to the AIA with a firm plan and schools that were ready to sign on. Meanwhile, the AIA was dealing with several districts not in com- pliance with Title IX, the federal law banning gender discrimination in schools. When asked what advice he might give


other USA Volleyball regions who might want to bring sand volleyball to their high school associations, Cranswick said, “One of the things we did last year was to create a position that we called region outreach director. Eric Hodgson filled that role. He has used that posi- tion to reach out to people in the community and build some relationships. I think it’s those relationships that allowed us to work together with the AIA and move this idea forward.” The pilot season will begin Feb. 6, 2012 with a three-week training block. Matches will begin the week of Feb. 27 for six weeks. On Friday, March 23, an invitational tournament will be held for all participants. The eight-team final bracket will be played the week of April 9. For more details, visit usavolleyball.org/ news/article/45085.


Badger Region receives Boys’ Development Grant


The Badger Region Volleyball Association has been awarded one of two $11,000 USA Vol- leyball Boys’ Development Subsidy Grants. “Congratulations to the Badger Region


in being the first ever recipient of the USAV Boys’ Development Subsidy,” USA Volleyball Manger of Region Services Programs Donise King said. “Badger region brought forth a dynamic and extensive plan for including boys’ volleyball programming in their area. They


provided USA Volleyball with detailed plans and budgets as to how this subsidy would ben- efit the region and membership enhancement. We applaud them for their efforts in looking to the future for volleyball growth, not only in numbers, but for the growth of the sport to include boys programming.”


“The Badger Region is honored to receive a grant from USA Volleyball for the develop- ment of boys’ 14-and-under volleyball,” Bad- ger Region Director of Operations Jennifer Armson-Dyer said. “Growing boys’ volleyball has been a goal of Badger Region for many years and this subsidy will allow us to take the next step in that process. Coupled with the recent success of both of our boys’ teams winning the gold medals at the USA Volley- ball High Performance Championships and several of our men’s collegiate teams placing very high at the NCVF Championships, this grant is going to allow us to reach out to get the younger generations involved through the


programs this grant is helping to fund.” As part of the Badger Region proposal, clubs sending a new boys’ 14s or under team (12s/13s/14s) to the Badger Region Cham- pionship in March can apply for free team registration. Second, the Badger Region would use the Racine/Kenosha Middle School event to combine instruction and competition, along with expressing to other local athletic directors on the value of adding boys’ volleyball pro- gramming. Other parts of the proposal include stipends to girls’ clubs for adding boys’ teams, IMPACT and USAV fees for first-time boys’ coaches reimbursed after completion of first tournament and several planned clinics around the state. USA Volleyball continues to support initia- tives for the development of boys’ volleyball programming, in particular, youth program- ming for boys’ 14 years old or younger. The USAV Boys’ Development Subsidy Grant must be used to create or enhance programs for boys 14 years old or younger. Applicants must show that the grant will support multiple teams or league programming to be eligible. According to the grant program guidelines, recipients must use the USAV grant as a cata- lyst for programming development. Recipients are expected to provide additional financial support to not only initiate the proposed programs, but also maintain programming into the future.


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