Gavin Schmitt


Gavin Charles Schmitt is a former Canadian volleyball player, who started playing volleyball in Saskatoon for the Saskatchewan Huskies volleyball club and eventually went on to win the silver medal with the Canada men's national volleyball team at the 2013 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Langley, [British Columbia (city)|Langley], Canada.

Career

From 2009 to 2012, Schmitt played for the Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs in South Korea's V-League, where he led the team to three consecutive titles winning the MVP awards in the 2009–10 and 2011–12 seasons.
Schmitt led the national team in scoring in six of the seven matches he played for Canada at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball [Men's World Championship|2014 World Championship] in Poland, where Canada finished seventh for its best result ever in the championship that has been held 18 times since 1949.
In July 2016, he was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.

Sporting achievements

Men's [South American Volleyball Club Championship|CSV South American Club Championship]

Individually

2008: Pan American Cup – Best opposite2009: Pan American Cup – Best scorer2010: V-League ChampionshipMost valuable player2010: V-League Championship – Best scorer2010: V-League Championship – Best opposite2010: V-League Championship – Best server2011: V-League Championship – Best scorer2011: Pan American Cup – Best opposite2011: Pan American Cup – Best scorer2012: V-League Championship – Most valuable player2012: V-League Championship – Best scorer2012: V-League Championship – Best opposite2015: Turkish Championship – Most valuable player2015: Turkish Championship – Best scorer2015: Turkish Championship – Best opposite2015: Turkish Championship – Best server2015: Pan American Games – Best scorer, Best Server2016: Volleyball at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification#1st tournament|1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament] – Best opposite spiker2019 Greek Championship – Best opposite

Records

2011/2012: 58 points in one match in – V-League