LANGLEY, British Columbia –Trinity Western fourth-year outside hitter Kaden Schmidt (Mississauga, Ont.) is the Spartan Male Athlete of the Week after helping to lead the Spartans to a sweep of the Fraser Valley Cascades in a home-and-home series this past weekend.
 
On Friday, the education student had 17 kills, two digs, and one ace while hitting .444 to lead the Spartans to a 3-0 win at the UFV Gym in Abbotsford, B.C. Then on Saturday, Schmidt had 12 kills, with zero errors to hit at .857, while adding one ace and one block in the Spartans' 3-0 win at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C.
 
Schmidt and the Spartans are off this weekend but will return to action on October 31 and November 1 when they will travel to Winnipeg to take on the Winnipeg Wesmen.
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country and as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.

About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in U SPORTS. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.