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Birrell is checking off the goals he has ambitiously set for him- self, including being named an all-Canadian volleyball team member. That honour came last month at the Canadian College Athlete Association Men's Volleyball Championships in Fredericton. Birrell, 23, was named as one of 10 CCAA all-stars at the March 9 ceremony. Although his team did not make it to the playoffs, Birrell was invited to the all-Canadian banquet and was given a VIP pass for the week. Birrell is in his final semester studying recreationand leisure at Loyalist College in Bel- leville, where he plays right side for the Loyalist Lancers in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. The rangy 6' 6" 23-year-old had a team-high 4.6 points per game this past season, leading his team to a 10-3 record. A shoulder injury, suffered while attending the University of Toronto in 2001, is 75 per cent better. He is waiting for results of an MRI to determine exactly what is wrong. The shoulder hurts and limits his play, leaving many to wonder what kind of season Birrell would have had at 100 per cent. As it was, he was the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association top point scorer in the East Division, and was named to the first all-star team and was second over-all in the League. Birrell said he really didn't see the all-Canadian honour coming, but it was a goal he had set for himself. "Coming into this year, I knew it was probably one of my last years playing in com- petitive school ball, so I wanted to prove a lot to myself," he said recently. "TI wanted to make it to the all-star game and | did that. I was the top points scorer in that game and I won the hitting contest. "T was in the top five play- ers for most of the season and I stepped up my game to be among the top three and then the top two, and being an all- Canadian was another goal I had at the beginning of the year," Birrell said. After graduation Birrell plans to attend either Lakehead or Brockville University, and then teachers' college with a goal of teaching physical education to middle school students. It was at middle school -- Grade five at Acton's M.Z. Bennett School, that Birrell's passion and talent for vol- leyball became evident. He credits his first coach, Dave Walker, with setting him off on the right path, and is grateful to all of the coaches that helped him through high school and then in the Club system with the Bronte Beach Volleyball Club. Neither of the universities that Birrell hopes to attend have varsity volleyball pro- grams, but he's not ready to give up competitive ball, and has been invited to play with a men's league team that in- cludes other all-Canadians. Asked to critique his skills, Birrell said he is an offensive weapon at the net with the ability to score and hit over the block. "T've got lots of experience with high level ball and in challenging situations I get hungry," Birrell said, adding throughout his career, playing has always been fun. As far as coaches go, Birrell will come full circle next month. His final five-week place- ment with Loyalist College has him student teaching at Centennial Middle School in Georgetown, where the boys' volleyball coach is Dave Walker. That's the same coach who saw such promise in Birrell -- as a player and a leader -- when he was a gangly 10-year-old in Acton. CAREER COLLAGE: The stellar volleyball career of former Acton resident Jeff Birrell -- including recently being named an Ontario Colleges Athletic Association All-Canadian-- was captured by his proud mom in this display. -- Frances Niblock photo