TEAM PROFILE

Thunderbirds Still Spreading Their Wings
The boys volleyball team at Hinkley High School in Aurora, Colo., hasn't won a match this season. But last year, the team didn't even exist. Thanks to the team's hard work, and a little help from a grant from USA Volleyball and the Rocky Mountain Region, the Thunderbirds soon may be taking flight. MORE

Boys Volleyball Going Strong
on Chicago's South Side MORE

NIRSA Champions Serious About the Sport
The Men’s Volleyball Team at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh wants boys volleyball players and coaches to know that, despite the name, the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) is not just for fun when it comes to men’s volleyball. MORE

Irvine Wins the NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship MORE
2007 AVCA Division I-II Men's All-America Teams MORE
AVCA's Collegiate Tournament Roundup MORE

HIGH PERFORMANCE

USAV Announces Men's and Boys' HP Teams, Camps
USA Volleyball’s High Performance Department is pleased to announce the athletes and coaches who make up the rosters of the five National-level and A2-level men’s and boys’ 2007 High Performance summer programs. MORE

BEACH NEWS

USA Volleyball Beach Junior Tour Starts Soon!
Junior beach volleyball players, get ready: USA Volleyball, in conjunction with the Elevation Group, wants you to get out of the gym and onto the beach. USA Volleyball is pleased to announce the 10 tournaments, two high performance camps and one International Selection Camp on the 2007 USA Beach Junior Tour. The Tour runs almost every weekend from May 26 to Aug. 12 and includes boys and girls divisions (no co-ed teams) in age groups from 8-20. The focus is on competition, but also on expanding participation on the beach and identifying players for USA Volleyball’s high performance beach pipeline. MORE

International Selection Camp Information MORE

The U.S. Men are playing in the 2007 FIVB World League. Click on the logo for more information:

Portland information

Green Bay information

Chicago information

COACHING NEWS

Karch the Coach
Volleyball legend Karch Kiraly has been coaching his sons' high school volleyball team in California. MORE

Coaches: Check out CAP and IMPACT Clinics at the Boys Junior Olympic Championships in Atlanta. MORE
New DVD Provides Coaching Tips on Serving MORE

Boys Volleyball Tournament Raises Funds for Teen with Cancer

The Space Needle Volleyball Foundation (SNVF) in Washington raised $1,200 at a boys volleyball tournament on April 14 to support "The Shayla Fund".

Shayla Holwegner, a sophomore middle blocker at Eisenhower High School in Yakima, Wash., fractured her femur on Feb. 25 while playing for the Eisenhower Spikers Volleyball Club during a match at nearby Pasco, Wash. After surgery to repair the leg with an optimistic forecast for full recovery, doctors discovered a rare form of bone cancer, osteosarcoma, when testing an unknown tissue found in Shayla's leg during the operation. The tragic twist has turned the 16-year-old's life into chaos. There are only 250 cases of this type of bone cancer in the United States for Shayla's age group. MORE

NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that Pepperdine University junior setter Jonathan Winder has been named the 2007 AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Year... The AVCA has announced that Carthage College Head Men's Volleyball Coach L.J. Marx has been selected as the 2007 AVCA Division III Men's National Coach of the Year... The AVCA announced that Juniata College sophomore setter Matt Werle was named the 2007 AVCA Division III Men’s National Player of the Year. Werle was a member of the 2006 U.S. Men’s Junior National Team and has been named a member of the 2007 training team. For more information, click here... Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Executive Director Al Beaird has announced the Federation’s Men’s Volleyball 15th Anniversary Teams. The teams honor current and former players from: BYU, Cal State Northridge, Hawaii, Long Beach, Pepperdine, Stanford, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and USC. Members of the “First Team” are George Roumain, Jeff Nygaard, Brandon Taliaferro, Ryan Millar, Brent Hilliard, Sean Rooney and Mike Lambert. Click here for the complete list... The MPSF has announced its 2007 All-MPSF Men’s Volleyball Teams, Player, Newcomer and Coach of the Year honorees as voted by the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men’s volleyball head coaches. Jonathan Winder of Pepperdine was named the MPSF Player of the Year. Yamil Perez of BYU won MPSF Newcomer of the Year. The MPSF Coach of the Year is Marv Dunphy of Pepperdine. Click here to view the complete list... The Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association has announced its All-Conference selections for the 2007 season by a vote of the conference coaches. Player of the Year honors went to Daniel Matthews of Ohio State. Ohio State’s Pete Hansen was named Coach of the Year. Jeff Schmitz of Ball State and Matt Pliski of IPFW shared Freshman of the Year honors. Click here for the complete list... The EIVA has announced its 2007 EIVA All-East Team along with its annual player and coaching awards. Marc Honore of Saint Frances was named the Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Player of the Year. Will Price of George Mason was named the Newcomer of the Year and Penn State's Mark Pavlik won the Bob Sweeney EIVA Coach of the Year Award. For the complete list, click here.

Are You Ready for Summer?

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

View the 2007 schedule at
www. usavolleyball.org