The College of the Rockies’ International Department and Avalanche Men’s Volleyball team have signed their first Australian player.

Head Coach Steve Kamps stated he is pleased to announce the signing of first year setter Linford Bennett from Melbourne, Australia. Bennett is the first international student from Australia in the history of the Avalanche men’s team.

Bennett trained out of the Greater Melbourne Volleyball Academy (GMVA), one of the leading volleyball academies in Australia. The GMVA has a truly all-star coaching line up, including Coach Luke Campbell who was a member of the Australian National team from 1997-2009.

Campbell speaks highly of the Av’s newest recruit.

“Linford is a tireless worker who takes feedback very well and will work to implement it into his game,” said Campbell.  “In the past two years he has chosen setting as his number one position, which is really paying off for him. He is also a solid blocker and has a variety of serves.”

“Linford will add both experience and leadership to the Avalanche this season,” added head coach Kamps. “With 24 league matches this year, six more than last year, we’ll need to have tremendous depth in every position. Linford will help us achieve that. He also will have a fantastic opportunity to continue his volleyball development at College of the Rockies while studying kinesiology – exercise science.”

Bennett’s accomplishments include an Australian National Championship in 2006. Most recently he was named the MVP of his U/21 team, leading them to a bronze medal at the 2011 Australian Junior Volleyball Championships.

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