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Carsten Stanjeck |
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He further involved himself and started coaching at the midget and juvenile
club level for boys and girls all across the province. During his club career
he twice founded new clubs. The “Whitecourt Waves” in Whitecourt, Alberta and
the “Warriors Volleyball Club” in Edmonton, Alberta. He was able to commit to seven seasons with the Alberta Volleyball Provincial
Team programs as head and assistant coach for midget and juvenile teams. Several
of his teams placed in the medals and won National and Western Canadian championships.
From 1992 until 1998, Carsten was an assistant coach with the University of
Alberta PANDAS Volleyball team lead by head coach Laurie Eisler. Together with
Coach Eisler he was able to celebrated the first three national championships
of the eventually record breaking six consecutive titles. The Pandas Volleyball
team and all its members from the six championship teams were recently inducted
into the Alberta Sport Hall
of Fame. Carsten
Stanjeck has been involved in the sport of volleyball in a coaching capacity for
over 19 years. His involvement at the Junior and Senior High School level started
in the fall of 1985 in Calgary at Branton Junior High School. Winning the city
championships that fall and the love for the game in general have made him a strong
follower and supporter for the sport of volleyball in the province of Alberta.
Today Carsten teaches at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School in the Junior and Senior High School Physical Education program. This is his fifth year at STS where he is also the Director of Athletics.