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 Subscribe to NewsThe All-Area Volleyball Teams were announced for the Fort Myers Newspressand the Naples Daily News. USA South is proud to recognize the players who were selected for these teams. A special congratulations to Sundai Weston for being selected as the Newspress Player of the Year. You can read more information about the players and watch Sundai's video by going to the links below.
Sundai Weston
Samantha High
Paige Driapsa
Candice Biltz
Christine Stetler
Katie Clinger
Holly Reschke
Christina Carracino
Christa Brooks
Karina Mambuca
Kaitlin Holm
Katie Mosher
Courtney Greenberg
Ciara Brown
Deonah Findley
Brittany Brinson
Jessica Potanovic
Megan Cautero
Rachel Dulaney
Kelly Lancelot
Sami Blaze
Brooke Snyderman
Kristina Pekarek
Rikki Townsend
The 2009 Florida Gulf Coast University Women’s Volleyball camp dates are up. The camp will have two different prices. The camp will have a commuter price and a resident price. All of our camps will give you the option to commute or stay overnight. The camp price will include all meals and a camp t-shirt. The 2009 FGCU Volleyball camps will offer different kinds of camps for volleyball players of all ages. We will have, Middle School Camp, Position Camp, All Skills Camp, and a Team Camp. The online brochure will be up on the FGCU website in early January 2009. For the meantime if you have any question please fell free to contact me by email at dmahy@fgcu.edu for any assistance you may need or question answered.=2 0Also please fell free to pass along this email to who you know that will be interested in coming to our volleyball camps in 2009. Hope all is well, have a happy holiday season. And the FGCU Volleyball coaching staff and players are looking forward in seeing you this summer. Go to Camps Page
17 & 18 Year Olds: November 23rd, 12:00 - 1:30pm (Registration 11:00 - 12:00pm) 15 Year Olds: November 23rd, 5:00 - 7:00pm (Registration 4:00 - 5:00 pm) 16 Year Olds: November 24th, 6:00 - 8:00pm (Registration 5:00 - 6:00 pm) Please visit the Tryout Page for more information.
USA South and Brooke Sweat are putting on a 6 week beach volleyball clinic. Brooke is one of the top 5 women's beach volleyball players in the state of Florida. If you are looking for a break from the gym before club season starts make sure you sign up!! The first session will be on Thursday November 6th from 5:30 - 7:00 pm at Estero Community Park. Cost for all 6 sessions will be $100 per player. You can pre-register by contacting Brooke Sweat at brookeasweat@yahoo.com USA South is now offering private lessons for the month of November. Lessons are available through several USA South coaches. Lessons are provided Monday - Thursday from 4:00 - 8:00 pm and Saturdays from 9:00 to 5:00. Please click here to find a list of available coaches and contact information.
ALL 14, 13, 12 & UNDER TEAMS: USA South will be holding an Informational Meeting and Pre-Registration for players who wish to tryout for our 14, 13, or 12 & under National or Travel teams. This meeting will be held at FGCU (Alico Arena) in the VIP room on Sunday October 26th from 4:00 - 5:00. Tryouts for these teams will be held on November 3rd from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at the Estero Recreation Center. Players who can not attend the Pre-Registration can register on this night as well. Please visit the Tryout page for all forms and information. ALL 18, 17, 16, 15 & UNDER TEAMS: USA South will be holding an Informational Meeting and Pre-Registration for players who wish to tryout for our 18, 17, 16, or 15 & under National or Travel teams. This meeting will be held at the Estero Recreation Center on Sunday November 16th from 3:00 - 5:00. Tryouts for these teams will be held on November 23rd and November 24th. Times for each age group will be announced at a later date. Players who can not attend Pre-Registration will be able to register the day of their tryout. Please visit the Tryout page for all forms and information The Little South Program was designed to allow those elementary and middle school aged players an opportunity to be involved in club volleyball at an entry level program. This program focuses on all the important fundamentals necessary to develop well rounded players. Players will be trained in all six volleyball skills by members of the USA South staff and Florida Gulf Coast University players. Little South is a great opportunity for beginner and intermediate players to have fun and learn the game without the commitment of travel teams. The Little South Winter Program will run during the months of January, February and March. Participants will practice on Sunday afternoon's for 2 hours. The cost of Little South will be $300 and players will not need to tryout. All players interested will be able to participate and registration for Little South will be available in November. USA South continues to improve their coaching staff by adding two highly qualified coaches. USA South is happy to announce that FGCU Assistant Fernanda Nelson and Eastern Kentucky University All-American setter Kelly Jennings will be joining the USA South staff for the 2008-2009 season. Both Fernanda and Kelly bring impressive playing and coaching experience which will greatly improve out individual training sessions for setters and liberos as well as help bring new training and offensive systems to our team practices. A native of Brazil, Nelson has 13 years of playing experience in her native country. In 1997, she was named the top setter in Brazil. She came to National American in 2000 as a freshman and immediately made an impact, earning second team All-American (NAIA) honors during her rookie season. She helped lead NAU to a national championship in 2002 and by the end of her collegiate career, she was a three-time 1st team All-American selection and twice named the National Player of the Year (2001, 2003). In December Fernanda will be inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame. Click here for more information Kelly Jennings grew up playing volleyball in Illinois and developing her skills at Sky High Volleyball Club. She led her high school team to a 2003 6A State Championship as well as being selected for the All-Conference and All- Area teams. Kelly then became an instant star at Eastern Kentucky University as a four year starting setter. She is currently the All-time Ohio Valley Conference assist leader at 5,543 assists and holds the EKU single season assist record and career assist record. In 2004 she ranked in the top 35 setters in the Nation and in 2005 was in the top 25! Kelly will be a great young asset to our club.
Due to the Estero Recreation Center still be closed to assist flood victims we have moved some of the USA South programs to FGCU. The first night of Little South will be held on Wednesday Sept. 17th for both the Black and Purple League. The 17th will be the introductory night for the program and we will be using all 3 courts on the main floor of FGCU to do training and games. The Saturday PlyoCity High School Program will be held at FGCU on the second floor at 11:00 am until further notice. If you have any questions or concerns please email Landon Thomas. Thanks for your consideration and working with us while the county helps those in need.
PlyoCity is offering a High School In-Season Training Program for all High School Volleyball Players. As this is the first PlyoCity session offered in SW Florida we will be offering it at a discounted price. We will be holding 1 free introductory session on August 30th for all players! We will then offer 8 additional sessions for $50.
Through USA South support we have raised money to help the NORCECO Men's Under 19 National team come to SW Florida and train for their international tournament. The NORCECO team will be practicing on Wednesday night (7/30) at the Estero Rec Center. They will also be putting on an exhibition game on Thursday night (7/31) at 7:00 pm at FGCU. Please feel free to come out and watch their training and exhibition game at no cost!
  Players, Parents and Volleyball Community: In June of 2008 USA South Ownership changed hands. As you will see there will be some changes in the program but the core fundamentals will remain the same; providing the top training, coaching and competition. USA South will continue to establish elite teams in the Southwest Florida area competing with the top programs in the state and nation. We hope that this new website gives you all the tools you need to understand what USA South Volleyball is about and how our programs can assist you in becoming a better volleyball player. Please make sure you sign up for the free RSS News Update. This will alert you when you open your web browser that a change or addition as been made to the website. We will be continually updating the site with new volleyball training, accomplishments by our athletes and other volleyball information. Keep visiting the site over the next few months as new exciting tools will be added!!
Congratulations to USA South 16's player, Christina Carracino, for making the Florida Region High Performance Team! Class 2A First Team All State Holly Youndquist - 18's Sheryl Davis - 18's Class 3A First Team All State Eva Dupay - 18's Class 4A First Team All State Brittany Muse - 18's Class 2A Second Team All State Brittany Bunch - 18's Class 5A Second Team All State Muki Kangwa Player of the Year Sheryl Davis - 18's team First Team All Area Holly Youngquist - 18's team Eva Dupay - 18's team Muki Kangwa - 18's team Second Team All Area Brittany Bunch - 18's team Sundai Weston - 18's team Honorable Mention All Area Stephanie Manone - 18's team Christina Carracino - 16's team Brooke Snydermann - 15's team Courtney Greenberg - 16's team Whitney Loubier - 18's team Brynn Sndermann - 18's team |
