Award Winners

VIU Mariners win 2 Nanaimo Sports Achievement Awards

May 26, 2021

The Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards were announced Tuesday, May 18, in a small virtual ceremony.

Vancouver Island University's women's volleyball team, national champion in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association, was a double winner at the sport achievement awards as star Karoline Tormena was chosen Female Athlete of the Year and Shane Hyde was picked as Coach of the Year.

Tormena was MVP at nationals and had the match-winning kill in the gold-medal final, while Hyde led the M's to a perfect 29-0 season capped off with a third-straight national championship.