In his early years Ray played volleyball in Estonia in a very strong school and club system and on the Estonian National Men’s Volleyball Team. When Ray immigrated to Canada he recognized that the profile of volleyball in Canada was lower and he worked tirelessly to increase the interest in the sport. He was known as a dedicated athlete, official, coach and administrator of volleyball and was the founding member of Volleyball BC in 1965 and continued as a Board Member until 1978. With Ray’s passing, the Ray Lepp Scholarship Award was created as Ray chose to donate funds through his will to provide a permanent endowment that would support in perpetuity a scholarship that encourages and recognizes volleyball and personal excellence in British Columbia for athletes entering post-secondary education.