Craig Churchill is in his third year of teaching grade eight at Mitford Middle School in Cochrane.  He graduated from the University of Western Ontario with his Bachelor of Education.  
          Craig grew up in Kamloops, BC where he started playing volleyball in grade seven.  After attending Thompson Rivers University, he transferred to the University of British Columbia to complete his Bachelor of Science degree in geological sciences.  He worked in the field for a few years for the BC Geological Survey in northern BC and an exploration company in Honduras, Central America.  A change in careers found Craig working in sales in Toronto, where he also played beach volleyball every chance he could.  The mountains of western Canada called him back west where he was the western Canada sales rep for a number of years. 
          His dream of teaching and coaching took him back to school to work in the education field.  He has coached junior high volleyball for three seasons and continues his 20 years of playing both indoor and beach volleyball.  He is currently becoming certified as a Level 1 volleyball coach where he hopes to put his skills to use in developing young players and spreading his enthusiasm for the sport of volleyball.