The TRU WolfPack are the athletic teams that represent Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. They were known as the UCC Sun Demons prior to 2005.
Teams
WolfPack Varsity Teams:
- Basketball (Men's & Women's)
- Soccer (Men's & Women's)
- Swimming
- Volleyball (Men's & Women's
All compete in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association, which is a member U Sports — formerly known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
Wolfpack Club Sports:
The baseball team competes in the Canadian College Baseball Conference.
Wolfpack cheerleading is a member of the BC Cheerleading Association[3]
Affiliation
The WolfPack became an official member of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association on May 6, 2010.
Accomplishments
Soccer
- The WolfPack men's soccer team won the U-Sports National Championship in 2022, 2-1 over The UBC Thunderbirds. TRU Wolfpack hosted the U-Sports men's soccer Championship in 2022.
The Wolfpack men's soccer team placed third in the U-Sports National Championship in 2017. In 2018 they placed third in Canada West Playoffs.[4]
Baseball
- The WolfPack baseball team won the Canadian College Baseball Conference championship in 2005, 2007 and 2009.[5]
Basketball
- The WolfPack men's basketball team made it to the CIS Final 8 in 2015–16.[6] They won a silver medal in Canada West in 2016.[7]
Cheerleading
Volleyball
- WolfPack women's volleyball player Iuliia Pakhomenko was named the Canada West and CIS player of the year in 2016.[9] She was also a Canada West finalist for the BLG Award, which goes to the outstanding university athlete in Canada.[10]
- WolfPack women's volleyball players outside hitter Olga Savenchuk (Donetsk, Ukraine) was named to the 2019 Canada West first all-star team and middle Hayley McNaught (Woking, AB) was named to the 2019 Canada West rookie all-star teams.[11]
| Wolfpack Team
|
Competition
|
Results
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Year
|
| Men's Basketball
|
CIS
|
Final 8
|
2015-16
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| Canada West
|
Silver
|
2016
|
| Baseball
|
| Canadian College Baseball Conference
|
First
|
2005
|
| First
|
2007
|
| First
|
2009
|
| Cheerleading
|
Sea to Sky International Championship
|
Team Orange
|
First
|
2012
|
| Sea to Sky International Championship
|
Team Orange
|
International Champion - Senior Individual Division
|
2013
|
| Third
|
2013
|
| Okanagan Cheer Championships
|
Team Orange
|
Second - Open Stunt Group Division
|
2013
|
| Total Spirit Championships
|
Team Orange
|
Third
|
2013
|
| Pinnicle Cheer 'Mardi Parti'
|
Team Orange
|
First
|
2014
|
| Sea to Sky International Championship
|
Third
|
2014
|
| All Things Cheer
|
Team Orange
|
Second
|
2015
|
| Sea to Sky International Championship
|
Fourth
|
2015
|
| Pinnicle Cheer 'Mardi Parti'
|
Team Orange
|
First
|
2016
|
| All Things Cheer
|
First
|
2016
|
| Sea to Sky International Championship
|
Fourth - All Girls
|
2016
|
| Pinnicle Cheer 'Mardi Parti'
|
Team Orange
|
First
|
2017
|
| Western Cheerific Challenge
|
First
|
2017
|
| PACWest ATC Championship
|
First
|
2017
|
| Sea to Sky International Championship
|
Second
|
2017
|
| Pinnicle Cheer 'Mardi Parti'
|
Team Orange
|
First
|
2018
|
| Cheerfest Championship
|
First
|
2018
|
| PACWest ATC Championship
|
First
|
2018
|
| Sea to Sky International Championship
|
Second
|
2018
|
| Pinnicle Cheer 'Mardi Parti'
|
Team Black
|
First
|
2019
|
| Team Orange
|
First
|
2019
|
| True North Cheer and Dance Championship
|
Team Black
|
First
|
2019
|
| Team Orange
|
First
|
2019
|
| Sea to Sky International Championship
|
Team Black
|
Second
|
2019
|
| Team Orange
|
First
|
2019
|
