Badger Region Receives USAV Boys’ Development Grant

Bill Kauffman
Associate Director, Communications
Phone: 719-228-6800
Email: bill.kauffman@usav.org

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 9, 2011) – The Badger Region Volleyball Association, one of 40 Regional Volleyball Associations within USA Volleyball, has been awarded one of two $11,000 USAV Boys’ Development Subsidy Grants. The second grant will be awarded later this year.

“Congratulations to the Badger Region in being the first ever recipient of the USAV Boys’ Development Subsidy,” USA Volleyball Manger of Region Services Programs Donise King said. “Badger region brought forth a dynamic and extensive plan for including boys’ volleyball programming in their area. They provided USA Volleyball with detail plans and budgets as to how this subsidy would benefit the region and membership enhancement. We applaud them for their efforts in looking to the future for volleyball growth, not only in numbers, but for the growth of the sport to include boys programming.”

“The Badger Region is honored to receive a grant from USA Volleyball for the development of boys’ 14-and-under volleyball,” Badger Region Director of Operations Jennifer Armson-Dyer said. “Growing boys’ volleyball has been a goal of Badger Region for many years and this subsidy will allow us to take the next step in that process. Coupled with the recent success of both of our boys’ teams winning the gold medals at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships and several of our men's collegiate teams placing very high at the NCVF Championships, this grant is going to allow us to reach out to get the younger generations involved through the programs this grant is helping to fund.”

As part of the Badger Region proposal, clubs sending a new boys’ 14s or under team (12s/13s/14s) to the Badger Region Championship in March can apply for free team registration. Second, the Badger Region would use the Racine/Kenosha Middle School event to combine instruction and competition, along with expressing to other local athletic directors on the value of adding boys’ volleyball programming. Other parts of the proposal include stipend to girls’ clubs for adding boys’ teams, IMPACT and USAV fees for first-time boys’ coaches reimbursed after completion of first tournament and several planned clinics around the state, including a coaching clinic and duo clinics for “brother/sister” and “father/son” designed to reach out to the boys’ demographic using the existing membership base.

USA Volleyball continues to support initiatives for the development of boys’ volleyball programming, in particular, youth programming for boys’ 14 years old or younger. The USAV Boys’ Development Subsidy Grant must be used to create or enhance programs for boys 14 years old or younger. Applicants must show that the grant will support multiple teams or league programming to be eligible.

According to the grant program guidelines, recipients must use the USAV grant as a catalyst for programming development. Recipients are expected to provide additional financial support to not only initiate the proposed programs, but also maintain programming into the future.

For more details on the USA Volleyball Boys’ Development Subsidy Grant, click here.

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