USA Volleyball Adds Salt Lake City to Girls Qualifier Roster

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 23, 2021) – There’s a new girls qualifier in town with a Western attitude. The Salt Lake City Showdown Girls Junior National Qualifier is new for 2022 and will take place March 5-7 and March 11-13 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Utah, part of USA Volleyball’s Intermountain Region. The…

Sunny Phoenix to Host 2022 Girls 18s National Championship

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 19, 2021) – USA Volleyball has selected Phoenix and the Phoenix Convention Center to host the 2022 USAV Girls 18s National Championship on April 22-24. The Girls 18s event is in its sixth year as a stand-alone national championship. The 2022 edition will include two new qualifying divisions that will increase…

USA Volleyball Open National Championship Returns to Orlando in 2022

USA Volleyball has selected Orlando, Fla., to host the 2022 USA Volleyball Open National Championship, May 27-June 1, 2022. The event was last held in Orlando in 2016 with a record number of 578 teams in attendance.

Dave Gentile Elected USA Volleyball Board Chair

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 4, 2021) – David Gentile of Kansas City, Mo., was elected as the 18th USA Volleyball Board of Directors chair during the national governing body’s board meeting held online on June 1. “I am honored and privileged to serve as the next USA Volleyball chair of the Board of Directors,” Gentile…

USA Volleyball Statement on the Colorado Crossroads Tournament

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 28, 2021) – In light of recent events and effective immediately, USA Volleyball has terminated its agreement with Colorado Crossroads Girls Junior National Qualifier. Effective 2022 and beyond, Colorado Crossroads will no longer be a qualifying event for the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship. USA Volleyball will honor all bids…

2020 Officiating Review: A Letter from Pati Rolf

Pati Rolf, USAV’s Director of Officials Development, has some thoughts on 2020 and urges us all to be kind and generous to others and ourselves.

From the Beach: 2020 in Review

2020 didn’t happen as expected, but there still was a beach volleyball season. Keith Murlless, Director of Beach Referee Training and Certification, recaps the season and congratulates the officials who “earned their flip-flops,” as he says.

New National Scorers

I am happy to report that 20 candidates from 15 different regions earned their national scorer certification in July during the USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Championships in Dallas, Texas. These candidates all demonstrated proficiency in national scoring procedures, and I am excited to welcome them to the cadre of national scorers. Shereen Bailey (Delta)…

New National Referees

Letter from the Officials Assembly Chair – December 2020

Good day Officials and greetings from the Officials Assembly! Wow – what a year 2020 has been?!? I hope and pray that you and your family are safe and sound this holiday season. I can easily say that we all have been affected by this pandemic. Here’s to a brighter and more prosperous 2021. Your…