Women's Volleyball

The 2011-2012 year was definitely a breakthrough season for the Rattlers women’s volleyball team.  The Rattlers finished the season tied for first with an 18-2 record.  They earned the right to host the ACAC Conference Championship, a first for Medicine Hat College, where the team finished with a silver medal playing in front of the best crowd in the province.  The Rattlers earned its first ever National Championship birth, making it to the National Semi-Final and earning the Championship Fair-Play Award.  All of this was accomplished through an unwavering commitment to the team’s four values: family, respect, discipline and awareness.  Every player demonstrated their belief in the team by unconditionally accepting her role and making it great.  They showed respect and discipline in the way they honored the game and were committed in the classroom and in the way they represented MHC.  And they increased their awareness about the difference they can make as evidenced by the unbelievable number of people who became involved in and supported the positive wave that was the Rattlers Women’s Volleyball Season.

The Rattlers played consistently all year, finishing 3rd in the ACAC in team digs, 2nd in team kills, 1st in team aces and 1st in team blocks.  Megan Nagy led the Nation in kills.  Kristen Moncks led the Nation in digs, tying her ACAC single season digs/set mark from last season.  Julia Kryzan was second in the ACAC in aces.  Megan, Kristen and Talayna Tremblay earned ACAC All-Conference Awards.  Megan and Talayna were also named Academic All-Canadians and Megan was named an All-Canadian and the CCAA Volleyball Player of the Year.  To top it off, Kelsey Konihowski was named to the All-Tournament team at the National Championship.  To compliment these individual performances, the Rattlers had 12 student-athletes and 4 coaches who became a family, stuck with each other all year on and off the court and pushed to become the best volleyball players and people they could be.  This team commitment led to one of the most successful seasons in Rattlers Volleyball history.