Passin Dimes Podcast

Former Princeton Tiger and recently transferred Pepperdine Wave Alexander Mrkalj joins the show! Alex grew up in the Niagara area where he played locally before making the trip to play for the KW Preds. From there he helped Team Ontario win a Canada Games gold before going to FTC and playing for Team Canada's youth and junior National Teams. Alexander would commit to Princeton in the NCAA where he...

U of Fraser Valley Cascade Setter, Max Paddock joins the show! Max is a multi sport athlete who played goalie in the WHL for several seasons and competed at the Memorial Cup! He also attended San Jose's training camp before making the switch from hockey to volleyball. We talk about his love for sports growing up, playing several sports at a high level, why the change, how he got up to speed and so...

Team Canada Star and OUA Champion Sam Cooper joins the show! Sam recently signed his first pro contract with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie in Poland. We hear all about it plus his start in volleyball, club, youth and junior National Team, his career with McMaster and getting named to Team Canada's A team. If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, l...

Trent Excalibur Star Liz Turner joins the show! Liz finished her first season in the OUA where she earned the starting spot with the squad and is looking forward to a big second year. Before joining Trent, Liz played for the Halton Hurricanes where she helped win a Provincial and National Championship with the Hurricanes. Liz takes us through her journey and shares some great details about the mid...

York Lions Captain and Canada Games Silver Medalist Luke de Greef joins the show! Luke grew up in Victoria, BC where boys volleyball is still on the rise. We talk about his unique start in the sport, how he got into beach, Youth National Team, recruiting for university, York, and so much more!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a c...

McMaster Marauder Sullie Sundara joins the show! Sullie has won OUA West Rookie of the year, U SPORTS All-Rookie Team, 2x OUA First-Team All-Star, and  USPORTS Second Team All-Canadian. Sundara lead the OUA in kills and total points this past season. We discuss club, Team O, Team Canada, MAC, and so much more!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on...

Former Western Mustang and now Loyola Marymount University Lion Jaeya Brach joins the show! Jaeya grew up in the Vancouver area where she played for Thunder and Side Out Beach Club before deciding to compete in the OUA at Western. Next season she is transferring to LMU to focus on beach volleyball. We chat about all of this and more!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please...

Recently named McMaster Marauders Head Coach, Brad Douwes joins the show! Brad grew up playing basketball and baseball before focusing on volleyball. He went on to play for Redeemer Royals where he was an OCAA All Star and Academic All Canadian. He then started coaching with the Royals where he coached with the men's and women's programs. Brad also coached with Team Ontario before taking the first...

Jared Brown is back! This time to share club philosophies, talent ID / pathways, who's the best player ever and so much more! Jared is currently the Club Director for 204 Volleyball in Winnipeg, was an assistant coach at U of Manitoba for 5 years where they won two CIS Bronze Medals, he spent 6 years with Bison Volleyball Club (2 National Championships, 2 National Finalists) and has been an Assist...

Newly announced St. Clair College Coach Julie-Ann Milling joins the show! Jules has an impressive coaching career working at On Point Beach Volleyball as a lead coach, coaching club for Sky and South County, and being an assistant coach for St. Clair before taking the head coaching role. Julie-Ann had an impressive playing career earning OCAA Bronze medals, All-Star awards and Academic All Canadia...

Superstar Kelsey Veltman joins the show! Kelsey attended Western University where she won player of the year 3 times! After her Mustangs career she played pro in Italy, Germany, Turkey and Serbia, while also playing for Team Canada on the beach and indoors. We hear all about this, take a deep dive into the tactics of middles and so much more!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episod...

Fresh off his U23 Norceca Bronze win with partner Cam Chadwick, Tynan Gannett joins the show! Tynan has had a unique journey within our sport. Growing up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia he played school and club before discovering beach volleyball during covid. Tynan never played post-secondary indoor, instead focusing on his studies and playing field lacrosse. After an impressive run at Canada Games wh...

Pierce Johnson returns to the show to talk about his pro season that started in Portugal but quickly changed to Sweden where he is a Cup and League Champion! Pierce has represented Canada at FISU Games twice and with the Beach National Team, won OUA West Player of the Year, and is a 2x Windsor Lancer Male Athlete of the Year.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a...

Pro Player for AS Athlesi Mytiline (Greece), SAIT Trojans Alumni and Provincial & National Team Coach Tyler Latu'ila joins the show! Tyler is also currently studying a Master of High Performance Sport. We talk about growing up in Australia and New Zealand before making the trip to play post secondary in Canada. Tyler had a great experience playing for coach Sean McKay that lead him down a path to...

Trent University Associate Head Coach Rebecca van Staalduinen joins the show! Rebecca grew up playing for the Ganaraska Wolves and DRVC before attending Fleming College and Trent U. At the post secondary level she is an OCAA Bronze Medalist, Academic All Canadian, All Star, and more. Rebecca was an assistant coach with the squad before being named interim head coach and now is Associate Head Coach...

Women's National Team member Natasha Calkins joins the show! Natasha played for Santa Clara University before transferring to Florida State. Her pro career includes season's in Sweden, Austria, Finland and Turkey, including where she transferred Turkish clubs in the same season. We cover all this and also get into her National Team journey that started way back in 2015!  We hope you enjoyed this e...

Brandon U Bobcats Coach Grant Wilson joins the show! Grant has been with the Bobcats since day 1, first as an assistant before taking over the first chair. Grant has also coached club, high school, regional team, provincial team, Canada Games, FISU Games, Volleyball Canada Next Gen, you name it! We hear about this, the Bobcats culture, how they convince Australians to live in northern Manitoba and...

CCAA Player of the Year Sebastian Lethbridge returns to the Passin Dimes family, this time making his debut on Sharp Cuts. Seb has done it all, player of the year, OCAA Champion, every colour medal you can win at the CCAA, represented Canada on our Youth and FISU Games Teams, a great club career, winning Mr. Volleyball in London.  We get into tactics when switching levels, why he stayed in the OCA...

Double Feature! Jesse Mighton played for Scarborough Solars and Falcons before representing Ontario at the Canada Games, before making the jump to the JR National Team. Jesse started his post secondary career with Queens before he transferred to Dalhousie  Dan Ota has coached the Dalhousie Tigers for over 20 years, winning AUS coach of the year 16 times. Dan has also coached Canada Games, been an...

Adam Schreimer returns to the show, this time as a USports National Champion Coach! Adam and Ben Ball lead the TWU Spartans to a National Championship this season. We hear all about Adam's journey from player to coach, his philosophy, what he's enjoying in the role and so much more!  As a player Adam earned USports Player of the Year, 2x National Champion, 2x National Silver Medalist, Pro Player a...

CCAA National Champions Jenay Varga & Kaylie Lueck from the Lakeland Rustlers join the show! The squad covers what it takes to win at the highest level, Player and Clown of the Week, Garrett tries out some new segments, and so much more!   We hope you enjoyed this episode! Please leave a 5star review and tell your friends! Stay Excellent! 

Canadian Legend Murray Grapentine joins the show! Murray is a CCAA Champion with Red Deer and CIS Champion with U of Alberta. He played for the National Team for over 10 years where he earned several best blocker awards and captaincy. Murray played pro in Spain, France, and Italy. We hear all about his journey and more!  We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please leave a 5 Star...

Western Mustang and now LMU Lion, Jaeya Brach joins the show! We covers Robin (last week's guest) endorsing the show to get Jaeya on, how she got a senior night at Western after only 2 years, switching to beach, Player and Clown of the Week, and so much more!   We hope you enjoyed this episode! Please leave a 5star review and tell your friends! Stay Excellent! 

Pro Player, AUS Champion and UNB Alumni Connor McConnell joins the show! Connor is currently playing for Merkur Maribor in Slovenia where the squad is looking to advance to the finals of league play. We cover Connor's career from club, UNB, to pro and so much more!  We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please leave a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is...

From Clown of the Week to special guest, York Lion Elina Zvigelsky answers the call and brings new friend of the show Western Mustang Robin Henshaw. The squad covers Elina bailing, but finding her own replacements. Elina and Robin were both coached by Garrett in club so we have to revisit some great moments, should players get to keep their jerseys and of course we also cover Player and Clown of t...