2007 Boys’ USA Select A2 Camp

Congratulations! The forty-one athletes (with 21 alternates) listed above have been selected as the top athletes in their age group and are invited to attend the 2007 Boys’ USA Select A2 Camp.  This camp will be held on the grounds of the USA Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO, July 28th – August 2nd.

These athletes were selected from a pool of approximately 300 USA Select-age athletes who tried out at twelve High Performance Tryouts held across the country, January through early March.

Please note that our deadlines for committing to attend the Boys’ USA Select A2 Program (though email notification to the HP Dept.), and for making full camp payment, are earlier than they have been in the past.  This year, we ask all athletes who intend to participate in a Development Camp to inform us by April 6th.  All final payments must be made to USA Volleyball by May 1st.  After that date, alternates will be slotted into the A2 Program. 

This webpage will continue to be the news and update link for Boys USA Select A2 Camp and Competition athletes for the coming months. Please copy this page to your Favorites menu.

Boys USA Select A1 Program Specifics:

• The forty-one listed athletes (with 21 alternates – I know that’s a lot of alternates, but some times the younger guys aren’t willing/able to travel as much) are invited to attend the 2007 Boys USA Select A2 Program.
• The Camp All athletes will fly to Colorado Springs, CO, (airport code COS) on July 28th – with optimal arrival time of 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (contact Collin Powers for variations to that)
• The squad will train for six days on-complex at the USA Olympic Training Center, and then fly home on August 2nd (optimal departure time 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm).

• The cost of this camp is $625/athlete.

• This cost will cover all room, board, training, facility, local travel (e.g., airport pick-up and drop-off) costs for athletes involved in the Boys USA Select A2 program. It does not cover travel to and from Colorado Springs.
• Families will be responsible for arranging the athlete’s travel to and from CO Springs.
• Head Coach for the Boys USA Select A2 Camp will be Craig Dyer, Assistant Coach for the Penn State University Mens Volleyball Team. 
• Remaining staff (approximately 5 other coaches) will include Hadley Foster of Quincy University and four others who will named within the coming 2-3 weeks. 
• Once final confirmations have been received from all athletes regarding their intent to participate in the Boys’ USA Select A2 Program, the above roster will be finalized and posted on the USA Volleyball High Performance website.

There are a number of things that we need from these athletes and families:

• First, please email Collin Powers indicating whether you accept this offer to participate on the 2007 Boys’ USA Select A2 Program.
• The deadline for confirming your intent to participate is Friday, April 6th.
• For all email correspondence related to this program, please include your name and Boys’ USA Select A2 Program in the subject line of the email.
• We will need to receive 100% of the camp payment ($625) by May 1st unless other arrangements are made with Collin Powers of the HP Dept.   
• Please mail checks to:
  
  USA Volleyball
  Attn: High Performance BSEL A2 Camp
  715 S. Circle Dr.
  Colorado Springs, CO 80910
  
  Please put the athlete’s name and BSEL A2 in the bottom, left-hand corner of the check.
• Please email Collin your gear sizes for the following items:
• Training t-shirt size;
• Jersey size;
• Shorts size;
• Sweat shirt and sweat pant size (we probably will not be able to provide these – but if we can we will).
• Please wait until you hear a full confirmation back from us that we have received your intention to participate in the program before you schedule your flight.  Once you have that confirmation, you can schedule your flight to Colorado Springs.
• Please schedule your arrival time into Colorado Springs some time between say 11:00am and 3:00pm on July 28th. Please check with me for any needed variances. Any later arrival than that on the 28th and you may have to catch up with our team meeting, dinner, first session, etc.
• Please schedule your departure out of CO Springs in the early – mid afternoon of August 2nd.

USA Volleyball will handle all local transportation, including to and from the airport, and a staff member will be at the airport to meet all athletes flying in to Colorado Springs.
Congratulations again to you all!!