Sunday, July 28, 2013

AVA Alumni Jill Bergeson - Gold and makes All-Tournament at USAV High Performance Championships


AVA Alumni Jill Bergeson (#10) captures Gold and makes All-Tournament at USAV High Performance Championships in the Women’s International Junior Division. Way to go Jill!
Photo: AVA Alumni Jill Bergeson (#10) captures Gold and makes All-Tournament at USAV High Performance Championships in the Women’s International Junior Division.   Way to go Jill!

Katarina Morton - USAV Girls Youth National A1

Congrats to AVA 17Rox Katarina Morton! She was selected for the USAV Girls Youth National A1 Team - and will be representing AVA in Ft. Lauderdale FL this week training and playing against several international teams including Brazil, Chile, Canada, Puerto Rico etc..

Katarina is Bronze Medalist from 2012 - USA Volleyball High Performance Championships - Women's International Junior Division

Good luck going for the Gold and great job representing AVA at the highest junior level!! We are proud of you!

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Houston Chronicle - Volleyball: Academy helps to showcase area talent

Here's a must read article that was done by the Houston Chronicle about AVA: 

Volleyball: Academy helps to showcase area talent
By Corey Roepken | July 16, 2013

Suzy Boulavsky had an illustrious high school volleyball career and carried that over to an ultra-successful four-year run at Oklahoma.

It's difficult to say she would have benefited more from a club closer to her home, but she's sure of two things. She would not have had to put so many miles on her car, and Absolute Volleyball Academy of Texas is doing wonders for young players on the south side of town.

Katy Garza and Jerry Linch co-founded AVA in 2006 when they realized combining their clubs could create a volleyball juggernaut.

In 2009 they built a large facility in Dickinson. The club already was on the upswing at that point, but that's also the year in which AVA won its first national title.

Perhaps the most important thing, though, is that through the first seven years every high school senior in the program has been awarded a college scholarship. There were a couple of years the club had three 18-under teams.

"They did a really good job of taking care of the talent in south Houston," said Boulavsky, who has coached at AVA each of the last four summers. "When I was playing there weren't a lot of options on our side of town. They kept it as a stable place for people in the south Houston districts."

http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/sports/article/Volleyball-Academy-helps-to-showcase-area-talent-4668012.php

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Alyssa Enneking (16Rox) & Ashlynn Dunbar (15Rox) named to PrepVolleyball.com 2013 Club Volleyball All-Americans

PrepVolleyball.com named their inaugural Club Volleyball All-Americans, the best of the best according to PreVolleyball.com ... the leading Club Volleyball Authority in the Country !

Congratulations to Alyssa Enneking (16Rox)  Club Volleyball All-American 16s Second Team 






Congratulations to Ashlynn Dunbar (15Rox) Club Volleyball All-American 15s Second Team

Friday, July 5, 2013

AVA 17Rox Alexa Lezak commits to The University of the Incarnate Word

Congrats to AVA 17Rox Alexa Lezak on her commitment to The University of the Incarnate Word. Way to go Alexa!!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

AVA 17Rox Chelsea Sincox commits to Cornell University

Congrats to AVA 17Rox Chelsea Sincox on her commitment to Cornell University. Way to go Chelsea!!