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I know the future holds for our sport and for our organization.” USA Volleyball’s board of
directors will conduct a search for Beal’s replacement, effective immediately.
Niles leads Seminoles
to torrid start in the sand Brooke Niles, who played
13 seasons on various pro tours, is making the most of her first season at the helm of the Florida State women’s beach team. The Seminoles made an early
Doug Beal | USAV CEO
USAV CEO Doug Beal stepping down in 2017 Doug Beal, who has been
part of USA Volleyball for 46 years, announced on Feb. 2 that 2016 will be his last year as the organization’s chief executive of- ficer. He will be retiring, effective Jan. 2, 2017. Beal, who was hired as USA
Volleyball’s CEO 11 years ago, has been a major influence in the international volleyball world and within USA Volleyball as a National Team player and coach, administrator and CEO over the last five decades. “It just feels right to me that
this is the time to step aside and do some other things in retire- ment from my role at USAV,” Beal said. “I am extraordi- narily proud and honored to have been able to lead the organization for the past 11 years and what will be 12 years through the end of 2016. I’m extremely grateful to the USAV Board and Board leadership, from current chair Lori Okimura, to Al Monaco, David Schreff and Adam Rymer, for their collaboration, engagement and support. I’m proud of where we are and the path we’ve taken to get here. I’m even more excited by what
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statement by winning their first nine matches of the season, which included two different West Coast trips. Florida State defeated several
ranked teams on the second road trip to California – including Long Beach State (5-0), UCLA (3-2) and pre-season No. 1 South- ern California (3-2). “I liked the fact that we were
Sophomore Ben Patch has been on fire for the BYU Cougars this season.
on the road for a while and we just came and competed every match,” Niles said. “We have the talent, but when you compete and put your heart into every match, we showed we can compete with anybody and that we won’t take anyone lightly. “We will celebrate this one for a little bit but we know we have to get back to work. It’s super early in our season; obviously
we are fortunate to come away with some wins on this trip as a couple matches could have gone either way. But these are just stepping stones to where we want to be.”
BYU’s Patch earns third player of week honor Ben Patch of BYU had 39 kills
in a pair of match victories over the University of Hawaii to win his third career Sports Imports/ American Volleyball Coaches Player of the Week award in March. Patch, a 6-9 sophomore
opposite, won the award in back-to-back weeks in 2013. He is tied with U.S. National Team outside hitter Taylor Sander for the most player of the week awards in program history. BYU was ranked No.1 in
the AVCA Division I-II Men’s Poll on March 14, receiving 17 of 20 first-place votes. The Cougars were followed in the top five by Long Beach State, UCLA, Ohio State and Stanford.
Brooke Niles | Florida State University PHOTO: PETER BROUILLET
Orlando ready to host USAV Open Nationals The 2016 USA Volleyball
Open National Championships will be held May 27-June 1 at the Orange County Conven- tion Center in Orlando. USA Volleyball’s Annual Meetings are held the week leading into the event. The Open, created in 1928
with only two years missed due to World War II, brings an estimated 550-plus teams and 6,000-plus players into the host city. The Open has been a main- stay celebrating adult volleyball nationally. The event is one of the largest national championships in any sport in the United States, and the Open has featured the sport of volleyball from coast-to- coast. This is the 87th time USA Volleyball has staged the Open Championships. “I’m excited that the USA Vol-
leyball Open National Champion- ships will be hosted in Orlando in 2016,” USA Volleyball Senior Director Tom Pingel said. “It’s as close to a can’t-miss destination that we could hope for. I’m sure it will be a wonderful event.” The USA Volleyball Open
National Championships have never been held in Florida. The Central Florida Sports
Commission will serve as local host for the tournament, while the Florida Region of USA Volleyball will serve as the local Regional Volleyball Association (RVA) host.
PHOTO: USAV
PHOTO: BYU
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