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2024 USA ALL-STAR CHAMPIONSHIPS

#ALLSTARVBCHAMPS #AZHP
 

July 18-21, 2024 - Des Moines, Iowa USA

A USA Volleyball Sanctioned Event

  • Produced by the 40 Regions of USA Volleyball 
  • ​​Hosted by the Iowa Region of USA Volleyball

2024 ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE

2024 CLINICS & TRYOUTS

MAY 17, 18, & 19th

 

CONTACT TO BECOME A SPONSOR OF THE 2024 AZHP DELEGATION:
Ronald Pelham
AZ Region High Performance Director
Cell: 520-661-4695
 
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2024 azhp Ages definitions & possible teams
  • Boys U19 – Born in 2006-2007
  • Boys U17 – Born in 2008-2009
  • Boys U15 – Born in ​2010 or later
  • Girls U17 – Born in 2008-2009
  • Girls U15 – Born in 2010-2011
 

Travel Dates

  • July 16, 2024 (Arrive)
  • July 17, 2024 (Team Check-In & Practice Day)
  • July 18-21, 2024 (Competition)
  • July 22, 2024 (Depart)
AZ Region wins REGION CUP at 2023 USA All-Star Volleyball Championships

AZ Region of USA Volleyball - High Performance Program - wins REGION CUP at 2023 USA All-Star Volleyball Championships

AZ Region wins REGION CUP at 2023 USA All-Star Volleyball Championships

AZ Region of USA Volleyball - High Performance Program - wins REGION CUP at 2023 USA All-Star Volleyball Championships

ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE 2023


2023 USA All-Star Championships Website

Arizona Region High Performance sends Delegation to the

Volleyball All-Star Championships hosted in

Fort Lauderdale, Florida July 20-23, 2023.

Earl Capps, Lisa Naughton, Ron Pelham
The #AZHP dream team. We are so incredibly thankful for these 3 and all AZ Region staff who make it possible for our teams to travel and compete at the All-Star Volleyball Championships.
 
Left to right: Earl Capps, Lisa Naughton, and Ron Pelham

ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Shout out to Makenna Carrillo and Zyonna Fellows for capturing the special moments of the 2023 delegation for AZHP!

Social media posts and web updates provided by our #AZVolleyballMom.

AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE U13 ROSTER
AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE U15-RACHEL ROSTER
AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE U15-TERRI ROSTER
AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE U17 ROSTER
AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE BOYS U15 ROSTER
AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE BOYS U17 JOAQUIN ROSTER
AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE BOYS U17-TAYLOR ROSTER
AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE BOYS U19 ROSTER
TWO AZHP ATHLETES REPRESENT AT THE NORCECA U19 CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER

AZHP ATHLETES, FINN KEARNEY AND TREVELL JORDAN, REPRESENT FOR NORCECA BOYS U19

AZHP 2023 GIRLS COACHES

Deitre Collins-Parker & David Thistle
Girls U17 – Born in 2006-2007  

Terri Spann
Claudia Wilson

Girls U15 – Born in 2008-2009

Emily Friesen & Orlando Carillo
Girls U13 – Born in ​2010 or later

AZHP 2023 BOYS COACHES

Matt August & Trent Bruns
Boys U19 – Born in 2004-2005

Joaquin Santa Cruz
Noah Cotterman

Boys U17 – Born in 2006-2007

Taylor Stallman & Shawn Brannick
Boys U15 – Born in ​2008 or later



CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR AZHP CLINICS & TRYOUTS


2022 USA Volleyball All-Star Championship

EVENT RESULTS LINK

2023 USAV EVENTS

Upcoming events through USA Volleyball can be found through this link.


2022 ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE


2022 ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE

AZHP GOLD - Girls International Select


AZ Girls Select DOMINATE the championship match with a 3-0 win for the Gold!! Shout out to coaches Teresa Spann, Rachel Kater and Vanessa Laikona and all the athletes on a great WIN!

AZHP GOLD - Boys International Youth


AZHP Boys International Youth wins Gold 3-0 over North Texas! Coaches Matt Werle and Andrew McCall.

AZHP SILVER - BOYS NATIONAL SELECT


Boys National Select with a WIN CONGRATS to coaches Joaquin Santa Cruz and Noah Cotterman!


All-Tournament Team Left to Right: Lauren Forelli Most Valuable Player, Kendall Omoryi All Tournament Team, Erin Clark All Tournament Team


Finn Kearney All-Tournament Team, Bryce Robbins Most Valuable Player, Jaxon Herr All-Tournament Team


All-Tournament Team Left to Right: Trent Weyland and Carter King

AZHP GIRLS INTERNATIONAL SELECT WINNING CHAMPIONSHIP POINT!

AZHP Boys International Youth - WINNING POINT

AZ HP BOYS NATIONAL SELECT - SILVER


AZHP GIRLS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH - BRONZE


AZHP Coaches Charita Stubbs and Dietre Collins-Parker


Devyn Wiest All-Tournament Team

AZHP GIRLS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH

AZHP Boys International Youth wins Gold

AZHP GIRLS NATIONAL SELECT WINNING POINT

2022 AZHP CELEBRATION!

AZ Region’s Girls National Select


Emotional moment with AZ Region’s Girls National Select - Coach David Thistle


ARIZONA REGION'S COMMISSIONER HAROLD CRANSWICK AND HIGH PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR RON PELHAM


Harold Cranswick, Arizona Region of USA Volleyball Commissioner & Ron Pelham, Director of AZHP

2022 ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHING LINEUP

Matt Werle & Andrew McCall
Rita Stubbs & Deitre Collins-Parker
Taylor Stallman & Karter Rogers
Terri Spann & Rachel Kater
Joaquin Santa Cruz & Noah Cotterman
David Thistle & Bryan Meyer
2022 AZHP COACHES

Left to Right— Rachel Kater, Brian Meyer, David Thistle, Taylor Stallman, Joaquin Santa Cruz, Matt Werle, Andrew Mcall, Karter Rogers

AZHP CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

AZHP CORRESPONDENTS


Special THANK YOU to Jayda Chee and Orlando Carrillo for all of their photos and commuication!

AZHP CHAPERONES


Bottom- Jing Curtiss, Tracey Rodarte, Nicole Bluth-Allen, Top- Lisa Naughton, Cindy Shroder, Vanessa Arvizu-Laikona, Mia Carrillo

AZHP Training & Interviews with Athletes - Day 3

Photo Credit: Orlando Carrillo
Video Editing: Jen Barber

AZHP Training & Interviews with Athletes - Day 4

Photo Credit: Orlando Carrillo
Video Editing: Jen Barber

AZHP Swag 2022 - Meet the Coaching Team

Photo Credit: Orlando Carrillo
Video Editing: Jen Barber

WHAT IS HIGH PERFORMANCE?

Approximately 100 all-star teams from USA VOLLEYBALL regions across the country

- including the Arizona Region -

will vie for championship titles.

 

Regions will select up-and-coming girls and boys athletes from clubs in their areas to represent them on the court in multiple age groups and divisions.



CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2022 HIGH PERFORMANCE TRYOUTS AND CLINIC.

Ron Pelham

High Performance Director

THE ARIZONA REGION'S HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS WILL COMPETE AT THE

USA VOLLEYBALL ALL-STAR CHAMPIONSHIP

2022 USA All-Star Championship
July 19-23, 2022
Tulsa, Oklahoma


2021

TRYOUT. TRAIN. COMPETE.

The competition is ON!

Volleyball regions from around the U.S., including the Arizona Region, are meeting up to compete High Performance in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

We have in place some of the BEST coaches in Arizona to train the highest level junior boys and girls teams.


LOOK BACK AT 2021

We are consolidating all of our awesome photos from Summer 2021 Arizona Region High Performance on its own dedicated webpage.

Please bookmark our PHOTO GALLERY today and check back often!

Photo gallery for 2021 Arizona Region High Performance

Check out all the action from 2021 Arizona Region High Performance!


2021 HIGH PERFORMANCE RECAP

2021 ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS

CONGRATULATIONS!


Arizona Region of USA Volleyball High Performance Delegation 2021

**ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE UPDATES**
The Arizona Region’s best are headed to high performance competition in Orlando and we’re adding updates in two places!
 
1. Our top notch #AZHP correspondents, Kyla Chavez and Alyssa Avitia, will post stories to our Instagram page at www.instagram.com/azregionusavolleyball. @azregionusavolleyball
 
2. Back at home, our #AZVolleyballMom will be updating a photo gallery on our website at www.azregionvolleyball.org/azhp2021. Bookmark the page and feel free to check back periodically.
We are beyond excited for our high performance program of coaches and athletes led by our dedicated director Ron Pelham. Safe travels and… LET’S GO!
 
P.S. Visit www.azregionvolleyball.org/highperformance to get information about the Arizona Region’s High Performance program, coaches, and athletes.

ABOUT

ARIZONA REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE

2021

AZ REGION HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHING STAFF FOR 2021

Rita Stubbs, David Thistle - Girls' International Youth
Terri Spann, Rachel Kater - Girls' International Select
Deitre Collins-Parker, Bryan Meyer - Girls' National Select

Dave Chavez, DT Nguyen - Girls' Future Select
Taylor Stallman, Tim Zemp - Boys' International Youth

Arizona Region Indoor High Performance Teams for 2021

The Arizona Region of USA Volleyball is proud to sponsor junior teams for the USA Volleyball High Performance Competition in July 2021. 

May 6, 2021 - USA Volleyball has cancelled the 2021 HP Championships tournament which was going to be held in Phoenix in July.   

The Arizona Region is working with a group of other USAV regions to compete during the same time frame the HP Championships were scheduled to be held. 

This new High Performance event will be held in Orlando, Florida in July 2021.

Registration for AZHP Tryouts are still being taken at the link below.

**HP TRYOUTS FOR ATHLETES WHO WERE AT RED ROCK RAVE REGISTRATION**

The Arizona Region of USA Volleyball will host additional tryouts and HP clinics only for athletes who were at Red Rock Rave. Registration is now open.

Boys and girls tryouts/clinic:

  • May 26th & 27th for GIRLS: 4:30-6:30pm
  • May 26th & 27th for BOYS: 6:30-8:30pm
  • AZ Region Facility - 7100 W. Erie Street, Chandler, AZ  85226

Click here to register for AZ HP Tryouts/Clinic.

This link takes you to Ready Set Register website. 

  • Go to our AZ Region Tryouts/Clinic event here
  • "Make a New Account" or Log in
  • Select 1 day, 2 days or 3 days to attend
  • Follow the prompts to review your order and pay

Your payment is your registration.

PLAN AHEAD:

*Athletes who are selected for teams will be notified the 2nd week in June 2021.

*2021 training costs for each athlete is TBA as we figure out the additional cost involved in going to Orlando. Half of the cost is due upon acceptance of an offer to play on a team. The other half is due July 1st.

*Teams will be in training July 13-17, 2021.

*AZ Region teams will compete July 21-25, 2021 in Orlando, FL.  More info is coming on this event.

Please bookmark this page and follow #AZHP in social media for updates.

2021 COMPETITION DATES & LOCATION

For athletes who make AZHP teams, the Training, Travel and Competition Dates are:

  • July 13-17, 2021 - Training Days
  • July 20, 2021 (Depart Phoenix for Orlando)
  • July 21, 2021 (Practice Day)
  • July 22-25, 2021 (Competition)
  • July 26, 2021 (Depart Orlando for Phoenix)

Location: Orlando, FL
Venue: Orange County Convention Center

Arizona Region HP Contact

Ronald Pelham

High Performance Director
Arizona Region Volleyball
520-661-4695
AZHP@azregionvolleyball.org



2021 INFORMATION

What is HIGH PERFORMANCE?

USA Volleyball is the National Governing Body for the sport of volleyball in the United States. The national organization runs and manages the USA National Men's and Women's Volleyball Teams, the USA Olympic Teams, and also USA Youth and Junior National Teams for each gender.

The Youth and Junior National Teams, along with a number of tiered training programs, fall under the High Performance (HP) Department. The national HP Department works to advance volleyball talent and build a broader and stronger pipeline of athletes and coaches for our USA Olympic Teams.


The HP Program at USA Volleyball is the "pipeline" for young volleyball athletes who aspire to reach the elite level of their sport and who dream to one day represent the USA on the National Men's or Women's Volleyball Team.

HP provides many team and camp opportunities for young volleyball athletes in three designated age groups for each gender. These age groups are determined by an athlete's year of birth (using international criteria) and begin approximately when they are 13 or 14 years old, continuing for six seasons, often into their collegiate years.


The mission of the USAV High Performance Program is to build a national pipeline of junior volleyball athletes and coaches, creating broad opportunities for advancing the level of play, competition and skill development throughout the sport.

What is happening in the Arizona Region with HIGH PERFORMANCE?

The Arizona Region works directly with USA Volleyball to provide the best possible opportunities for all members in our region.  We are doing this in the following ways.

  • The Arizona Region forms HP teams to compete in the High Performance Championships in July each year. The Arizona Region will sponsor up to three girls’ teams (International Youth, National Select and/or Future Select) and up to three boys’ teams (International Youth, National and/or Regional).

What is the advantage of attending the Arizona Region Tryout? 

The Arizona Region tryout is exactly the same at the other tryouts held at national qualifiers all around the country. Attending the AZ Region-hosted tryout is for the Arizona Region team selection only.  It also means that athletes can play HIGH PERFORMANCE even though they may not participate in national qualifiers with their club team. If an athlete does not tryout in Arizona, they will not be chosen for the AZHP teams.

General Questions About High Performance

1.  What is the time commitment?
The Arizona High Performance (AZHP) teams will train the week of July 13th-17th in the Phoenix metro area. The teams will be training approximately 2 times per day during that time. The training is to prepare the team to compete in the High Performance Championships in mid July.  The commitment is basically from July 13th – July 25th. 

2.  What is the cost of participating on the AZHP team?
The cost of participation on the team is $650.00. This fee covers the cost for training, hotel stay and travel to and from the HP Championships city. The fees will be broken into 2 payments if needed. 1st payment of $325 is due upon commitment to the team and balance will be due no later than July 1, 2021.

3.  How do you make the team?
The tryout is for those athletes that are available to commit to the time frame and fall in the respective gender and birth date categories for the teams being offered.

4.  How many athletes are chosen for the teams?
The AZ Region will choose between 10-12 athletes per team which is formed. 

5.  When are teams announced?
The Arizona Region HP Director will contact the selected athletes for a commitment within 10 days of the tryouts. When all the commitments have been received the teams will be announced.

If you have any other questions, please email Ron Pelham, AZHP Director.

Ron Pelham

High Performance Director, Associate Official's Division Coord

Phone: 520.661.4695