Cougars Add Bandits Middle

Cougars Add Bandits Middle

BRANDON, Man. (April 26^th, 2023) — Kiera Virgo has committed to play for the Assiniboine Cougars women’s volleyball team next season.

Virgo is a product of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She started playing school volleyball in grade six and fell in love with the sport. She went on to play the next level with the Winnipeg U13 Bisons club team and then joined the Bandits Volleyball Club in U16. She is a 5’9" middle blocker and won a tier 1 division 3 national bronze medal with the U17 Bandits. She is co-captain this season playing in the U18 division.

Virgo will soon graduate from Institut Collégial Vincent Massey Collegiate (ICVMC) where she played her final high school volleyball season for the Trojans. She has consistently been a on the starting line-up for the Trojans through grade eleven and again in her graduating year, when the team was a Manitoba High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) ‘AAAA’ finalist. Virgo was named an MHSAA graduating all-star.

“I have a good presence at the net and a good vertical,” said Virgo. “I cant wait to meet new people and have this opportunity to continue playing volleyball.”

Beyond volleyball, Virgo enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, golf and soccer. She also works as a lunch monitor for grades 2 and 3 at École Crane in Winnipeg.

“Good middle players are at a premium and we are excited to have Kiera join us,” said Cougars coach Kevin Neufeld. “She comes from a winning program having played in the 4A finals in her senior year.”

Virgo has maintained academic honour roll with distinction for the duration of high school. She has a 94% average in her graduating year and will be taking the college’s Practical Nursing program in the fall.

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About Assiniboine Athletics

The Assiniboine Cougars teams compete in men’s and women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s futsal (a variation of indoor soccer) in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC) with the winner competing for the Canadian College Athletics Association (CCAA) championship. The women’s hockey team play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA).

About Assiniboine Community College
Assiniboine Community College has been providing exceptional learning experiences for more than 60 years, offering unparalleled learning environments and responding to the demands and requirements of the Manitoba labour market. Following the philosophy of “learn by doing,” programs combine theory with hands-on learning inside classrooms, labs, kitchens, shops, fields and the college’s Sustainable Greenhouse.

Assiniboine offers more than 60 certificate, diploma and post-graduate programs across a variety of disciplines including culinary arts and hospitality, business, agriculture and environment, health and human services, and trades and technology. The college also delivers apprenticeship programming in a range of skilled trades disciplines.

The college welcomed more than 3,700 full-time and 6,000 part-time students last year. With campuses in Brandon, Dauphin, Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, Assiniboine provides comprehensive educational opportunities throughout Manitoba. The college also partners with many communities and organizations across the province to deliver customized education and training. Assiniboine’s annual provincial economic impact is $612 million. In the most recent survey of graduates, nine months after graduation, 94 per cent were employed, with 92 per cent remaining in Manitoba.

Assiniboine Community College campuses are located on the traditional territories of Treaty No. 1 and Treaty No. 2, the shared traditional lands of Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Dene and Anishinabek/Ojibwe peoples, and the homeland of the Red River Métis. We acknowledge their welcome to the students who seek knowledge here.

For more information, please contact:

Kevin Neufeld

Women’s Volleyball Coach

Assiniboine Community College

wvolleyball@assiniboine.net

204-726-3282

Lindsay McLaughlin

Athletics Manager

Assiniboine Community College

cougars@assiniboine.net

204.725.8700 ext 6340