CCAA 50th Anniversary: Women's Volleyball
In 1978, the CCAA increased its number of annual events from two to four with the introduction of the first two Women’s National Championships - Volleyball and Basketball.
The occasion was also unique in that the FASCQ (RSEQ) Conference hosted all four championships in Montreal and branded the event as the CCAA Festival of Sport. The Women’s Volleyball competition featured six teams and the Cégep de Jonquière earned the first gold medals in the sport.
For almost thirty years the sport was dominated by RSEQ teams. In that time Bois-de-Boulogne claimed three championships, Jonquière won four, Garneau earned nine, and Sherbrooke claimed an incredible 12 championships. In the year’s since, ACAC and PACWEST teams have traded turns atop the podium with VIU collecting seven of those championships.
CCAA 50th Anniversary – Women's Volleyball Programs
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1 |
Cégep Garneau |
24 |
The King's University |
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2 |
Vancouver Island University (Malaspina) |
25 |
Red River College Polytechnic |
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3 |
Cégep de Sherbrooke |
26 |
Fanshawe College |
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4 |
Red Deer Polytechnic |
27 |
Cégep Beauce-Appalaches |
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5 |
MacEwan University |
28 |
Cambrian College |
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6 |
Mount Royal University |
29 |
Cégep de Sainte-Foy |
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7 |
Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne |
30 |
College of New Caledonia |
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8 |
Cégep de Jonquière |
31 |
St. Thomas University |
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9 |
Lakeland College |
32 |
Trinity Western University |
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10 |
Humber Polytechnic |
33 |
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology |
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11 |
Seneca Polytechnic |
34 |
Collège Lionel-Groulx |
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12 |
Mount Saint Vincent University |
35 |
Université Sainte Anne |
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13 |
Douglas College |
36 |
SIAST Kelsey |
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14 |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan |
37 |
Holland College |
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15 |
Northwestern Polytechnic (GPRC) |
38 |
Thompson Rivers University (Cariboo) |
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16 |
Camosun College |
39 |
Mount Allison University |
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17 |
Capilano University |
40 |
Saskatchewan Polytechnic |
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18 |
University of the Fraser Valley |
41 |
Université de Saint-Boniface |
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19 |
Briercrest College and Seminary |
42 |
Nipissing University |
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20 |
Langara College (VCC) |
43 |
St. Clair College |
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21 |
Cégep Édouard-Montpetit |
44 |
Sheridan College |
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22 |
Centennial College |
45 |
*18 Teams Tied |
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23 |
Durham College |
*College of the Rockies / Columbia Bible College / University of Alberta - Augustana (Camrose) / Medicine Hat College / Northern Alberta Institute of Technology / SIAST Palliser / SIAST Wascana / Canadian Mennonite University / Algonquin College / Niagara College / Cégep André-Laurendeau / Le Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Joliette / Cégep de l'Outaouais / Cape Breton University / Dalhousie Agricultural Campus (NSAC) / Nova Scotia Teachers College / University of King's College / University of New Brunswick - Saint John
Fun Fact: MacEwan’s victory at the 2007 CCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship ended a string of 22 consecutive gold medals won by RSEQ teams. The unprecedented streak is the CCAA’s longest and part of the larger accomplishment of 28 gold medals in 29 Championships beginning with the sport's first in 1978. The lone non-RSEQ win over that span of time came from Red Deer in 1985.
