Sharone Vernon-Evans (born 28 August 1998) is a Canadian

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player. He is a member of the

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and

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club

Osaka Blazers Sakai Osaka Blazers Sakai is a men's professional volleyball team based in Sakai city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in the V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1939 as part of the Kitakyushu, Fukuoka-based Yawata Steel athletic club which also incl ...

Personal life

Vernon-Evans started playing volleyball at a young age in his hometown of

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and attended

Agincourt Collegiate Institute Agincourt Collegiate Institute (known locally as ACI or Agincourt), formerly known as Agincourt High School and Agincourt Continuation School is a secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in Agincourt, a neighbourhood in the ...

. He initially wanted to play basketball but switched to volleyball after his school's basketball team folded. He played club volleyball for the Pakmen Volleyball Club, winning multiple provincial championships and national medals. At the Team Canada tryouts, Vernon-Evans set a national record, touching 12'6.5" in the spike touch test

Career

Vernon-Evans began his post high-school volleyball career with the Team Canada FTC in

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. In 2017, he signed with

PlusLiga The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 16 teams league from Oc ...

club

ONICO Warszawa Projekt Warszawa ( en, Projekt Warsaw) is a professional men's volleyball team based in Warsaw in central Poland. The club currently plays in PlusLiga. Honours International * CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier offic ...

, joining up with national team head coach

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National team

Vernon-Evans first joined the national team volleyball program in 2016 with the

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. With the junior national team, he helped them to a bronze medal finish at the

2016 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship The 2016 Men's Junior Continental Championship is the tenth edition of the bi-annual tournament. It is played from 5–10 July on Gatineau, Quebec. The tournament will consist of seven teams. The top finisher at the final standing will qualify to ...

and the

2017 Men's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup The 2017 Men's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the third edition of the bi-annual men's volleyball tournament. Seven teams participated in this edition held in Fort McMurray Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Mu ...

. In May 2017, he was announced to be a member of the Senior National Team's roster for the

2017 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 28th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament played by 36 teams between 2 June and 8 July. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Curitiba, Brazil. In front of a crowd of 23,149 ...

. He helped the team to a team best finish of 3rd place in World League. Few months later Vernon-Evans was named the Best Opposite Spiker at the 2017 Norceca Championship, helping the team win bronze along the way. In June 2021, Vernon-Evans was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.

Sporting achievements

National team

* 2016

Junior NORCECA Championship * 2017 Bronze medal with cup

Junior Pan-Am Cup * 2017 Bronze medal with cup

FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...

* 2017

NORCECA Championship

Individual

* 2017 NORCECA Championship - Best Opposite Spiker

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vernon-Evans, Sharone 1998 births Living people Canadian men's volleyball players Volleyball players from Toronto Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Canada Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Projekt Warsaw players Opposite hitters