Octavia Wong

A former Lions volleyball player from 2013 to 2015, Octavia Wong joins the Lions coaching staff ahead of the 2021-22 season.

She has expanded her volleyball career upon finishing her playing career, currently competing with the Philadelphia CIA team winning back-to-back New York Championships and finishing third place in North America.

Her coaching career is not beginning with the Lions – Wong joined Leaside Volleyball Club as a coach in 2015-16, helping 17U and 18U teams to multiple provincial and national medals, including a national championship win in 2018-19.

While competing at York, she made multiple podium finishes at the Ontario and Quebec beach tours as a plauer, winning the 2015 U22 national championship.

Wong is currently a full-time PhD student in biostatistics at York. Her roles at York include serving on the health coordination table for the university as an epidemiology research analyst.