Chase Bridges-Hunter

Lancer’s journey from island roots to national dreams

Chase Bridges-Hunter celebrates a point.Chase Bridges-Hunter (far right) looks to close his varsity volleyball journey with a national championship. (PHOTO BY EDWIN TAM/UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR)

By John-Paul Bonadonna

Surrounded by water.

That’s likely where the similarities of Windsor-Essex and Hawaii — the birthplace Lancers fifth-year veteran men’s volleyballer Chase Bridges-Hunter — end.

“It was definitely a big adjustment moving from Hawaii to Windsor,” Chase reflected.

“Being away from my family and everything I knew was tough, but it also helped me grow as a person.”