Don Campbell. Photo courtesy of keyano.ca
Don Campbell of La Plonge First Nation has taken his volleyball talents to northern Alberta.
Campbell is currently in his first year with the Keyano College Huskies in the ACAC. Campbell was supposed to play last season with the college in Fort McMurray, but he decided to take a year off.
“The fire and everything happened, so I wasn’t too sure if I wanted to go, so I just took the year off,” said Campbell. “I messaged the coach again this year — this summer, and asked him if I was still able to come, and he said yeah — totally.”
Campbell plays left side and is currently taking college prep classes. He was also part of Saskatchewan’s gold medal-winning male volleyball team at the North American Indigenous Games in Toronto this past summer.
“It was an unreal feeling, just to fly way over there — just to do what I love, and that’s just play volleyball,” said Campbell.
The Huskies are 11-1 on the season, and they currently sit in first in the ACAC’s northern conference.
Meantime, La Loche’s Kyrel Herman also plays for Keyano College.