TEAM PROFILE

Mohawks Lead to Victory in Pennsylvania
Brought together through Mohawks and blue camouflage jerseys, the Exeter Township School District boys volleyball team recently capped off the 2007 season by capturing the school’s first-ever Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) AA volleyball title; and did so in dramatic fashion, no pun intended. MORE

AVCA Announces Inaugural Boys' High School Senior All-America Team MORE

For the Love of the Game
How far would you go to play volleyball? The first volleyball team that Kyle Szen of Hilton Head Island, S.C., played for was the 16s girls team of the Low Country Volleyball Club. He was 14 and had no other option or outlets. The following season, he was turned away from Low Country, as the opportunity for boys to play two age groups up was vetoed by his region. This was the first of many challenges that Szen would have to overcome in order to continue playing the sport he loved. MORE

NATIONAL TEAMS

USAV Announces Men's Junior Team Roster
USA Volleyball has announced the final 12-man roster for the 2007 FIVB Men’s Junior World Championships, to be held July 7-15 in Morocco. The lineup is almost entirely composed of last year’s silver medalist NORCECA team with eight returners. Before making the trip to Morocco, the team will travel to Italy to compete in a “Friendship Tournament” with Japan and Argentina. MORE

We Want to Hear From You!

Do you have a great story about a boys volleyball team or player? Do you have a volleyball web site? Have you taken a cool photo or an exciting trip? Is your team raising money for charity? We want to hear about it! Please e-mail B.J. Evans with the details.
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Three Teams Preparing for U-19 Beach World Championships
USA Volleyball has announced the three beach volleyball teams that will represent the United States at the FIVB U-19 World Championships on July 11-15 in Myslowice, Poland. Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.) will pair up with Devon “Hawk” Hatcher (Los Osos, Calif.) in the Boys U-19 Division, while the teams of Falyn Fonoimoana (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Lane Carico (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) as well as Jazmin Machado (Encinitas, Calif.) and Tara Roenicke (Alta Loma, Calif.) will take on the Girls Division at the U-19 championships. MORE

RECRUITING ADVICE

Penn State Coach Knows What to Look For
In his 13 years as head coach of the Penn State men’s volleyball team, Mark Pavlik has spent a significant amount of time recruiting the nation’s top volleyball players. With invaluable experience as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach at Penn State University, the 2006 AVCA National Coach of the Year finalist knows exactly what he is looking for in young players. MORE

Register Now for CAP I Core Curriculum & CAP Modules at
the Junior Olympic Boys' Volleyball Championships MORE

CLUB NEWS

Colorado Performance is Making Progress
Colorado Performance assistant coach Bruce Decker reports that his club is making progress in the boys game. MORE

Read about Colorado boys volleyball and the King of the Mountain volleyball tournament in the Vail Daily MORE

Milwaukee Hosts 2007 Beach Junior Tour Stop MORE

EVENT NEWS

Boys' JOs Headed for the ATL
The 2007 USA Junior Olympic Boys' Volleyball Championships will be July 4-11 in Atlanta, Ga. There are plenty of easy ways to get around Atlanta and there are a lot of fun things to do. For more information, click on the link and scroll down. MORE

PHOTO OF THE MONTH

Boys volleyball players spell out their support for the U.S. Men's National Team at its June 15 World League match against Italy in Chicago. Photo by Bill Vala.

NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE

The Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinic held April 20-22 at Arizona State University gave some Arizona coaches a chance to learn their system. USA Volleyball coaching legend Carl McGown, the founder and lead clinician for the Gold Medal Squared program was joined by U.S. Men’s National Team coach Hugh McCutcheon for the three-day clinic. For more information, click here... The U.S. Olympic Committee's spring coaching e-newsletter features and interview with U.S. Men's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon. Click here to read the article... USA Volleyball has four summer interns. Read about them here... The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and USA Volleyball will host a meeting for men's coaches at the Convention Center in Atlanta during the Boy's Junior Olympics. The meeting will be held in the Scout Room from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 7. Doug Beal, CEO and Jeff Mosher, Coordinator of Men's Programs will be there representing USAV; Kathy DeBoer, Executive Director, will be there representing the AVCA. Click here for more information... Shawn Patchell, an assistant coach for the U.S. Boys' Youth National Team, will continue as interim head coach of the Brigham Young University men's volleyball program. For additional information, click here.

The 2007 USA Volleyball Beach Junior Tour is coming to a beach near you!

View the 2007 schedule at
www. usavolleyball.org