Both the U.S. Men's National Team and the U.S. Women's National Team will be playing 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibitions for Volleyball this spring that will be broadcast on MSNBC. The U.S. Men will be playing Argentina on May 27 in Irvine, Calif. The U.S. Women will face Brazil in a series of three matches on June 11, 13 and 14 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Former beach volleyball player Sean Rooney knew he had really left his previous life behind when he was playing indoor volleyball for a Russian professional team this winter. “It was minus-40 degrees when I left Russia,” he said from the U.S. Men’s National Team’s headquarters in Anaheim, Calif. “I’m really glad to be back.” MORE

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Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.), a three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American and 2003 AVCA National Player of the Year, has been added to the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team, according to Team USA Head Coach ‘Jenny’ Lang Ping. MORE

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Karch Kiraly, the only volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals, is one of nine Olympians who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Presented by Allstate, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced. Kiraly (Santa Barbara, Calif.), who retired from beach volleyball in 2007, won gold medals with the U.S. Men’s indoor team in 1984 and ’88, then came back and won a gold medal on the beach with partner Kent Steffes in 1996. MORE

The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team is in Ismailia, Egypt to compete against some of the top teams in the world and prepare for the Paralymic Games at the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup, which starts Friday and continues through Tuesday (April 29). MORE

U.S. beach volleyball teams had a busy weekend at the AVP Crocs Tour event in Dallas, at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event in Guatemala and at the Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship in San Diego. MORE

USA Volleyball has announced the 19-player rosters for the 2008 U.S. Men’s Junior and Boys’ Youth national training teams. It has also announced the players who will participate in the 2008 USAV High Performance Select A1 Camp and Competition. MORE

In an effort to help athletes improve their chances of getting recruited to play at the collegiate level, USA Volleyball (USAV) is pleased to announce PrimeTimePlayer Recruiting Enhanced Directory (PTP RED) as an official sponsor and sport development partner. PTP RED is owned in part by Deion Sanders, a retired National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) player who is committed to helping youth pursue excellence in all sports. MORE

For the fifth time in program history, the Springfield College men's volleyball team can call itself national champion. In front of a raucous 1,300 fans, the host Pride captured the 2008 Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship by sweeping Vassar in three games in Blake Arena. In dominating fashion, the Pride won by the scores 30-26, 30-24, 30-20. MORE

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The Sports Museum of America (SmA), which recently signed a partnership with USA Volleyball, will celebrate its public opening at its location in New York City on Wednesday, May 7. From May 7-31, tickets will be just $15 with this special offer. MORE

All the national qualifiers into the 2008 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships have been completed. A total of nine qualifiers provide bids to the national event, which will be held in Dallas June 26-July 5. 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

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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… Dr. Darlene A. Kluka, professor in the Department of Biokinetics, Sports and Leisure Sciences at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, has been named as one of three 2008 Distinguished Alumni by Texas Woman¹s University and the TWU Former Students Association. Kluka is a former volleyball player who wrote the book Volleyball in the Winning Edge Series and won USA Volleyball's Leader in Volleyball Award in 1998… The National Intramural -Recreational Sports Association held its volleyball championships on April 10-12 in Dallas. Get results here… The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) invites coaches to attend its 2008 AVCA Men’s Volleyball Championship Weekend, held May 1-3 in conjunction with the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship in Irvine, Calif. Get details here… On April 8, the AVCA Board of Directors sent a letter to the NCAA regarding the recent rules changes. A copy of that letter can be found here. On April 16, the AVCA received a response from Sharon Cessna, Director of Championships at the NCAA. A copy of that letter can be found here… Florida Atlantic University's women's volleyball team captured the inaugural Commissioner's Cup as the champions of the Division I Florida Invitational Beach Volleyball Tournament in Siesta Key held April 19. Click here to read the story... The AVP Crocs Tour has introduced its Developmental Qualifier Tour. Read about it here.