Victoria Volleyball Association Alumni
Meet our past athletes and learn about their impact in the sport of volleyball
Jamie Broder
Team Canada Beach
- Vancouver Island University (formerly Malaspina) women’s volleyball team (2003-2006)
- University of British Columbia women’s volleyball team (2006-2008)
- Team Canada Beach Volleyball (2004-present)
Following her back-to-back CIS National Championship gold medals with UBC in 2007 and 2008, Jamie took to the beach full time for Team Canada, where she would continue to build off of her 18U, 20U, and 24U beach volleyball National Championship titles. Jamie won the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Championships in 2013, and again in 2015. In April 2015, Jamie and her partner Kristina Valjas made history when they won the first ever FIVB women’s medal for Canada – gold at the Fuzhou Open in China.
You can follow Jamie’s career at https://www.jamiebroder.com.
Colin Lundeen
Apoel Volleyball Club
- Camosun College Men’s Volleyball Team (2003-2005)
- Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Men’s Volleyball Team (2005-2007)
- Apoel Volleyball Club, Cyprus (2008-2010)
After earning CCAA Academic All-Canadian honours in ’04 and ’05, and being named the 2005 Pacwest (formerly BCCAA) Player of the Year, Colin tranferred to Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne to compete in Divison 1 of the NCAA. In 2007, Colin capped off his post-secondary career by capturing an NCAA Divison 1 silver medal and was named an NCAA Academic All-American. Colin then spent two seasons in Nicosia, Cyprus playing professionally with Apoel Volleyball Club.
Joshua Howatson
Team Canada Indoor / Amriswil
Experience:
- Trinity Western University men’s volleyball team (2004-2007)
- Team Canada Indoor (2002, 2010-present)
- Paris Volleyball (
- Amriswil (
- Unicaja Almeria (
Career Highlights:
- 2006 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) National Champion
- 2007 CIS Athlete of the Year
- 2007 CIS Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2007 CIS Dale Iwanoczko Award (Outstanding student-athlete in volleyball, academics and community)
- 2010 Copa Del Rey King’s Cup winner
- 2010 Copa Del Rey Most Valuable Player
Matt Carere
University of Hawai'i / Lausanne UC
Experience:
- Camosun College men’s volleyball team (2002-2004)
- University of Hawai’i men’s volleyball team (2004-2006)
- Lausanne UC (
Career Highlights:
- Two-time Canadian Beach Volleyball National Champion (2001, 2003)
- Two-time CCAA Academic All-Canadian (2002, 2003)
- 2003 CCAA All-Canadian
- 2003 PACWEST (formerly BCCAA) 1st Team All-Star
- 2006 NCAA Second Team All-American
Fred Winters
Team Canada Indoor / Sada Cruzeiro Volei
Experience:
- Pepperdine University men’s volleyball team (2000-2004)
- Stade Poitevin Poitiers (2004-2005)
- Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (2005-2006)
- KB Insurance Stars (2006-2007)
- Bassano Volley (?)
- Halbank Sports Club (?)
- Al-Arabi Doha (2009-2010)
- VFB Friedrichshafen (2010-2011)
- Yaroslavl Yaroslavich (2011-2012)
- BAIC Motors of Beijing (2012-2014)
- Team Canada Indoor (2003? -present)
- Sada Cruzeiro Volei (2014-present)
Career Highlights:
- 2003 NCAA 2nd Team All-American
- 2004 NCAA 1st Team All-American
- Captain, Team Canada Indoor (? -present)
- 2015 World Club Volleyball Champion (Sada Cruzeiro Volei)
- 2013 FIVB World League 5th place
Martin Reader
University of British Columbia / Team Canada Beach
Experience:
- Camosun College men’s volleyball team (?)
- University of British Columbia men’s volleyball team (2005-2006)
- Team Canada Beach (2006-2013)
Career Highlights:
- 2004 BCCAA Player of the Year
- 2004 CCAA All-Canadian
- 2010 Beach Volleyball Canadian National Champion
- 2011 NORCECA Continental Champion
- Represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London