Iowa Athletes at USAV High Performance

Every year, talented volleyball athletes of all ages attend try-outs throughout the spring at various club tournaments for the chance to earn a spot on a USA Volleyball High Performance roster. Dedicated to training and developing elite athletes, the mission of USAV High Performance is to identify high potential athletes for future National and Olympic teams. The High Performance “pipeline” is for volleyball athletes who aspire to reach the elite level of their sport and grow the pool of talented young players.

The High Performance program is offered to both boys and girls in the indoor, beach, and sitting game. Within indoor, there is a tier of roster opportunities for Junior (ages 17-18), Youth (ages 15-16), Select (13-14), and Future Select (12 and younger).

Here is the tier of selected rosters: National Team, A1 National Training Program, Continental Program, A2 National Training Program, A3 National Training Program, National Training Program, and National Skills Program (listed from highest to lowest).

2018 US Girls’ Youth National Training Team

Devyn Robinson, 6’1” middle blocker from Ankeny, was selected to train with the Youth National Team for the chance to earn a spot on the roster who will compete at the 2018 NORCECA Girls’ U18 Continental Championship in Honduras. Robinson, a 2020 Wisconsin verbal commit, will be a junior at Ankeny Centennial this fall and competes on Iowa PowerPlex’s club team.

The now 20-player roster will travel to the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and train for two weeks. At the end of the training program, 12 of the 20 will be selected to make the roster to compete in Honduras August 25 – September 2. The team will be coached by former Ohio State coach, Jim Stone. The U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team has won the NORCECA Girls’ U18 Continental Championship seven of the ten times at the biennial event.

Girls’ Future Select National Skills Program

Brittany Bacom, an outside hitter, was selected to attend the Future Select National Skills Program. The 2024 graduate will train for five days at the Upward Star Center in Greenville, South Carolina starting July 30^th. This program is an advanced multi-day commuter training program available to the youngest athletes in the High Performance pipeline. Participants at this training camp will receive training modeled after the techniques, systems, and daily practices of the US Women’s National Team.