COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 8, 2024) – USA Volleyball is announcing the 20 players on the 2024 U.S. Girls U19 National Team.
Athletes who were born in 2007 or later are eligible for the team. Twelve players from this group will be selected to compete at the Girls U19 NORCECA Continental Championship, July 12-20 in Honduras.
To allow athletes to compete at the USA Volleyball Girls 14-17 Junior National Championship (July 3-11), the premier event for junior girls in the country, there will be two training blocks. All 20 national team athletes will train June 8-13 in Anaheim, Calif., and the 12 who are selected to compete will also train July 8-11 in Colorado Springs.
The U.S. Girls U19 National Team has won the last two U19 Pan American Cup tournaments. Most recently, the Girls U19 Team won the 2023 World Championship, matching the 2018 team that also won gold.
Jamie Morrison, women’s head coach at Texas A&M, will serve as the head coach with assistance from Keegan Cook of Minnesota and Michelle Chatman Smith of League One Volleyball.
Morrison coached the Girls U19 team that won gold at Worlds last year.
“It’s always an honor to represent the United States in competition; however, these opportunities to coach the U19 group are extra special to me,” Morrison said. “It’s a chance to impact the lives of the young women who choose to be a part of this program, [and] to impact their ability to play this game we all love at the international level and hopefully impact the national team at the Olympic level. But more importantly, to help them understand who it is that they are and impact them at the human level.
“I can’t wait to coach this new generation of the U19 National Team and make the athletes who have come before them proud.”
Three athletes from the 2023 Girls U19 National Team return this year: outside hitters Kaci Demaria, Kelly Kinney and Suli Davis. Demaria was on the U19 team that won gold at the 2023 Pan Am Cup, and both she and Kinney were on the 2023 U21 National Team that placed sixth at the World Championship.
2024 Girls U19 National Team
Name (Pos., Ht, Hometown, School, USAV Region)
Hazel Alevok (MB, 6-7, 2007, Bradenton, Fla., IMG Academy, Florida)
Henley Anderson (OH, 6-3, 2007, Dripping Springs, Texas, Dripping Springs HS, Lone Star)
Logan Bell (L, 5-10, 2007, Beech Grove, Ind., Roncalli HS, Hoosier)
Suli Davis (OH, 6-2, 2007, Euless, Texas, Colleyville Heritage HS, North Texas)
Kaci Demaria (OH, 6-3, 2007, San Pedro, Calif., Palos Verdes HS, Southern California)
Audrey Flanagan (OH, 6-3, 2007, Redondo Beach, Calif., Mira Costa HS, Southern California)
Genevieve Harris (S, 5-10, 2007, Raleigh, N.C., Cardinal Gibbons HS, Carolina)
Sarah Hickman (OPP, 6-5, 2007, Houston, Texas, Stratford HS, Lone Star)
Elena Hoecke (MB, 6-3, 2007, Lino Lakes, Minn., Centennial HS, North Country)
Isabelle Hoppe (S, 5-8, 2008, Gibsonia, Pa., Pine Richland HS, Ohio Valley)
Nadiya Johnson (OPP, 6-2, 2008, Waldorf, Md., North Point HS, Chesapeake)
Kelly Kinney (OH, 6-2, 2007, West Palm Beach, Fla., The King’s Academy, Florida)
Kirra Musgrove (S, 6-2, 2007, Kemah, Texas, Lutheran South Academy, Lone Star)
Manaia Ogbechie (MB, 6-3, 2007, Santa Rosa Valley, Calif., Oaks Christian Academy, Southern California)
Kendall Omoruyi (MB, 6-4, 2008, Gilbert, Ariz., Casteel HS, Arizona)
Jayden “JJ” Robinson (OPP, 6-3, 2008, Missouri City, Texas, Ridge Point HS, Lone Star)
Halle Thompson (OH, 6-1, 2008, Spring, Texas, Grand Oaks HS, Lone Star)
Natalie Wardlow (MB, 6-5, 2007, Lincoln, Neb., Lincoln Southeast HS, Great Plains)
Aniya Warren (L, 5-8, 2007, Lockport, Ill., Benet Academy, Great Lakes)
Devyn Wiest (OH, 6-2, 2007, Phoenix, Ariz., O’Connor HS, Arizona)
Coaches
Head Coach: Jamie Morrison (Texas A&M)
Assistant Coach: Keegan Cook (Minnesota)
Assistant Coach: Michelle Chatman Smith (LOVB)
Performance Analyst: Maggie Eppright (LOVB)
ATC: Cherryl Bueno
Team Lead: Kyle Thompson (Maryland)