Passin Dimes Podcast

Former Princeton Tiger and recently transferred Pepperdine Wave Alexander Mrkalj joins the show! Alex grew up in the Niagara area where he played locally before making the trip to play for the KW Preds. From there he helped Team Ontario win a Canada Games gold before going to FTC and playing for Team Canada's youth and junior National Teams. Alexander would commit to Princeton in the NCAA where he was named to the All-EIVA Academic Team in 2021. Mrkalj is excited to start the next step in his journey with Pepperdine. We hear all about this and more! 

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U of Fraser Valley Cascade Setter, Max Paddock joins the show! Max is a multi sport athlete who played goalie in the WHL for several seasons and competed at the Memorial Cup! He also attended San Jose's training camp before making the switch from hockey to volleyball. We talk about his love for sports growing up, playing several sports at a high level, why the change, how he got up to speed and so much more! 

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Team Canada Star and OUA Champion Sam Cooper joins the show! Sam recently signed his first pro contract with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie in Poland. We hear all about it plus his start in volleyball, club, youth and junior National Team, his career with McMaster and getting named to Team Canada's A team.

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Trent Excalibur Star Liz Turner joins the show! Liz finished her first season in the OUA where she earned the starting spot with the squad and is looking forward to a big second year. Before joining Trent, Liz played for the Halton Hurricanes where she helped win a Provincial and National Championship with the Hurricanes. Liz takes us through her journey and shares some great details about the middle position. 

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York Lions Captain and Canada Games Silver Medalist Luke de Greef joins the show! Luke grew up in Victoria, BC where boys volleyball is still on the rise. We talk about his unique start in the sport, how he got into beach, Youth National Team, recruiting for university, York, and so much more! 

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McMaster Marauder Sullie Sundara joins the show! Sullie has won OUA West Rookie of the year, U SPORTS All-Rookie Team, 2x OUA First-Team All-Star, and  USPORTS Second Team All-Canadian. Sundara lead the OUA in kills and total points this past season. We discuss club, Team O, Team Canada, MAC, and so much more! 

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Former Western Mustang and now Loyola Marymount University Lion Jaeya Brach joins the show! Jaeya grew up in the Vancouver area where she played for Thunder and Side Out Beach Club before deciding to compete in the OUA at Western. Next season she is transferring to LMU to focus on beach volleyball. We chat about all of this and more! 

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Recently named McMaster Marauders Head Coach, Brad Douwes joins the show! Brad grew up playing basketball and baseball before focusing on volleyball. He went on to play for Redeemer Royals where he was an OCAA All Star and Academic All Canadian. He then started coaching with the Royals where he coached with the men's and women's programs. Brad also coached with Team Ontario before taking the first chair at Mac. Hear about his journey and more

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Jared Brown is back! This time to share club philosophies, talent ID / pathways, who's the best player ever and so much more!

Jared is currently the Club Director for 204 Volleyball in Winnipeg, was an assistant coach at U of Manitoba for 5 years where they won two CIS Bronze Medals, he spent 6 years with Bison Volleyball Club (2 National Championships, 2 National Finalists) and has been an Assistant coach with Team Canada Youth.

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Newly announced St. Clair College Coach Julie-Ann Milling joins the show! Jules has an impressive coaching career working at On Point Beach Volleyball as a lead coach, coaching club for Sky and South County, and being an assistant coach for St. Clair before taking the head coaching role. Julie-Ann had an impressive playing career earning OCAA Bronze medals, All-Star awards and Academic All Canadian. We hear all about her journey and more! 

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