Miami Elite Volleyball Club: Miami Elite News

 A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR 

 May 13, 2013

Miami Elite teams up with Fit Kids Day!

Join us on SUNDAY, MAY 19 from 10:00am-2:00pm at Evelyn Greer Park for the 2nd annual Fit Kids Day as we help promote health and fitness among Miami's youth! Read more about this awesome event and show off your skills on our court! We are section #33 by the stage and the baseball field 2. Bring the family for some outdoor fitness fun ~ Hope to see you all on Sunday!  

Evelyn Greer Park - 8200 SW 124 ST, Pinecrest.  

AAU Nationals, here we come! 

Congratulations to the athletes who have been selected to participate in AAU Nationals with us! We will be taking the following teams to Orlando beginning June 18: 12Blue, 12White, 13Blue, 14Blue, 15Blue and 17Blue.  

Interested in getting extra work in a smaller setting? Join Coaches Julie and Jessica for Small Groups. May Small Groups dates have been added: Small Groups Tab. Reserve your spot - miamielitevbc@aol.com. 

We are heading to Texas in June!

13Blue and 17Blue teams both earned bids to the USA Volleyball Junior National Tournament at the Florida Region Qualifer! Congratulations to both teams and coaches for this exceptional accomplishment! ALL ME teams finished in Gold and Silver playoffs and 12B-17B teams finished higher than any other teams from Miami! 

 Miami Elite girls are once again proving that they are among Florida's best! FIVE ME players have been selected to a Team Florida High Performance team. The girls will compete against other players their age for a chance to earn a position on Team Florida. Way to go, girls! Valeria Palma (12Blue), Lara Arvesu (12Blue), Bella Ortega (12Blue), Courtney Clausell (16Blue), and Susie Forbes (17Blue).

Three ME Athletes have made decisions to compete in college! Michelle Melendez (18Blue) will attend Palm Beach State College on a full athletic scholarship and Jenny Ceballos (17Blue) will play for Rollins College in 2014. Susie Forbes (17Blue) has also received a full scholarhips to play at Palm Beach Atlantic University. In their 2013 season, PBA competed in the NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen playoff round. Susie will join ME Alumni, Rebecca Acevedo as a Sailfish in 2014. 

Congrats to Training Program's March Point Winner, Dani Melo! View all monthly winners and download the Monthly Recaps in the Training Program tab. 

  Prissy Hernandez (13Blue) has been selected  to USA Soccer's Olympic Development Program! ODP exisits to identify players for the Women's National Team. Prissy will participate in this prestigous program this summer. 

The Big South JNQ boasted the largest attended JNQ yet! All divisions reached max capacity, with some the Nation's toughest teams scattered throughout every age level. ME girls came ready to compete and we had our most successful showing at a Qualifier yet! Congrats to 12B, 13B and 17B for playing deep into GOLD Playoffs! 

Good luck to our teams traveling to the Sho-Me JNQ in the next few days! Others will stay local at the Tri-County Series and we will all attend the Florida Region Qualifier. We are winding down to the last few weeks of regular season; let's finish strong and bring home some bids to Nationals!

Once season is complete, we will hold tryouts for all players interested in attending AAU Nationals with us. We plan to take one team from each age group. Confirm your interest via email - miamielitevbc@aol.com.  

 As we head into the thrid month of season, we continue to build upon the foundation created throughout January and February. The results of hard work is paying off as we see our teams improving, overcoming adversity and competing in tough matches. Congrats to 15White for finishing 2nd in GOLD at the March Madness Tournament! 

View all tournament standings - Tournament tab. 

The Miami Showcase win marks the FOURTH consecutive tournament title and undefeated record for 17Blue! 

Thank you to everyone who participated in Future Stars (6U-11U) this season!

     The Florida Region recognizes Miami Elite as the featured club for February! Read all about it in the latest USAV FL Vol-E-News. Click here to read the newsletter.  

 THANK YOU, SPONSORS! 

We appreciate our 2013 Sponsors and their generosity with our athletes and program. Take a minute to view all sponsors, listed in the 2013 Sponsor tab. If you would like to support an ME Athlete or Miami Elite's Scholarship Foundation, please contact Accounts Manager Sandra Mora: SMmiamielitevbc@aol.com.

  CONGRATULATIONS to all of our ME Athletes named to The Miami Herald's All-Dade Teams! Each season Miami Elite is well-represented throughout the county and this year is no exception! Current ME Athletes: 12 and 2012 ME Athletes: 4. 

Current Miami Elite Athletes listed on an All-Dade Team:

First Team: Taylor David (17B), Jenny Ceballos (17B), Susie Forbes (17B), Sylvia Hernandez (17B)

Second Team: Tere Bernace (17B), Dani Littke (17B), Kelsey Taylor (17B)

Third Team: Juliana Calienes (17B), Sammy Ceballos (16B)

Honorable Mention: Kasey Garcia (18B), Stefani Rodriguez (18B), Michelle Melendez (18B), Kat Salgado (17B) 

During the Holiday break, your coaches were hard at work getting better and learning from the best! We are honored to have hosted USA Volleyball two-time Olympic Gold Medal Winner and founder of Gold Medal Squared, Coach Carl McGown. 

  Upcoming Dates & Events:

May 6 & 7 - Tryouts for AAU Teams  

June - AAU Nationals & USAV Nationals

June 10-13 - Week 1 of Camp

July 8-11 - Week 2 of Camp

July 22-25 - Carrollton School Team Camp  

 Contact Us: 

Director - Scott Doan: miamielitevbc@aol.com

Director - Julie Doan Kurenuma: miamielitevbc@aol.com

Tournament & Travel Director - Jessica Maduro Sementilli: JMmiamielitevbc@aol.com

Assistant Director - Kevin Carr: poolplay25@yahoo.com

Training Program Director - Katie Moon: miamielitevbcKM@aol.com

Accounts Manager - Sandra Mora: SMmiamielitevbc@aol.com  

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