March 4, 2025

CCAA 50th Anniversary: Men's Volleyball

A year after women took the national stage, Men’s Volleyball also received designation as a CCAA National Championship.

In 1979, the FASCQ (RSEQ) Conference hosted a second consecutive CCAA Festival of Sport in Montreal with six teams competing in Men’s Volleyball. Mount Royal won the inaugural event but the bronze medalists, Limoilou, would dominate the 80s, winning seven gold, one silver and two bronze.

Limoilou and Mount Royal continued to collect hardware in the 1990s but Red Deer also began to make their mark in the sport. Red Deer then entered the new millennium as the team to beat, which no team could do for almost a decade.

The two powerhouse programs continued to have a presence through the 2010s but teams from the OCAA and PACWEST also entered the championship mix.

1	Cégep Limoilou	25	Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
2	Red Deer Polytechnic	26	Nipissing University
3	Mount Royal University	27	Mohawk College
4	Camosun College	28	College of New Caledonia
5	Cégep de Sherbrooke	29	Algonquin College
6	Southern Alberta Institute of Technology	30	Cape Breton University
7	Humber College	31	Thompson Rivers University (Cariboo)
8	Sheridan College	32	Dalhousie Agricultural Campus (NSAC)
9	Vancouver Island University (Malaspina)	33	Université Sainte Anne
10	University of British Columbia - Okanagan	34	University of King's College
11	Langara College (VCC)	35	Selkirk College
12	Loyalist College	36	Trinity Western University
13	Capilano University	37	Medicine Hat College
14	Douglas College	38	SIAST Kelsey
15	Briercrest College and Seminary	39	University of the Fraser Valley
16	Fanshawe College	40	Durham College
17	Collège de Maisonneuve	41	Holland College
18	MacEwan University	42	Lethbridge College
19	Northwestern Polytechnic (GPRC)	43	Cambrian College
20	Columbia Bible College	44	Redeemer University
21	Red River College Polytechnic	45	St. Clair College
22	Niagara College	46	Cégep de l'Outaouais
23	St. Thomas University	47	University of New Brunswick - Saint John
24	Keyano College	48	*Four Teams Tied

*Providence University College / Collège Montmorency / Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu / Cégep de Saint-Jérôme

Fun Fact: In 2007, Red Deer College won its eighth consecutive Men’s Volleyball National Championship, which is the CCAA’s longest streak by a college in any sport. The previous year, Red Deer’s seventh consecutive Championship broke Cégep Limoilou’s record. Adding to the excitement, the Kings accomplished the feat by defeating the hosts, and record defenders, Limoilou in a dramatic five set final.