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Volleyball Canada announces 2019 Hall of Fame inductees
OTTAWA, Canada, March 21, 2019 - This year’s inductees to the
Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame are the 1984 Men’s National Team;
the beach team of Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann; women’s
indoor athlete Janis Kelly, and Don Pfeifer in the referee
category.
"This year’s Hall of Fame inductees represent the best of our
sport over several decades and disciplines. As we enter into an
Olympic qualification period, it’s important that we honour our
Olympians from past Games in both beach and indoor
volleyball," said Volleyball Canada’s President and CEO Mark
Eckert. "And not to be forgotten, the importance of the role
that referees play in our system is also recognized. I’m looking
forward to this year’s ceremony in Ottawa."
The Hall of Fame ceremony will
take place June 6, 2019 at 8 pm at the Sheraton
Ottawa Hotel.
1984 Canadian Men’s Olympic Team
The Canadian Men’s Volleyball team qualified for the Olympic
Games in 1984 by finishing as the runner-up at the 1983 Norceca
Championships behind the United States. This was one of the best
Canadian squads ever assembled finishing with a record of 1 loss
and 3 wins in their preliminary round, losing only to Italy
(1-3) while defeating Egypt, China and Japan by scores of
3-0. They then met the USA in the semi-final losing 3-0 and then
faced the Italians in the hard fought bronze medal match. They
were unable to handle the Italians and finished the Games in 4th
place, Canada’s best-ever Olympic result. Members of the team
were Rick Bacon, John Barrett, Allan Coulter, Terry Danyluk,
Paul Gratton, Glenn Hoag, Tom Jones, Dave Jones, Alex Ketrzynski,
Garth Pischke, Don Saxton and Randy Wagner.
Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann
The beach duo represented Canada at the 1999 Pan American Games
in Winnipeg, Manitoba where they won the gold medal in the men's
beach team competition. Jody competed as a professional beach
player for 11 seasons with the highlight of his career being the
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia where he and Conrad
represented Canada and finished in 9thplace.
Janis Kelly
Kelly’s volleyball career began late at the age of 14 at Daniel
McIntyre Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg. She then went on to
star at the University of Winnipeg where she and her teammates
won the CIAU/CIS Championship in 1993. Janis joined the Junior
National team in 1991 and was then invited to join the National
Senior Team the following year. She represented Canada at the
1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA and then at the 1999 Pan
American Games in Winnipeg. She also had a lengthy and
successful professional career, competing for teams in Turkey,
Italy and France.
Don Pfeifer
Pfeifer has been involved with the Saskatchewan Volleyball
Association for the past 50 years and today continues as an
active official, mentor and clinician. Don received his local
official certification in 1968 and quickly rose through the
ranks to become a National official in 1972 and an International
official on 1977. Receiving his Level 5 Officials Certification
after participating in the 1976 Montreal Olympics; Don continued
as Saskatchewan’s only International Referee for 31 years. Don
served for many years as the Regional Officials Chair for
Saskatchewan and the National Officials Chair for Volleyball
Canada. He has officiated numerous international matches during
his career and received a number of FIVB and FISU assignments. |
