WATERLOO REGION (December 5, 2022) – On Monday, Grade 11 setter Yannick Krauss from Père-René-de-Galinée was announced as the senior volleyball most valuable player for the 2022-2023 season. 

Krauss helped lead les Chevaliers to their first ever senior District 8 team title in school history. Along with fellow first team all-star, grade 11 right side attack, Isaac Kirkwood, Père-René-de-Galinée swept through the senior volleyball league finishing undefeated. 

Père-René-de-Galinée, along with second team all-star selection Etienne Krauss, would go onto single-A CWOSSA to collect a silver medal and qualify for the OFSAA championships where they’d finish in the top eight on the championship side of the bracket. 

District 8 silver medalists, Rockway Mennonite is represented by a pair of brothers as first team all-stars, Adam and Toby Snider. Older brother Adam Snider in grade 12 played setter for the Flames, while not-so-little-brother Toby in grade 10 attacked from the left side. 

Despite collecting the silver medal at District 8, the Snider brothers, along with second team all-star selection Sasha Thiessen, would help the Flames capture their sixteenth senior boys volleyball championship in CWOSSA history. Rockway would go onto single-A OFSAA, winning the silver medal. 

St. David’s, led by first team all-star Shahriar Saeedi, had a successful District 8 campaign finishing with a 6-2 regular season record. Saeedi, a grade 12 left side, along with second team selection teammate Noah Taylor, helped the Celtics collect a silver medal at the double-A CWOSSA Championship. 

St. Benedict’s advanced to the triple-A CWOSSA championships and are represented by District 8 first team all-star setter Aiden Kennedy, and second team all-star left side Camilo Vasconcelos. 

Woodland Christian’s grade 12 right side Luke Marshall rounds out the District 8 senior first team all-star selections, while Resurrection’s Sebastian Rapacki and Monsignor Doyle’s AJ Domingo were named to the second team. 

2022-23 Boys Volleyball MVP: Yannick Krauss (E.S.C. Père-René-de-Galinée)

First-Team All-Stars (Senior):

First Name	Last Name	Position	Grade	School
Aiden	Kennedy	Setter	12	St. Benedict C.S.S.
Isaac	Kirkwood	Right Side	11	E.S.C. Père-René-de-Galinée
Yannick	Krauss	Setter	11	E.S.C. Père-René-de-Galinée
Luke	Marshall	Right Side	12	Woodland Christian H.S.
Shahriar	Saeedi	Left Side	12	St. David C.S.S.
Toby	Snider	Left Side	10	Rockway M.C.
Adam	Snider	Setter	12	Rockway M.C.

Second Team All-Stars (Senior):

First Name	Last Name	Position	Grade	School
AJ	Domingo	Left Side	11	Monsignor Doyle C.S.S.
Etienne	Krauss	Libero	12	E.S.C. Père-René-de-Galinée
Sebastian	Rapacki	Left Side	12	Resurrection C.S.S.
Noah	Taylor	Left Side	12	St. David C.S.S.
Sasha	Thiessen	Setter	11	Rockway M.C.
Camilo	Vasconcelos	Left Side	12	St. Benedict C.S.S.

First-Team All-Stars (Junior):

First Name	Last Name	Position	Grade	School
Mateo	Castano	Left Side	10	Rockway M.C.
Sullivan	Cofell	Setter	10	Monsignor Doyle C.S.S.
Graeme	Crowder	Left Side	10	E.S.C. Père-René-de-Galinée
Daniel	DeSousa	Setter	10	St. Benedict C.S.S.
Max	Gulyas	Middle	10	St. Benedict C.S.S.
Lucas	Jonker	Setter	10	Woodland Christian H.S.
John	Mikelsons	Outside	10	Woodland Christian H.S.

Second Team All-Stars (Junior):

First Name	Last Name	Position	Grade	School
Fredric	Arendoque	Right Side	10	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy
Griffin	Crowder	Right Side	10	E.S.C. Père-René-de-Galinée
Theo	Dickerson	Left Side	10	Resurrection C.S.S.
Gabe	Mitchell	Left Side	10	Woodland Christian H.S.
Marty	Shantz	Setter	9	Rockway M.C.
Jake	Warren	Left Side	10	St.Mary’s H.S.