Gavin Schmitt

Gavin Schmitt
Personal information
Full name	Gavin Charles Schmitt
Nationality	Canadian
Born	January 27, 1986 Grande Prairie, Alberta
Height	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Spike	369 cm (145 in)
Block	339 cm (133 in)
College(s)	University of Saskatchewan Red Deer College
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Career
Years Teams 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2012 2012–2013 2013–2015 2015–2016 2016– Ethnikos Alexandroupolis Arago de Sète Daejeon Samsung Iskra Odintsovo Arkas Izmir Funvic Taubaté Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
National team
2007–  Canada
Honours Representing  Canada Men’s Volleyball NORCECA Championship 2013 Langley 2011 Mayaguez Pan American Games 2015 Toronto
Last updated: 6 May 2016

Gavin Charles Schmitt (born January 27, 1986) is a Canadian volleyball player, who started playing volleyball in Saskatoon for the HVC volleyball club , and eventually went on to win the silver medal with the men's national team at the 2013 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Langley, Canada.

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 World Championship in Poland, where Canada finished seventh for its best result ever in the championship that has been held 18 times since 1949.

Individual awards

• 2008 Pan-American Volleyball Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2009 Pan-American Volleyball Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2011 Pan-American Volleyball Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2011 Pan-American Volleyball Cup "Best Scorer"

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