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Van Ryk in 2019
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1999-01-06) January 6, 1999 (age 25) New Westminster, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Surrey, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | UBC Thunderbirds | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Türk Hava Yolları SK | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 (national team), 7 (club) | ||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 1 September 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Kiera Van Ryk (born January 6, 1999) is a Canadian volleyball player. She is part of the Canadian women's national volleyball team.[1] She participated at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup.[2][3]
Van Ryk played two seasons of U Sports women's volleyball for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds from 2017 to 2019.[4] She finished her rookie season by winning a Bronze medal at the 2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship.[5] In her second year, she had an outstanding season as she won the Mary Lyons Award as the best U Sports women's volleyball player that year and won the Lieutenant Governor Athletic Award as the best female athlete in all of U Sports for the 2018–19 season.[6] With the Thunderbirds that year, she won a national championship as the team won the 2019 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship and Van Ryk was named the Tournament MVP.[7]
Van Ryk left university to become a professional athlete by signing with Volley Bergamo of the Italian Women's Volleyball League Serie A1 in 2019.[5] She left Volley Bergamo and returned to Canada in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] She then joined KS DevelopRes Rzeszów of the Tauron Liga for the 2020–21 season.[9] For the 2021–22 season, she played for Türk Hava Yolları SK of the Turkish Women's Volleyball League.[10]
Van Ryk attended Surrey Christian School and has two older sisters, Jocelyn and Amy.[11] She is also an avid dog lover.[12]
