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UBC head coach Dave Taylor addresses his team during his coaching debut, Oct. 3 at home to visiting Queen's at War Memorial Gymnasium. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2025. All rights reserved)
Feature University Women's Basketball

A Sunday Read: Meet Dave Taylor! With 2025-26 season set for Friday tip, UBC’s new women’s basketball coach finds connection through player empowerment & paying homage to Thunderbirds hoops history!

October 19, 2025October 19, 2025Howard TsumuraComment(0)

By Howard TsumuraVarsityLetters.caVANCOUVER — If you believe in the unseen forces of the basketball universe, then maybe you can better understand the kind of pressure the game’s mythical matchmakers were under this past summer when it came time to finding the next head coach of the UBC Thunderbirds women’s basketball team.Their task?Could they pair what […]

Trinity Western Spartans' middle blocker Avery Heppell (right, 14) is a fiery competitor on the court. Here she celebrates a point with teammate Hilary Howe. (Photo by Scott Stewart property of Trinity Western athletics)
Feature University Women's Volleyball

TWU’s Avery Heppell: After aborted career in modelling industry, Spartans’ star middle has message that matters for young women

October 17, 2018Howard TsumuraComment(0)

LANGLEY — Avery Heppell loves being the model middle.

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