Kane Turketo

Kane Turketo (born 3 April 1996) is a New Zealand Volleyball player on the Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship who currently plays as a Passer/ Hitter for Hamilton Volleyball Club in New Zealand's National Club Championship and the Waikato Representative team in the New Zealand's inter-provincial competition.
Early career
Originating from the Northland Region of New Zealand, although Turketo was born the city of Brisbane, Australia before moving back to his family to be raised in Kamo a well established suburb in Whangarei. He attended Kamo High School in Whangarei where he began playing under his first Volleyball coaches Scott McDonald and Donnie Stevenson. While attending Kamo High Turketo led his team in his second year to win the Northland Junior title (2010) breaking the current long-term winning streak of their rival school Tikipunga High. they continued on to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Volleyball Nationals were they competed in the top 32 schools in the North Island. While also at Kamo High Turketo managed to end the winning streak in the senior division as well (2011) playing in a team of older teammates. In 2012, Turketo decided to move to the rival school where he would come to play under the guidance of Northland Coach Jason Woods where he would remain for till the conclusion of his high school career. Here he met his first Beach Volleyball Partner Shane Witehira who the two would end up competing at an International Age Group Level. Following graduation, he moved to New Zealand's Hamilton City in order to study a Bachelor of Sport, Health and Human Performance (BSHHP) at University of Waikato and while there he played both Volleyball and Rugby.

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