U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team Head Coach “Jenny” Lang Ping (Beijing, China) and USA beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh (Santa Clara, Calif.) were among approximately 80 individuals to take a turn running the Olympic torch on Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco, the only North American city to host the Olympic Torch Relay as the flame journeys to Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games. MORE

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USA Volleyball sponsor Data Project has given high school, club and small-college volleyball teams another reason to watch the U.S. Men’s National Team battle Bulgaria, Finland and Spain this summer in the 2008 FIVB World League. MORE

• U.S. World League Fans Encouraged to Make Some Noise MORE
• FIVB Confirms 2008 World League Match Schedule MORE
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• U.S. Men's Players Contribute to Russian Club's European Title MORE
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The U.S. Women’s National Training Team finished its three-week training tour of China with a 5-3 record against club teams. Team USA’s tour of China was designed to allow the coaches to evaluate a younger group of players in preparation for Olympic Games roster selections. The U.S. qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games, held Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, by finishing with a bronze medal at the 2007 FIVB World Cup. For match recaps, journals and photo galleries of the trip, click MORE

• Tracy Stalls' U.S. Women's National Team Journal MORE
• Weekly Update for April 7-13 MORE
• FIVB Announces 2008 World Grand Prix Volleyball Schedule MORE
• U.S. Women's National Team Home Page MORE

In a match that one U.S. beach volleyball team had to win, second-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers defeated compatriots and 18th-ranked Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal (21-18, 14-21, 15-11) in 50 minutes to finish third at the Adelaide Australia Open on Glenelg Beach, the first event on the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. MORE

• AVP Crocs Tour Opens in Miami MORE
• Lambert Recovering from Injury MORE
• Women's Collegiate Beach Volleyball to be Broadcast on TV MORE
• Registration Open for International Selection Camps MORE
• Registration Open for World University Championship Tryouts MORE

USA Volleyball announced the coaching staffs for the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team and the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team for the upcoming 2008 season. Paula Weishoff, head women’s volleyball coach at Concordia University Irvine, will serve as head coach of the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team. Jim Stone, former head women’s volleyball coach at The Ohio State University, will serve as head coach of the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team. MORE

• Twenty-Six Down, Six HP Girls' Tryouts Left to Go MORE

USA Volleyball Secretary General Kerry Klostermann has announced a sponsorship agreement with the DSM, a Netherlands-based organization founded in 1902 with locations on five continents including North America and the United States. DSM creates innovative products and services in life sciences and materials sciences that contribute to the quality of life. MORE

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and USA Volleyball (USAV), in conjunction with Molten U.S.A., Inc., are pleased to announce the seeds and pairings for the 2008 Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship to be held April 11-12 at Blake Arena on the campus of Springfield College. MORE

• Molten Championship Blog MORE
• AVCA Announces Men's DIII All-Americans MORE
• Santa Cruz's Shires Named DIII Player of the Year MORE
• NIRSA Holds Volleyball Championships in Dallas MORE

USA Volleyball will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1988 U.S. Men’s Olympic Volleyball Team’s gold-medal performance at the 2008 Dorothy C. Boyce Annual Awards and Recognitions Banquet, presented by Molten and co-sponsored by Mizuno, on May 22 at the Marriott Atlanta Marquis. Find out how to get tickets to the banquet. MORE

Five national qualifiers into the 2008 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships have been completed, while one other has finished the first of two weekend sessions. A total of nine qualifiers provide bids to the national event, which will be held in Dallas June 26-July 5. MORE

The Executive Committee of USA Volleyball's Board of Directors met on April 4-5 in San Diego, Calif., to discuss the USAV budget and beach volleyball among other topics. MORE

A story in The Boston Globe profiles teams that will play in the inaugural Spalding Volleyball Hall of Fame Showcase of Champions, a boys invitational tournament on April 12-13.

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More information about the tournament is available on the Volleyball Hall of Fame Web site. Click here

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• April 20, High Performance Volleyball Academy, Modules Clinic – Lakewood N.J.
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• May 10, Modules & VCAP Clinic – Atlanta, Ga.
• May 9-10, Gateway Region/SLU Modules Clinic – St. Louis, Mo.
• May 17-18, CAP I & II - Yakima, Wash.
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• May 31-June, 1 CAP I & II - Lacey, Wash.
• June 7-8, CAP I & II & VCAP – Rochester, N.Y.

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USA Volleyball announced Feb. 1 that it has launched an interactive video web component on its web site called “USA Volleyball Video Channel” and accessed at http://www.usavolleyball.org/video/default.aspx.

Essentially, the functionality allows users to upload volleyball-related video for USA Volleyball to review and post either directly “as-is” or in post-production format coming video segments similar to a television show or newscast.

The first project under the USA Volleyball Video Channel umbrella will be “Ask the CEO,” where the general public can upload their video questions to the site. USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal will respond via a video-streamed format to selected questions on a monthly basis. The deadline for the first responses must be posted to the site by Friday, Feb. 15.

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USA Volleyball has posted an intern opportunity within the organization's communications department. Click here for more information...  Taylor Crabtree, a volleyball player from Southern California who has participated in USA Volleyball’s High Performance Program, has a video on CNN.com that talks about her TayBear charity program. It is part of CNN's Young People Who Rock series. Click here to view the video…  The National Council of Youth Sports (NCYS) is looking for nominations for the 2008 Hershey's STRIVE Awards. These annual awards recognize coaches, administrators, officials and volunteers from hometown communities throughout the United States who have demonstrated a heartfelt passion, an enthusiastic commitment and a contagious spirit to help kids succeed in youth sports. Click here for more information… Andrea Duke, a former record-breaking volleyball player for Wofford College, will represent North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant on April 11 in Las Vegas. Click here for the story…  Max Holt, a member of USA Volleyball’s 2007 Men’s Junior National Team, and a junior middle hitter for Penn State University, was named the EIVA Player of the Week on April 1. It was the fourth time this season he has won the award. Click here to read the story.