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Volleyball Wraps Up Busy Summer, Reports for 2019 Season
8/7/2019 10:18 AM | Volleyball
Team Returns Three All-Americans
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah volleyball team reports back to campus to begin its 2019 season on Wednesday, August 7.
The Utes will begin practice on Thursday, August 8 to be ready for their season opener in the Huntsman Center on Friday, August 30. They will kick their season off by hosting a tournament with Saint Mary's, Kentucky and Cal Poly.
All three teams coming to play in the Utah Volleyball Classic were in the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
The schedule Utah has put together will challenge them, but they're returning three All-Americans as well as their three-year starting libero.
The team also was busy in the offseason as head coach Beth Launiere, associate head coach Malia Shoji and student-athletes Dani Drews, Kenzie Koerber and Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres all got experience with USA Volleyball in some capacity.
Lauren Sproule has also gained some international experience this summer playing on Canada's NextGen Squad. She's currently in Lima, Peru playing in the 2019 Pan American Games.
Shoji was an assistant for the Women's Junior A1 Team. They competed at the High Performance Championships July 13-22 at the Broward Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 100+ team event featured tournaments for both boys and girls and included teams from USA Volleyball Region HP teams, International teams and teams from the USA Volleyball High Performance pipeline.
Launiere was an assistant coach for the USA Collegiate National Team – World University Games in Torino, Italy, while Drews, Koerber and Ka'aha'aina-Torres all traveled to Japan with one of the US Collegiate National teams. For more info on their trips, click here.
Drews and Koerber were both named All-Americans after their sophomore seasons and Ka'aha'aina-Torres will be setting for the Utes this season.
With the season quickly approaching, fans can support volleyball by joining the Block U Club. For $75, fans will get a Block U t-shirt, five general admission tickets to any game, autographed team photo and several other perks to be a volleyball insider. To purchase a Block U membership, click HERE.
The Utes will begin practice on Thursday, August 8 to be ready for their season opener in the Huntsman Center on Friday, August 30. They will kick their season off by hosting a tournament with Saint Mary's, Kentucky and Cal Poly.
All three teams coming to play in the Utah Volleyball Classic were in the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
The schedule Utah has put together will challenge them, but they're returning three All-Americans as well as their three-year starting libero.
The team also was busy in the offseason as head coach Beth Launiere, associate head coach Malia Shoji and student-athletes Dani Drews, Kenzie Koerber and Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres all got experience with USA Volleyball in some capacity.
Lauren Sproule has also gained some international experience this summer playing on Canada's NextGen Squad. She's currently in Lima, Peru playing in the 2019 Pan American Games.
Shoji was an assistant for the Women's Junior A1 Team. They competed at the High Performance Championships July 13-22 at the Broward Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 100+ team event featured tournaments for both boys and girls and included teams from USA Volleyball Region HP teams, International teams and teams from the USA Volleyball High Performance pipeline.
Launiere was an assistant coach for the USA Collegiate National Team – World University Games in Torino, Italy, while Drews, Koerber and Ka'aha'aina-Torres all traveled to Japan with one of the US Collegiate National teams. For more info on their trips, click here.
Drews and Koerber were both named All-Americans after their sophomore seasons and Ka'aha'aina-Torres will be setting for the Utes this season.
With the season quickly approaching, fans can support volleyball by joining the Block U Club. For $75, fans will get a Block U t-shirt, five general admission tickets to any game, autographed team photo and several other perks to be a volleyball insider. To purchase a Block U membership, click HERE.
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