Aspire Volleyball Club

GREAT FIRST REGION TOURNAMENT FOR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS:

13N Black - 1st Place in seeding Division

14N Black - 1st Place in seeding Division

14N Silver - 3rd Place in seeding Division

15N Silver - 2nd Place in seeding Division

16N Silver - 2nd Place in seeding Division

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SOLID WEEK #1 FOR ASPIRE OPEN AND 12S TEAMS:

12N Black - 1st Place - Kickoff Tournament

15N Black - 3rd Place - Open Division 5 (moving up)

16N Black - 5th Place - Open Division 5 (holding)

17N Black - 1st Place - Open Division 3 (moving up)

18N Black - 4th Place - Open Division 2 (holding)

Great start to the season!

DID YOU KNOW IN 2011:
Aspire had 3 teams that qualified and traveled to Nationals
12Black finished AZ season undefeated and won Crossroads NQ
14 Black finished 2nd at Anaheim NQ
16s and 18s were Gold Bracket finalists at Minneapolis NQ
Six teams finished in Top 10 of their AZ Divisions
16 Girls and 5 Boys teams  

Shan England (18 Black) commits to Utah State University - Division I

Jessica Laflin (18 Black) commits to U.S. Air Force Academy - Division I

Brandy Grant (18 Black) commits to South Mountain Community College - NJCAA

Mary Jo Kolze (18 Black) commits to Missouri State - Division I

Aspire and ASU women's volleyball team host a clinic for Special Olympics Arizona organized by Teresa Scobee.  Additional clinics are planned and Aspire will, once again, be the home of one or more Special Olympics teams that will represent Arizona at the USA Volleyball Nationals this summer.

Click on the link below to read full article in the Ahwatukee Foothills News

http://www.ahwatukee.com/news/article_b3d6efd2-469d-11e1-b291-0019bb2963f4.html

Hailey Harward and Olivia Hallaran of Aspire 14N Black make the USA Red Team at the Olympic Training Center and represent Aspire and the State of Arizona with pride AND BEASTLY SKILL!   We are proud of both of you!

Maeghan Goldman(18N Black) - Div.II All-State 1st Team
Kasey Kiefer (17N Black) - Div. I Honorable Mention
Kayla Meester (18N Black) - Div. I Honorable Mention
Lexie Nelson (18N Black) - Div. I Honorable Mention
Anaya Whyte (18N Black) - Div. III Honorable Mention

Congratulations to the Aspire 12N Black team for winning the Championship at this year's Kickoff Tournament. 

Congratulations to Aspire's Emily Dawson, Roxanne Lake, Shelby Babcock and Kendall Gray for taking 1st Place 18-and-under at the Barca Beach New Year's Tournament.

And congratulations to Aspire's Halie Rocco, Sammi Brozak, Alicia Heilner and Dani Sullivan for taking 1st Place in their age division at the Barca Beach Tournament.

Aspire players are beasts on the beach!

Congratulations to the Aspire15N Silver team for their 1st Place finish at the 2011 Ice Breaker Tournament!  And the Aspire 15N Silver entry into the Court One Holly Volley 4-on-4 tournament took 2nd Place.  Way to go!

Aspire players Champions at the Court One 4 on 4 tournament:
Hailey Babcock, Kameryn Hill, Rachel Kramer, Jessica Williams and Taylor Knoll