{"id":6842,"date":"2015-02-12T10:38:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T18:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2015-02-15T22:13:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T06:13:50","slug":"ufv-basketball-teams-to-honour-graduating-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2015\/02\/12\/ufv-basketball-teams-to-honour-graduating-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV basketball teams to honour graduating seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend\u2019s basketball games at the University of the Fraser Valley\u2019s Envision Athletic Centre mark the end of an era, as four pillars of the Cascades men\u2019s and women\u2019s programs play their last Canada West regular season home games for the green and white.
\nGraduating fifth-year players Jasper Moedt<\/strong> and Kadeem Willis<\/strong> will be taking their final bows for the UFV men\u2019s team, while the women\u2019s squad will recognize fellow fifth-years Sarah Wierks<\/strong> and Celeste Dyck<\/strong>.
\nThe opponent for the occasion will be the Thompson Rivers WolfPack, and games run Friday<\/strong> (women 6 pm, men 8 pm) and Saturday<\/strong> (women 5 pm, men 7 pm) at the EAC. Saturday will be Senior Night<\/strong>, with presentations to the grads between the women\u2019s and men\u2019s games.
\nMoedt is the most tenured of the bunch \u2013 his stint with the men\u2019s basketball program dates back to the fall of 2008, when he arrived on campus fresh off helping Abbotsford\u2019s Yale Secondary Lions to the first AAA provincial championship in school history. His time at UFV was extended from the standard five years to seven due to a pair of redshirt seasons.
\nOver the years, Moedt has emerged as the heart and soul of the team \u2013 the heir apparent to fellow post players and team leaders like Kyle Graves and Kyle Grewal. The 6\u20197\u201d centre was a key figure on the breakthrough 2011-12 squad which won the Canada West silver medal and finished fourth at nationals, and he earned conference second team all-star honours last season and led the team back to the Canada West Final Four. This year, he\u2019s second in Canada West rebounding at 10.5 boards per game and is third on the Cascades in scoring at 11.6 points per game.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been pretty great playing at UFV,\u201d said Moedt, who is currently tied for seventh on the conference\u2019s all-time double-doubles list with 26.
\n\u201cObviously there\u2019s been ups and downs, but overall, my experience at UFV has been unreal and exceeded my expectations going in, from a personal growth standpoint. I\u2019ve met a lot of people, learned a lot of things.\u201d
\nWillis, a 6\u20194\u201d power forward, transferred to UFV from the Lakeland College Rustlers of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) in 2013. He made an instant impact, finishing fourth in team scoring last season at 10.5 points per game and adding 6.7 rebounds per game.
\nThe Toronto native has been even better in 2014-15, upping his scoring average to 11.3 despite moving from the starting lineup to the bench due to the team\u2019s incredible depth in the post.
\nThe highlight of Willis\u2019s senior year came in the preseason vs. the Brock Badgers. With family and friends making the trip to St. Catharines, Ont. to cheer him on, he racked up 40 points on an incredibly rare perfect shooting night \u2013 17-for-17 from the field including 3-for-3 from beyond the three-point arc, plus 3-for-3 from the free throw line.
\n\u201cI\u2019m sad about it, but then again, I\u2019m ready for it,\u201d said Willis, contemplating the end of his university hoops career. \u201cI\u2019ve played a while now, and I hope to continue playing basketball after. For now, I can just look to be a leader. All the stuff I learned throughout my five years really helped me in my life.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a great ride for me.\u201d
\nWomen\u2019s basketball fifth-years Wierks and Dyck have been part of an unparalleled run of success since arriving on campus together in 2010.
\nTheir rookie season, 2010-11, marked the first time the Cascades qualified for the Canada West Final Four, and they made a return trip each of the next three years, culminating in a conference silver medal and a CIS bronze medal in 2013-14.
\nFor Wierks, who ranks second in conference scoring at 19.6 points per game, the last weekend of the regular season represents a chance to put the finishing touches on the greatest rebounding season in Canada West history.
\nThe 6\u20192\u201d centre out of Chilliwack Secondary has already set single-game conference records for offensive rebounds (12), defensive rebounds (20) and total rebounds (31) this year, and has moved into second place on the all-time Canada West list with 1,027 total boards to date.
\nShe\u2019s in range of three more prestigious records. It\u2019s likely that she\u2019ll set a new mark for rebounds in a season \u2013 she\u2019s snared 285 boards thus far in 2014-15, just six shy of the record of 291 shared by Jodi Evans (Calgary, 1990-91) and Sarah Crooks (Saskatchewan, 2006-07). And if she can maintain her CIS-leading rebounding average of 15.8 per game, she\u2019ll shatter Evans\u2019s mark of 14.5 (also established in 1990-91).
\nCrooks holds the mark for double-doubles in a season with 18 (2006-07), but Wierks is at 16 and has a chance to tie her with two more vs. TRU. (It\u2019s worth noting that teams played 22 games in 2006-07, rather than the current 20).
\nWhereas Wierks started and starred from Day 1 at UFV, point guard Dyck\u2019s career followed a different path.
\nA relatively unheralded recruit out of Abbotsford\u2019s Yale Secondary, Dyck had to work her way into the rotation, and she succeeded in that respect while establishing herself as a key backup and energetic presence in the locker room.
\nWith the graduation of star point guard Aieisha Luyken following the 2013-14 campaign, Dyck took over the starting job this season and has put up impressive numbers. She\u2019s fourth on the team in scoring at 11.0 points per game while shooting an extremely efficient 48.9 per cent from the field, sixth-best in Canada West. She also ranks sixth in the conference in assists, averaging 4.0 per game.
\nFor more information on the UFV athletic department, including multimedia coverage, live webcasts, ticketing and campus recreation, visit ufvcascades.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Dan Kinvig at dan.kinvig@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

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