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28 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE * Wednesday, April 25 Richard Burjoski and Kevin Bloch are the new men in charge of the Waterloo Siskins. They hope to turn the club‘s fortunes around this season. s08 vraanac PHOTO Siskins name new brain trust he Waterloo Siskins I announced a major shake up of their organization Monday night in the hopes of recapturing some of the past glory of the storied franchise. Gone are head coach and general manager Al Kimmel and his rightâ€"hand man Terry McCutcheon. In their place are new general manâ€" ager Richard Burjoski and new head coach and direcâ€" tor of player personnel Kevin Bloch. Bloch is a former coach of the Elmira Sugar Kings and served as a scout and player personnel director for *Anok by Apri 26 tor rave! from May 14 until June 27. 2007 Fares are avastable tor travel on Tuesdays. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays: No advance purthase ‘wres. Seate at these fares are linvted and may not be avaslable on all fights. """"!"'"””' 100% nonâ€"refundalble. Offer comtinabble with othec fares. All fares sho By Bos VrBANAC Chronicle Staff CALGARY « EDMONTON Book now at westjet.com or 1 800 538 5696. Or call your travel agent. the Owen Sound Attack of the OHL this past season. Bloch, who played for the Sugar Kings in the 1980s, also has some OHL coachâ€" ing experience serving on Jeff Snyder‘s staff when he was with the Kitchener Rangers. But getting Bloch behind the bench took a little cajolâ€" ing, admitted new Siskins GM Burjoski, a local finanâ€" cial planner, who last worked in the Juniot B loop with the Kitchener Dutchâ€" men organization. The Siskins were looking to bring over former Dutchâ€" men coach Geoff Haddaway to be their new bench boss, but were preâ€"empted when Continued on page 33 2007 ABBOTSFORD Pavan comes up aces at awards night arah Pavan is the big Swoman on campus at the University of Nebraska, as the sixâ€"footâ€" five rightâ€"side hitter led the Huskers women‘s volleyball team to their first national championships since 2000 last December. Her efforts earned her the Most Outstanding Player Award at the 2006 NCAA volâ€" leyball championships, and she was also selected as the Honda national female volâ€" leyball player of the year after averaging 5.1 kills a game and 5.98 points per game while hitting .313 on the season. And the awards didn‘t stop coming for the Forest Heights grad as she was also named ESPN magazine‘s Academic allâ€"American of the Year with a 4.0 grade point average, and the American Volleyball Coachâ€" es Association‘s National Player of the year while averâ€" aging 1.5 digs a game and one block while ranking sixth in the nation in service aces. So how does she top all that? She was named the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo athlete of the year Monday night at a special awards ceremony, that featured Hockey Hall of Famer Paul Coffey as the honorary chair. Pavan joined the stellar company of other local athâ€" letes selected as the area‘s best including boxing legâ€" end Lennox Lewis, future hockey hallâ€"ofâ€"famer Scott Stevens and Olympians like Laura Nicholls, Jennifer SPORTS By Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff VANCOUVER + KELOWNA a No advance purthase requeed Taxes. Sees and surcharges are axtra where apoincable Advertised fares abready reflect the drscount .. 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After all, volleyball is secâ€" ond to only Huskers football in Lincoln, Nebraska where the volleyball team has their own radio show and Pavan is constantly stopped for autograph requests. VICTORIA "We sell out every game we play at home. "It‘s like volleyball is the biggest women‘s sport there is at Nebraska, we‘re really lucky." Pavan, who is studying biochemistry and is planâ€" ning to study pediatrics after potentially bringing home another national title next year, has never been one for all that attention. It‘s good, but sometimes UUKETNY JEX hi www.vwwaterioo.com BECAUSE OWNERS CARE CLICK HERE Yolkswagen New & Certified Preâ€"owned Cars Volkswagen Waterloo it gets a little bit weird," she said. "We‘re 20 years old, so you don‘t really think about §t." Although she does get a thrill from dealing with the kids that line up to meet her. She has a special spot for children, serving as a coach for the Waterloo Tigers when she gets the chance, and looking forward to dealing with them in her future career. "The best part of it is dealing with the little kids," said Pavan. "It‘s so much fun to go up to talk to them and have them come Continued on page 32 PMOTO COURTESY OF HUSKERS COM