Known as one of Canada’s hardest-working players ever, Audrey Vandervelden fashioned a career on the Canadian national women’s volleyball team that spanned more than a decade between 1973 and 1984.
Vandervelden captained the national team at the ’84 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. She also earned numerous MVP and all-star awards while playing internationally. In her competitive career, Vandervelden played for Canada at three world championships, three Pan American Games and at two Olympics, including the 1976 Games in Montreal where she was considered Canada’s top player.
Vandervelden was inducted into the Canadian volleyball hall of fame in July 2006.
The Burnaby Central grad led her school to third place at the B.C. high school championships in 1972. From there, Vandervelden went on to represent her country at the World Student Games a year later.
