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22-534: The University of Alberta has featured varsity teams since the school's inception in 1908, notably with the men's ice hockey team first playing a season of six games during that school year. The school's colours of evergreen and gold were approved as the varsity teams' official colours on October 13, 1908. The football team adopted the name "Golden Bears" for the 1935 season with the men's basketball team following suit in 1936 and all other male varsity programs soon after. After World War II ended and teams resumed play,

44-471: A recent period of domination where Golden Bear teams have won 16 out of 20 Canada West championships from 2000 to 2020. The team's head coach , Ian Herbers , returned to the team in 2018 following a stint with the Edmonton Oilers after previously being the team's head coach for three seasons from 2012 to 2015. The University of Alberta has featured a women's ice hockey program since at least 1913, near

66-473: A row from 2001 to 2008. The team has been led by head coach Howie Draper since the inaugural season in 1997–98. The Golden Bears men's volleyball first began intercollegiate play in the 1955–56 season and has competed in the Canada West conference since the 1971–72 season. The Golden Bears first won a U Sports men's volleyball championship in 1981 and have won nine national championships in total, including

88-499: The COVID-19 pandemic 2021-22 Derek Epp Trinity Western Spartans 2022-23 Jordan Canham Alberta Golden Bears 2023-24 Isaac Heslinga Alberta Golden Bears References [ edit ] ^ "Of

110-587: The Hec Crighton Trophy , with Mel Smith winning in 1971, Brian Fryer winning in 1975, and most recently Ed Ilnicki winning the award in 2017 . In the 2000s, the Golden Bears had seen mixed results as the team made the playoffs in five of ten seasons between 2001 and 2010. In four of those seasons, Alberta reached the Hardy Cup, but came away with losses each time. Despite playing in the Hardy Cup in 2010 ,

132-770: The UBC Thunderbirds . The Pandas have also won 18 conference titles with their most recent occurring in 2017. Eisler continues to serve as the team's head coach and has won the Marilyn Pomfret Award as the U Sports Coach of the Year three times. Five Pandas players have won the Mary Lyons Award with Miroslava Pribylova winning in 1996 and 1997, Jenny Cartmell winning in 1999 and 2000, Tiffany Dodds winning in 2007, Meg Casault winning in 2017, and Kory White winning most recently in 2022. The Pandas women's rugby program began in

154-541: The University of Alberta in the sport of Canadian football in U Sports . The Golden Bears have been in competition since 1910 and the team has won three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1967 , 1972 , and most recently in 1980 . The Golden Bears have also won 18 Hardy Cup conference titles, second only to the Saskatchewan Huskies who have won 19 of them. The Golden Bears have also had three players win

176-599: The 1950s where the team won their first Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union championship in 1953. The Pandas first qualified for the U Sports women's volleyball championship tournament in 1993 under the direction of then-second year head coach Laurie Eisler and soon won the first national championship in team history in 1995. The Pandas then repeated as champions five times to tie the U Sports women's volleyball record with six consecutive national championships won. The team won their seventh and most recent national championship in 2007 , with their seven wins second only to

198-525: The 1970s and had significant successes between 1999 and 2006. Matt Parrish is the current Head Coach. The Golden Bears are considered a strong school team in Canada in multiple sports. The hockey and volleyball teams, in particular, are frequent challengers in U Sports national championships. In addition to their success over Canadian competition, the Golden Bears host the annual Husky Energy Can-Am Challenge of Champions tournament, where they frequently spearhead

220-671: The Canadian contingent's success. This tournament sees four top teams from both Canada and the USA competing for supremacy, with the Canadian teams holding the overall title, having won 9 of the 13 tournaments. The female athlete of the year is awarded the Bakewell Trophy while the Wilson Challenge Trophy is presented to the male athlete of the year. Alberta Golden Bears football The Alberta Golden Bears football team represents

242-520: The Golden Bears finished winless in 2011 following the resignation of longtime head coach Jerry Friesen. UBC defaulted two wins to Alberta that year, but the following season was once again winless as the Golden Bears finished at the bottom of the standings. The Golden Bears saw improvement in 2014 by posting a 3-5 record, but finished fifth and missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year. The program saw further regression in 2015 and 2016, posting just two and one win seasons, respectively. In 2017,

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264-476: The Golden Bears returned to the playoffs following a six-year absence by qualifying in the last week of the season by defeating the powerhouse Calgary Dinos and finishing 3-5. Because UBC and Manitoba finished with 2-6 records, the Golden Bears finished in fourth place and in playoff position, led by the strong play of Hec Crighton Trophy winner, Ed Ilnicki. The team lost the Canada West Semi-Final to

286-470: The Year is awarded annually to the men's volleyball player of the year in U Sports (previously named Canadian Interuniversity Sport). No player has won the award more than twice and only two players have accomplished the feat ( Terry Danyluk in 1980 and 1981; Darcy Busse in 1984 and 1986). The Alberta Golden Bears program has featured the most winners with 11 and nine of those recipients were either coached by Danyluk or were Danyluk himself. Following

308-2555: The Year" (PDF) . U Sports . Retrieved August 1, 2020 . ^ "Trinity Western's Loeppky headlines U SPORTS men's volleyball major award winners" . U Sports . Retrieved August 1, 2020 . ^ "Terry Danyluk" . volleyball.ca. 2017 . Retrieved August 1, 2020 . ^ "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021" . usports.ca . U Sports . October 15, 2020. External links [ edit ] Official website v t e U Sports volleyball AUS Acadia Axewomen (W) Dalhousie Tigers (W) Memorial Sea-Hawks (W) Moncton Aigles Bleues (W) UNB Reds (W) Saint Mary's Huskies (W) Canada West Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas (M/W) Brandon Bobcats (M/W) UBC Thunderbirds (M/W) UBC Okanagan Heat (M/W) Calgary Dinos (M/W) Fraser Valley Cascades (M/W) MacEwan Griffins (M/W) Manitoba Bisons (M/W) Mount Royal Cougars (M/W) Regina Cougars (W) Saskatchewan Huskies (M/W) Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M/W) Trinity Western Spartans ( Men's /W) Winnipeg Wesmen (M/W) OUA Brock Badgers (M/W) Guelph Gryphons (M/W) Lakehead Thunderwolves (W) McMaster Marauders (M/W) Nipissing Lakers (M/W) Ottawa Gee-Gees (W) Queen's Gaels (M/W) RMC Paladins (M/W) TMU Bold (M/W) Toronto Varsity Blues (M/W) Trent Excalibur (M/W) Waterloo Warriors (M/W) Western Mustangs (M/W) Windsor Lancers (M/W) York Lions (M/W) RSEQ Dalhousie Tigers (M) Laval Rouge et Or (M/W) McGill Martlets (W) Montreal Carabins (M/W) UNB Reds (M) Sherbrooke Vert et Or (M/W) UQAC Inuk (W) UQAM Citadins (W) UQTR Patriotes (W) ETS Piranhas (W) Main U Sports U Sports men's volleyball U Sports women's volleyball Championships Men's National championship 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 Women's National championship 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 OUA championship Awards Player of

330-519: The beginning years of the school's creation in 1908. Since U Sports women's ice hockey became a nationally sanctioned sport in 1997, the Pandas have been the most prolific program in the country with eight national championships won, with the most recent victory occurring in 2017 . The program has also been dominant in Canada West play as Panda teams have won 14 conference championships, including seven in

352-2680: The cancellation of the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic , there was no award winner in 2021. List of winners [ edit ] Season Winner Team 1979-80 Terry Danyluk Alberta Golden Bears 1980-81 Terry Danyluk Alberta Golden Bears 1981-82 Mark Kolodziej Dinosaurs 1982-83 Paul Paquin Manitoba Bisons 1983-84 Darcy Busse Saskatchewan Huskies 1984-85 Terry Gagnon Manitoba Bisons 1985-86 Darcy Busse Saskatchewan Huskies 1986-87 Michael Stephens Winnipeg Wesmen 1987-88 Gino Brousseau Laval Rouge et Or 1988-89 Randy Gingera Dinosaurs 1989-90 Dale Iwanoczko Manitoba Bisons 1990-91 Tom Elser Manitoba Bisons 1991-92 Marc Dunn Toronto Varsity Blues 1992-93 Rob Olfert Winnipeg Wesmen 1993-94 Michel Cazes Laval Rouge et Or 1994-95 Scott Koskie Manitoba Bisons 1995-96 François Bilodeau Laval Rouge et Or 1996-97 Doug Bruce Alberta Golden Bears 1997-98 Jean Sébastien Nault Sherbrooke Vert et Or 1998-99 Murray Grapentine Alberta Golden Bears 1999-00 Mark Gradt Winnipeg Wesmen 2000-01 Brian Enns Manitoba Bisons 2001-02 Denis Zhukov Calgary Dinos 2002-03 Pascal Cardinal Alberta Golden Bears 2003-04 Adam Ens Saskatchewan Huskies 2004-05 Nicholas Cundy Alberta Golden Bears 2005-06 Mark Dodds Saskatchewan Huskies 2006-07 Josh Howatson Trinity Western Spartans 2007-08 Ben Schellenberg Winnipeg Wesmen 2008-09 Joel Schmuland Alberta Golden Bears 2009-10 Paul Sanderson Brandon Bobcats 2010-11 Graham Vigrass Calgary Dinos 2011-12 Ben Ball Trinity Western Spartans 2012-13 Mitch Irvine Alberta Golden Bears 2013-14 Brad Gunter Thompson Rivers WolfPack 2014-15 Nick Del Bianco Trinity Western Spartans 2015-16 Brett Walsh Alberta Golden Bears 2016-17 Ryan Sclater Trinity Western Spartans 2017-18 Adam Schriemer Trinity Western Spartans 2018-19 Elliot Viles Brandon Bobcats 2019-20 Eric Loeppky Trinity Western Spartans 2020-21 Not awarded due to

374-597: The conference. The program has also had three players win the Hec Crighton Trophy , with Mel Smith winning in 1971, Bryan Fryer winning in 1975, and most recently Ed Ilnicki winning the award in 2017 . The U Sports men's ice hockey program has been competing since 1908, in the same year that the University of Alberta was first established. The Golden Bears have won the most David Johnston University Cup championships with 16 wins, most recently in 2018 . The program has also featured 55 conference championship teams, including

396-432: The men's team from 1922 to 1926, and played a leading role in getting the first ice hockey rink built at the university campus in 1927. The Golden Bears football program has been in competition since 1910. The Golden Bears have won three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1967 , 1972 and most recently in 1980 . The program has also won 16 Hardy Cup conference titles, which is the third most championships won in

418-420: The most recent in 2024 , which is tied for the most out of all of the U Sports men's volleyball programs. The program has also featured 17 Canada West conference champions, most recently in 2024. Golden Bears players have won the U Sports Men's Volleyball Player of the Year award 11 times, the most in the country, with Terry Danyluk winning the first two. The Pandas women's volleyball program first began in

440-476: The same Dinos by a score of 39-22. In the following year, the team was once again out of the playoffs, finishing 2-6, which included a default win after the Regina Rams had to forfeit a victory due to the use of an ineligible player. As of the end of the 2024 CFL season , nine former Golden Bears players were on CFL teams' rosters: As of the start of the 2024 NFL season , one former Golden Bears player

462-624: The women's varsity teams first began playing under the "Pandas" moniker which was adopted by all of the school's women's teams. Currently, Alberta's athletics program fields 24 teams in 14 different sports administered by U Sports in the Canada West conference. The football and soccer teams play their home games at Foote Field , and the basketball and volleyball teams' home is the Saville Community Sports Centre . The ice hockey teams play at Clare Drake Arena , named after long-time coach Clare Drake . Professor W. G. Hardy coached

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484-532: Was on an NFL team's roster: U Sports Men%27s Volleyball Player of the Year From Misplaced Pages, the 💕 Player of the Year Award Sport Indoor volleyball League U Sports First awarded 1980 to Terry Danyluk Most recent Isaac Heslinga, Alberta Golden Bears Website usports.ca The U Sports Men's Volleyball Player of

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