Volleyball Headline News for Dec. 15, 2009

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2009) - As 2009 draws to a close, USA Volleyball has announced its players and teams of the year.

For beach volleyball, April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) was named Female Player of the Year. Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) was named Male Player of the Year and Jen Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and Ross were named Team of the Year.

For indoor volleyball, opposite Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) was named Female Player of the Year. Outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) was named Male Player of the Year and the Boys' Youth National Team was named Team of the Year.

For sitting volleyball, Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.) was named Female Player of the year. Eric Duda (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) was named Male Player of the Year and the U.S. Women's Sitting Team was named Team of the Year.

Each selection has been nominated to the USOC for their respective category of SportsWoman, SportsMan or Sports Team of the Year.

To read the complete press release, visit http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/29914.

Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: 719-228-6800
E-Mail: bill.kauffman@usav.org

USAV Announces High Performance Holiday Camp Rosters

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2009) - A total of 123 athletes are scheduled to participate in the USA Volleyball High Performance Holiday Camps the last week of December. This year marks the eighth year the High Performance Department has held a holiday camp.

To read the entire press release, visit http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/29917.

USA Volleyball Announces 2010 High Performance Girls' Tryout Schedule

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2009) - The USA Volleyball Indoor High Performance Department has announced its 2010 High Performance Girls' Tryout schedule with at least 34 tryouts spread across the country.

The High Performance tryout schedule starts on Feb. 12 with evaluations taking place in three different cities. The final tryout is schedule for April 29 in Kansas City, Mo.

To read the entire press release, visit http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/29919.

2010 USA Volleyball High Performance Championships Info

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2009) - USA Volleyball has selected the Wildernesss at the Smokies Resort in Sevierville, Tenn., as the host site of its USA Volleyball High Performance Championships (HPC) set for July 27-30. Sevierville is 20 minutes southeast of Knoxville, Tenn.

A projected 98 teams will compete in six different age and gender championship brackets taking place on 16 courts inside the Sevierville Events Center adjoining the Wilderness at the Smokies Resort. The USA Volleyball High Performance Championships, which featured a tournament-record 92 teams in 2009, combines the best teams from USAV High Performance Pipeline teams, USAV Region High Performance Teams and international squads in the marquee event.

For the complete press release, visit http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/29901.

U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2009) - The current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on Dec. 15 includes briefs on U.S. players competing overseas, player information, Volley-Tweets, trivia questions and much more.

TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. Who is the only player competing in the 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Championship semifinal round this week in Tampa who also was part of 2009 U.S. Women's National A2 Team? 2. What two major events will U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon be attending this weekend? 3. What is the current consecutive match win streak that Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass, who both trained with the U.S. Women's National Team this past summer, hold while competing at Penn State? Answers can be found on page three in the full PDF version (click here) of the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.

For the press release in Web format, visit http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/29909. For the complete PDF version including a the above trivia question answers, complete list of players training at the team's facility at American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Volley-Tweets, the U.S. international transfer list, 2009 season stats and other fan interaction sections, click here.

Tags: April Ross , Eric Duda, Jen Kessy, Nancy Metcalf, Phil Dalhauser, Sean Rooney, U.S. Women's Sitting Team, USA Volleyball