McGill University Athletics

Marie-Christine Lapointe, a former volleyball all-star at McGill who played for the Canadian national team, returned to the Martlets as an assistant coach in 2023-24. The native of St. Jean sur Richelieu, Que., also be splits her duties as bench boss of the Martlets developmental squad and as a strength and conditioning technician in the Varsity Office at McGill Athletics and Recreation.
 
A two-time RSEQ conference all-star who played five seasons for McGill, Lapointe began her playing career as a setter during her freshman year in 2009, then was converted to a right-side hitter. She was part of the McGill squad that won bronze at the 2012 national championship in Hamilton, Ont. Lapointe, who did not speak English when she enrolled at McGill, went on to achieve Academic All-Canadian status. She graduated in 2014 with a degree in kinesiology, followed by a physical education degree in 2016.

Lapointe played in 38 beach volleyball competitions for Canada from 2016 to 2020, including the 2019 Pan Am Games in Peru. She is one of nine McGill volleyball grads who have participated at various training camps or tournaments with Canadian national team over the past 25 years. That list includes Myriam Robitaille (2017), Kaiva Mateus (2012-2014), Daphnée-Maude André-Morin (2011-12), Jennifer Thompson (2009), Shauna Forster (2002), Elizabeth Jamieson (2002), Marie-Andrée Lessard (1999-2012) and Wendy Whelan (1996-99).