Leadership Development
Encouraging, mentoring and equipping student-athletes to become godly Christian leaders who shape and transform sport and culture.
Leadership Development Team
Each year, athletes from all programs come together, and under the guidance and mentorship of Track and Field/Cross Country Director Shane Wiebe, are led through theory and discussion on the subjects of leadership and faith in sport. The team volunteers in partnership with Special Olympics to put on an annual motionball event, bringing Special Olympians onto TWU’s campus to promote the Special Olympics movement. For more information on motionball Canada, click here.
Local & Global Outreach
Spartan coaches and athletes continue to be leaders in the local and global community. Locally, students partner with organizations such as CLA Church, Special Olympics, Langley Food Bank and Elim Retirement Village, as well as with local youth sports clubs and academies and in the Langley School District to teach, coach, and serve the community. Globally, teams have come alongside organizations like TeamUp for missional projects in countries such as Paraguay, South Africa, Benin, Russia, Brazil, Swaziland, and Malawi.
Spartan Camps & Academies
Spartan athletes give back to the next generation of athletes, and develop their teaching and coaching skill sets through the Complete Champion Camps and Spartan Academies. Camps continue to bring the Fraser Valley community together, and allow TWU athletes the opportunity to impact this group in a very tangible way.
Mentorship Program
New in 2021, the Spartans Mentorship Program focuses on the development of athletes outside the arena of sport. Spartan athletes pair with high school athletes to provide insights on life and sport, and to foster relationships. Athletes connect and share with high school athletes on all areas of the Complete Champion Approach™, including high performance athletics, mental health and performance, nutrition, leadership, balancing life as a student and an athlete.
Our Servant-Leaders
What our athletes and alumni are doing to bring forth change in the world.
Spartan Athletes Team Up to Raise Awareness
A group of Trinity Western track and field and cross country athletes and alumni teamed up to bring awareness to the issue of violence against women and children alongside the Moose Hide Campaign.
Spartan Men’s Basketball Making a Difference
Trinity Western's men's basketball team teamed up with CityServe to help with a temporary mobile food bank at the Douglas Recreation Centre in Langley.
Captain Kiki
Kiki Richardson embodies much of what any team would want in a captain: dedication, resilience and leadership. In a year without much hockey, she’s set the bar for what it takes to wear the 'C'.
Q&A with Jessie Brown - RN at Valley Hospitals
Former Trinity Western Spartans women's basketball all-star guard Jessie Brown ('19), who works at Langley Memorial and Abbotsford Regional Hospital, shared what life is like as a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spartan Alum Helping with Italy’s COVID-19 Storm
Spartan women's basketball alum Bev Kauffeldt worked in Italy amidst the COVID-19 crisis, helping with Samaritan’s Purse, as team lead for a 68-bed field hospital in the parking lot of a large hospital in Cremona.
Life Beyond the Court: Jordan Koslowsky
Spartan libero Jordy Koslowsky raises $100,000 with Trinity Refugee Awareness Campaign and is now working Kurumbuka leadership solutions.
Bahta Melles Award
Presented to varsity athletes who are involved in community service on and off the campus,
and best exemplify servant-leadership both in and out of the competitive arena.
Aaron Paetkau | Men’s Basketball
Paetkau embodied what being a servant-leader is all about. On the court, he was the epitome of what it means to be a hard-working role player both in practice and in games, pushing himself and his teammates to be better every day. Off the court, he was a caring teammate who is helping to lead a Christ-centred culture within the basketball program.
Jessica Bailey | Women’s Volleyball
The graduated Bailey was an inspiring athlete within the women's volleyball program, the Spartans athletic department and the TWU community. Amongst her various volunteer-based efforts, Bailey was a vocal ambassador for mental health, as she willingly shared her own story in an effort to foster a community that encourages open and honest conversations.
Murray Hall Leadership
Legacy Award
This award is a scholarship that is presented to one female and one male athlete each year who is a returning 3rd or 4th-year student and who has demonstrated significant leadership on his or her team. These student-athletes have led in such a way that he or she is leaving a legacy for his or her program and the Department that will live on for future leaders to build upon.
Jarrett Fontaine | Men’s Hockey
Fontaine was the ultimate role model within the Spartans men's hockey program. He was the team's faith leader and academic leader and he was heavily involved in volunteer opportunities throughout the Langley community. He is the Spartans captain and will help lead the men's hockey team's transition into the Canada West conference starting in 2021-21.
Kristen Sakaki | Women’s Soccer
In addition to being an all-Star defender, Sakaki consistently volunteered for team events, outreaches and community service opportunities. She volunteered with the Spartans girls soccer academy in Burnaby, helped coach with Surrey United and was a leader on team service trips abroad.