2018-19: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF BADGER REGION VOLLEYBALL! Badger Region Volleyball Association Volume 5, Issue 10 | Jan. 17, 2019 THE BADGER BEACON WWW.BADGERVOLLEYBALL.ORG | [email protected] ’19 High Performance program up and running Tryout registration Elite coaches tabbed to lead now open for elite Badger Region HP all-stars Badger Region teams Coaching selections for the 2019 Badger Region High Performance Boys and girls interested in the teams have been announced. This year’s Badger Region High Performance staff includes: program can now register for try- * Girls International Youth Head outs for one of four all-star teams Coach: BJ Bryant (St. Norbert Univer- in the state of Wisconsin. sity, One Wisconsin VBC) Registration can be found at * Girls International Youth Assis- www.badgervolleyball.org. tant Coach: Jeff Van Lannen (FC Elite) For the 2019 program the * Girls National Select Head Coach: Badger Region will be offering Badger Region will send four teams to HP Championships in 2019. Stacy Boudreau (UW-Whitewater) the following levels: * Girls National Select Assistant * Girls International Youth in downtown Milwaukee. travel experience led by highly Coach: Sara Angelos (Marian University) (athletes born in 2002 and 2003) For details on the training certified Badger Region staff * Boys National Youth Head Coach: * Girls National Select (ath- dates and camp dates that follow and HP Coaches LJ Marx (Carthage College) letes born in 2004 and 2005) tryouts, visit the HP website at * Gain exposure to elite * Boys National Youth Assistant * Boys National Youth (ath- badgervolleyball.org. level coaching provided by the Coach: Tyler Frings (Marian University) letes born in 2001 and 2002) Midwest’s highest level club Goals of HP * Boys National Select Head Coach: * Boys National Select (ath- and college coaches. Brian Rushmer (Milwaukee Volleyball letes born in 2003 and 2004) * Expose athletes to high-level * Compete and train with Club, Marian University, Germantown other all-star caliber athletes Tryout dates college (NCAA and NAIA) High School) recruiters who attend the inter- from around the Badger Region. * Boys National Select Assistant * Girls born in 2002 and national tournament that the * Play against other all-star Coach: Brian Sharkey (Southport Vol- 2003: Friday, March 15 Badger Region teams attend. teams from around the coun- leyball Club, Indian Trail High School, * Girls born in 2004 and * Offer a college-like sports try and the world Badger Region staff) 2005: Friday, March 22 athlete experience where ath- Can’t attend tryouts or have Badger Region program specialist * All boys: Friday, March 29 letes learn what it is like to be other questions? Email brian@ Sara Voigt (Royal VBC) will assist all of All tryouts are from 6 to 9 treated like an elite-level athlete. badgervolleyball.org or call 262- the teams and coaches in preparation p.m. at the Wisconsin Center * Be a part of independent 349-9785. for the HP Championship, too. Adult athletes with Wisconsin ties trying their skills on big stage Over the past month, athletes U.S. Men’s National Team led by the University of Wisconsin-Mil- titions were well organized and with ties to Wisconsin have com- UCLA men’s waukee and Kenosha Tremper gave people a chance to shine. I peted on a big stage and along- head coach High School. especially learned from the beach side some of the biggest names in John Speraw. “The national team tryout was portion of the tryout.” the world of volleyball. Goldsmith well run and exciting to be a part Other athletes with Wisconsin The first event was the U.S. has been a of. I was unsure going in how ties who joined Goldsmith at the Men’s National Team tryout that Badger Region seriously USAV would be looking tryout were Carthage College took place in Anaheim, Calif. PVL team at the attending players, but Sper- graduate Will Craft, current Dec. 17. member, aw and a large number of coaches Ohio State University middle There, Tomás Goldsmith Badger Region and data trackers were there hitter Blake Leeson (a product competed alongside 80 other Tomás Goldsmith official, long- to monitor each player,” Gold- of Milwaukee Volleyball Club), individuals for a spot in the train- time indoor and smith said. “For the most part, ing program that funnels to the outdoor player and graduate of I thought the drills and compe- CONTINUED PAGE 2 PAGE 2 — BADGER BEACON CELEBRATING 25 YEARS ATHLETES: FROM PAGE 1 the snow. However, once I had my cleats on and got moving around in the snow, I Brandon Sandberg from the University felt much more comfortable,” Goldsmith Boys clinics of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and former said. “It was far easier to move in than wet Badger Region member Dalton Solbrig grass for example, of which I have played (Southport Volleyball Club) who now plays in many times.” to follow men’s at the University of Hawaii. The event itself was well organized and “I thought I played really well,” Craft said. had lots of perks, Goldsmith said. “It was run pretty efficiently, too. We had six “The livestream was very high quality, as courts and enough guys to play six on six on was the press coverage,” Goldsmith added. college games each side. There were lots of skill-based drills “The play itself was competitive. If funding The Badger Region is once again and not too much coaching that took place. can continue to be secured, attractive priz- partnering with Wisconsin colleges There were lots of coaches there to make sure es and amenities for the athletes provided, and universities to offer a series of free everything went smooth, too.” and hopefully slightly warmer weather, boys volleyball clinics to middle school then I think the sport has potential. The athletes. Snow volleyball only major downside was the ball. In an The 2019 clinics will take place after attempt to make it waterproof, the designers the collegiate men’s matches at the fol- Right after the National team tryout, Gold- have unfortunately removed much of the lowing institutions: smith joined former Olym- bounce in the ball. I think overtime they will * Feb. 9: Lakeland University in How- pian Lloy Ball, William continue to refine the ball and the operation. ards Grove. Robbins and Kevin Owens The U.S. women’s team of Karissa Cook, * March 2: Carthage College in Keno- in Moscow for the 2019 Katie Hartong, Katie Spieler and Allie Wheel- sha. (Registration now closed for this CEV Snow Volleyball Tour. er won the gold medal at the event. event due to capacity) The team finished 1-2 in the * March 30: Concordia University main draw and finished tied College coaching Wisconsin in Mequon. for ninth in the event. Last year, clinics averaged close to 22 It was the first time Kevin Endsley, a product of North Shore athletes per event. Lloy Ball U.S. teams have played Milwaukee Volleyball Club, was named an Athletes will receive a free one-day USA in an international snow assistant coach at Pepperdine University in Volleyball membership to participate in the volleyball competition. late 2018. clinics, which are run by the coaches and “I had some concerns going into the Endsley attended Marquette University players at the respective host institutions. snow volleyball event — mainly I was one year in 2001-2002 and then played at To register (space is limited), go to nervous about the possibility of injury in Pepperdine from 2002 to 2005. www.badgervolleyball.org. Badger Region/AVCA recruiting tip of the week With the start of the new year, the Bad- ger Region unveiled its 2019 partnership with the American Volleyball Coaches Association, where every week the Region updates its website with a Recruiting Tip of the Week and Coaching Tip of the Week from the AVCA. To launch the series on Jan. 8, the AVCA gave the Region an introduction from Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. The following week (on Jan. 15), the Recruiting Tip of the Week focused on the various levels of collegiate competition fe- males can participate in after high school. That video posted on Tuesday was ac- companied by an interactive map (part of which can be seen here) that links users to all of the junior college, NCAA, NAIA and other post-high school institutions that offer women’s volleyball. The AVCA said it will be updating the map to also reflect men’s opportunities in the coming weeks. PAGE 3 — BADGER BEACON CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Badger Region Power League begins Saturday In the first year of the Badger they serve,” she said. “We’re proud Region Power League, there to be a host of this event and will will be 192 teams from 30 clubs do everything we can to make coming to the series which begins this a competitive, fun, safe and Saturday, Jan. 19. cost-saving event that will thrive in The schedule was posted re- Badger Region. “ cently on AES (www.advancede- ventsystems.com). Other details In all, there will be just over Future weekends for the BRPL 3,400 matches for the Power include: League. * Feb. 9-10 The Badger Region website has * April 13-14 been updated with the following information for all host sites: Locations will rotate around * Name and address of facility the state based on RFP submis- * Link to a Google Map sions that came to the Badger Re- * Any specific facility rules or gion. Assignments are as follows (listing are in order that teams parking requirements that own- * Jr Red Knight VBC * Wisconsin Premier VBC ers want parents, coaches and will rotate): * Midwest Penguins Director of Operations Jen Arm- athletes to be aware of.