It was a weekend of huge highs for a number of current and former Wesmen. 

Raimbault helps local pro team win league title

Wesmen men's basketball coach Mike Raimbault oversaw the first CEBL championship in Winnipeg history as he guided the Sea Bears to a win over Brampton Saturday afternoon at the Canada Life Centre.

Raimbault, who will enter his 17th season at the helm of the Wesmen when they play South Dakota in an exhibition game on Tuesday, enjoyed the championship win alongside a host of staff who have Wesmen ties. Assistant coach Steven Wesley is a former Wesmen player, assistant Jeremy Wielenga was an assistant with the Wesmen alongside Raimbault in 2016-17, assistant Braeden Floyd is an assistant on the current Wesmen staff, team manager Huy Luu is an events coordinator with Wesmen Athletics, and former Wesmen women's basketball student-athlete Megan Noonan works in the front office in business development. 

Picklyk earns two awards, bronze medal

Darian Picklyk, a former Wesmen men's volleyball player, shone for the Canadian Extended A team at the NORCECA Pan-American Cup last week, capping the tournament with a bronze-medal win and two of the tournament's top awards.

Picklyk, who had 12 digs in Canada's four-set win over Mexico on Sunday, was named the tournament's top libero and top digger after he amassed 82 digs — averaging 3.73 digs per set — over six matches, including a tournament-high 20 in a win over the USA last Thursday. 

Picklyk will remain with the national team for a couple of more weeks as the Canadians head to Puerto Rico for the NORCECA Final Six Aug. 21-30. He will then head back to Europe to continue his pro season in The Netherlands.