USA Volleyball Rotations

	Volume 5, Number 19 November 2, 2007 www.usavolleyball.org

U.S Women Top Peru to Open 2007 FIVB World Cup

	The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team, using balanced scoring and a starting lineup of all 2004 Olympians, swept Peru 25-23, 25-14, 25-19 Friday afternoon in the FIVB World Cup opening match for both teams at Hamamatsu, Japan. The U.S. is ranked eighth in the latest FIVB world ranking, while Peru is listed 18th. MORE • *World Cup Links - FIVB Japan • FIVB Women's World Cup Media Guide (9MB) MORE • U.S. Women's Press Kit MORE • Women's National Team Home Page MORE • 20 Questions with Kristin Richards MORE**

NBC’S UNIVERSAL HD TO BROADCAST WORLD CUPS

		NBC Sports will present taped coverage of the U.S. Men's and Women's National Volleyball teams in the 2007 FIVB World Cup for the first time ever on Universal HD. Over the next month, UniHD will provide coverage of both round-robin tournaments from eight different cities across Japan. MORE • World Cups Get Worldwide TV Coverage MORE

MAY-TREANOR AND WALSH REACH PHUKET SEMIFINALS

	The top-ranked U.S. women’s beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won two matches on Friday, including a defeat of the U.S. team of Tyra Turner and Rachel Wacholder, to reach the semifinals of the Phuket Thailand Open, part of the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour. MORE • U.S. Beach Players Grab Postseason Awards MORE • 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule MORE

SUXHO HOPING TO RETURN TO RESURGENT U.S. MEN'S TEAM

		U.S. setter Donald Suxho has recovered from the worst injury of his career. But some things have changed since he suffered a partially-torn left Achilles tendon in March, and he is still waiting to find out what happens next. MORE • *World Cup Links - FIVB Japan • FIVB Men's World Cup Media Guide (8MB) MORE • Men's National Team Home Page MORE**

USAV RELEASES JUNIOR OLYMPICS wave SCHEDULES

	USA Volleyball has released the wave schedules for the 2008 girls' and boys' Junior Olympic tournaments. The girls' tournament will be June 26-July 5 in Dallas, Texas. The boys' tournament will be July 2-9 in Sandy, Utah. MORE • 2008 Boys' HP Tryout Schedule MORE • 2008 HP Coaches' Clinic MORE • 2008 HP Age Definitions MORE

'PARENTS FOR GOOD SPORTS' RELEASES E-MAGAZINE

The mission of Parents for Good Sports is to enrich the lives of young athletes and their families through parent-driven, community-based educational programs. The group has released its second electronic magazine. MORE

USAV ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Initial Nominating and Governance Committee of USA Volleyball (USAV) is now accepting and nominees applicants for the newly restructured board of directors. The USA Volleyball (USAV) Board of Directors unanimously approved a motion to restructure itself at its winter meeting held Jan. 12-14 in Colorado Springs, Colo. MORE

USAV INTRODUCES TWO JUNIOR NEWSLETTERS

USA Volleyball debuted two new electronic newsletters in March 2007 just for junior volleyball players and their parents and coaches. The newsletters, one each for boys and girls, contain information on high performance news, features and photos of club, junior or high school teams and players. Please, SEND US YOUR CONTENT! MORE • Sign Up for Free Newsletter MORE • View Junior Newsletters: Girls' Edition Archive - Boys' Edition Archive

USA VOLLEYBALL COACHING ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (CAP)

If you missed the first IMPACT Clinic Webinar online presentations on Oct. 26-28, don’t despair! More webinars are to be scheduled for the fall and winter months. Check the IMPACT Webinar registration pages for more information on upcoming online IMPACT Clinics! Read what attendees of the October webinars had to say. More

There is still time to register to attend CAP I and II and VCAP Clinics to be held in November and December 2007! CLICK HERE for the CAP Course schedule and more registration information.

Early registration deadlines (11/9/2007) are fast approaching for the December AVCA Convention CAP courses in Sacramento. Already registered for the Convention and want to add the CAP portion? Contact the USAV National Office at CAP@usav.org for information.

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NAMES AND NOTES

It is with great sadness that USA Volleyball announces the passing of national referee Ben Jordan on Oct. 31. The service to celebrate Jordan's life will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Trinity Church, 1015 Holman, Houston, TX 77004. More information will be posted to the Lone Star Region web site… USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal announced the hiring of Monica Paul as the organization’s associate director of events. She previously served as the U.S. Women’s National Team technical coordinator from 1997 to 2001, including the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Click here for more... For the second year in a row, USA Volleyball has challenged other National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and National Sport Organizations to a “Stuff Your CEO/ED/President’s Office” food and clothing drive as the holiday season approaches. The food and clothing drive challenge started Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 16. USAV has selected the Harvest of Love Food Drive to receive the food collected and is considering several organizations in the Colorado Springs area to receive the clothing collected. Along with USA Volleyball, other organizations that participated last year include the USOC, U.S. Paralympics, USA Baseball and USA Triathlon. USA Volleyball contributed 596 pounds of food last year and has set a goal of at least 1000 pounds for 2007… Penn State has ended Nebraska’s 26-week run as top-ranked team in the CSTV/AVCA Coaches Poll for Division I women. Click here for more… The Kings Mountain Fog 50s team won the 2007 Huntsman World Senior Games, going undefeated throughout the tournament. Click here for more... Mikasa Sports USA has entered into a marketing partnership with U.S. Men’s Team outside hitter Reid Priddy. Click here for more.

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