EDMONTON - Three Golden Bears earned Canada West All-Star nods on Wednesday morning, as the conference announced their 2021/22 Men's Volleyball All-Star squads. 

Max Elgert (First Team), Billy Johnstone (Second Team) and Isaac Heslinga (Rookie Team) were honuored by the conference for their play this season. 

Elgert, a 2019/20 CW First Team All-Star, led Canada West with 10.79 assists per set this season. The fifth-year Bear finished his career second all-time in Bears history with 2,357 assists, while also adding 105 digs and 19 aces this season. 

Johnstone finished fourth in Canada West, and led the Bears, with 67 total blocks in 16 matches, with the second-year middle also recording 108 kills and 21 digs. 

Heslinga, meanwhile, led Alberta with 200 kills in 18 matches as a rookie, adding 87 digs and 25 total blocks. 

The U SPORTS No. 3 ranked Golden Bears will host Week 2 of the Canada West Volleyball playoffs this weekend, as they welcome the Brandon Bobcats and Winnipeg Wesmen to Saville Community Sports Centre. 
 

POSITION / NAME / UNIVERSITY / YEAR / PROGRAM / HOMETOWN

First Team All-Stars

S / Derek Epp / Trinity Western / 4 / Human Kinetics / Saskatoon, SK
S / Max Elgert / Alberta / 5 / Arts / Athabasca, SK
OH / Brodie Hofer / Trinity Western / 3 / Business / Langley, BC
OH / Daniel Thiessen / Winnipeg / 5 / Economics & Finance / Winnipeg, MB
OH / Hamish Hazelden / Calgary / 5 / Arts / Esperance, AUS
M / Philipp Lauter / Brandon / 1 / Music / Wiesbaden, GER
OH / Matthew Neaves / British Columbia / 2 / Business / Calgary, AB

Second Team All-Stars

OH / Dylan Mortensen / Saskatchewan / 4 / Business / Swift Current, SK
OH / Chris Byam / Mount Royal / 2 / Health & Phys. Ed / Bow Island, AB
M / Jackson Howe / Trinity Western / 4 / Business / Calgary, AB
M / Billy Johnstone / Alberta / 2 / Kinesiology, Sport & Rec. / Gisborne, NZ
OH / Mike Dowhaniuk / British Columbia / 3 / Applied Science / White Rock, BC
L / Darian Picklyk / Winnipeg / 4 / Business Administration / Birds Hill, MB
M / Luis Lange / Mount Royal / 3 / Business / Calgary, AB

All-Rookie Team

M / Philipp Lauter / Brandon / 1 / Music / Wiesbaden, GER
OH / Isaac Heslinga / Alberta / 1 / Engineering / Orangeville, ON
OH / Skyler Varga / Saskatchewan / 1 / Kinesiology / Muenster, SK
S / Mason Greves / British Columbia / 1 / Nat. Resource Cons. / Calgary, AB
M / Louis Kunstmann / Calgary / 1 / Science / Bad Soden, GER
OH / Spencer Grahame / Manitoba / 1 / Engineering / Selkirk, MB
S / Zach Van Geel / British Columbia Okanagan / 1 / Arts / Calgary, AB