Games tournaments in Niagara region of Ontario, Aug. 16-21, highlight careers of both university-bound athletes
Back in 2015, when Prince George hosted the Canada Winter Games, Macyn Unger and Chris Zimmerman were young teenagers, just starting to carve their reputations as exceptional high school volleyball players.
“I’m super-excited, I’m looking forward to continuing playing with my team, It’s a really good group of girls, I feel, and I just like being with them,” said Unger, a Simon Fraser University NCAA recruit. “Getting to see all the other sports should be fun. It was really exciting watching the Games when it was here and I’m excited to get to compete now it’s my turn.”
Unger spent eight days training six hours per day on the court with her B.C. teammates to prepare for Canada Cup, which served as their final tryouts for the provincial team. Team BC assistant coach, Gina Schmidt, is the head coach at SFU in Burnaby, where Unger is enrolled in general studies with plans to branch into business administration.
Zimmerman’s 18U men’s team also had its Canada Cup title hopes derailed in the power pool Saturday with losses to Ontario and by Manitoba. They went 5-3 and finished fifth. From a squad of 18 players in Calgary, a team of 12 will fly the BC flag at Canada Games. Having the tournament in Ontario will allow Zimmerman’s Queen’s University coach, Gabe DeGroot, to watch him in action and he’ll be playing against one of his future Gaels teammates on Team Ontario. As the setter, Zimmerman quarterback his team’s offence and his six-foot-three height makes him that much more valuable with his ability to block at the net.
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