Neilson is also well-rounded at the administrative level, having developed and managed programming for the OVA’s high-performance plan and lead their high-performance athlete identification process. As a star outside hitter with the Varsity Blues, Neilson was named to the OUA all-star team three years in a row from 2013-15 and was named to the CIS National Championship All-Star team in 2015.
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Most recently, Neilson dawned the red and white assisting with the Youth National team program as they prepared for their appearance at World Championships in 2019. Most recently, she’s been a head coach with the Halton Region Volleyball Club, Team Ontario’s 16U women’s team, and worked with the OVA as High-Performance Coordinator and apprentice coach. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Kinesiology in 2015, she became an assistant coach for the Women’s Volleyball team at the University of Windsor while she completed her Master’s in Human Kinetics. Jennifer Neilson joined the Lions coaching staff in 2018 and is the sixth coach in program history. Neilson began coaching at an elite level while attending the University of Toronto, as she spent time as an assistant coach with Team BC’s 16U women’s team in 2013 and became an assistant coach with the Team Ontario 18U team in 2014. Joining the program to help facilitate the activities are three female leaders from the Ontario post- secondary circuit: Jennifer Neilson By working with experienced female leaders, the athletes will be empowered and feel confident when they deliver their activities by the culmination of the program and instill the leadership lessons and experience for the younger players.
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With the support of the Canadian Women and Sport WISE fund grant, this OVA project is giving the opportunity to 17-18U female athletes to lead activities with younger girls from their Club/Region to increase awareness about leadership skills and pathways in sport while helping them stay involved in the OVA community.
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The Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) is looking to inspire and educate the next generation of female volleyball leaders through an upcoming leadership program aimed to promote gender equity and encourage female opportunities in the OVA.