Sarah Pavan

Sarah Pavan led her Forest Heights Collegiate Trojans volleyball team to three Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) titles from 2002 to 2004. During that same time, her club team captured five provincial Ontario Volleyball Association championships.

At age 16, Pavan became the youngest player to make the Canadian National Volleyball team. She went on to become the first Canadian to play intercollegiate volleyball for the University of Nebraska. In her first year at Nebraska, she was named 2004 National Freshman of the Year, as well as a First-team All-American.

In four years at Nebraska, from which she graduated in biochemistry, Pavan led the Cornhuskers to the 2005 National Finals and the 2006 National Championship. Pavan was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Year three times, as well as Big 12 Conference female athlete of the year twice. Pavan was also named as the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year in 2007.

Pavan was named Kitchener-Waterloo Athlete of the Year in 2006.