Jason Haldane (second from right, front) among the Wolves.

-VOLLEYBALL’S

THE GAME
FOR HALDANE

‘The Terrace Caledonia 'connec-

tion’ is still earning kudos in the
world of Canadian volleyball. And
after two years away from senior
secondary halls of. learning,
they're putting their Grande
Prairie "Wolves’ volleyball team
up among the best in the nation.
Six-foot, seven-inch Jason
Haldane (along with’ other Ter-
race area players Grant Livadney

and Mark Neid) have paced their |
_team to great heights this season.

_Haldane'is especially noted.
Last month he was named to the
Canadian College Athletic Associ-
ation all-Canadian all-star team.

~ Here’s what Dan Toth of the
Grande Prairie Daily Herald
Tribune wrote about Jason prior

_to the CCAA Nationals held at
. Prince George in March,

Jason Haldane has a reputa-
tion for casting a rather lengthy
shadow, on the volleyball court,

but-the lanky middle with the —
Regional College Wolves has

reached even, greater heights this

season.

The six-foot-seven Haldane,
known for his incredible vertical.
leaping ability and ferocious kills
at the net, has been named to the
Canadian Colleges Athletic Asso-
ciation all-Canadian team in his
second year with the Wolves.

It’s an honour bestowed upon
only nine other Canadian colle-
giate men’s volleyball players this
season. And' with just one look at
the statistics he’s compiled, it’s
little wonder he’s been singled out
as-one of the best college players
in the country.

"It’s an indication of how well
our team did this year," Haldane ©
modestly says. "Everybody on the

team gets credit, especially Ron ~
(coach Thomson). He's helped my _.

play a lot this year. Ron has done
an excellent job with the team
this year." , |
The 20-year-old “native of
Terrace, B.C, finished the Alberta
Colleges’ Athletic Conference
season first overall in points _
scored and kills. He continued
that level-of play throughout. the

{

ACAC playoffs in. leading the —
Wolves to. a sweep of the Red_
Deer College Kings in the semifi-
nals before losing the gold medal
final against the:Mount Royal
College Cougars last weekend. -

The Wolves clinched silver
medals and have gained a trip to
the CCAA national volleyball:
tournament next week.in Prince
George, B.C.

Haldane, in his second year at
the Regional College, is taking
courses in computer systems tech-
nology and has plans to possibly
attend the University. of. Alberta.

-next season.

And by ‘getting recognized

with a national award, he even

impressed his coach. oy,
"It's the top award in our
league and I think that says alot
when you look: at the guys who
are all-Canadians and came from
our league over the years," Thom-
son says. "It’s great to be recog-

nized at that level of play."

The award -is voted upon. by

coaches within the conference.
They rate who they believe to be

the top three players. —

Haldane obviously also made
a lasting. impression on each of
the Wolves’ opponents this season
and Thomson thinks the award

may ‘have been a unanimous deci-

sion.
"He by far dominates every

- team that we played," Thomson
. Says. "Nobody ‘ was able to put a
_ lot of pressure on him. He puts

the pressure. on hiniself and
makes some mistakes that are his
own doing, but not created by the

‘other team - he moves so well

and is such a smart player. "

Haldane also copped an all -
star honour at the Prince George.
series as his team-came out with
a bronze medal . performance,
They lost out to Queber in the

' semi-finals.

Jason is the son of Mrs, Heim--
ke Haldane.

further information.

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