O N T H E R A D A R
A quick look at the rising stars in the USA Volleyball High Performance pipeline
Phillip Catanzaro Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Phillip Catanzaro had four top- 10 places on the beach in 2015, including silver in the USAV Junior Beach Tour Columbus Grand Slam U16 open division. He took fourth at the 2015 USAV High Performance Beach Championships in the U16 division. Catanzaro took seventh in the Junior Beach Tour Champion- ships U16 Open Division. In 2014, he won the Junior Beach Tour Chicago
Open U14 division along with silver at the Junior Beach Tour Milwaukee Open U14 division. Catanzaro placed fifth at the 2014 Junior Beach Tour Championship U14 open division.
Mackenzie Cole Oakdale, New York
Mackenzie Cole, a libero competing for The Island Volleyball Academy 18 Red team, participated in the 2015 USA Volleyball National Team Prospect Training Block in the Girls’ Youth Division. She helped Academy 17-1 to a 4-5 record at the 2015 USAV Girls’ Junior National Cham- pionships. Cole, a sophomore at Connetquot High School (N.Y.), was part of the USA Select A1 National Training Team Program in 2014 and 2015 after being in the USA Future Select National Training Program in 2013. She is rated as one of the nation’s top liberos in the Youth age group.
Joseph Worsley Moraga, California
Torrey Van Winden Napa, California
Torrey Van Winden, with partner Sarah Sponcil, won USA Volleyball’s Under 21 beach trials held May 20-21 in Chula Vista, California, to qualify for the 2016 FIVB Beach Volley- ball Women’s U21 World Championship that will take place May 12- 16 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
She earned her AAA California Beach Volleyball Association AAA rating at age 15 in 2013 and has renewed it each year. Van Winden has earned three USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships open division all-tournament honors (2012-2014) while playing for Five Starz, including a bronze finish in 17 Open in 2014.
Kyle Ensing Valencia, California
Opposite Kyle Ensing scored 82 points in the 2015 FIVB Men’s U19 World Championship as the U.S. Boys’ Youth Team finished seventh overall. He ranked 33rd in scoring and 10th in Best Spiker with a 46.4 kill percent at Worlds. Ensing, who played for Bones 18 Black in the 2015 USAV Boys’ Ju- nior National Championships, led USA BYNT to gold in the Boys’ International Division of the 2015 HP Champion-
ships. He began his ascension in the High Performance pipe- line as a member of the 2013 USA Select A1 program.
74 | VOLLEYBALL USA • Digital Issue at
usavolleyball.org/mag
Libero Joseph Worsley helped the U.S. Boys’ Youth Team to a seventh-place finish at the 2015 FIVB Men’s U19 World Championship. He was seventh in Best Digger in the event with an average of 2.23 per set. Earlier in the summer he helped Pacific Rim 18-1 to the 18 Open title in the 2015 USAV Boy’s Junior National Championships
and later helped USA BYNT win the HP Championships Boys’ International Youth Division. Worsley helped the BYNT to gold at the 2014 NORCECA Men’s U19 Continental Champion- ship where he finished second in Best Receiver and fourth in Best Digger.
Kaya Merkler Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kaya Merkler attended the 2015 USA Volleyball National Team Prospect Training Block for the USA Girls’ Select Age group in Anaheim, California. She was invited to the training block after being regarded as one of the top athletes in the 2015 USA Girls’ Future Select Training Program. Merkler, a 6-2
middle blocker, plays for Triangle Volleyball Club 14 Black this season after playing for Chapel Hill Area Volleyball Club in 2015.
PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: CATANZARO FAMILY, USAV, WORSLEY FAMILY, USAV, ENSING FAMILY, VAN WINDEN FAMILY
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 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76