INSIDE THE REGIONS
National championship sites selected
USA Volleyball announced upcoming national championship site selections at its Annual Meetings in Salt Lake City on May 23 with Dallas, Minneapolis, Louisville and Phoenix being chosen.
The City of Dallas will host the 2013 GJNC at the Dallas Convention Center. The event, hosted by the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau, will be played between June 28 and July 5.
“Dallas has always been a very volleyball friendly location,” USA Volleyball Senior Director Tom Pingel said. “We know that our return to the Metroplex with the GJNC will be a great event.”
The City of Minneapolis will host the 2014 GJNC at the Minneapolis Conven- tion Center. The event, hosted by the North Country Region, will be played between June 25 and July 2.
“Minneapolis has proven to be a wonder- ful host city for our National Events,” Pingel said. “We know this will continue when the GJNC returns in 2014.”
Meanwhile, Reno was selected to host the 34th USA Volleyball Boys’ Junior National Championships (BJNC) in 2013. The tourna- ment, hosted by the Northern California Volleyball Association, will take place at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center from June 28 to July 5. “We look forward to bringing the BJNC back to Reno and the western part of the United States,” USA Volleyball Senior Direc- tor Tom Pingel said. “The folks in Reno and the NCVA have always been good partners in hosting our National Championships and we
USAV regions supporting Deafl ympics
USA Volleyball sends a big congratulations and thank you to the Regional Volleyball Associations (RVAs), their clubs, players, parents and leadership in assisting the U.S. Deaf Volleyball Teams raise money so they can compete in 2012 events such as their World Championships in preparation for the 2013 Deafl ympics. Everyone within the RVA structure showed they are a huge part of the Team Behind the Team as our U.S. Deaf Vol- leyball athletes strive for gold. “Chesapeake Region has supported the
Deafl ympic team for the past couple of years as they are based in our region,” Chesapeake Region Commissioner Lisa DiGiacinto said. “As a region we try to do what we can to sup-
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MAGNIFICENT MINNEAPOLIS: The city of Minneapolis will host the 2014 USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships after hosting the boys in 2011.
know that 2013 will be a great event.” USA Volleyball has awarded the 2013 and 2014 USA Volleyball Open National Cham- pionships to the Cities of Louisville, Ky., and Phoenix, respectively. The Pioneer Region will serve as host for the 2013 event, while the Arizona Region will be host in 2014. “While Louisville has been a great host
port all volleyball as we have supported our Paralympic teams as well.” To follow USA Deaf Volleyball, visit www.
usdeafsports.org/volleyball, which is main- tained in large part by team member Emma Racila.
USA Volleyball in Partnership for a
Healthier America As part of fi rst lady Michelle Obama’s
Let’s Move! initiative to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation, USA Volleyball, the United States Olympic Com- mittee, U.S. Paralympics, the U.S. Olympians Association and other National Governing Bodies have joined forces with Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) to get an addition-
of many wonderful volleyball events in the past, we are excited to return to Louisville with a USAV National Championship event,” USA Volleyball Senior Director Tom Pingel said. “Phoenix hosted the largest USA Vol- leyball Open National Championships in our history in 2010 and we look forward to an even better experience for all in 2014.”
al 1.7 million American children active. Mrs. Obama made the announcement on May 14 at the USOC Media Summit in Dallas, which was attended by U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team members Lindsey Berg and Logan Tom, as well as USA Volleyball Board member Andy Reitinger. To support this effort, USA Volleyball is committed to engage 30,000 children in be- ginner level volleyball programming in 2012 by: 1) Enhancing “Grow the Game Together” programming in volleyball, beach volleyball and disabled (sitting) volleyball, with USAV’s 40 Regional Volleyball Associations and 32 Affi liated Organizations, focusing on youth ages 8-11; 2.) Implementing a new “Move with a New Player” program for the Fall and Winter programming with USAV Regions; 3) Enhancing the youth programming outreach
PHOTO: BILL KAUFFMAN / USA VOLLEYBALL
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