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NAVC Griffins 17M Black Coaching Staff
Mark is currently a teacher and Sr. Boys Head Coach at Salisbury Composite High School in Sherwood Park. He also has 15 years of playing experience including playing for Team Alberta U16 and U17, Grant MacEwan for 4 years and the University of Alberta for 2 years. During his playing days, Mark won a Canada West and CIS National Championship in 2014. Mark has also been a coach with Grassroots Volleyball under Brock Daviduk and is a level 2 certified coach.
Austin Hinchey is a 23 year old business degree student in his final year of finance. He has been Captain of Canada’s Sitting Volleyball Team for the past 7 years, and is currently trying to qualify for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. He has represented Canada internationally at numerous events, recently won a Para-Pan Am bronze medal in Toronto as well as in 2011, and competed at the 2010 world championships. Austin lived in Vancouver for the past two years where he was a setter for the University of British Columbia men’s varsity team. Prior to UBC, Austin was a setter and captain for all three years at NAIT He won the D.M. Memorial Award in his first season, and the Silver Torch Award for team MVP in his third season. Austin won 3 Provincial gold medals and 1silver during his four years with NAVC. He was also recognized as a provincial all-star in his U18 and U21 seasons. Austin was co-captain of the U16 Provincial Team and attended Ross Sheppard High School in Edmonton where he won the coveted Edmonton and area High School Volleyball All-star Award.
Since 2011, Austin has been a Sport Canada Carded Athlete and sponsored Athlete by RE7 Recovery Drink. Austin was selected as part of CIBC Team Next which is a team of Canadian high performance athletes under a three year sponsorship program. The 67 athletes in the program are given support on their road to the 2015 Toronto Pan American/Para-Pan Am Games and 2016 Olympics/Paralympics in Rio De Janeiro.
Austin’s coaching experience includes Head Coach of SIDEOUT Beach Club. He was Assistant Coach of the U17 Nooks Boys team in 2012 and has coached numerous summer camps over the past 5 years (Sylvan Lake VC, Jasper VC, UBC Atomic, NAIT VC, Grant MacEwan VC, Pursuit VC, and private sessional beach coaching). Austin has also guest coached and aided with position specific coaching for club teams, and has spoken at events as an inspirational speaker. Austin is a Level 2 certified coach.
Pierre was a member of 4 National Championship teams, three with Red Deer College between 2005-2007 and one with the University of Calgary in 2010. He graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and with a Diploma in Kinesiology with a focus in coaching from RDC. Between 2007-2011 Pierre worked with Volleyball Alberta helping with events and provincial teams.
In 2011 he was an assistant coach with the U18 Men's Team Alberta that received a silver medal at the NTCC and a gold medal at the Western Canada Summer games. In 2013 he was the head coach of the U18 Women's Cougars Club and in 2013 Pierre moved to Edmonton and joined the coaching staff with the NAIT women.
Pierre has worked with athletes of all levels in camps, teams and on an individual basis. He has experience with all positions on the court. He is a fully certified Level 1 and partially certified Level 2 NCCP coach. He believes that hard work and skill development are the keys to individual and team success.
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