Matt’s love for volleyball began as the 4th string bench player on his eighth-grade volleyball team in Richmond, BC. Following hundreds of hours of practice and training with the local club volleyball system, he soon developed the skill, coordination and confidence to lead his team to four City Championship titles, and also became high school's first team to reach the BC Provincial Championship Tournament.
His passion for the sport followed him through to post-secondary, first working with the UBC Thunderbirds Men’s Volleyball team, then competing with the Capilano University Blues, playing every and any position that the coach and team needed.
Aside from teaching and coaching professionally, Matt now plays in the ever-glorified (yet comically recreational) indoor men’s league with friends during winters and outdoor co-ed grass leagues during the summers.