WINDSOR, Ont. – In an historic first for UBC Men's Volleyball, fifth-year setter
Mason Greves has been named U SPORTS Player of the Year.
Joining Greves on the podium at the All-Canadian gala in Windsor, site of this week's U SPORTS National Championship, T-Birds coach
Mike Hawkins received U SPORTS Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year, the first nod for UBC since Dale Ohman won in 2000.
In addition to his Player of the Year award, Greves has been named a first team All-Canadian for the second straight year while first-year T-Bird libero
Parker Ocampo has earned a spot on the national All-Rookie squad.
Second in assists in Canada West history, Greves saved his best season for last, leading the conference with 10.68 assists per set – good for second in the country – while sitting second in digs per set at 2.17.
Under his guidance, the Thunderbirds have had the best offence in not just Canada West, but all of U SPORTS this year, topping all other teams in both points and assists per set, while leading the country in hitting percentage by a whopping 30 points.
Leading the Thunderbirds to a 19-1 record and top seed in the Canada West, Hawkins has earned his first Canada West Coach of the Year award in one of the most dominant regular seasons in team history.
The Lethbridge, Alberta native oversaw a 2025-26 regular season in which the Thunderbirds led the conference in sets won (59), kills-per-set (13.01), hitting percentage (.346) and assists-per-set (12.34).
Now in his eighth year guiding the 'Birds, Hawkins has helped re-establish UBC as one of this country's pre-eminent men's volleyball programs.
Earning a berth at the U SPORTS National Championship with a straight sets win over the Alberta Golden Bears to claim conference bronze, the T-Birds open up play in Windsor against Queen's University for their quarter-final match at 11:00 a.m. PT on Thursday.
The match will be available live on
CBC Gem,
cbcsports.ca and
CBC Sports' YouTube channel.
2025-26 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball Awards
Player of the Year
Mason Greves – UBC
Rookie of the Year
Kale Orr – Mount Royal
Coach of the Year
Mike Hawkins – UBC
Student-Athlete Community Service Award
Fehin Awobodu – Waterloo
First Team All-Canadians
Mason Greves – UBC
Kaden Schmidt – Trinity Western
Zach van Geel – UBC Okanagan
Maxime St-Denis – Université de Montréal
Charles St-Aubin – Université Laval
Maxime Gratton – Toronto
Darian Koskie – Windsor
Second Team All-Canadians
Jacob Sargent – Alberta
Emmett Graham – Saskatchewan
Anselm Rein – Trinity Western
Max Losier – Université Laval
Étienne Grenier – Université de Montréal
Killian Donovan – Guelph
Reed Venning – Queen's
All-Rookie Team
Parker Ocampo – UBC
Kale Orr – Mount Royal
Matthew Brown – Calgary
Félix-Antoine Perron – Université Laval
Étienne Grenier – Université de Montréal
Mekhi Fitzgerald – McMaster
Carson Francis – Queen's
