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Wednesday, August 20, 2008


                                                                                            

2008 Accomplishments/Awards
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JVDA Championship Final Finishes:

18 Open Champions -
Mizuno SPVB 18-Elite
17 Open Champions -
Mizuno SPVB 17-Mizuno
18 Open 9th Place - Mizuno SPVB 18 White
18 Open 11th Place - Mizuno SPVB 18 Red
18 Club Silver Medal - Mizuno SPVB 18-Blue
18 Club Bronze Medal - Mizuno SPVB 18-Navy
17 Open Silver Medal - Illini Elite 17 Cardinal
17 Club 19th Place - Mizuno SPVB 17 Runbird
16 Open Bronze Medal - Mizuno SPVB 16-Elite
16 Open 13th Place - Mizuno SPVB 16 Soph
16 Club Bronze Medal - Mizuno SPVB 16-Red
16 Club 20th Place - Mizuno SPVB 16 White
16 Club 25th Place - Mizuno SPVB 16 Blue
16 Club 47th Place - Mizuno SPVB 16 Navy
15 Open 5th Place - Mizuno SPVB 15-Elite
15 Club Silver Medal - Mizuno SPVB 15-Frosh
14 Open Bronze Medal - Mizuno SPVB 14-Elite
14 Open 19th Place - Mizuno SPVB 14-Red
13 Club 9th Place - Mizuno SPVB 13 Elite
13 Club 30th Place - Mizuno SPVB 13 Red
12 Club 21st Place - Mizuno SPVB 12 Elite
12 Club 23rd Place - Mizuno SPVB 12 Red

All Tournament Team List:  click here.
JVDA Results for ALL teams: click here


SPVB 18-Elite finishes a perfect season with a record of 83-0.
SPVB 18-Elite finished out the perfect season (83-0, w/ a 120 match winning streak since April 2007) at the 2008 JVDA Championships by defeating Team Z in the semi-final match (25-19, 23-25, 32-30, 23-25, 15-8). They then clinched the JVDA 18-Open Championship Gold medal by defeating Asics Munciana Samurai (25-18, 26-24, 26-24). Congratulations girls!

Click here to read local coverage about the finals..
AAU Championship Results:
  • 18 Open Gold Medal - Mizuno SPVB 18 Elite
  • 18 Open - 5th Place - Mizuno SPVB 18 Red
  • 18 Open Bronze Medal - Mizuno SPVB 18 White
  • 18 Club Bronze Medal - Mizuno SPVB 18 Blue
  • 18 Club - 20th Place - Mizuno SPVB 18 Navy
  • 17 Open Gold Medal  -Illini Elite 17 Cardinal
  • 17 Open - 9th Place - Mizuno SPVB 17 Mizuno
  • 17 Club - 9th Place - Mizuno SPVB 17 Runbird
  • 16 Open - 5th Place - Mizuno SPVB 16 Elite
  • 16 Club Silver Medal - Mizuno SPVB 16 Soph
  • 15 Open - 14th Place - Mizuno SPVB 15 Elite
  • 15 Club Silver Medal - Mizuno SPVB 15 Frosh
  • 14 Open - 5th Place -  Mizuno SPVB 14 Elite
  • 14 Club - 24th Place - Mizuno SPVB 14 Red


2008 AAU All Americans:

  • Colleen Ward - Mizuno SPVB 18 Elite
  • Becca Zlabis -  Mizuno SPVB 18 Elite
  • Amber DeWeerdt -  Mizuno SPVB 18 White
  • Tori Rezin - Mizuno SPVB 18 White
  • Jessica Jendryk - Mizuno SPVB 18 Red
  • Alyssa Bauer – Mizuno SPVB 18 Blue
  • Noelle Fanella – Mizuno SPVB 18 Blue
  • Kelsey Robinson -  Mizuno SPVB 16 Elite
  • Gina Finke - Mizuno SPVB 16 Soph
  • Alissa Valentine - Mizuno SPVB 16 Soph
  • Audrey Wilson - Mizuno SPVB16 Soph
  • Kathleen Severyn - Mizuno SPVB 15 Frosh
  • Natalia Skiba - Mizuno SPVB 15 Frosh
  • Martha Stewart - Mizuno SPVB 15 Frosh
  • Lauren Carlini - Mizuno SPVB 14 Elite


A Special Congratulations to:

  • Kelly Murphy - Mizuno SPVB 18 Elite - 2008 AAU 18 Open MVP
  • Hannah Werth - Illini Elite 17 Cardinal - 2008 AAU 17 Open MVP

Challenge of Champions

Sports Performance 18-Elite Holds Undefeated Record
Sports Performance 18-Elite defeated Kyushu Bunka Gakuen High School of Nagasaki, Japan 25-12, 25-22, 31-33. Match was held at Neuqua Valley High School (Naperville, IL) on Wednesday, June 25 at 6pm.

Challenge of Champions Match Scores:
25-12, 25-22, 31-33

Click here to see a few pictures from this amazing match.


 

More News:
  • Congratulations to the SPVB 13-Elite team for taking 2nd place at the PrepVolleyball Classic, at Chula Vista!
  • Congratulations to all SPVB Teams!
    Congratulations to the Sports Performance 18 Elite, 17 Elite & 16 Elite for winning their respective open divisions at the Great Lakes Center Pre-National tournament June 7-8 at the Great Lakes Center.  The 18 Elite team ran their 2008 season record to 64-0, losing only one set over the entire weekend by defeating Team Z Orange (Ohio) in the semi-finals 3-1 and Munciana Samurai (Indiana) in the finals 3-0.  The 17 Mizuno team downed Illini Elite 3-2 in the 17 Open final and the 16 Elite team downed Wisconsin Juniors 16 Blue 3-1.
     

  • Congratulations to 14 Elite for 1st place in 14's GLPL and 14 Red for 2nd place in 14's GLPL!

  • Congratulations to the 18 Elite team for finishing first in the GLPL!
    Congratulations to the Sports Performance 18 Elite team for winning the 2008 Great Lakes Power League with a match record of 22-0 and a game record of 48-1. Congratulations to all the other Sports Performance teams for their performance especially 18 White, 18 Red & 17 Mizuno who all finished in the top 10 out of 109 teams.  Great job to all teams.

  • Congratulations again to the 18 Elite team for finishing first at the JVDA Showcase at the Wisconsin Dells!



SPVB Girls NEWS
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Congrats:

07-08 Sports Performance Spirit Award
This award is given to a player who not only represents the true meaning of “Commitment to Excellence” but goes above and beyond that commitment.  They are someone who has either overcome something in their personal life or overcame hurdles along the way as an athlete and never detoured off the path of working hard.  Each player listed below has shown great character not only as an athlete but as a teammate, friend and competitor.  We are proud to announce the winners of this year’s Spirit Award in each age group and would like to thank you for representing the Sports Performance program in the true spirit of our motto “Commitment to Excellence.”
 
Rick and Cheryl Butler
Sports Performance Club Directors


Congratulations to the following players who have received the 2007-2008 Sports Performance Spirit Award:

  • 18s - Bridget Lawson
  • 16s - Sarah McCarthy
  • 15s - Jamie Netisingha
  • 14s - Kelly O’Shea
  • 13s - Alyssa Bullock
  • 12s - Gianna Allegretti

Congratulations to Annie Luhrsen and the USA Jr. National team for capturing the Gold Medal at the NORCECA Junior Championships!

Best of luck to Jess Jendryk (USA Women's Junior Red) and Emily Young (USA Girls Youth Gold) at the USA High Performance tournament in Tucson, Arizona!

Update:

Changes to the SPVB Girls and Boys pages are in the works. Check back soon for new layouts, galleries and more!



2007 SPVB NEWS:

Congratulations 2007 SPVB 18 Elite! Click here for event Recap




18-Elite All-Americans
MVP- Kelly Murphy
Colleen Ward
Lindsey Mango











Other Junior Olympic Accomplishments:

2007 Team Finishes 2007 All-Americans

 Boy's 18 Mizuno

 5th place - 18 Open

 Mike Ashida

 Boy's 18 Open

 Boy's 16 Mizuno

 5th place - 16 Open

 Neal Nystrom

 Boy's 16 Open

 18 Blue

 2nd place - 18 American

 Rebecca Zlabis

 18 National

 18 Red

 5th place - 18 National

 Annie Luhrsen

 18 American

 18 White

 25th place - 18 American

 Rachel August

 18 American

 17 Mizuno

 9th place - 17 Club

 Laura Bynes

 18 American

 16 Elite

 13th place - 16 Open

 Lindsey Weber

 16 American

 16 Soph

 5th place - 16 American

 Gina Finke

 15 Open

 15 Elite

 5th place - 15 Open

 

 

 14 Elite

 11th place - 14 Open

 

 

 14 Red

 5th place - 14 American

 

 

 13 Elite

 21st place - 13 National

 

 

 12 White

 18th place - 12 American

 

 

Top Ten Recruiting Clubs (1999 - 2008)

Sports Performance / Illini Elite 307 Recruits
Premier / M Juniors 141 Recruits
Club Fusion 140 Recruits
Colorado Juniors 113 Recruits
Sky High VBC 113 Recruits
Circle City VBC 97 Recruits
Texas Tornados 97 Recruits
Milwaukee Sting 89 Recruits
Toledo VBC 88 Recruits
Austin Jrs. 85 Recruits
   
(Source - www.richkern.com)  

 Congratulations Kelly Murphy!
A special congratulations to Kelly Murphy who was selected the 2007-2008 Gatorade National High School Volleyball Player of the Year!  Want to read more about it? Click here.

2008 Senior Aces
Congratulations to Michelle Kocher, Gretchen Giesler, Katie Post, Becca Zlabis, Megan Barnicle and Colleen Ward for being named to the top 100 junior players, or Senior Aces, in the country, as determined by PrepVolleyball.com. A special Congratulations to Kelly Murphy for being named the #1 junior player in the country by PrepVolleyball.com. Click here formore information about these spectacular athletes!

Congratulations!
Jessica Jendryk, Emily McGee & Amanda Peterson for being named by Prepvolleyball.com as three of the top 80 recruits in the nation for the class of 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

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