2009 Season News:  Press-release from Puget Sound Region-USAV

PSR Tryout Dates Set:
The Junior Advisory Board met August 19th and set the tryout dates for the upcoming season. WIAA changed their schedule and to avoid conflicts with high school programs, the region has set the following dates for tryouts:

• U14 & under - First day of tryouts is Saturday, Nov 15

• U15 & older - First day of tryouts is Monday, Dec 1. 

We have also decided to drop the Letter of Commitment due to the expanded time for tryouts. Language will be added to the Girls Division Handbook that players cannot be forced into a commitment at the time of the tryout.

SpaceNeedle will anounce tryouts date soon.

Space Needle Fuze U18 was the first Boys team ever from the Puget Sound Region Region to play at JO's. We worked very hard all year to prepare a team for this event, actually many of the boys stareted playing together in 2005 when we participated in AAU Nationals in Chicago. In 2006 we went to Canadian Nationals in Calgary and finished 19th out of 108 in the U16 category. 2007-2008,  the team went to Anaheim to the SCVA tournament to qualify for Nationals. At Emerald City Classic we placed 1st and played against 2 Canadian teams and Cascade VC.

Thies Ketelsen, Filip Meinelt, James Dorr, Enrique Dominguez, Tom Park, Max Ozuna, Dominic Van Der Jagt, Josh Tag, Matry Lorenz and Matthew West along with Coaches Mark and Raquel West and Ric Lomibao travelled to Sandy, Utah and played at the South Towne Convention Center for the 2008 Club Nationals.

One of the highlights this year was finishing 29th out of 53 teams and alot of the College Coaches were interested in our players. A special thanks to our 2 International Students Thies and Filip for playing for our Foundation and making our year monumental.

Also, a special thanks to our parents for their support.

15 year old Jazmyn Ray from the U18 Spike Force team and 14 year old Matthew West  from the U18 Fuze team have been invited to participate in the High Performance National Program They are going to be in training for 5 days and 5 days in competitions against  International teams and the HP from other Regions.

Last year Jaz was part of the Region HP Camp program and Matt was part of the Nation HP Camp program.

Space Needle Volleyball Foundation is proud that these two athletes are representing us in the National Program.

Matthew West- "Playing my favorite sport should be fun but representing my country will make this even better. It’s an honor to wear team USA's jersey."-

12 years old Monica Postor from the U14 team and 16 year old Rachel Cline from the U18 team were invited to the Puget Sound Region High Performance program.

It is a honor to have Monica and Rachel to reprent Space Needle Volleyball Foundation in the PSR High Performance program.

The U16 and a U18 team had a lot of fun at the AAU National in Orlando Florida. Both teams played with players bellow their age. Our U16 team had 2 U13, 2 U14, 2 U15 and 3 U16 players. They play good together and have a lot of fun. Our U18 team was compose by 1 U15, 3 U16, 2 U17 and 2 U18.

All the girls were together at the times that they wasn't playing, they realy anjoy the time getting to know about each other.

Our players make a good click with the Puerto Rico team. The last day of the tournament our teams visited the Puerto Rico teams in their rental homes. They sum, dance and sing together from 7pm to 12am. All the parents, coaches and chaperones had a good time watching the girls anjoying their time together. 

That was a great tournament to finish the year.

Ladies It was Fun, but next year we are going to practice more Spanish and dancing and of course Volleyball.....!!!!!!!