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About KiVA
KiVA Divas Travel to Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy to Represent U.S. in 2008 European Global Challenge
Last year as a sophomore playing for Anne Kordes' St Louis University Billikens, Whitney Roth was named Setter-of-the-Year for the Atlantic 10 conference. During her career at KiVA, Whitney Roth won two Junior Olympic Open titles (2001 and 2005) and a couple AAU Golds (2001 and 2003). As a senior, she set Assumption High School to a National Championship during a perfect 43-0 season. Carrie Minogue was only a sophomore that year, but her KiVA club teams have also collected some hardware; a JO gold in 2003, silver in 2005 and 2007, and a bronze in 2006, all in Open competition as well as four AAU championships ('03, '04, '05, and '07). Carrie begins her collegiate career this fall for the Catamounts of Western Carolina University.
The two met in Paris en route to their training camp in Maribor, Slovenia, a small mountain town on the foothills of the Alps, where they will practice with a Romanian National team. Today, they travel to Ljubljana, the capitol of Slovenia, where they will scrimmage the Junior National team from Denmark. Tomorrow they will scrimmage a team from Russia in preparation for the actual four-day tournament named the 2008 European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia, a seaside town on the Adriatic Sea. Their beginning pool contains teams from Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia. Reseeding will be done based on the first two days of competion, and teams will be placed in either the Brijuni (Gold) or Istra (Silver) Division brackets. After the tournament, Carrie will see the sights in Venice with the WCU contingent for a couple of days before returning home.
Whitney has a weblog that can be accessed at http://slubillikens.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/071808aab.html. Carrie, along with teammate Lizzy Rondone (libero at WCU), and their coach Stephanie Dragan are keeping a diary which can be accessed at the Western Carolina University Volleyball website (here is the link http://catamountsports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/wcar-w-volley-body.html ). The team also has a journal that can be accessed from the Teams page or the Training Camps (Maribor) page from the tournament website, http://www.bringitusa.com/gc08. Tournament results will also be posted there. John Tawa mentioned on PrepVolleyball's message board that he was working on an article to post on his site as well. Last year, another KiVA diva, Mindy Flynn competed in Pula. Her picture and last year's results can be accessed at this link
KiVA Strikes Gold at JVDA Nationals
13Red, 14White, and 15Red all performed an encore to the AAU showings by winning their championships at the JVDA End-of-Year Tournament. 14Red improved on their Bronze medal at AAUs by winning the Gold this weekend and creating a KiVA sweep in the 14 year-old age group. 12White, 16Red, and 17 Red all added Bronze medals. In addition, 12Red, 14Black, 15White, 17White, and 18White all closed-out their seasons in Gold bracket play! Send pictures and/or stories to KivaWebmaster at gmail.com and I'll get them posted. Congrats to these KiVA divas who made the JVDA all-tournament teams; 17O Whitney Craven and Sara Rogers 17C Kaitlin Young 160 Madison Hardy and Deja McClendon 150 Claire Gerwig, Natalie Keck, and Stephanie Troutwein (who was also the MVP) 15C Taylor Allgier
* Inaugural JVDA Championships Deemed a Success. Click here for the full story.
Sunday, February 26 Shutterbug Alert! Kodak Moments Requested!
Things for the Team To Do in Louisville During Tournaments For ideas on things for the team to do in Louisville while you are in town for the volleyball tournament, see the ... Would you like to market your business with a banner ad on our site? I would like to ... Team Content Requested KIVA team reps (or those with the gift of the pen) are invited to send a two or three paragraph article on your teams recent performance so it can be posted on our club's website. It can be at a Qualifier or some other tournament or some other experience. Ron would like to hear from all the teams. Attach a picture if you wish ( .gif and .jpg formats are best). Send it to Ron at ronkordes@ovvc.com or if you have an aversion to computers, fax a hardcopy to Sunday, March 9 Bluegrass Pre-Qualifier Tournament Results Friday, March 7 2008 Louisville AVP Volunteer positions For the first time last year, the AVP Croc Beach Tour came to Louisville over the Memorial Day weekend, the ... Friday, March 7 AVP Tour Returns to Louisville During Memorial Day Weekend Tournament Attached below is a 2-for-1 ticket promotion brought to you by KiVA and one of our loyal sponsors, Tandem Sports. ...
16 White Wins Club Championship at Central Zone
14 Black Wins Union Classic Championship
12 Red Wins Central Zone Championship Saturday, February 23 14 White Shows Promise in 2008
Here we are two months into the season and the KIVA 14 White have accomplished alot in a short time. We currently hold a 30-10 record withalot of our victories coming from playing at an older age level. We just have just come from a 3rd place finish in the Dayton's President's Cup. We competed very well in 14 Open division, defeating great teams such as Team Z 14-1 and Impact 14-1. So far this year we have won the Silver division in the Central Zone Invite, knocking off Team Indiana 14-1. We are heading into a very tough weekend in the Central Zone Championships in Indy. The team is having a blast and sky is the limit with this very talented bunch of girls. PS. Profiles were just received for 14W on Friday and should be posted by end of week.
13 Laura Wins Union Classic Championship Tuesday, January 22 Send News and/or Pictures of Your Team! Aspiring club writers, send us a recap of your team's performance at Central Zone and I'll compile all teams together. Anytime you have results, a picture, and/or an interesting story that the rest of the club would enjoy, send it to KivaWebmasters at GMAIL.COM (use the @ symbol when you do; I didn't to avoid spambots). The Sisterhood is on her Farewell Tour Thursday, November 8 2007 Christmas Elite Camp - Dec 7th through the 9th Christmas presents don't have to be things, they can be experiences. Give your volleygirl something she can ... Tuesday, September 18 Interested in joining KiVA? Tryouts for the 2008 Season are coming SOON! Wednesday, April 4 Reduce Club Cost By Carpooling The cost of Club Volleyball increases with the price of gas. With that in mind, I would like to offer a way that can act as a clearinghouse of sorts to match potential carpoolers to tournaments, qualifiers, and nationals. I'll add an option to our menu called KiVA Karpool and let it run for the rest of the year to see how well-received it is. Send information about your needs (including what day, what time you can leave, how many, etc) to KivaWebmasters@gmail.com and each day I'll post them to KiVA Karpool. Wednesday, April 4 What do Darrell Griffith, Wesley Unseld, Rodney McCray, and Ron Kordes have in common?
So how about Bear Bryant, Adolph Rupp, Denny Crum, and Ron Kordes? If you said that they're all great coaches in Kentucky, you'd be correct but that is not the answer I'm looking for either. How about Butch Beard, Frank Beard, Ralph Beard, and Ron Kordes? Trick question, but still a hint, just like Wesley Cox, Earl Cox, and Johnny Cox. How about George Blanda, Johnny Unitas, and Paul Hornung? Or Eddie Arcaro, Don Brumfield, and Pat Day? Ok, these hints will probably give it away; Muhammad Ali, Secretariat, and Ron Kordes. Give up? These are all members of the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. Or at least will be, since Ron and Secretariat are being inducted on Wednesday, May 2. I'm sure there's a good punchline there somewhere, but I'm not touching it. Tickets are $75 per person, and are available by calling Jo Barrett at Kosair Charities in Louisville: (502) 637-7696 (ext. 104). The Hall of Fame benefits “Kosair Kids” by contributing the induction banquet proceeds and donations to Kosair Charities. Cocktails begin at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 and the program at 8 p.m. A form is attached below if you would like to attend. It has a deadline of April 18th. The Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame board member is indebted to The Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center board for its support of this KAHF endeavor on behalf of Kosair Charities. We also are grateful to the Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Companies for its longtime corporate sponsorship and for providing these plaques for display in one of Kentucky’s premier sports facilities. The “Walls of Fame” exhibit is free and open to the public during any sports activity or general event at Freedom Hall. While the area housing the Walls of Fame is often accessible at other times, you may wish to call Freedom Hall in advance about the hours the area is open and available.
Central Zone Invitational Tournament Results (13 Open) KiVA 13s Finish 1-2 in Central Zone Invitational
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