USA VOLLEYBALL ROTATIONS NEWSLETTER

Portland, Green Bay to Host World League Matches USA Volleyball has announced that Portland, Ore., and Green Bay, Wis., will host the first two weekends of domestic competition when the U.S. Men’s Volleyball Team plays in the 2007 FIVB World League. MORE • USA Volleyball World League Page MORE • Meet Andy Hein MORE U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM TRYOUT RECAP AND PHOTOS The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Tryout was conducted Feb. 23-25, concluding with two separate waves of round-robin scrimmage play at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on Feb. 25. MORE • "Jenny" Lang Ping Featured on NBCSports.com MORE • Tomes Added to Women's Training Team MORE • Danielle Scott Journal from Brazil MORE • USA Women's Pioneer Era Newsletter MORE WACHOLDER/WALSH at 2007 Beach Volleyball Challenge Rachel Wacholder and Kerri Walsh lost to Brazil's Larissa Franca and Juliana Felisberta Silva by the scores of 21-15 and 21-13 as Brazil swept the 2007 Beach Volleyball Challenge Series with the United States on Feb. 25 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. MORE • NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit MORE • 2007 AVP Schedule Finalized MORE USAV TO INTRODUCE TWO JUNIOR NEWSLETTERS USA Volleyball is introducing two new electronic newsletters just for junior volleyball players and their parents and coaches. There will be one newsletter for girls and one for boys. The newsletters will have high performance news, features and photos of club, junior or high school teams and players and stories and photos BY club, junior or high school teams and players. Please, SEND US YOUR CONTENT! MORE • Sign Up for Free Newsletter MORE • USAV High Performance FAQs MORE • Link to Juniors Home Page MORE NORCECA COMMISSION MEETING RECAPS The North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) annual commissions meetings were held Feb. 24 to March 2 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Among the commissions meeting were Sports Organization, Medical, Refereeing, Marketing & Finance, Beach Volleyball, Press & Mass Media, and Technical & Coaching. The two-day Sports Organization Commission produced several points of interest. MORE • NORCECA Beach Volleyball Commission MORE • NORCECA Beach Volleyball Clinic MORE • NORCECA Medical Commission MORE • NORCECA Refereeing Commission MORE • NORCECA International Coaches Clinic MORE USAV'S JOHN KESSEL HONORED AS SPORTS ETHICS FELLOW John Kessel, USA Volleyball's director of membership development and disabled programs, was one of 19 individuals selected as a 2007 Sports Ethics Fellow as chosen by the Institute for International Sport and the Positive Coaching Alliance at Stanford University. MORE • Paralympic program has home at University of Central Oklahoma MORE ATTEND THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES IN STYLE Have you dreamed of watching the Olympic Games in person - getting a chance to see history in the making at arguably one of the most important societal events in our time? USA Volleyball, in conjunction with Jet Set Sports and CoSport, will conduct an auction for a 2008 Olympic Games package that will host two people in Beijing for five days and four nights. The package will include double occupancy hotel accommodations, a pre-selected event ticket itinerary, accredited ground transportation, breakfast and either lunch or dinner daily, sponsor hospitality, bilingual hosts/hostesses and much more. Airfare is not included in the package. The auction will commence April 15, 2007. Be on the look-out for more details in the near future. COACH EDUCATION SCHEDULE Registration is now open for the following 2007 courses: March 31-April 1: Lansing, Mich., CAP I & II Courses and VCAP Conditioning Clinic. LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD PRICES IS MARCH 9! April 4-6: Colorado Springs, Colo., CAP Level III/USOC Training Design Symposium June 1-3: Parma, Ohio, CAP Level I &/or IMPACT or CAP Level II &/or IMPACT Instructor Training JUST ADDED July 20-21: Fort Lauderdale, Fla., CAP Level I @ USA Volleyball High Performance Championships, date just added with more information to come. MORE NAMES AND NOTES Individuals interested in applying for one of four USA Volleyball internship opportunities can do so by clicking here. Available internships are in the Departments of Events, Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP), Membership Development and Disabled Programs, and Public Relations and Publications...USA Volleyball has elevated or changed the titles of eight current staff members. Brent Buzbee is now director of commmunications and technology; Mike Chandler is managing director of events, Kerstin Fracassini is now coordinator of national database and membership services; Stacie Kearns is now director of finance; Collin Powers is now manager of high performance indoor national programs; Tom Pingel is now managing director of high performance indoor national programs; June Sands is now coordinator of finance and fulfillment; and Melissa Weymouth is now manager of national team events and marketing...The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) has selected University of Nebraska, UCLA, University of Utah and University of Tennessee to participate in the AVCA College Volleyball Showcase at the Qwest Center Omaha Aug. 24-25. For details, click here...Nationally recognized coach and mentor Terry Pettit will host the second annual "Summit on Extraordinary Coaching" on June 4-6 at Beaver Creek, Colo. For more information, click here...Denny Lennon has been hired as director of volleyball programs at Elevation Group. Lennon, formerly with USA Volleyball, launched the USAV National Beach Volleyball Tour in 2005. Additionally, he founded the AAU Junior Beach Volleyball Program. For additional information, click here...The AVCA will host a minority coaches clinic on May 20 at Hunter College in New York City. For details, click here...The Mountain West Conference Men's NIRSA (National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association) Volleyball Championships, produced by the Air Force Academy and sanctioned by USA Volleyball, will be staged at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs March 9-10. For details, click here...The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced that the 14th annual F.L.A.M.E. (Finding Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere) program will take place at the U.S. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs, August 2-5, 2007. For more information and application, click here.