A leader on and off the floor for the Douglas College Royals last season, libero will be transferring her skill set next season to the

The leader in digs in 2017-18 in the , the 5-foot-8 product of Surrey will use her fourth and fifth years of eligibility to play Canada West women香蕉视频直播檚 volleyball in Kelowna.

As team captain for the Royals this past season, Corneil was a second-team conference all-star, amassing 359 digs, while leading Douglas to its first provincial title in 23 years.

At the CCAA national championship, the Royals took home a national silver medal with Corneil earning a first team all-star honours.

Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary has averaged over 3.15 digs per set in her career at Douglas and also brought home a Provincial Tournament All-Star in leading the Royals to a silver medal in her sophomore season.

Transferring into the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary grad Corneil will look to finish up her degree in Arts.

She moves to the Okanagan to finish her degree close to home and continue to play volleyball which a program that has been ranked in the U SPORTS Top 10 for 55 consecutive ranking weeks.

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Heat coach Steve Manuel likes the laundry list of tools that Corneil will bring as the libero closes off another strong recruiting class for the two-time U SPORTS coach of the year.

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Corneil is the only player who has signed with the Heat for this fall UBC Okanagan who is not coming straight out of high school. Joining the libero as new recruits are setter Sarah Demers, Jade Bussard, Samantha Gagnon, Sydney Grills, and Stephanie Temme.

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