Kentucky to Send Five to USA Volleyball Tryouts
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Five Kentucky volleyball players are set to participate in the U.S Women’s National Team Open Tryouts taking place March 3-5 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Kaz Brown, Olivia Dailey, Ashley Dusek, Leah Edmond and newcomer Gabby Curry will be among 244 athletes from 81 colleges and 10 high schools participating.
“This tryout is a great opportunity for our players to get after it and train with some of the best college players in America,” head coach Craig Skinner said. “They will learn, compete, and provide themselves an opportunity to represent USA volleyball this summer. They are in great shape right now from our winter training and it will be a good measuring stick in their development.”
The athletes are vying for spots on the U.S. Women’s National Team, U.S. Collegiate National Teams program and the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team.
Coach Skinner’s program has enjoyed a great tradition of players earning selection to various teams within the U.S. program including Brown and Dusek a season ago, Morgan Bergren, Whitney Billings, Ashley Frazier, Stephanie Klefot, Alexandra Morgan, Jackie Napper and Sarah Rumely.
U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly and his staff will direct the entire tryout process. The tryout will involve four sessions with three waves per session. Friday’s first session goes from 2-8 p.m. MT, while Saturday’s sessions are at 8 a.m. (focus on serve/receive and individual work) and 2 p.m. (middle-centered and out-of-system focus). The final session on Sunday begins at 7:30 a.m. MT with tournament style play, along with 16-18 athletes selected by the U.S. Women’s National Team staff to participate in a “USA” training session. The Sunday session wraps up at 10:30 a.m. MT.
All sessions of the tryout will be streamed live at teamusa.org here.
Selected athletes for the US Women’s National Team will begin their training in Anaheim, California in the spring of 2017, or when the athletes scholastic season has concluded.
The U.S Collegiate National Team program has three competitions, the Tour of Thailand on May 19-30, Tour of Europe on July 5-16 and the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships on June 22-July 1.
A full list of the participating athletes and more information on the tryout can be found here.
