This year’s U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryout will feature 234 athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from March 2-4. The tryout will be used to evaluate players for the U.S. Senior National Team and the U.S. Collegiate National Team.
The tryout will be led by U.S. Women’s National Team head coach, Karch Kiraly. All sessions at the event (minus the USA training session on Sunday morning) will be streamed live and is available for free here.
In total, there will be 89 colleges from around the country represented at the tryout. A breakdown of the participants by position:
- 62 outside hitters
- 50 middle blockers
- 48 liberos
- 43 setters
- 31 opposites
Selected athletes for the U.S. Women’s National Team may begin their training in Anaheim, California as early as the spring of 2018 or when the athletes scholastic or professional club season has ended. Additionally, there are three U.S. Collegiate National Team programs that a player can be selected to:
- U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team – May 20-31, CNT Asia (International)
- U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team – July 4-15, CNT Europe (International)
- U.S. Women’s Collegiate National team – June 22-July 1 CNT-Detroit, Michigan (Domestic)
The teams will be selected by the end of March.
A number of top players from around the country have been selected to join USA Volleyball for the tryouts. In the past, many future Olympians or National Team members were selected from the tryout, including Kim Hill, Rachael Adams, Kelly Murphy and Carli Lloyd.
Minnesota leads the nation with the number of participants in the tryouts with 14 athletes that includes Stephanie Samedy, Alexis Hart and Samantha Seliger-Swenson. Wisconsin is also sending a strong lineup to the tryouts – Sydney Hilley, Tionna Williams and Dana Rettke. Surprisingly, Nebraska and Texas have no representatives at the tryouts.
By College
| Minnesota | 14 |
| Wisconsin | 9 |
| Utah | 8 |
| Kansas State | 8 |
| Florida | 7 |
| Kentucky | 6 |
| Michigan State | 6 |
| Air Force | 6 |
| Arizona | 5 |
| Baylor | 5 |
| Georgia | 5 |
| Kansas | 5 |
| Louisville | 5 |
| Oklahoma | 5 |
| Denver | 4 |
| Iowa | 4 |
| Missouri | 4 |
| Northwestern | 4 |
| Pittsburgh | 4 |
| Syracuse | 4 |
| Texas Tech | 4 |
| UCLA | 4 |
| Washington State | 4 |
| Clemson | 3 |
| Creighton | 3 |
| Drake | 3 |
| Florida State | 3 |
| Hawaii | 3 |
| Illinois | 3 |
| Maryland | 3 |
| North Carolina State | 3 |
| Ohio State | 3 |
| San Diego | 3 |
| South Dakota | 3 |
| Stanford | 3 |
| Temple | 3 |
| Albany | 2 |
| Arkansas | 2 |
| Auburn | 2 |
| Colorado | 2 |
| Colorado State | 2 |
| Iowa State | 2 |
| Kennesaw State | 2 |
| Oakland | 2 |
| Oregon | 2 |
| Purdue | 2 |
| Texas Woman’s | 2 |
| Virginia Tech | 2 |
| Washington | 2 |
| Wisconsin-Green Bay | 2 |
| Austin Peay State | 1 |
| Boise State | 1 |
| Bowling Green State | 1 |
| CSU Bakersfield | 1 |
| Dayton | 1 |
| DePaul | 1 |
| Duquesne | 1 |
| East Carolina | 1 |
| East Tennessee State | 1 |
| Florida International | 1 |
| Georgetown | 1 |
| Howard | 1 |
| James Madison | 1 |
| Liberty | 1 |
| Lipscomb | 1 |
| LIU-Brooklyn | 1 |
| Lourdes | 1 |
| Loyola Marymount | 1 |
| Marquette | 1 |
| Maryland-Baltimore County | 1 |
| Miami (FL) | 1 |
| Midland | 1 |
| Missouri State | 1 |
| North Carolina A&T State | 1 |
| North Texas | 1 |
| Northeastern | 1 |
| Pepperdine | 1 |
| Saint Mary’s | 1 |
| Savannah State | 1 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 1 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 1 |
| Vernon College | 1 |
| Virginia Commonwealth | 1 |
| Weber St. | 1 |
| Western Kentucky | 1 |
| Wichita State | 1 |
| William Jessup | 1 |
| Yale | 1 |
U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryout Participants
Liberos (48)
Jersey # – Athlete (Position, School, College Eligibility Years Remaining)
N22 – Reyn Akiu (L, Hawaii, 2)
N41 – Lauren Barnes (L, Minnesota, 3)
N45 – Sophie Beckley (L, Minnesota, 1)
N26 – Adele Bradley (L, Duquesne, 3)
N25 – Shanel Bramschreiber (L, Baylor, 4)
N35 – Emily Butters (L, Missouri St., 2)
N47 – Tiffany Clark (L, Wisconsin, 2)
N37 – Jamye Cox (L, Michigan St., 3)
N36 – Gabby Curry (L, Kentucky, 3)
N13 – Jordan Daniels (L, Air Force, 3)
N30 – Angelica Dippold (L, Lourdes, 2)
N28 – Alexis Dirige (L, Washington St., 2)
N20 – Mary Dodge (L, Wisconsin, 2)
N33 – Brianna Doehrmann (L, Utah, 2)
N5 – Ashley Dusek (L, Kentucky, 0)
N10 – Devan Fairfield (L, Kansas St., 1)
N18 – Madison Ford (L, Drake, 3)
N6 – Bailey French (L, Texas Woman’s, 2)
N12 – Hannah Gruensfelder (L, The Ohio St., 3)
N24 – Sarah Hellman (L, Air Force, 1)
N19 – Madison Howell (L, Clemson, 3)
N2 – Taylor Jacky (L, William Jessup, 2)
N11 – Halle Johnston (L, Iowa, 3)
N44 – Reilly Killeen (L, Kansas St., 1)
N27 – Alexandra King (L, Air Force, 3)
N34 – Dallas Lishman (L, Pepperdine, 2)
N16 – Lauren Litzau (L, Minnesota, 2)
N29 – Amanda Love (L, Virginia Commonwealth, 0)
N15 – Kylee Macke (L, Drake, 3)
N9 – Caroline McGraw (L, Minnesota, 4)
N7 – Brenna McIlroy (L, Auburn, 1)
N23 – Samantha McLean (L, Michigan St., 2)
N3 – Allie Nelson (L, Kansas, 2)
N43 – Olivia Novotny (L, Denver, 1)
N21 – Morgan O’Brien (L, Illinois, 3)
N4 – Aniah Philo (L, Baylor, 1)
N17 – Lexi Pitsas (L, Northwestern, 3)
N31 – Anne Rasmussen (L, South Dakota, 2)
N46 – Sydney Robinson (L, Vernon College, 2)
N38 – Jocelyn Rodriguez (L, California St. Bakersfield, 0)
N32 – Averi Salvador (L, Temple, 3)
N42 – Molly Sauer (L, Louisville, 1)
N39 – Kallie Seimet (L, Bowling Green St., 1)
N1 – Riley Sents (L, Missouri, 2)
N48 – Jalissa Trotter (L, Syracuse, 1)
N40 – Kristin Watson (L, Maryland-Baltimore County, 1)
N14 – Kelsey Wicinski (L, Florida St., 1)
N8 – Brittany Witt (L, Creighton, 2)
Middles (50)
Jersey # – Athlete (Position, School, College Eligibility Years Remaining)
B15 – Rachel Anderson (M, Western Kentucky, 1)
B13 – Majesti Bass (M, Georgia, 1)
B28 – Kayla Buford (M, Minnesota, 1)
B10 – Kayla Caffey (M, Missouri, 3)
B3 – Amanda Chamberlain (M, North Texas, 0)
B23 – Devyn Cross (M, Arizona, 2)
B31 – Krysteena Davis (M, Oakland, 1)
B21 – Candice Denny (M, Arizona, 3)
B35 – Santita Ebangwese (M, Syracuse, 1)
B17 – Shelly Fanning (M, Baylor, 2)
B26 – Jordan Fry (M, The Ohio St., 3)
B12 – Madeleine Gates (M, UCLA, 2)
B43 – Anna Gragg (M, Liberty, 2)
B45 – Danielle Hart (M, Wisconsin, 4)
B27 – Julia Hatcher (M, Michigan St., 3)
B40 – Zoe Hill (M, Kansas, 2)
B47 – Kirstie Hillyer (M, Colorado St., 2)
B22 – Chelsea Hudson (M, Florida International, 2)
B9 – Kathryn Keenan (M, Texas Tech, 1)
B8 – Darrielle King (M, Florida, 2)
B14 – Rachael Kramer (M, Florida, 2)
B37 – Tawnee Luafalemana (M, Utah, 0)
B5 – Claire Martin (M, Washington St., 1)
B29 – Keira Moore (M, North Carolina St., 1)
B44 – Brooke Morgan (M, Kentucky, 1)
B38 – Taylor Morgan (M, Minnesota, 2)
B2 – Alyssa Munlyn (M, Missouri, 1)
B4 – Avalyn Niece (M, Washington, 2)
B42 – Berkeley Oblad (M, Utah, 1)
B50 – Christina Oyawale (M, Syracuse, 1)
B30 – Kelsey O’Neill (M, Iowa, 0)
B46 – Elizabeth Pamphile (M, Arkansas, 3)
B19 – Addison Picha (M, San Diego, 1)
B16 – Regan Pittman (M, Minnesota, 3)
B6 – Dana Rettke (M, Wisconsin, 3)
B34 – Piper Roe (M, Louisville, 3)
B32 – Kyra Rogers (M, UCLA, 1)
B25 – Jenna Rosenthal (M, Marquette, 1)
B11 – Lauren Sanders (M, Washington, 3)
B36 – Symone Speech (M, Georgetown, 1)
B18 – Quin Sutphin (M, Kennesaw St., 3)
B7 – Danielle Tedesco (M, Albany, 3)
B20 – Alana Walker (M, Northwestern, 3)
B41 – M’Kaela White (M, James Madison, 2)
B1 – Allison White (M, Texas Tech, 3)
B39 – Tionna Williams (M, Wisconsin, 1)
B24 – Emmaline Willis (M, Denver, 1)
B41 – Amber Witherspoon (M, Syracuse, 1)
B33 – Lauren Witte (M, The Ohio St., 3)
Opposites (31)
Jersey # – Athlete (Position, School, College Eligibility Years Remaining)
R93 – Hannah Bailey (OPP, Iowa St., 1)
R80 – Danielle Barton (OPP, Utah, 3)
R77 – Haley Bilbruck (OPP, Southeast Missouri St., 1)
R72 – Lindsey Calvin (OPP, Saint Mary’s (Calif.), 1)
R88 – Reghan Coyle (OPP, Iowa, 1)
R97 – Danielle Cuttino (OPP, Purdue, 0)
R90 – Madison Duello (OPP, Wisconsin, 2)
R98 – Audriana Fitzmorris (OPP, Stanford, 2)
R92 – Jada Gardner (OPP, Maryland, 3)
R99 – Angel Gaskin (OPP, Maryland, 1)
R67 – Jademone Jones (OPP, Savannah St., 0)
R91 – Kenzie Koerber (OPP, Utah, 3)
R89 – Rebecca Latham (OPP, Denver, 1)
R79 – Elizabeth Loschen (OPP, South Dakota, 2)
R66 – Merete Lutz (OPP, Stanford, 0)
R82 – Brittany Maxwell (OPP, DePaul, 1)
R84 – Abigail Miksch (OPP, Air Force, 1)
R85 – Taylor Mims (OPP, Washington St., 1)
R83 – Akuabata Okenwa (OPP, Albany, 2)
R78 – Elizabeth Pennington (OPP, Air Force, 1)
R73 – Kayla Principato (OPP, Denver, 0)
R76 – Izabella Rapacz (OPP, Temple, 0)
R68 – Stephanie Samedy (OPP, Minnesota, 3)
R95 – Elle Sandbothe (OPP, Kansas St., 2)
R87 – Sarah Sanders (OPP, Oklahoma, 3)
R96 – Elizabeth Shelton (OPP, Arizona, 3)
R86 – Sydni Shelton (OPP, Kennesaw St., 1)
R94 – Gabrielle Simpson (OPP, Kansas, 1)
R75 – Jaila Tolbert (OPP, Virginia Tech, 1)
R71 – Marijke Van Dyke (OPP, Louisville, 3)
R74 – Jessica Young (OPP, Howard, 0)
Outside Hitters (62)
Jersey # – Athlete (Position, School, College Eligibility Years Remaining)
W30 – Taylor Agost (OH, Oregon, 0)
W59 – Athena Ardila (OH, Northeastern, 3)
W7 – Chandler Atwood (OH, Texas Tech, 2)
W4 – Brooke Bailey (OH, Clemson, 2)
W55 – Tabitha Brown (OH, Wichita St., 1)
W42 – Jada Burse (OH, Kansas, 1)
W26 – Payton Caffrey (OH, Florida St., 2)
W5 – Brynn Carlson (OH, Kansas St., 3)
W56 – T’Ara Ceasar (OH, Georgia, 3)
W32 – Erin Chatman (OH, North Carolina St., 0)
W6 – Cathryn Cheek (OH, Drake, 1)
W36 – Alyssa Chronowski (OH, Michigan St., 3)
W61 – Leah Clayton (OH, East Tennessee St., 2)
R67 – Megan Cooney (OH, Illinois, 3)
W19 – Kendra Dahlke (OH, Arizona, 1)
W41 – Hayley Dotseth (OH, South Dakota, 1)
W47 – Leah Edmond (OH, Kentucky, 2)
W62 – Alyssa Enneking (OH, Oklahoma, 1)
W46 – Lauren Fuller (OH, San Diego, 1)
W33 – Lauga Gauta (OH, Utah, 1)
W50 – Mckenna Granato (OH, Hawaii, 2)
W1 – Amanda Green (OH, Louisville, 2)
W24 – Morgyn Greer (OH, Florida, 2)
W37 – Andrea Hale (OH, Weber St., 1)
W8 – Elizabeth Hall (OH, Florida, 4)
W52 – Paige Hammons (OH, Florida, 3)
W35 – Alexis Hart (OH, Minnesota, 2)
W9 – Emily Hill (OH, Texas Tech, 2)
W15 – Kaitlin Houser (OH, Georgia, 1)
W57 – Taryn Kloth (OH, Creighton, 1)
W18 – Kaylin Korte (OH, Clemson, 2)
W60 – Kiley Lewis (OH, Boise St., 3)
W17 – Kayla Lund (OH, Pittsburgh, 3)
W27 – Sarah Maras (OH, Oklahoma, 3)
W43 – Jasmyn Martin (OH, Minnesota, 3)
W49 – Mackenzie May (OH, UCLA, 3)
W22 – Melanie McHenry (OH, Louisville, 2)
W39 – Brittany McLean (OH, Minnesota, 2)
W48 – Leketor Member-Meneh (OH, Missouri, 3)
W44 – Jennifer Mosser (OH, UCLA, 3)
W11 – Gloria Mutiri (OH, Kansas St., 4)
W51 – Meredith Norris (OH, Michigan St., 3)
W31 – Carlyle Nusbaum (OH, Lipscomb, 1)
W16 – Kathryn Plummer (OH, Stanford, 2)
W58 – Yossiana Pressley (OH, Baylor, 3)
W10 – Erika Pritchard (OH, Maryland, 3)
W53 – Rachel Ritchie (OH, Georgia, 3)
W25 – Nia Robinson (OH, Northwestern, 3)
W34 – Adanna Rollins (OH, Minnesota, 4)
W21 – Lindsey Ruddins (OH, UC Santa Barbara, 2)
W14 – Jess Schaben (OH, Iowa St., 1)
W28 – Shannon Scully (OH, Utah, 3)
W3 – Avery Skinner (OH, Kentucky, 3)
W2 – Ashley Smith (OH, Kansas, 2)
W23 – Mia Sokolowski (OH, Florida, 3)
W40 – Denise Ssozi (OH, Air Force, 2)
W38 – Ashley Wheeler (OH, Midland, 0)
W54 – Roxanne Wiblin (OH, San Diego, 3)
W29 – Stephanie Williams (OH, Pittsburgh, 2)
W13 – Jaali Winters (OH, Creighton, 1)
W45 – Jessica Wolf (OH, Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1)
W20 – Kylee Zumach (OH, Kansas St., 1)
Setters (43)
Jersey # – Athlete (Position, School, College Eligibility Years Remaining)
P72 – Lynzi Akeo (S, Pittsburgh, 2)
P97 – Audrey Alford (S, Oklahoma, 1)
P91 – Mica Allison (S, Auburn, 4)
P84 – Frances Arnautou (S, Yale, 2)
P94 – Edie Brewer (S, North Carolina A&T State, 3)
P99 – Ashley Brown (S, Washington St., 2)
P59 – Bailey Choy (S, Utah, 2)
P73 – Kyra Coundourides (S, Temple, 0)
P85 – Brynna Deluzio (S, Colorado, 3)
P58 – Emily Demure (S, Colorado, 3)
P65 – Sarah Dixon (S, Kansas St., 2)
P68 – Mary Donovan (S, Georgia, 2)
P87 – Adrian Ell (S, Florida St., 4)
P98 – Ashley Evans (S, Purdue, 0)
P60 – Allison Gregory (S, Florida, 3)
P63 – Sydney Hilley (S, Wisconsin, 3)
P55 – Norene Iosia (S, Hawaii, 3)
P81 – Jordan Lentz (S, Oakland, 1)
P76 – Kylee Levers (S, Pittsburgh, 3)
P71 – Madison Lilley (S, Kentucky, 3)
P82 – Hannah Lockin (S, Baylor, 3)
P64 – Shelby Martin (S, East Carolina, 3)
P67 – Piper Matsumoto (S, LIU – Brooklyn, 3)
P75 – Kylee Mclaughlin (S, Oklahoma, 3)
P70 – Margaret Midgette (S, Michigan St., 2)
P89 – Rhegan Mitchell (S, Virginia Tech, 1)
P66 – Sara Nielsen (S, Minnesota, 3)
P78 – Katie Oleksak (S, Colorado St., 2)
P93 – Gabrielle Orr (S, Iowa, 3)
P80 – Julia Patterson (S, Arizona, 2)
P74 – Kylie Pickrell (S, North Carolina St., 1)
P92 – Jordyn Poulter (S, Illinois, 1)
P79 – Katelyn Ranes (S, Texas Woman’s, 2)
P96 – August Raskie (S, Oregon, 1)
P61 – Tess Reid (S, Loyola Marymount, 2)
P90 – Rachel Rippee (S, Arkansas, 2)
P88 – Samantha Seliger-Swenson (S, Minnesota, 1)
P95 – Brooke Smith (S, Kansas St., 1)
P77 – Kristen Stucker (S, Austin Peay St., 1)
P56 – Taylor Tashima (S, Northwestern, 0)
P83 – Haley Templeton (S, Miami (Fla.), 1)
P86 – Brooke Westbeld (S, Dayton, 3)
P62 – Taylor Wolf (S, Wisconsin-Green Bay, 3)
U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryout Administrators and Coaches
U.S. Women’s National Team
Karch Kiraly
Erin Virtue
Tama Miyashiro
Jon Newman-Gonchar
Jeff Liu
Administrative
Tom Pingel
Sam Hubbard
Kassidi Gilgenast
Lizzy Briones
Meredith Lee
Kimberly Beach
Heath Hoke
Bill Kauffman
Matt Podschweit
Russ Walker
Steve Hutcheson
Denise Corlett
Jay Van Vark
Jeff Wanderer
Evaluators
Dani Busboom
Michelle Chatman-Smith
Keegan Cook
Todd Dagenais
Lindsey Devine
Ray Gooden
Jenny Hazelwood
Nicki Holmes
Dennis Janzen
Tim Kelly
Jim Stone
Rod Wilde
Mary Wise
Marie Zidek
Chris Tamas
Court Coaches
Fabian Ardila
Billy Ebel
Steve Grove
Trent Kersten
Lee Maes
Kevin Moore
Michael Obeso
Steve Pike
Paula Schwan
Kelly Surrency
Blaine Tendler
Gary White
Samantha Wolinksi
DataVolley
Jessica Aschenbrenner
Justin Chang
Eduardo Fiallos
Andrew Fischer
Taylor Filzen
Beau Lawler
Natalie Morgan
Jon Wong
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