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The USA Volleyball National Team Development Program (NTDP) has enlisted 100 of the top volleyball coaches and experts in the United States to be part of its Scouting Network.
The NTDP Scouting Network serves as the NTDP talent identification process for age-group national teams as well as the NTDP Training Series. The Scouting Network includes coaches and experts from across the United States, covering many of the USA Volleyball regions.
Among the coaches scouting on the indoor side is NCAA Championship winner John Speraw, current coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, who won two titles with UC Irvine and has taken UCLA to the finals.
“Talent identification is not an exact science. It takes years of experience, knowledge of the game, and understanding of the growth and maturation process,” Speraw said. “I am excited to collaborate with the NTDP as a member of the Scouting Network and help bring together the very best young athletes in the country to train with and against one another.”
Scouting will be a continuous and fluid effort of the network. The Scouting Network will identify athletes at various events and through practices, video and more. Athletes can come from anywhere and be members of a variety of organizations. Each scout is not limited to certain events, and all have a national scope. We will use four zones to create efficiency within the Scouting Network (see map below).
To assist scouts, indoor athletes should update their University Athlete profiles to include, at minimum: name, club, position, jersey number, height and club coach contact information. Scouts will be identifying athletes to place on rosters for USA Volleyball’s U17-U21 National Training Teams and NTDP Training Series.
“More girls play high school volleyball than any other sport. Choosing the best of the best isn’t easy. I applaud USAV’s efforts to create a program that will identify athletes amongst the 460,000-plus who could one day represent our national team.”
Hudson Bates (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Ohio Valley Region)
Lindsay Brown (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Garden Empire Region)
Donan Cruz (Central Zone, East Central Section, Hoosier Region)
Theo Edwards (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Kupono Fey (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Aloha Region)
Dan Friend (Central Zone, East Central Section, Great Lakes Region)
John Hawks (Central Zone, East Central Section, Great Lakes Region)
Jay Hosack (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Chesapeake Region)
JW Kieckhefer (Central Zone, East Central Section, Badger Region)
David Kniffin (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Nick MacRae (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Jeremy Price (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Carolina Region)
Bradley Rostratter (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Nickie Sanlin (Central Zone, East Central Section, Gateway Region)
Patrick Shawaryn (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Keystone Region)
Ken Shibuya (Pacific Zone, North Pacific Section, NCVA Region)
John Speraw (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Charlie Sullivan (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, New England Region)
Matt Werle (Border Zone, West Border Section, Arizona Region)
Jonathan Winder (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Devin Young (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Intermountain Region)
Ray Bechard (Central Zone, West Central Section, Heart of America Region)
Kirsten Bernthal-Booth (Central Zone, West Central Section, Great Plains Region)
Dani Busboom-Kelly (Central Zone, East Central Section, Pioneer Region)
Nick Castello (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Aloha Region)
Katie Cawley (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Keystone Region)
Keegan Cook (Central Zone, West Central Section, North Country Region)
Brent Crouch (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Southern Region)
Todd Daganeis (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Florida Region)
Shane Davis (Central Zone, East Central Section, Great Lakes Region)
Craig Dyer (Central Zone, East Central Section, Hoosier Region)
Dan Fisher (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Ohio Valley Region)
Leslie Gabriel (Pacific Zone, North Pacific Section, Puget Sound Region)
Jen Greeny (Pacific Zone, North Pacific Section, Evergreen Region)
Kevin Hambly (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, NCVA Region)
Krista Hendrickson (Central Zone, East Central Section, Great Lakes Region)
Tom Hogan (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Rocky Mountain Region)
Adam Hughes (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Chesapeake Region)
Kathy Jewell (Central Zone, East Central Section, Hoosier Region)
Tonya Johnson (Border Zone, East Border Section, Bayou Region)
Brad Keller (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Trent Kersten (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Emily Kohan (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Rocky Mountain Region)
Beth Launiere (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Intermountain Region)
Carlos Moreno (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Jamie Morrison (Border Zone, East Border Section, Lone Star Region)
Rob Neilson (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Intermountain Region)
Jon Newman-Gonchar (Border Zone, West Border Section, Sun Country Region)
Jen Oldenberg (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Ohio Valley Region)
Heather Olmstead (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Intermountain Region)
Rashinda Reed (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Southern Region)
Alfred Reft (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Jaylen Reyes (Central Zone, West Central Section, Great Plains Region)
Luka Slabe (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Carolina Region)
Charita Stubbs (Border Zone, West Border Section, Arizona Region)
Erik Sullivan (Border Zone, East Border Section, Lone Star Region)
Matt Ulmer (Pacific Zone, North Pacific Section, Columbia Empire Region)
JJ Van Niel (Border Zone, West Border Section, Arizona Region)
Erin Virtue (Central Zone, East Central Section, Lakeshore Region)
Jason Watson (Border Zone, East Border Section, Delta Region)
Shannon Wells (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Old Dominion Region)
Jason Williams (Border Zone, East Border Section, North Texas Region)
Mary Wise (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Florida Region)
Close to 130 girls volleyball athletes from around the country will work with top coaches and look to improve their skills at the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program’s (NTDP) Indoor Fall Training Series event on Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
This edition of the beach update details the winners of the 2023 Men’s Beach Collegiate Challenge. We also preview coming events and check in on the latest FIVB rankings.
The 2023 USA Volleyball Men’s Beach Collegiate Challenge returns to Owings Mills, Md., and the campus of Stevenson University this weekend from Sept. 15-17. The Collegiate Challenge is preceded by an NTDP Beach Accelerator (Chesapeake Region) on Sept. 15.
In this week’s beach update, some of the best young men’s pairs from around the country are gearing up for the Men’s Beach Collegiate Challenge. Plus, we have a top finish for a U.S. Women’s Beach Pair at BPT Miguel Pereira.
Approximately 130 athletes from around the country will work with top coaches and look to improve their skills at the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program’s (NTDP) Boys Indoor Fall Training Series event on Sept. 15-17 at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
