Brandie Wilkerson
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| Born | July 1, 1992 Lausanne, Switzerland[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Toronto, Ontario[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | York University[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Right side/blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brandie Wilkerson (born July 1, 1992) is a Canadian[2] beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker.[1] She currently competes with partner Melissa Humaña-Paredes, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]
With former partner Heather Bansley, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in November 2018,[5] and was recognized as the 2018 FIVB Best Blocker for that season.[6] Bansley/Wilkerson represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She then competed for one season with Sophie Bukovec, and the pair won silver at the 2022 Beach Volleyball World Championships.
Wilkerson was born in Switzerland and moved to Canada when she was seven.[7] Her father, Herb Johnson, born Wilkerson, is a former basketball player who was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association.[3][8] He played professionally in France, Spain, Japan, Turkey, and Switzerland. Her mother, Stephanie, was a Swiss national runner and a two-time Ironman finalist.[3]
University career
Wilkerson played CIS volleyball for the York Lions from 2010 to 2014.[3] For the 2010–11 season, she was named York's female rookie of the year and was the OUA rookie of the year in women's volleyball. In 2011–12, Wilkerson was named an OUA first-team all-star and was a CIS second-team All-Canadian as she led the OUA with 4.29 points scored per set. She repeated the OUA and CIS awards won in the 2012–13 season and finished with 4.21 points per set and 3.36 kills per set.[3] In her senior year in 2013–14, she was limited to 11 matches due to an injury, but was still named an OUA East second-team all-star while ranking fourth in the OUA with 3.91 points per set.[3]
