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University of Arizona's Madison Kingdon Named To USA Volleyball Junior National Team

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University of Arizona's Madison Kingdon Named To USA Volleyball Junior National Team

 

The UA early enrollee and Arizona high school state player of the year is one of twelve selected to the national team

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – University of Arizona freshman volleyball student-athlete Madison Kingdon has been named to USA Volleyball’s Junior National Team, announced Thursday by USA Volleyball.

 

The 12-player roster will represent the United States at the FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship (U-20) held July 20-31 in Peru.  Prior to leaving for Peru, the team will train July 10-19 at Saint Mary’s College (Calif.) under the direction of U.S. Women’s Junior National Team Head Coach Rob Browning.

 

Kingdon, who enrolled one semester early at Arizona and will be a freshman this upcoming season, was named the Arizona Republic’s Girls’ Volleyball Player of the Year in 2010 after leading Sunnyslope high school to its third consecutive Class 4A Division I Championship.

 

The Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Arizona, Kingdon recorded 587 kills, 385 digs, 78 aces and 67 blocks.  She looks to play the outside hitter position at the collegiate level under coach Dave Rubio this Fall.

 

In April, Kingdon, along with UA senior Cursty Jackson, was named to the USA A2 National Team which is made up of the country’s top college-eligible players.

 

Of the 12 players named to the team, Kingdon is the only one to have played high school volleyball in 2010, with 10 suiting up for universities and one playing prep volleyball. To be eligible for the 2011 U.S. Women’s Junior National Team, athletes needed to be born in either 1992 or 1993.

 

2011 U.S. Women’s Junior National Team

Name (Position, Height, Hometown, H.S. Grad Year, School)

Haley Eckerman (OH, 6-3, Waterloo, Iowa, 2011 University of Texas)

Jennifer Bonilla (L, 5-10, Reseda, Calif., 2010 University of Illinois)

Natalie Hagglund (L, 5-9, Encinitas, Calif., 2010 University of Southern California)

Haleigh Hampton (MB, 6-6, Huntington Beach, Calif., 2010 Long Beach State University)
Stephanie Holthus (OH, 6-0, Elgin, Ill., 2010 Northwestern University)

Madison Kingdon (OH, 6-0, Phoenix, Ariz., 2011 University of Arizona)

Molly Kreklow (S, 6-0, Delano, Minn., 2010 University of Missouri)

Sallie McLaurin (MB, 6-2, Midwest City, Okla., 2010 University of Oklahoma)
Lauren Plum (S, 5-9, Poway, Calif., 2010 University of Oregon)

Kelly Reeves (OH, 6-0, San Diego, Calif., 2010 UCLA)

Moneshia Simmons (OH, 6-0, Buford, Ga., 2010 Clemson University)

Carly Wopat (MB, 6-2, Goleta, Calif., 2010 Stanford University)

 

USC Libero Natalie Hagglund Named To USA Junior National Volleyball Team

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USC libero Natalie Hagglund named to U.S. Junior National Women's Volleyball Team

LOS ANGELES -- Sophomore libero Natalie Hagglund (Encinitas/La Costa Canyon HS) has been selected to the United States Junior National Team which will represent the U.S. at the FIVB Women's Junior World Championship (U-20) in Peru (July 20-31).

This is Hagglund's first appearance with the Junior National Team.  She was the starting libero for USC last season as a freshman, recording 497 digs (3.98 dps) as the Women of Troy reached their sixth NCAA Final Four in 11 years.  Hagglund ranked seventh in the Pac-10 Conference for digs per set and had 25 matches with double-digit kills.  Her season best was a 28-dig effort against Arizona State.

Six Huskies Dot Team USA Summer Volleyball Training Roster

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Six Huskies Dot Team USA Summer Volleyball Training Roster

Former Huskies training with national team include two setters, three hitters, and one libero.

SEATTLE – The summer training period for the USA Women’s National Volleyball Team is now underway, and the roster is dominated by Husky alumni. A veritable UW reunion each day in practice includes six players from Head Coach Jim McLaughlin’s recent teams, nearly a third of the 19 athletes currently working out at the facilities in Anaheim, Calif.

 

Huskies in attendance include 2010 graduates Kindra Carlson, Jenna Hagglund, and Becky Perry, 2009 graduates Jill Collymore and Tamari Miyashiro, and 2006 graduate Courtney Thompson. The remainder of the current training block roster includes three graduates from Long Beach State, two from California, two from Minnesota, two from Nebraska, two from Stanford, and one each from Penn State and Texas. More players are expected to join the group after their professional teams wrap up their seasons.

 

Carlson, Hagglund, and Perry were all a part of Team USA’s Winter Training Block, and earned an invitation back for the summer. In the break between training sessions, Carlson and Perry both played pro ball for the first time, competing in the professional league in Puerto Rico. Carlson and Perry’s teams went against each other once, with Perry scoring a career-best 43 points as her Cataño team earned a 3-2 win over Carlson’s Bayamon squad.

 

Thompson, Miyashiro, and Collymore all played in Vienna, Austria over the winter for Post Schwechat of the Middle European Volleyball Zonal Association. Collymore left early due to injury and returned to Anaheim, while Thompson and Miyashiro helped lead the team to the Austrian Bundesliga Final Round title.

 

There are several Team USA tournaments coming up this year, beginning with the Montreux VolleyMasters, June 7-12 in Switzerland, which Thompson is on the preliminary roster for. Next is the X Women’s Pan American Cup in July, and the FIVB World Grand Prix in August. September brings the NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship, which is a qualifying tourney for the FIVB World Cup in November. The World Cup also serves as a qualifier for the 2012 Olympic Games.

USA Volleyball Reports Girls Youth National Team Sweeps Japan Girls Youth Team

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USA Volleyball Reports Girls Youth National Team Sweeps Japan Girls Youth Team

In a friendly exhibition the USA Girls Youth National Volleyball Team defeated the visiting Japan Girls Youth National Volleyball Team 25-10, 25-12, 25-17.

Nine different U.S. players scored at least one point during Wednesday night's exhibition. Kindra Carlson (Eaton, Colo.), Becky Perry (Austin, Texas) and Kaitlin Sather (Santa Rosa, Calif.) all scored 11 points in the victory. Sather tallied a team-high 10 kills on 20 errorless attacks to go with a block, while Perry totaled eight kills on 16 errorless attacks to go with three aces. Carlson produced six kills on 13 errorless swings, along with three aces and two blocks.