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U.S. Men’s Sitting Team Parapan Am Bound with London Hopes

The U. S. Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team will compete in the 2011 Parapan American Games on Nov. 12-20 in Guadalajara, Mexico hoping to secure a spot in the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Read More

Holloway Inspires on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team player Katie Holloway will make her reality TV debut on Sunday (Oct. 9) on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The show will air at 8 p.m. ET (check local listings). Read More

Business is Good, USAV Board Pushes for Growth

The USA Volleyball Board of Directors met on May 27 on the final day of the USA Volleyball Annual Meetings that started May 24 in Dallas. Read More

U.S. Sitting Teams to Play Canada this Weekend

The U.S. Men’s and Women’s Sitting Volleyball Teams will be in Montreal this week to take on their Canadian counterparts at the Parapan American Zonal Championship. Read More

USAV Honors Women's Sitting Team

USA Volleyball has announced that the U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team has been named its Paralympic Team of the Year for 2008. Read More

Tour of Glory Celebrates USAV's Beijing Success

Volleyball teams and fans from around the country can celebrate USA Volleyball’s success in Beijing at the Tour of Glory on Jan. 17-19 at the High Performance Volleyball Academy (HPVBA) in Lakewood, N.J. Read More

NBC, Universal to Present Paralympic Coverage

NBC and Universal Sports will present the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games presented by GE to television beginning this Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports with a 90-minute documentary narrated by NBC Sports' Bob Costas. Read More

USA Volleyball Represented at White House Reception

Five members of the U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team and 11 Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Team members visited the White House on Oct. 7 to honor 2008 Olympians and Paralympians. Read More

USA Volleyball Experiences Unprecedented Summer Success

USA Volleyball experienced a summer of unparalleled success in 2008 with six gold medals, three silvers and a bronze in major international competitions involving the Summer Olympic Games, Summer Paralympic Games, NORCECA and FIVB Championships. Read More

2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative USA Volleyball Apparel on Sale

USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Read More

UCO Offers Chance to Welcome Home U.S. Sitting Women

Five members of the U.S. Sitting Volleyball Team will be welcomed home for the 2008 Paralympic Games. Read More

U.S. Sitting Women Secure Paralympic Silver Medal

The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team won the silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games on Sunday after falling to defending champion China in the final match, 25-14, 25-19, 25-15. Read More

U.S. Sitting Women to Play for Paralympic Gold

The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team advanced to Sunday’s Paralympic gold medal match after defeating Netherlands, 3-2 (19-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-27, 15-10), on Friday. Read More

U.S. Women's Sitting Team Advances to Semifinals

In a repeat of the 2004 Paralympic semifinals for women’s sitting volleyball, the United States will play Netherlands in Friday’s semifinals and China will face Slovenia. Read More

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Brenda Maymon is a player on the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team and won a silver medal with the team at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. This week, she is competing with the team at the ECVD Continental Cup in Ukraine.

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After our match against Great Britain, we took a photo with them. As all of us were cheesing away, one of the Brits said, "you're looking at the gold and silver teams for London!" We all got… Read More

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Our team is in unchartered water after our win against the Netherlands 2 days ago. It was the first time Team USA has won against them in official competition. It felt great – I’m sure it felt very similar to winning a gold medal. We worked hard for that win and we deserved it. We… Read More

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