U Sports Men's Volleyball Player of the Year

The U Sports Men's Volleyball Player of the Year is awarded annually to the men's volleyball player of the year in U Sports (previously named Canadian Interuniversity Sport).^[1][2] No player has won the award more than twice and only three players have accomplished the feat (Terry Danyluk in 1980 and 1981; Darcy Busse in 1984 and 1986; Isaac Heslinga in 2024 and 2025).^[1] The Alberta Golden Bears program has featured the most winners with 12 and nine of those recipients were either coached by Danyluk or were Danyluk himself.^[1][3] Following the cancellation of the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no award winner in 2021.^[4]

Player of the Year Award
Sport	Indoor volleyball
League	U Sports
First awarded	1980 to Terry Danyluk
Most recent	Isaac Heslinga, Alberta Golden Bears
Website	usports.ca

List of winners

Season	Winner	Team
1979-80[1]	Terry Danyluk	Alberta Golden Bears
1980-81[1]	Terry Danyluk	Alberta Golden Bears
1981-82[1]	Mark Kolodziej	Dinosaurs
1982-83[1]	Paul Paquin	Manitoba Bisons
1983-84[1]	Darcy Busse	Saskatchewan Huskies
1984-85[1]	Terry Gagnon	Manitoba Bisons
1985-86[1]	Darcy Busse	Saskatchewan Huskies
1986-87[1]	Michael Stephens	Winnipeg Wesmen
1987-88[1]	Gino Brousseau	Laval Rouge et Or
1988-89[1]	Randy Gingera	Dinosaurs
1989-90[1]	Dale Iwanoczko	Manitoba Bisons
1990-91[1]	Tom Elser	Manitoba Bisons
1991-92[1]	Marc Dunn	Toronto Varsity Blues
1992-93[1]	Rob Olfert	Winnipeg Wesmen
1993-94[1]	Michel Cazes	Laval Rouge et Or
1994-95[1]	Scott Koskie	Manitoba Bisons
1995-96[1]	François Bilodeau	Laval Rouge et Or
1996-97[1]	Doug Bruce	Alberta Golden Bears
1997-98[1]	Jean Sébastien Nault	Sherbrooke Vert et Or
1998-99[1]	Murray Grapentine	Alberta Golden Bears
1999-00[1]	Mark Gradt	Winnipeg Wesmen
2000-01[1]	Brian Enns	Manitoba Bisons
2001-02[1]	Denis Zhukov	Calgary Dinos
2002-03[1]	Pascal Cardinal	Alberta Golden Bears
2003-04[1]	Adam Ens	Saskatchewan Huskies
2004-05[1]	Nicholas Cundy	Alberta Golden Bears
2005-06[1]	Mark Dodds	Saskatchewan Huskies
2006-07[1]	Josh Howatson	Trinity Western Spartans
2007-08[1]	Ben Schellenberg	Winnipeg Wesmen
2008-09[1]	Joel Schmuland	Alberta Golden Bears
2009-10[1]	Paul Sanderson	Brandon Bobcats
2010-11[1]	Graham Vigrass	Calgary Dinos
2011-12[1]	Ben Ball	Trinity Western Spartans
2012-13[1]	Mitch Irvine	Alberta Golden Bears
2013-14[1]	Brad Gunter	Thompson Rivers WolfPack
2014-15[1]	Nick Del Bianco	Trinity Western Spartans
2015-16[1]	Brett Walsh	Alberta Golden Bears
2016-17[1]	Ryan Sclater	Trinity Western Spartans
2017-18[1]	Adam Schriemer	Trinity Western Spartans
2018-19[1]	Elliot Viles	Brandon Bobcats
2019-20[1]	Eric Loeppky	Trinity Western Spartans
2020-21	Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2021-22[1]	Derek Epp	Trinity Western Spartans
2022-23[1]	Jordan Canham	Alberta Golden Bears
2023-24[1]	Isaac Heslinga	Alberta Golden Bears
2024-25[1]	Isaac Heslinga	Alberta Golden Bears