10 Jake Stobbe
School — Abbotsford Christian
Height — 6-foot-1
Position — Outside hitter
Poll points — 19
Freshman’s Future — N/A
11-tie Lucas Maffia
School — Oak Bay (Victoria)
Height — 6-foot-2
Position — Setter/outside hitter
Poll points — 14
Freshman’s Future — N/A
11-tie Jacob Defeo
School — Vernon Christian
Height — 6-foot-2
Position — Setter
Poll points — 14
Freshman’s Future — N/A
13-tie Alex Witt
School — Mt. Boucherie (Kelowna)
Height — 5-foot-11
Position — Outside hitter/libero
Poll points — 8
Freshman’s Future — Columbia Bible College (CCAA)
13-tie Ben Pike
School — Yale (Abbotsford)
Height — 6-foot
Position — Setter
Poll points — 8
Freshman’s Future — N/A
15 Joshua Hall
School — Vernon Christian
Height — 6-foot-5
Position — Middle Blocker
Poll points — 7
Freshman’s Future — Thompson Rivers
Others receiving votes
Quinn Pitcher
School — Okanagan Mission (Kelowna)
Height — 6-foot-2
Position — Outside hitter
Poll points — 6
Freshman’s Future — N/A
Jonathan Letkemann
School — MEI (Abbotsford)
Height — 6-foot
Position — Libero
Poll points — 6
Freshman’s Future — N/A
Resse Rowland
School — Pacific Academy (Surrey)
Height — 6-foot-3
Position — Setter
Poll points — 5
Freshman’s Future — N/A
Tyson Hofer
School — Langley Christian
Height — 5-foot-9
Position — Setter
Poll points — 4
Freshman’s Future — Trinity Western
Andrew Wilk
School — Semiahmoo (Surrey)
Height — 6-foot-1
Position — Outside hitter
Poll points — 4
Freshman’s Future — N/A
Noah Halladay
School — Earl Marriott (Surrey)
Height — 6-foot-7
Position — Middle blocker
Poll points — 3
Freshman’s Future — N/A
Adam Einarson
School — Kelowna Christian
Height — 6-foot-2
Position — Setter
Poll points — 2
Freshman’s Future — N/A
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Hi Howard,
Thanks for your continued support of High School volleyball and congrats to these student athletes! Praying that we can see them play again soon:)
Trevor Dmitruk
AD @ Pacific Academy