Wittman Player of the Year in St. Paul Pioneer Press

#3 posting 11.11.2008
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ALL STATE TEAM
The St. Paul Pioneer Press has released their All State team. At the top of the list--Ashley Wittman of Shakopee.

ALL AREA
The West Central Tribune has released their All Area Team.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Brittany Chambers of Jordan is Athlete of the week for KARE 11.

Leah Dietel of Jordan, Katherine Harms of St. Michael-Albertville, and Ashley Wittman all made the StarTribune's Athletes of the week list.

TRANSITIONS
North Dakota has a chance to tie a school record for wins. UND is headed to Bryant University for the transition D1 tournament. From the Grand Forks Herald.

#1 & ON THE ROAD
North Dakota State may be the Summit champ, but they will need to get past #2 Oral Roberts, the host of the Summit League tournament. From the Fargo Forum.

RECRUITING SEMINAR
JumpForward holds a recruiting seminar at Eden Prairie from 7 to 8 pm tonight. From the SW Scoreboard.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NDSCS ended their season at the Region XIII tournament last weekend. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: I think that wraps it up for today.

Volleyball Recruiting Combine

#3 posting 9.10.2008
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RECRUITING COMBINE
Northern Lights will hold a Recruiting Combine in December. Here is the information.

Northern Lights Junior Volleyball
1st Annual College Recruiting Combine
Sunday, December 7th, 8:00 am

Northern Lights Junior Volleyball is proud to introduce the 1st Annual Northern Lights Recruiting Combine for High School volleyball players!

This event will give any Junior age volleyball athlete (grades 10 – 12) the opportunity to display their physical and volleyball skills to recruiters from various colleges and universities.

All players interested in playing collegiate level volleyball are encouraged to attend! All players are welcome regardless of their High School or Club affiliation.

High School coaches, this is a great way for your top players to be seen by many colleges. Please let your players know about this.

Who: Female volleyball players in grades 10 – 12 for the 2008 / 2009 school year

When: Sunday, December 7th from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Cost: Players: $40 per player, includes a numbered / color coded t-shirt

College Recruiters: Free!

Schedule:

8:00 am Registration

8:30 am Physical Testing

10:00 am Individual Skills

12:30 pm Lunch Break

1:30 pm Team Skills / Competition

4:00 pm Finish

Personal information and physical testing data will be distributed to all recruiters.

Where:

Midwest Volleyball Warehouse

14050 Judicial Road

Burnsville, MN 55337

How: All participants MUST register online at signuptoplay.com – this allows us to gather important personal information required by recruiters.

1) Go to SignUpToPlay.com

2) Create a new Junior Member account (you may already have an account)

3) Login and click on Tryouts

4) Select Minnesota Mizuno Northern Lights

5) Select the correct Recruiting Combine age division, register and print out form.

Send registration form, payment, and the Participant Liability form to the address above. More information and detailed registration instructions are available on our website at: http://www.midwestvolleyball.com. Click on the tab for “Recruiting Combine”.

Next up: later today

Gophers Recruits 12th, Big 10 Network

#1 posting 7.22.2008
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RECRUITS RANKED
Minnesota's 2008 recruits are ranked 12th by prepvolleyball.com.

BIG 10 NETWORK
Minnesota will be on the Big 10 Network four times this fall.

Purdue also will be on the cable station four times.

GLOBAL CHALLENGE
The BIP/USA team is 2-1 in the Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia.

Next up: tomorrow

Sauk Rapids Needs Coach, MSU #7

#1 posting 7.16.2008
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RECRUITING CLASS
Michigan State has the 7th best recruiting class according to prepvolleyball.com.

COACHING NEWS
Sauk Rapids is looking for a volleyball coach. Former coach Paul Meyer is now the head coach at Waldorf College in Iowa. From the St. Cloud Times.

Katie McGuine has been Director of Operations for Purdue. She was DO at Iowa the last two years. She also was the head coach at Pine Island. She is a grad of Rochester Lourdes and MSU Mankato.

NORTHERN LIGHTS TRIP
Here are the photos from Northern Lights European trip day seven on the travel from Berlin to Athens. Day 7s blog is by Lauren Grant. The photos on day 8 are all Athens.

Next up: tomorrow

Cincinnati #15, Home Visit Dos & Don'ts

#1 posting 7.15.2008
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RECRUITING CLASS
The University of Cincinnati's 2008 volleyball recruiting class is ranked #15 in PrepVolleyball. Kelsey Brandl of Lakeville North is among those recruits.

HOME VISITS DOS AND DON'TS
I have come across College Volleyball Coach (anonymous) and the latest posting covers dos and don'ts on the home visit. The don't list includes things like take phone calls and going out with friends when the home visit is going on.
This is a good resource---look at the subject list on the right. The list includes advice to players, recruiting plans and other topics.

SCHEDULE
Iowa has released their 2008 schedule. The Hawkeyes are at Minnesota on Wednesday, October 15.

CONFERENCE NEWS
The Minnesota Community College Conference is now called the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Next up: tomorrow

Pan Am 5th; Recruiting Standards

#1 posting 6.8.2008
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PAN AM CUP
The US National team finished 5th in the Pan Am Cup in Mexicali

RECRUITING STANDARDS
Ever wonder what coaches look for in a player? This is from the National Collegiate Scouting Association and looks at standards for a low, medium, and high candidate for D1, D2, and D3.
For example the height of an middle hitter
D1----6-2
D2----6-0
D3---5-11

Next up: tomorrow

Parent's Eye View of Recruiting

#1 posting 5.10.2008
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AWARDS
The West Central Tribune lists a couple of the 2008 Hengstler-Ranweiler Nominees:
Courtney Frank of Benson and Greta King of Willmar.

RECRUITING
Here is a parent's eye view of the recruiting process. On Rick Kern.com site Sara Pavan (Nebraska); Tara Hittle (Hawaii); Jessica Keefe (Hawaii); and Darlene McCray (Florida). The article is older, but the information may be helpful in opening eyes to the recruiting process.

Next up: tomorrow

Recruiting Ideas, Class of 2009

#1 posting 9.4.2007
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RECRUITING IDEAS
I know this isn't from Minnesota, but here is how one player (Mackenzie Aries) in California is marketing herself with the new technologies and VHS is soooooo 1992. Now it is all about the internet, YouTube, and personal websites. From the San Diego Union-Tribune.

CLASS OF 2009
John Millea of the StarTribune looks deeply at the volleyball class of 2009 in the Metro Area.

RECOVERING
Kayla Wallerich of Marshall has recovered from a stress fracture that she suffered during the track season. She is now playing and contributing for the Tigers. From the Marshall Independent.

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