Brazos Valley Juniors is a USAV club volleyball program serving Junior Olympic volleyball players in the Brazos Valley area. Brazos Valley Juniors is a non-profit 501(c)(3) club and is based out of Bryan-College Station, Texas. The club strives to provide quality volleyball training and competition, to female athletes from 10-18 years of age in Bryan, College Station and all surrounding cities.
Thursday, July 2
Great Results at Junior Olympics!
Our Brazos Valley Juniors teams all completed the 4 day Junior Olympic tournament in Miami Beach with winning records. Brazos Valley 12 Mizuno finished 13th overall in 12 American, Brazos Valley 16 Mizuno finished 18th in 16 American and Brazos Valley Juniors 17 Mizuno finished 25th in 17 National. Our teams played great together and faced some outstanding competition. They have raised the bar for our next teams that earn a berth to the Junior Olympics. Maybe you will be on a team that will finish even higher at next summer's Junior Olympics! Again, Congratulations to our three teams that represented our club, their coaches and their families. We are very appreciative of your commitment to excellence!!
Wednesday, June 24
Newspaper Articles about Our Teams!
Informational Meeting Scheduled for October 18!
Brazos Valley Juniors will hold their annual information meeting on Sunday, October 18 at 2:00 p.m. at A&M Consolidated Middle School in the school Cafeteria located at 105 Holik which is off of George Bush Drive (across from the A&M Golf Course). General information about Jr. Olympic Volleyball, Brazos Valley Juniors, tentative season schedule, player fees, and a question-answer session will provide you with information about the 2009-2010 season. You will also be able to register for try-outs at this meeting. There is a non-refundable tryout fee of $40 if you register in advance and $50 at the door on the day of tryouts.
New families to Brazos Valley Juniors usually find this meeting very informative. Returning players will find that they know most of the information presented, however they are still welcome to attend.
Information presented at the meeting on October 18th, will be available on this website under "Handouts" on October 19th.
Brazos Valley Juniors Try-Out Schedule
Brazos Valley Juniors invites any girl that lives in the Brazos Valley, with an interest in getting better in volleyball to attend our tryouts! The great thing about our teams each season is that we have girls from many different schools and cities in our club, so you will make many new friends and be challenged to get better by playing with people from different areas.
Location of our tryout sessions will be posted no later than October 18th. Dates shown below are firm, although times are tentative.
We will have two tryout sessions for all girls trying out for our 13's, 14's, 15's, and 16's and 17's/18's teams. All athletes must attend at least one tryout, but it is to each athlete's advantage to attend both sessions. For 13's and 14's, there will be one more mandatory tryout session that will be a "call-back" for the top 29-32 players at tryouts so that we can better observe skill level and assign players to the appropriate team.
We will have one tryout session for our 12's and we will select the best 19 players. We will then have 2-3 practices together before separating the girls into two teams. Tryouts for the 12's will be Sunday, November 1st from 12:30-2:30 pm. To tryout for a 12's team, athletes will turn 10, 11 or 12 on or before August 31, 2010.
Our 13's tryouts will be on Sunday, November 1st from 3:00-5:30 pm and on Monday, November 2nd from 6:30-8:00. We will then "call-back" 29-32 players for a final tryout session on Wednesday, November 4th from 6:30-8:00 pm. To tryout for a 13's team, an athlete will be at least 12 and turn 13 between Sept. 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010.
Our 14's tryouts will be on Sunday, November 1st from 6:00-8:30 pm and on Monday, November 2nd from 8:15-9:45 pm. We will then "call-back" 29-32 players for a final tryout session on Thursday, November 6th from 8:15-9:45 pm. To tryout for a 14's team, an athlete will be at least 13 and turn 14 between September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010.
Our 15's tryouts will be on Sunday, November 22nd from 1:30-3:30 and on Monday, November 10th from 6:30-8:00. To tryout for a 15's team, an athlete will be at least 14 and will turn 15 between September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010.
Our 16's tryouts will be on Sunday, November 22nd from 1:30-3:30 and on Monday, November 10th from 6:30-8:00. To tryout for a 16's team, an athlete will be at least 15 and will turn 16 between September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010.
Our 17's/18's tryout will be held on Sunday, November 22nd from 4:00-6:00 and on Monday, November 10th from 8:00-9:45. To tryout for 17's/18's, an athlete must be at least 16 and will turn 17 or older between September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010.
Registration will take place 30 minutes prior to each tryout.
The tryout registration form can be printed from our Handouts section (after September 15th), it can be picked up at our Informational meeting, or it will be available at our tryout. You will need to bring a small picture of yourself to attach to the application. Also, if you are new to BVJ, we will need a copy of your birth certificate that we can keep. Once you are selected for a team, you will then need to turn in the additional paperwork with your deposit. Tryout Fee is $40.00 if received at least 24 hours in advanceof the tryout(at 4600 Double Eagle College Station, TX 77845) or $50 at the door. Your tryout fee includes both nights of tryouts and the call-back if applicable, and a t-shirt. When you make a team, your tryout fee will be applied to your USAV registration.
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Friday, May 22
Erika Arthur Selected!
Congratulations to Erika Arthur, 16 Mizuno, who was recently selected to the Lone Star Region Youth High Performance team. Erika will represent Brazos Valley Juniors and the Lone Star Region at the USA High Performance National Championships! The Championships will be held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in late July and will feature top players from around the country as she will compete against other Regional All Star teams and USA High Performance teams. Good Luck and Congratulations!
Monday, May 18
College Commitments!
Congratulations to three of our 17 Mizuno players who have recently made decisions to continue their volleyball careers in college! All three players have made commitments to NCAA Division I schools and we are very proud of and excited about their future opportunities!
**Caitlin Germany will play at Louisiana Tech University in the Western Athletic Conference
**Kaylee Piatt will play at Lamar University in the Southland Conference
**Tiffany Regmund will play at Rutgers University in the Big East Conference
Also, congratulations are in order to former BVJ Players, Hillary Parker who will play at Mississippi State, Christina Smith who will continue her playing career at UT-Tyler after playing for two years at Hill College and Kelsey Alford who has committed to Blinn Junior College in Brenham.
Monday, May 11
Brazos Valley Beach Team Qualifies for Nationals!
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| BVJ 12 Mizuno Going to Miami!
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Sunday, May 3
Brazos Valley Shines at Regionals!
Brazos Valley Juniors 16 Mizuno and 12 Mizuno both qualified for the Junior Olympics at the Lone Star Regional Championships to make it three teams total attending USA Volleyball's National Championship tournament in Miami Beach, Florida! Other great news from the tournament was that all of our Mizuno teams made the gold bracket and 14 and 15 Mizuno both played for bids, but came up just short! 14 Navy finished third in the Club division and 14 Red finished fifth in the club division. Congrats to all of our teams, coaches, and parents on a terrific regular season! Good Luck to 12 Mizuno, 16 Mizuno, and 17 Mizuno as they represent our club in Miami Beach, Florida at the 2009 Junior Olympics!
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BVJ 16 Mizuno Going to JO's!
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Sunday, April 19
Brazos Valley 17 Mizuno WINS NEQ!
Brazos Valley 17 Mizuno went undefeated for three days at the Northeast National Qualifier in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a bid to participate in the National Division of the USA Junior Olympics! Congratulations to all the players, coaches and parents on this great success! We know that you will represent us well in Miami!
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