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Hello Keystone Region members and families,
Most of your indoor volleyball seasons have ended. School is almost over for the year. Perhaps you are traveling to Boys or Girls Junior Nationals at the end of the month. Suffice it to say, summer is finally here. Read on... we have a packed newsletter this month!
Pictured above is the Crosscourt 18s team who traveled to Ohio to participate in the Girls 18 Junior National Championship. We'd love to showcase your team!! Send us a group shot to be included in an upcoming newsletter at staff@krva.org.
Region's 18s Wrap Up Season in Ohio
Keystone Region teams traveled to Columbus, OH for Girls 18s Junior National Championships on April 28-30. Congratulations to all of our teams for all your hard work to get to nationals! Next year's 18s Junior National Championships will take place in Baltimore, MD.
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18 American (64 teams)
5th place: Pgh Elite 18 Elite
18 Freedom (48 teams)
33rd place: Crosscourt 18
18 National (48 teams)
41st place: Revolution PGH 18 White
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18 Open (48 teams)
37th place: EC Power KOP 18-Royal
18 Patriot (31 teams)
21st place: P3R 18 Platinum
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What We've Been Up To ...
Last month we held our annual Club Directors Meetings where we met with club directors to discuss the upcoming season. One change to the upcoming 23-24 season is that Premier Memberships will no longer be offered.
The Board of Directors meets on June 4 in Harrisburg.
We attended the RRVA Spring Meeting in Dallas, TX from May 22-23. Regional Volleyball Association Assembly (RRVA) consists of the 40 independent regions of USA Volleyball and serves as the National Governing Body for the sport of volleyball in the United States.
We will doing some website maintenance and switcher servers between June 6-8. If you have trouble reaching us at our normal email addresses, please send an email to krvaemail@gmail.com. We'll post updates to our social media outlets.
Keystone Region Officials Neal Kenzakowski, Owen Riley, and Dale Nestor officiated at the Men's DIII Championships this past May. Shout out to Chad Zimmerman who officiated at the Men's DI Championship!!
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1st picture: Neal and Owen
2nd picture: Owen (2nd from left), Neal (3rd from left), and Dale (far right). |
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USAV Open National Championships took place over Memorial Weekend in Dallas, TX. Five teams from Pennsylvania participated:
- Boomstick Volleyball, Mens B Division
- Boomchicks Volleyball, Womens B Division
- Nittany Legends, Mens 55 & Over Division
- Harrisburg Divers, Mens 70 & Over Division
- Lokahi East Coast Volleyball, Womens 45 & Over Division
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Pictured: Nittany Legends Men took 1st place in Silver, Mens 55 & over division. Boomchicks Volleyball took 1st place in Silver, Womens B division.
Loyalty Offers - There is a 48-hour Loyalty Offer period when clubs can invite their current athletes to remain with the club for the upcoming club season. Offers can be sent between July 10-14, 2023. Athletes have 48 hours to respond. If a player accepts the offer, they may not attend tryouts for other clubs.
We're gearing up for Summer Tryouts. Here is what you need to know:
- Summer Tryouts are for all boys, and girls 15 and older.
- If you played this past club season you may attend tryouts without purchasing a Tryout membership.
- If you did not play club last season, you must purchase a Tryout membership prior to attending.
- For boys: Tryouts can be held beginning July 21.
- For girls: Tryouts will take place between July 21-30 and offers can be sent between July 26-Aug 5.
- Tryout Dead Period* is from Aug. 1 to Nov. 10. No offers can be made between Aug. 6 to Nov 14.
* Girls 14 and under can attend tryouts beginning October 20, 2023
* See our website for further details.
Tryout Memberships will be available to purchase beginning July 1, 2023.
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An expert weighs in on how to handle those post season blues. |
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Meet our 2023 Scholarship Recipients! |
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Emilee Murtaugh
Emilee will join the Women's Volleyball team at Cabrini College.
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Noah DeLong
Noah will play on the inaugural Men's Volleyball team at Hobart and William Smith College this fall.
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Ryan Lynn and Holly Plank recently earned their USAV Provisional Referee patches in Harrisburg. READ MORE |
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Thank you to everyone who participated in our May trivia contest!
The question was: Who is the only female professional volleyball player who was born and played collegiately in Pennsylvania?
Answer: Christa Harmatto
Congratulations to Michelle Pergar who was chosen using a list randomizer on random.org.
This was the final trivia contest for the season. Please stay tuned next season for more trivia contests to be held December through May.
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