Shelby Sullivan
Position: Middle Blocker
Height: 6-2
Weight: 160
Hometown/Residence: Richardson, Texas/Richardson, Texas Birth Date: April 3, 1994
Club Team/Coach: Texas Advantage Volleyball (Fort Worth, Texas)/LJ Sariego
High School/Grad Year: JJ Pearce High School (Richardson, Texas)/2012
College Status: Uncommitted
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2010 – NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship (Gold).
USA VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – Selected to the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team... 2010 – Helped U.S. win the NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship, thus earning a berth into 2010 Youth Olympic Games and 2011 FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship…Started all five matches at the NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship, scoring a total of 29 points on 20 kills, seven aces (ranked ninth in the competition) and two blocks)...Selected for U.S. Girls' Youth Olympic Team. 2009 – Attended U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in December…Selected to U.S. Girls’ Youth White Team which won the silver medal in the Girls’ International Youth Division at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships…Earned Best Blocker at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships. 2007 – Earned a spot on the North Texas High Performance Region Team that placed fifth at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships…Attended USA Volleyball High Performance Holiday Camp.
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – Led Texas Advantage Volleyball (TAV) to the gold medal in the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships 15 Open Division…Named to all-tournament team at the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships...Led JJ Pearce High School to the Texas High School State Tournament semifinals…Named all-district most valuable blocker. 2007 – Started playing club volleyball for Texas Assault.
PERSONAL: Born Shelby Hollowell Sullivan on April 3, 1994, in Plano, Texas… Parents are Hop and Holly Sullivan…Brother is Luke (1996) and Sister is Annie Frances (2000)…Cousin Laurie Flachmeier Corbelli was a member of the 1980 and 1984 U.S. Women’s Olympic Team…Grandfather Don Barkley played football at the University of Mississippi (1955-59)…Hobbies include fashion, hanging with friends, volunteering… Favorite foods are anything Italian…Favorite book is The Notebook…Favorite music types are all…Favorite professional team is the Dallas Cowboys…Favorite athlete is Peyton Manning…Most admired people are her parents because “they have always supported me.”…Happiest moment in life was “winning 15 Open Division at the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships.”
INTERESTING NOTE: 2006 and 2007 NFL Punt, Pass and Kick National Champion.
