Athletics News

2025-26 VIU Mariners athletes of the year: Kai Leighton and Mackenzie Cox. Photo: Gloria Bell
2025-26 Mariners Awards Night

Players of the Year Mackenzie Cox and Kai Leighton plus Mariners Wall of Fame inductees Marilou Leonin and Jamie Hatch (Broder) highlight the 48th Annual Mariners Awards

VIU Mariners Women's Volleyball - player commitments for 2026-27
2026-27 Commitments: Women's Volleyball

Mariners add four new names and one familiar name to the 2026-27 roster

Jamie Broder and Marilou Leonin are inducted into the Mariners Wall of Fame by Athletic Director Danielle Hyde
Class of 2026: Mariners Wall of Fame Adds Two

Athletes Jamie Broder (Volleyball) and Marilou Leonin (Basketball) are named to the Mariners Wall of Fame

Eric D'Andrea and Matt Kuzminski - VIU Mariners men's basketball coaches
Welcome Aboard

Eric D'Andrea named 12th head coach in Mariners men's basketball history

Jada Kamerman versus the Douglas Royals in women's soccer
PACWEST's Best

VIU's Jada Kamerman named PACWEST Conference Female Athlete of the Year Across All Sports

VIU Mariners women's basketball: 2026 CCAA National Champions
National Champions

Second-half surge powers Mariners to a gold medal in Montreal

VIU Mariners men's basketball
Silver Finish

Mariners drop title match to Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf 62-61 but earn national silver medals in front of a raucous home crowd

VIU Mariners basketball
Hometown Heroes

VIU is back in the title game after seven years

VIU Mariners vs Geants vs Saint-Jean women's basketball
Mariners Pull Away Late to Secure Spot in National Final

VIU returns to the CCAA national championship game on Saturday with a semifinal win

CCAA Men's Basketball National Championship at Vancouver Island University, March 2026. Presented by TD
Get your tickets here!

Tournament passes on sale now for the 2026 CCAA Men's Basketball National Championship presented by TD

VIU Mariners men's basketball celebrates
Playoff Preview: Burning Bridges

VIU opens up its nationals on home court against the Lethbridge Kodiaks

VIU Mariners women's basketball
Playoff Preview: Taking on the Tommies

The CCAA national championship starts with a tough match against the Atlantic champs from St. Thomas

Rylan Van Kooten fires a kill through the Titans block during VIU's final game of an excellent season: a 3-1 loss to the RSEQ champion Limoilou Titans in the bronze medal game at the CCAA Men's Volleyball National Championship in Edmonton. The Mariners went 2-2 in the tournament and finish fourth in the country. Photo courtesy NAIT / CCAA
By the Lim of Our Teeth

Mariners just miss out on the national podium with a 3-1 defeat to the Limoilou Titans at the CCAA National Championship

VIU Mariners Women's Volleyball celebrate their CCAA national bronze medals
Manitoba Bronze

Mariners earn third CCAA medal in three seasons with a 3-1 bronze medal match win at the 2026 CCAA National Championship

VIU Mariners vs Red Deer Kings men's volleyball
Deer in the Spotlights

Mariners go toe-to-toe with the reigning national champs but fall in straight sets to the Red Deer Kings

VIU Mariners vs Édouard-Montpetit Lynx
Monty Pythoned

Édouard-Montpetit rides excellent blocking and serves to defeat VIU 3-2 in the CCAA national semifinals