Tom Jones is one of the most decorated volleyball athletes in BC. His volleyball journey began at Mission Secondary School, guiding them to a second place finish at the 1974 BC High School Provincial Championships. Tom helped Team BC capture the Gold at the 1975 Canada Games. Jones played university volleyball at UBC as he helped the T-Birds to a CIAU title in 1976 followed up a silver medal in 1977. He was a member and co-captain of Team Canada from 1977-1984 playing in over 250 matches. and would go on to play for the Bronze at the 1979 Pan American Games, capture Silver at the 1983 FISU World Student Games and a semi-final appearance at the 1984 Olympic Games, the best ever finish for Canadian Volleyball at an Olympic games. Tom played professionally in Europe (Italy & France), officially retiring in 1991. Since then, he’s worn many volleyball hats, including CEO of the Commonwealth Games Canada, past president of Volleyball BC, served on the Board of Directors with Volleyball Canada and helped bring the Canadian Women’s National Volleyball Training Centre to Richmond. Tom is a four-time inductee of the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame as well as member of the UBC Hall of Fame, and Mission Sports Hall of Fame.

Listen to Tom’s Hall of Fame Induction Podcast HERE