BROWN, BRAMWELL MAKE MEN'S NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL "B" TEAM

OTTAWA - Humber College's Andre Brown and Terrel Bramwell have been named to Volleyball Canada's 21-member national B team for the 2012 season.

The selections were made following a 44-player camp which was held at the National Training Centre in Gatineau, Que., from May 12 to 15.

Brown and Bramwell were both members of a Humber team that won its third straight OCAA title in 2011-12, and first-ever national title.

The national team was chosen primarily for the Pan Am Cup set for July 7-15 in the Dominican Republic. The players selected to the team will continue to train in Gatineau from May 16 to July 6.

Returnees from last year's squad which helped Canada to a fourth place finish at the World University Games are Ciaran McGovern of Grande Prairie, Alta., Jay Blankeneau of Calgary, Jacob Kilpatrick of St. John, N.B., Chris Voth of Winnipeg, Sander Ratsep of London, Ont., and Blair Bann of Edmonton.

Graduating from the 2011 national junior team which placed 11th at the world junior championships are Tommy Belisle of Pierreville, Que., Lucas VanBerkel of Edmonton and Braden McLean of Birch Hills, Sask.

A couple of great Canadian family volleyball traditions are also being continued on the team with Chris Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., the son of men's national team head coach Glenn Hoag and Dane Pischke of Winnipeg, son of Garth Pischke the legendary head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons.

Other team members are: Jason DeRocco of Winnipeg, Kevin Miller of Brandon, Man., Reid Halpeny of Grand Bend, Ont., Brown and Bramwell of Mississauga, Ont., Nate Speijer of Penticton, B.C., Devon Parkinson of Victoria, Steven Marshall of Abbotsford, B.C., Daniel JansenVanDoom of Langley, B.C., and Max Burt of Gander, N.L.

The selection and training camps are held under the supervision of National B Team head coach Larry McKay of Winnipeg.

The 21 players selected to Canada's National B men's volleyball team (club and hometown):

Alberta
Lucas Van Berkel, Trinity Western University, Edmonton
Ciaran McGovern, National Training Centre, Grande Prairie
Jay Blankeneau, University of Calgary, Calgary
Blair Bann, National Training Centre, Edmonton

British Columbia
Nate Speijer, UBC Okanagan, Penticton
Devon Parkinson, National Training Centre, Victoria
Steven Marshall, Trinity Western University, Abbotsford
Daniel Jansen Van Doom, Trinity Western University, Langley

Manitoba
Chris Voth, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Jason DeRocco, Kifissia SC Athens, Winnipeg
Dane Pischke, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Kevin Miller, National Training Centre, Brandon

New Brunswick
Jacob Kilpatrick, National Training Centre, St. John

Newfoundland and Labrador
Max Burt, National Training Centre, Gander

Ontario
Sander Ratsep, National Training Centre, London
Reid Halpeny, National Training Centre, Grand Bend
Andre Brown, Humber College, Mississauga
Terrel Bramwell, Humber College, Mississauga

Quebec
Chris Hoag, University of Calgary, Sherbrooke
Tommy Belisle, Université Laval, Pierreville

Saskatchewan
Braden McLean, University of Saskatchewan, Birch Hills

Source: Volleyball Canada with files from OCAA Communications