INSIDE THE REGIONS
Great Lakes Region gets out of the home
The Great Lakes Region, one of the 40 regions within USA Volleyball, has a new home. Well, let’s say it is now outside the home.
Since it was incorporated in 1977, the Great Lakes Region never had an offi ce to call home for its staff, which all worked from home. That all changed in January when the Great Lakes Region moved into offi ce space located in Burr Ridge, Ill., with space to accommodate the three- member staff.
The new 1,978-square foot suite has
offi ces for three administrators, including commissioner Sandy Abbinanti, region administrator Donna Smith and comptrol- ler Angelo Iasillo. In addition, the new Great Lakes Region offi ce has space for a reception area, storage room, multi-use conference room and kitchen.
USAV Boyce Banquet to honor past and present legends of the game
The Dorothy C. Boyce Banquet and Recep- tion will honor 12 legendary fi gures within the volleyball community as part of USA Volley- ball’s corporate awards program on May 22 at the Galt House in Louisville, Ky. The Boyce Banquet is the signature event during the USA Volleyball Annual Meetings.
The honorees represent a wide array of leadership catego- ries within USA Volleyball. Jeff Stork and Doug Partie will be presented with the Tom Haine All- Time Great Player Award, while
Hugh McCutcheon and Chuck Erbe
Jeff Stork will re- ceive Tom Haine All-Time Great Player award.
30 | VOLLEYBALLUSA • Digital Issue at
usavolleyball.org/mag
Great Lakes adminstrators (left to right) Angelo Iasillo, Mary Malpede, Donna Smith and Sandy Abbinanti enjoying the new digs. (Photo: Great Lakes Region)
“Last spring Angelo, Donna and I decided that it was time (and we could afford) to have a Region Offi ce,” Abbinanti said. “That the Region was past the ‘mom and pop’ stage and needed to match our business face to that of a
will be honored with All-Time Great Coach Awards. The George J. Fisher Leader in Volleyball Awards will be presented to Dixie Collins, Scott Fortune and Aldis Berzins. The Wilbur H. Peck Referee Emeritus
Award will be given to Neill Luebke, while the Nancy S. Sharpless Scorekeeper Emeri- tus Award will be bestowed onto Janet Blue. The James E. Coleman USA National Team Awards will be given to Linda Murphy and Lee Rice. The Dr. Harold T. Friermood “Frier” Award, the top honor given out by USA Volleyball, will be announced during the Boyce Banquet. In addition to the 12 individual honorees,
USA Volleyball will recognize the women’s medal performances in the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2012 Paralympic Games as the Boyce Moment. The beach volleyball tandems of Kerri Walsh Jennings/Misty May-Treanor and Jen Kessy/April Ross won gold and silver, respectively, at the 2012 Olympic Games, while the U.S. Olympic Women’s Volley- ball Team captured the silver medal. At the Paralympics, the U.S. Paralympic Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team brought home the silver medal.
Special recognition will be made to leaders
successful, growing company so we received Board permission and set out to fi nd an offi ce. It was a diffi cult search because of the variety of buildings we had to choose from, but we fi nally settled on 745 McClintock Dr. in Burr Ridge, Ill.”
2013 Boyce Awards Tom Haine All-Time Great Player Award • Jeff Stork • Doug Partie
All-Time Great Coach Award • Hugh McCutcheon • Chuck Erbe
George J. Fisher Leader in Volleyball Award • Dixie Collins • Scott Fortune • Aldis Berzins
Wilbur H. Peck Referee Emeritus Award • Neill Luebke
Nancy S. Sharpless Scorekeeper Emeritus Award • Janet Blue
James E. Coleman USA National Team Awards • Linda Murphy • Lee Rice
Dr. Harold T. Friermood “Frier” Award • TBA
Boyce Moments • Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings • Jen Kessy / April Ross • U.S. Olympic Women’s Volleyball Team • U.S. Paralympic Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team
PHOTO: PETER BROUILLET
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70