Ogilvie joins Volleyball Canada’s training program

Another Queen’s volleyball player will be representing her country. Former women’s captain Colleen Ogilvie is committing to the national program’s Full-Time Training Centre for a year.

Two members of the Queen’s volleyball represented the school at the International University Sport Federation (FISU) Games this summer. Men’s veteran Joren Zeeman was part of the Canadian team that earned fourth at the FISU games, while women’s coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane was an assistant coach with the women’s team at the tournament.

Ogilvie missed out on Christian-Macfarlane’s FISU team this summer. The Calgary native gets a chance to train with Team Canada for the year.

Ogilvie played with the Gaels for four years and was twice named as an OUA all-star. In her fourth year, she switched from middle hitter to outside hitter. Ogilvie has not finished her Queen’s degree, and will be a visiting student at the University of Manitoba this year. The volleyball centre is based in Winnipeg.

—Gilbert Coyle

Holmberg gets full-time spot

Women’s hockey coach Matt Holmberg has been promoted to a full-time position with the team.

Athletics and Recreation director Leslie Dal Cin said they made the upgrade because other schools, including Ryerson and Toronto, also introduced full-time positions this summer. A $60,000 Coaching Wage Subsidy Grant that was made available to Queen’s from the Coaches Association of Ontario last month facilitated the process.

“Normally, we would be doing this in April,” Dal Cin said. “Because of the grant situation … we moved it along very aggressively.”

Dal Cin said Holmberg’s hiring was never a foregone conclusion. Holmberg has been head coach at Queen’s since 2009, but was required to re-apply for the job in an open hiring process.

—Benjamin Deans