Kyla Richey

Kyla Richey (born 20 June 1989) is a Canadian female volleyball player. She is a member of the Canada women's national volleyball team since she made the Senior A team in 2008. Prior to that, she was a part of the Junior National team for three years from 2015-2017. Kyla is the current captain of Team Canada under head coach Tom Black. Her career is one of the longest Team Canada Women's Team stints in history competing at three consecutive World Championships.

Kyla Richey
Personal information
NationalityCanada
Born (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb)
Spike309 cm (122 in)
Block292 cm (115 in)
College(s)UBC Thunderbirds
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubCV Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Number4
National team
2009 –Canada

She was part of the Canadian national team at the 2010 World Championships in Japan, the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,[1] and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[2]

University career

Richey played U Sports volleyball for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds for five seasons from 2007 to 2012.[3] She won the U Sports National Championship in each of her five seasons with UBC and was named the Championship MVP for the 2009 match.[4] For the 2011-12 season, in her final year, she won the Mary Lyons Award for U Sports Women's Volleyball Player of the Year.[5]

Clubs

References
  1. "Team Roster – Canada". italy2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. "Team Roster - Canada - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. "Kyla Richey". UBC Thunderbirds. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. "Championship MVP" (PDF). U Sports. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. "Mary Lyons Award (Play of the Year)" (PDF). U Sports. Retrieved 27 July 2020.


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