2018-19 Men's Volleyball Roster

Placide Ilunga
Placide Ilunga
Roham Abtahi
Nikki Silaev
Yousif Haddad

12 Logan Mend

  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 215
  • Position S
  • Elig 5
  • Program Humanities
  • Hometown Naramata, B.C.
  • Prev School Penticton S.S.

Biography

Profile: A big setter with an excellent volleyball IQ who has fantastic set distribution.

2018-19: Named OUA East first-team all-star for third straight season … Named Team MVP for second consecutive year … Appeared in 17 matches and a team-high 67 sets … Ranked eighth in the OUA with 8.63 assists per set … Tied for first among all setters in the OUA with 1.3 points per set … Ranked third in the OUA in service aces with 34 … Contributed 86.5 points, 92 digs, and 18 blocks … Named York male athlete of the week for the period ending Mar. 4 after finishing with 35 assists and a team-high ten digs in the Lions playoff game against the McMaster Marauders.
 
2017-18: Earned OUA East first-team all-star honours for the second straight year … Team MVP … Appeared in 17 matches and 65 sets … Ranked seventh in the OUA in assists per set (9.18) and led all setters in scoring with 1.6 points per set, one of only three players at his position to average more than one point per set … Also led the OUA with 33 service aces, was 22nd in total blocks (34) and 28th in digs per set (1.48) … Named York’s male athlete of the week for the period ending Nov. 19 after recording 79 assists. 14.5 points and 15 digs in wins over Guelph and Waterloo.

2016-17: Earned OUA East first-team all-star honours for the first time … Led the OUA with 10.07 assists per set, the only player to average double digits … Also ranked 16th in the OUA with 1.61 digs per set and second on the team with 15 service aces … Contributed offensively with 1.2 points per set … Named York’s male athlete of the week for the period ending Feb. 12 after putting up 54 assists and 11.5 points in a win over Toronto.
 
2015-16: Appeared in all 20 matches and 74 sets in first season as starting setter … Ranked third in the OUA in total assists (675) and seventh in assists per set (9.12) … Finished third on the Lions in blocks per set (0.61) and fourth with 16 service aces and 87 digs … Tallied 65 points on the season.
 
2014-15: Appeared in 16 matches and 32 sets as the back-up setter … Averaged 1.34 assists per set and added six service aces … Started one game at the CIS championships after an injury to starting setter Nikola Sandic and averaged 8.75 assists per set … Won OUA bronze medal.
 
Club/provincial/national: Represented Canada at the U21 world beach championships in China … Won a bronze medal at the 2017 Canada Summer Games … A member of the BC U17 provincial team … Recorded a top-five finish at the U24 beach championships … Invited to the BC high performance camp.
 
High school: Participated in volleyball, track and field, badminton, swimming and basketball at Penticton S.S. … Two-time athlete of the year … Won multiple academic scholarships … Earned first-team all-star honours at the provincial championships.
 
Personal: Sister, Keirsten, was a setter at Simon Fraser University … Father, Paul, is a beach volleyball coach in BC … Mother, Denise, was a basketball player at Simon Fraser University.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014-151st Year

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    6'5" 200 lbs
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    2015-161st Year

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    6'5" 195 lbs
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    2016-173rd Year

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    6'6" 220 lbs
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    2017-184th Year

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    6'5" 215 lbs
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    2018-195th Year

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    6'5" 215 lbs
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