LANGLEY, British Columbia –Trinity Western fourth-year outside hitter Kaden Schmidt (Mississauga, Ont.) has been named the Canada West BioSteel men's volleyball player of the Week.
 
Oct. 16 at UFV: 17 kills (5.67/set), .444 hitting percentage, 2 digs, 1 ace in 3-0 win 
Oct. 17 vs UFV: 12 kills (4/set), .857 hitting percentage, 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 block in 3-0 win
 
Schmidt was nearly unstoppable over the Spartans weekend sweep of the Fraser Valley Cascades as he averaged a conference-best 4.83 kills per set and a CW leading .585 hitting percentage. The education student was especially dominant in Friday's win, as he had 12 kills on 14 attempts without committing a single attacking error for an .857 hitting percentage.
 
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 CIS 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.

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