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Putting the Experts Where the Players Are

USA Volleyball’s National Team Development Program (NTDP) has formed the Indoor NTDP Scouting Network, consisting of more than 100 of the top volleyball coaches and experts from across the United States. The NTDP Scouting Network serves as the talent identification process for age-group national teams and the NTDP Training Series.

Among the coaches is U.S. Men’s National Team Head Coach John Speraw, who has won two NCAA titles, once with UC Irvine and most recently with UCLA in 2023.

“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.”

The NTDP Scouting Network will continuously identify athletes at various youth volleyball events, through video and more. Athletes from any location and organization are eligible to participate, and each scout will have a national scope with no limit on which events they attend and recommend athletes. To create efficiency within the Scouting Network, four zones have been identified (see map below).

We encourage all Indoor athletes to update their University Athlete profiles and include their name, club, position, jersey number, birth year, height, and club coach contact information to assist scouts in the identification process and NTDP staff in communicating potential opportunities.

What Scouts Are Saying...

“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.”

Mary Wise

Florida women's volleyball head coach


USA Volleyball Zonal Map

NTDP Zones

Indoor Scouts

Boys

Donan Cruz (Central Zone, East Central Section, Hoosier Region)
Jacob Kershner (Central Zone, East Central Section, Great Lakes Region)
Kyle Exline (Central Zone, East Central Section, Great Lakes Region)
JW Kieckhefer (Central Zone, East Central Section, Badger Region)
Nickie Sanlin (Central Zone, East Central Section, Gateway Region)
Hudson Bates (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Ohio Valley Region)
Chase Howard (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, New England Region)
Joe Norton (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Garden Empire Region)
Don Gleason (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Hoosier Region)
Roger Peluso (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Chesapeake Region)
Patrick Shawaryn (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Keystone Region)
Charlie Sullivan (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, New England Region)
Kupono Fey (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Aloha Region)
Taylor Hammond (Pacific Zone, North Pacific Region, NCVA Region)
Larry Wrather (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Southern Region)
Jeremy Price (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Carolina Region)
Rory Prager (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Blossom Sato (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Devin Young (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Intermountain Region)
Ryan Mason (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
David Kniffin (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Nick MacRae (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Matt Pollock (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Jonathan Girten (Border Zone, West Border Section, Arizona Region)
Lindsay Brown (Pacific Zone, West Border Region, SCVA Region)

Girls

David Hunt (Border Zone, East Border Section, Lone Star Region)
Jason Williams (Border Zone, East Border Section, North Texas Region)
Joshua Walker (Border Zone, East Border Section, Lone Star Region)
Jill Wilson (Border Zone, East Border Section, Bayou Region)
Jamie Morrison (Border Zone, East Border Section, Lone Star Region)
Jordan Childs (Border Zone, East Border Section, Delta Region)
Todd Chamberlain (Central Zone, East Central Section, Pioneer Region)
John Klanac (Central Zone, East Central Section, Hoosier Region)
Marie Zidek (Central Zone, East Central Section Great Lakes Region)
Krista Hendrickson (Central Zone, East Central Section, Great Lakes Region)
Erin Virtue (Central Zone, East Central Section, Lakeshore Region)
Craig Dyer (Central Zone, East Central Section, Hoosier Region)
Shannon Wells (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Old Dominion Region)
Brian Toron (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Keystone Region)
Kellon Patrone (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Ohio Valley Region)
Jen Oldenberg (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Ohio Valley Region)
Becca Acevedo (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Chesapeake Region)
Michael Becker (Atlantic Zone, North Atlantic Section, Ohio Valley Region)
Alex Dunphy (Pacific Zone, North Pacific Section, NCVA Region)
Trent Kersten (Pacific Zone, North Pacific Section, Columbia Empire Region)
Michael Brunsting (Pacific Zone, North Pacific Section, Puget Sound Region)
Eysha Ambler (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Florida Region)
Jillian Hadder (Atlantic Zone, South Section, Florida Region)
Megan Wargo-Kearney (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Carolina Region)
Rashinda Reed (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Southern Region)
Keith Smith (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Southern Region)
Aaron Benning (Atlantic Zone, South Atlantic Section, Southern Region)
Nick Castello (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Aloha Region)
Alyssa D’Errico (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Intermountain Region)
Kolby O’Donnell (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Rob Neilson (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Intermountain Region)
Brad Keller (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Heather Olmstead (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Intermountain Region)
Emily Kohan (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, Rocky Mountain Region)
Stevi Robinson-Trail (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Carlos Moreno (Pacific Zone, South Pacific Section, SCVA Region)
Preslie Anderson (Border Zone, West Border Section, Arizona Region)
April Sanchez (Border Zone, West Border Section, Sun Country Region)
Ryan Windisch (Border Zone, West Border Section, Arizona Region)
Brian Rosen (Central Zone, West Central Section, Great Plains Region)
Jaylen Reyes (Central Zone, West Central Section, Great Plains Region)
Arica Nassar (Central Zone, West Central Section, Heart of America Region)
Annemarie Hickey (Central Zone, West Central Section, Badger Region)
Keegan Cook (Central Zone, West Central Section, North Country Region)

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