The King's Connection Magazine Volume 23 Number 4//Fall 2013 | Page 26

EAGLES UPDATE EAGLES UPDATE Jon Kassian Jon Kassian current student and Eagles volleyball player recently returned from Sofia, Blugaria where he competed in the 2013 Summer Deaflympics held from July 25 to August 4. Kassian competed with the men’s Canadian national deaf beach volleyball team. They placed ninth overall. Kassian returns to King's for his fifth year of study and final year playing men's volleyball. (Featured in The King’s Connection / Volume 23 / Number 1 / Summer 2012) TE DA UP ents t stud etic ren n cur heir athl ectio nn or t cently of Co featured f the re s f issue en few o past ve be on a a In pdate mni h d alu ere’s an u an its. H pursu athletes. red featu 24 /// The King’s Connection /// Fall 2013 Oriana Pysyk Teresa Berkholtz Oriana Pysyk (BA, ‘09) former Eagles women’s volleyball team member from 2004-2006 and 2007-2009, is currently training to enter the world of bobsleigh. Training in Calgary, Alberta at Canada Olympic Park, she has been trying out for the Alberta Bobsleigh program, which is the first step to becoming part of the National Bobsleigh program. (Featured in The King’s Connection / Volume 23 / Number 1 / Summer 2012) Teresa Berkholtz (BA, ‘07), an Olympic hopeful in sculling, won US Nationals in singles heavyweight sculling. She continues to train with the Canadian National team in London, Ontario. (Featured in The King’s Connection / Volume 23 / Number 3 / Spring 2013) The King’s Connection /// Fall 2013 /// 25