BRAMWELL HEADLINES OCAA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL AWARDS

NORTH BAY, Ont. - Humber College's Terrel Bramwell was named the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) men's volleyball player of the year in a ceremony held at the Davedi Club in North Bay, Ont. on Thursday morning as part of the 2012 OCAA Men's Volleyball Championship.

Bramwell had one of the best seasons in recent memory, averaging 6.7 points per set, 1.6 points better than his closest rival and easily winning the OCAA West region scoring championship. The third-year right side set a new OCAA single match record with 36 kills against Redeemer on Nov. 22, and tied his own record of 40 points in a match, also against Redeemer on Feb. 3.

The Mississauga, Ont., native also led OCAA in kills per set averaging 5.67 while also contributing 26 aces and 25 blocks. His production helped lead Humber to an OCAA West regional championship with a regular season record of 17-1, including a 14-match win streak to end the season. Bramwell is a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) all-Canadian, as well as an OCAA West Division first-team all-star.

Justin Scapinello (London, Ont.) of Mohawk was also named a CCAA all-Canadian. Last year's OCAA rookie of the year was fourth in league scoring averaging 4.4 points per set. The right side also led OCAA in service aces averaging 0.83 per set. Scapinello is also a West Division first-team all-star.

Eric Yung of Nipissing is the OCAA West coach of the year and its nominee for CCAA coach of the year. The second-year head coach of the Lakers inspired his team to a five-game improvement on its regular season record from a season ago, with their only blemish coming against Humber. Conversely, Nipissing also handed Humber its only loss of the regular season. Yung has a trio of players recognized as OCAA West first-team all-stars, including Taylor Bielby (Barrie, Ont.), Scott Coulthard (Wingham, Ont.) and Frankie Edgecombe (Elmvale, Ont.).

Sheridan's Jeremy Fantin (Mississauga, Ont.) was named the OCAA rookie of the year to go along with his West Division rookie award. The left side led his team with 214 points, 160 kills and 46 blocks, and helped soften the blow of losing last year's OCAA player of the year Andrew Henry.

Brad Van Hartingsveldt (Newcastle, Ont.) of Durham was named the top rookie in the OCAA East region. The setter contributed 91 points on 42 kills, 40 blocks and nine aces.

Doug Anton of Algonquin was named OCAA East coach of the year. Algonquin saw a six-win improvement on its record from last year, winning the East regional championship with a 19-1 record. Anton also coached a pair of OCAA East first-team all-stars in Alexandre Corsi Caya (Ottawa) and Josh Harris (Kitchener, Ont.).

Keith Marier (Ottawa) of La Cite headlines the other OCAA East first-team all-stars. Marier was the OCAA East region scoring champion, setting OCAA single season records with 404 points and 346 kills. Peter Christian (Chatham, Ont.) and Gabriel Harrietha (Markham, Ont.) of Seneca, Mike Hammond (Barrie, Ont.) of Georgian and Loyalist's Matt Woods (Pickering, Ont.) were also named OCAA East first-team all-stars.

Rounding out the OCAA West first-team all-star team is Humber's Andre Brown (Mississauga, Ont.) and Fanshawe's Matthew Stewart (Brisbane, Australia).

OCAA East second-team all-stars include Dean Johnson (Calgary), Costa Solanakis (Ottawa) and Craig Toonders (Ottawa) of regional champion Algonquin; Steven Clarey (Baltimore, Ont.) and Dave McMann (Elmvale, Ont.) of Durham; Predrag Gajic (Scarborough, Ont.) of Seneca; and Loyalist's Josh Lappala (Kingston, Ont.).

Josh Butler (London, Ont.) and Frank Pento (Mississauga, Ont.) of Sheridan; David Klomps (Surrey, B.C.) and Aaron Vander Lugt (Hamilton, Ont.) of Redeemer; Nipissing's Andre Leblanc (Sudbury, Ont.); Derek Quinn (Mississauga, Ont.) of Humber; and Sam Youlton (Chatham, Ont.) of Fanshawe were named OCAA West second-team all-stars.

2011-12 OCAA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL MAJOR AWARDS

OCAA Player of the Year
Terrel Bramwell, Humber

CCAA All-Canadians
Justin Scapinello, Mohawk
Terrel Bramwell, Humber

CCAA Coach of the Year Nominee
Eric Yung, Nipissing

OCAA Rookie of the Year
Jeremy Fantin, Sheridan

OCAA East Division Scoring Champion
Keith Marier, La Cite

OCAA West Division Scoring Champion
Terrel Bramwell, Humber

OCAA East Division Rookie of the Year
Brad Van Hartingsveldt, Durham  

OCAA West Division Rookie of the Year
Jeremy Fantin, Sheridan  

OCAA East Division Coach of the Year
Doug Anton, Algonquin

OCAA West Division Coach of the Year
Eric Yung, Nipissing

OCAA East Division Champions
Algonquin Thunder

OCAA West Division Champions
Humber Hawks

OCAA East Division First-Team All-Stars
Peter Christian, Seneca
Alexandre Corsi Caya, Algonquin
Mike Hammond, Georgian
Gabriel Harrietha, Seneca
Josh Harris, Algonquin
Keith Marier, La Cite
Matt Woods, Loyalist

OCAA West Division First-Team All-Stars
Taylor Bielby, Nipissing
Terrel Bramwell, Humber
Andre Brown, Humber
Scott Coulthard, Nipissing
Frankie Edgecombe, Nipissing
Justin Scapinello, Mohawk
Matthew Stewart, Fanshawe

OCAA East Division Second-Team All-Stars
Steven Clarey, Durham
Predrag Gajic, Seneca
Dean Johnson, Algonquin
Josh Lappala, Loyalist
Dave McMann, Durham
Costa Solanakis, Algonquin
Craig Toonders, Algonquin

OCAA West Division Second-Team All-Stars
Josh Butler, Sheridan
David Klomps, Redeemer
Andre Leblanc, Nipissing
Frank Pento, Sheridan
Derek Quinn, Humber
Aaron Vander Lugt, Redeemer
Sam Youlton, Fanshawe

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