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Shimen Fayad

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SHIMEN FAYAD

VOLLEYBALL

SCHOOL: Lambrick Park (Victoria)

FRESHMAN’S FUTURE: Wichita State

VICTORIA — She ran her first triathlon at the age of five, and she is contemplating a major in bio-chemistry.

And when Shimen Fayad rises off the volleyball court seeking a kill, she does so with a ferocity that has her soon-to-be head coach at Wichita State University speaking in the kinds of superlatives normally reserved for seasoned veterans.

“She could be one of the special players in our program,” said Shockers’ head coach Chris Lamb this past November when the 6-foot outside hitter from Victoria’s Lambrick Park Secondary officially announced her post-secondary destination. “We would like her to become the do-everything, go-to outside hitter that doesn’t come around every year.”

That’s how special The Province’s 2013-14 senior girls volleyball Player of the Year is viewed outside of B.C.

Within the province?

As an unstoppable force this past season, Fayad led the Lions to the B.C. Double A championship title, and in the process was named tournament MVP.

And when she’s needed guidance, she has been able to lean on her father Jahmil, a former member of the Canadian national team who also played his collegiate volleyball, in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California.

“He has always been there to push me, to get me on the right path,” says Fayad. “And the best part is that he played the exact same position as me. We’re both big jumpers who can also play good defence in the back row. He and I, it’s almost like we’re the same person emotionally and physically.”

The talent, the competitive drive and the best bloodlines possible. For Fayad, it has all intersected perfectly and she prepares for the next chapter.

And truth be told, she figures that next chapter has already begun.

Wichita State players will gather for testing June 31, and when Fayad got her worker program in the mail late last month, she wasted about two seconds of time ripping it open and getting to work.

“It was a huge program for mobility stretching, power,” says Fayad. “I went out and did it that same day. I am ready to play and getting the program makes it more real, like now, I am actually doing this.”



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