July 7 Recap of USAV Boys' Jr National Championships

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

SCVC, Piterres Claim 15s Titles at USAV Boys' Jr National Championships

AUSTIN, Texas (July 7, 2010) – SCVC 15 Quiksilver (Southern California Region) and Piterres 15 (Puerto Rico) captured the 15 Open and 16 Club Division titles, respectively, Wednesday afternoon at the 31st Annual USA Volleyball Boys’ Junior National Championships held at the Austin Convention Center in Texas.

SCVC 15 Quiksilver swept 949 15 Black (Southern California 25-22, 25-21 in the 15 Open Division gold-medal match. Earlier in the tournament 949 15 Black defeated SCVC 15 Quiksilver 25-18, 26-24. In an all-Puerto Rico 15 Club Division gold-medal match, Piterres defeated Vaqueros 15-1 25-23, 28-26 to secure the title.

To read the entire press release, visit usavolleyball.org/news/article/37082.

Olympians, Past Olympic Coaches at Boys’ Junior Nationals

AUSTIN, Texas (July 7, 2010) – The USA Volleyball Boys’ Junior National Championships has staged many exciting matches at the Austin Convention Center in Texas since July 2. In the crowd have been several U.S. volleyball Olympians and gold-medal coaches representing the level that the players dreams to play for to cap their careers.

Tom Hoff, a three-time Olympian and captain of the U.S. team that won the 2008 Olympic Games, was on hand Wednesday to sign autographs and hand out medals for the 15 Open and 15 Club Division podium ceremonies. He had the opportunity to play in the event back in 1991 after joining his club a month earlier. However, one of his messages to the players at this year’s tournament has nothing to do with winning medals.

“I see so many kids so disappointed on their team’s finish,” Hoff said. “My year playing at Junior Nationals, we finished 34th. I tell the kids to not worry about the finish. This event is only the start of training.”

For the complete feature story, visit usavolleyball.org/news/article/37083.

To view the July 7 photo gallery of the USA Volleyball Boys' Junior National Championships, visit usavolleyball.org/multimedia/photo_gallery/1726

USA Volleyball, AVCA Meet with Collegiate Men's Volleyball Coaches

AUSTIN, Texas (July 6, 2010) – USA Volleyball hosted a men’s collegiate volleyball meeting Wednesday evening in Austin, Texas, in conjunction with the USA Volleyball Boys’ Junior National Championships.

“This meeting of collegiate men’s coaches has been a nice tradition that takes part in conjunction with the USA Volleyball Boys’ Junior National Championships,” USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. “A lot of college men’s coaches are able to attend as our Boys’ Junior National Championships is the number-one event on their recruiting calendar. In turn, we are able to gather everyone together to exchange ideas on the sport.”

The meeting had approximately 60 coaches in attendance, including representation from all three NCAA Divisions and the NAIA. According to Beal, this year’s meeting-of-the-minds produced a positive forum for which USA Volleyball and the sport itself can use to grow.

For the complete press release, visit usavolleyball.org/news/article/37064.

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