ON THE RADAR
A look at the rising stars in the USA Volleyball High Performance pipeline
Haley Hallgren Southlake, Texas
Haley Hallgren partnered with Joy Dennis last year to earn the silver medal at the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball U17 Girls’ World Championships, falling to Americans Kathryn Plummer and Morgan Martin in the title match. Hallgren is the fi rst athlete from Texas to travel as part of the U.S. Junior Beach National Teams program. She has been a part of the USA Vol- leyball Beach High Performance pipeline since 2012 where she has participated in both summer and holiday camps. Hallgren, a 6-2 outside hitter playing indoors, competes for Texas Advantage 16 Black and will be a 2017 grad of Southlake Carroll H.S.
Molly Sauer Louisville, Ky.
Molly Sauer was the primary libero for the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team that won the 2014 NORCECA Women’s U20 Conti- nental Championship last summer. She earned Best Digger and Best Receiver in the tournament averag- ing 3.25 digs per set with a 52.9 percent receiving effi ciency. Sauer also earned a silver medal as one of two liberos with the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team that won the silver medal at the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ Youth World Championship. Sauer, who plays club for KIVA, helped Assumption High School in Louisville win two Kentucky State High School Championships.
Spencer Wickens Rochester, N.Y.
Aidan Brown Albuquerque, N.M.
Aidan Brown teamed with Lucas Lossone last summer to fi nish in ninth place during the 2014 FIVB Beach Volley- ball U17 Boys’ World Champi- onships. Brown set a fi rst as the fi rst player from New Mexico to travel repre- senting one of USA Volleyball’s Junior Beach National Teams. He started his involvement
with the USAV Beach High Performance pipeline in 2013, having been invited to both summer and holiday beach camps. He was a participant in the 2013 Beach Elite Camp at Gulf Shores, Ala. Brown is set to graduate from Laurel Springs High School in 2016.
Spencer Wickens, a libero in the select age division, participated in the 2014 USA Volleyball Boys’ Select HP Holiday Camp in Decem- ber. Last year he competed on the Boys’ Select A1 Red Team that played in the Boys’ Internation- al Youth Division of the 2014 USAV High Performance Championships in Tulsa. Last fall Wickens was the
most valuable player of the New York Section V Class A boys’ volleyball fi nal playing for McQuaid Jesuit High School. In January he helped Rochester Bootleg- ger to a 2015 USAV Boy’s Junior National Championship bid by winning the Roch- ester Can Am 16 Open Division.
Casey McGarry Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Milan Stokes Long Beach, Calif.
Milan Stokes helped the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team win the silver medal at the 2014 NORCECA Girls’ U18 Continental Championship. She earned Best Server in the tournament with a 0.77 ace av- erage and fi nished ninth in scoring overall. Stokes was a member of the 2012 and 2013 USA Select A1 National Training Team program, followed by an invitation to the 2014 USAV HP Girls’ Youth Holi- day Camp. She plays club volleyball for Mizuno Long Beach 18 Rockstar-Joy. Stokes fi nished her junior season at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School as the team MVP and all-league fi rst-team.
Casey McGarry, a setter in the youth age division, helped the Boys’ Youth A1 Red team win the silver medal in the 2014 USA Volleyball High Performance Championships’ Boys’ International Youth Division. He followed that up by taking part in the 2014 USAV Boys’ Youth HP Holiday Camp in December. This spring McGarry is playing for SCVC Quiksilver 17, which won the 2015 SCVA Junior Boys’ Invitational to earn a berth into the 2015 USAV Boys’ Junior National Championships. McGarry earned a spot into the 2013 USAV Boys’ Youth HP Holiday Camp after playing on the 2013 Boys’ Select A1 Blue team.
PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: HALLGREN FAMILY; USAV; WICKENS FAMILY; SCVC; USAV; BROWN FAMILY
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