Kiera Van Ryk

Kiera Van Ryk (born January 6, 1999) is a Canadian volleyball player. She is part of the Canadian women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup.

University career Van Ryk played two seasons of U Sports women's volleyball for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds from 2017 to 2019. She finished her rookie season by winning a Bronze medal at the 2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship. With the Thunderbirds that year, she won a national championship as the team won the 2019 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship and Van Ryk was named the Tournament MVP.

Professional career Van Ryk left university to become a professional athlete by signing with Volley Bergamo of the Italian Women's Volleyball League Serie A1 in 2019. She left Volley Bergamo and returned to Canada in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She then joined KS DevelopRes Rzeszów of the Tauron Liga for the 2020–21 season. For the 2021–22 season, she played for Türk Hava Yolları SK of the Turkish Women's Volleyball League.

Van Ryk joined Turkish club VakıfBank S.K. in 2024.

Van Ryk moved to China to play for Shanghai Bright Ubest where she won the league and was the best server .

Italian powerhouse Savino Del Bene Scandicci announced Van Ryk is part of their roster for the 2026/2027 season.

Personal life Van Ryk attended Surrey Christian School and has two older sisters, Jocelyn and Amy. She is also an avid dog lover.