Several Jammers were honored with an invitation to participate in the Holiday High Performance Camp:
Youth National Division -- Pomona, California
Jordan Meredith
Courtney Lelepali
Candace Soares
HP Select -- Austin, Texas
Malie Yoon
Scarlet Gable
Jammers Head Coach was invited to coach at the HP Youth National Camp in Pomona. This was her second stint coaching for the USAV High Performance program. Campers at both locations were exposed to coaching by college coaches as well as Jenny Lang Ping, US Women's Olympic coach.
2006
Saturday, May 13
Jammer Player Selected for Youth National Training Team; Nine Jammers Honored
Jammer Jordan Meredith was selected as one of 18 players for the USAV Youth National Training Team. The 18 players will compete for twelve roster spots that will represent the USA at the 2006 U 18 NORCECA Championships. They will train at the University of Florida in Gainesville from July 9-24. The NORCECA 18U Tournament will be held from July 25-31 in Gainesville. Jordan, a member of Jammers 17s, has been a member of Jammers volleyball club since 2000, when she joined the club as a fifth-grader
.Jordan's teammate Angela Heath, who shares her birth date with Jordan, has been invited to attend a Youth National Developmental Camp. Both will play at the Junior Olympics in the National Division 17s.
Members of the Jammers 15s received invitations to attend other USAV High Performance camps. Courtney Lelepali was invited to the USAV Youth National A2 teams and will play on one of the USAV national teams at the USAV High Performance championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in July. Court's teammates Candace Soares, La Shawn Dela Cruz-Kaopua, and Elissa Ji have been invited to the Youth National Developmental or the A2 Developmental camps which will be conducted at several locations in July. Selection of players for the national teams and camps was made after 23 tryouts across the country. Hawaii was fortunate to host tryouts in Hilo and in Honolulu.
Sunday, May 14
Jammer Selected for High Performance Select Team
Jammer Malie Yoon was selected for the USAV Select Team. She is one of only 30 players in the country to receive an invitation to represent the USA in the National High Performance Championships in the Select age group. She is a member of Jammers 14s. The Select Team played "up" in the youth national age group in the International High Performance Tournament and won the Silver Medal.
Jammer Scarlet Gable was invited to attend the USAV Select Developmental Camp. She is a member of Jammers 13s.
Jammers Cara Rosehill and Nicole Sepulveda were invited to attend the USAV Select A2 Developmental Camp. They are also members of Jammers 14s.
2005
Tuesday, May 10
Jammer Selected for High Performance Team
Congratulations to Jammer Kanani Herring for her selection to the USAV 2005 High Performance Camp. Kanani is one of 24 junior volleyball players, born January 1, 1990, or later, selected for the camp. She will attend training for approximately two weeks in Austin, TX, in July. Kanani has been a member of Jammers for two years.
Congratulations to Chanteal Satele for her selection to the USAV A2 camp for the High Performance age group. Chante has been a Jammer for two years. Coutney Lelepali and Anuhea Akamine were selected for the HP Developmental camp. Careena Onosai was selected for the Youth National Developmental camp.
Wednesday, August 10
Two Jammers are National MVPs
On July 23, 2005, Jammers was honored by the selection of two members as Most Valuable Player in national competition.
The USAV High Performance Championship is a national competition in which each USAV region selects an elite team for inter-regional competition. Play was for four days from July 20 to July 23 in Austin, Texas, the home of Lance Armstrong and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
The USAV High Peformance program fielded two teams from the national High Performance Camp to play "up" in the Youth National Division. Jammer Kanani Herring was key to the success of the USAV HP Red team, which won first place in the Youth National Division.
The Aloha Region HP team was coached by Coach Deb. Five Jammers were scheduled to play on the team but due to other sports and injury, only three Jammers were able to play in Austin. Chanteal Satele, Jordan Meredith and La Shawn Dela Cruz Kaopua were the only active Jammers on the team. Anuhea Akamine was injured a few days before the trip. Other players on the team were Rainbow Asics' Tatiana Santiago, Sydney Yogi, Haililani Pokipala and Sammy Misa. Rebekah Torres from HIVA was the region's 8th player. The Aloha Region won first place. Our Hawaii team was the only team in the HP age group which did not lose a single match.
The all tournament team for each age group was selected by all of the coaches with the provision that no coach may vote for a player from his/her region. Jammer Kanani Herring was chosen Most Valuable Player of the Youth National Division.
Jammer Jordan Meredith was chosen Most Valuable Player of the High Performance Division.
The Aloha Region Youth National Team has three Jammers, Tricia Yoshimura, Deven Bukowski, and Marya Kaminski. The region's Youth National Division placed second in the Youth National Division in the Intermountain Region's global challenge which featured teams from China, Russia, Slovenia and elite regional teams in Salt Lake City. The Aloha Region's Junior National Team (born in 1986 or later) has one current Jammer, Kaui Todd, and one graduated Jammer, Dani Hout. The Aloha Region team was third in the Global Challenge.
Click on the trophy for the USAV press release.
2004
Thursday, May 6
2004 High Performance Tryout Results
Congratulations to Jammer Chanteal Satele from the Jammers 16s who was selected for the 2004 High Performance camp, to Kanani Herring (Jammers 14s and 16s) who was selected as an alternate to the High Performance Camp and an automatic A2 camp position, to Jammer Lena Yee from the Jammers 17s who was chosen for the 2004 Junior National A2 camp.
For Lena and Chanteal, each of the girls were rated nationally as being among the top thirty-six girl volleyball players in their respective age groups. For Kanani, this means she was rated in the top 75 girl volleyball players in the High Performance age group. Selection means that the girls received four days of training with the USAV High Performance staff.
Congratulations to Jordan Meredith (OH) and Kristen Keeno (DS) who were invited to play "up" on the Aloha Region Youth National Team and to Anuhea Akamine (OH), Courtney Lelepali (MB), and Marisa Shigetomi (Libero) who were invited to play on the Aloha Region High Performance Team.
The High Performance Championships (formerly called the Volley Classic) were held in Austin, Texas, so this was the second trip in three weeks to Texas for the Jammers who also played in the Junior Olympics. The Championships featured elite teams from each USAV region.
2003
Wednesday, October 22
2003 - JAMMER TO GO TO NATIONAL HOLIDAY CAMP
Jammer Lena Yee is among the select group of players invited to play in the second annual USAV National High Performance Holiday Training Camp, to be held this coming December 27th - 30th, 2003, in Austin, Texas. Lena will be a member of the Blue Squad, along with other elite athletes from the 2003 Girls Youth National Team, Girls A2 Team and National High Performance Camp. Coach Toshi Yoshida, head coach for the U.S. Women's Olympic and World team will serve as Head Coach of the Blue Squad.
Lena is a member of the Moanalua High School Menehunes.
Tuesday, July 29
JAMMER CHOSEN FOR NATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
CONGRATULATIONS TO LENA YEE. Lena was selected as the Defensive Specialist on the All Tournament Team for the USAV National Volley Classic competition in St. George, Utah in July, 2003.
CONGRATULATIONS to Jammers Briana Amian and Konae Purcell for also playing on the Aloha Region Volley Classic teams. The Volley Classic showcases teams chosen from multiple clubs in the USAV regions. This was the first year in which the Aloha Region participated in the competition. Players were chosen from High Performance tryout participants.
The Aloha Region 15+ team with Lena and Konae won second place nationally. The under-14 Aloha Region team, with current Jammer Briana Amian and several former Jammers, won first place.
The Aloha Region's Rebekah Torres, who played for HIVA in the 2005 season, was chosen "best attacker."
Other National Competition at the end of July
USA Volleyball is the National Governing Body for the sport of volleyball in the United States. They run and manage the USA National Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Teams, the USA Olympic Teams, and also USA Youth and Junior National Teams for each gender. The Youth and Junior National Teams, along with a number of tiered training programs, fall under the High Performance (HP) Department.
The HP Department works to advance volleyball talent and build a broader and stronger pipeline of athletes and coaches for our USA Olympic Teams. The HP Program at USA Volleyball is the "pipeline" for young volleyball athletes who aspire to reach the elite level of their sport and who dream to one day represent the USA on the National Men’s or Women’s Volleyball Team.
HP provides many team and camp opportunities for young volleyball athletes in three designated age groups for each gender. These age groups are determined by an athlete's year of birth (using international criteria) and begin approximately when they are 13 or 14 years old, continuing for six seasons, often into their collegiate years.
High Performance Tryouts
Entry into HP programs is based upon selection at one of many USA National High Performance Tryouts. These tryouts are held across the country from January through April. Boys HP Tryouts are typically held from January through February and Girls HP Tryouts are typically held February through April.
Registration is required to participate in a High Performance tryout along with a tryout fee.
Evaluation and Selection from HP Tryouts
Through the HP Tryouts (which includes approximately three hours of court time), athletes strive to be selected for a National-level Team or Camp in their age group. Athletes are evaluated and ranked based on the entire tryout population from across the country.
National High Performance Programs Age Groups
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USA Select is the youngest program and for example for 2009 must be born 1994, 1995 or earlier
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Youth group is the next youngest and the girls must be born 1992, 1993
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Junior group is the oldest USA Girls and the girls must be born 1990, 1991
USA Select Programs
Highest Level team A1- In the youngest age group (USA Select), 30 athletes are selected to the National A1 Program will participate in a five to six day training camp with the other top athletes selected from tryouts. That group will then be broken into 3- USA SELA1 teams (Red, White, Blue) that compete at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships.
Below the National A1 Program in each gender there are one to four levels of training programs that athletes may be selected to participate in. These include:
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A2 programs (Jammer Jordan) (Boys and Girls),
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A3 Camps (Girls),
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Training Camps (Girls), and
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Development Camps (Girls).
Each camp is four to five days and provides athletes the training and feedback necessary to move to the next level of performance.
Youth & Junior Programs
In the Youth and Junior Age groups, nineteen athletes are selected to the National Training Team. The National Training Team will train for 10-14 days during which the team will be paired down to a final squad of twelve athletes.
Below the National Team, the athletes selected to the National A2 Program will participate in a four to five day training camp with the other top athletes selected from tryouts. Athletes will then be divided into USA A2 teams and compete at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships.
Our subsequent training programs for Youth and Junior Athletes are the A3 Camps (Boys and Girls), Training Camps (Youth Girls), and Development Camps (Youth Girls). Each camp is four to five days and provides athletes the training and feedback necessary to move to the next level of performance.
State of Hawaii Aloha Region High Performance Team
Those girls who did not make the A1 team but would still like to compete in the High Performance Championship Tournament may tryout for the Aloha Region High Performance team that travels to play in the National High Performance Championship.
USA Volleyball High Performance Championships
Each year the USAV hosts the High Performance Championship Tournament in which teams comprised of players selected in national competitive tryouts for the USAV's High Performance program compete against each other and against American regional select teams and international teams.
Jammers in High Performance
The following girls achieved individual recognition by being invited to the High Performance program.
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Name
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Year
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Age Group
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Position
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Category
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Chelsey Keoho
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2008
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Select
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Libero
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A1
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Ashlee Asada
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2008
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Select
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Libero
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A1
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Jordan Meredith
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2008
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Junior
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OH
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A2
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Cara Rosehill
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2008
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Aloha Region
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OH
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A Team
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La Shawn Dela Cruz Koopua
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2007
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Youth
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Candace Soares
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2007
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Youth
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Tiana Pearson
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2007
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Youth
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Maile Yoon
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2007
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Select
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Courtney Leleplai
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2007
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Youth
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Jordan Meredith
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2007
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Youth
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Scarlet Gable
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2007
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Select
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Jordan Meredith
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2006
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Youth
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OH
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National Team
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Angela Heath
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2006
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Youth
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Training Camp
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Courtney Leleplai
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2006
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Youth
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A2
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La Shawn Dela Cruz Koopua
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2006
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Youth
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A2
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Candace Soares
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2006
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Youth
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A2
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Elissa Ji
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2006
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Youth
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A2
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Maile Yoon
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2006
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Select
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Scarlet Gable
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2006
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Select
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Camp
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Cara Rosehill
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2006
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Select
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A2
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Nicole Sepulveda
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2006
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Select
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A2
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Kanani Herring
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2005
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Junior
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Chanteal Satele
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2005
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A2
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Coutney Lelepali
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2005
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Camp
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Anuhea Akamine
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2005
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Camp
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Careena Onosai
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2005
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Youth
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Tricia Yoshimura,
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2005
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Aloha Region
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Deven Bukowski
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2005
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Aloha Region
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Marya Kaminski
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2005
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Aloha Region
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Chanteal Satele
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2004
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Youth
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| Dani Hout |
2005 |
Aloha Region |
Youth |
A Team |
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Kanani Herring
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2004
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Junior
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A2
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Lena Yee
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2004
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Junior
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A2
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Jordan Meredith
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2004
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OH
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Kristen Keeno
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2004
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DS
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Anuhea Akamine
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2004
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Aloha Region
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OH
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Courtney Lelepali (MB),
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2004
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Aloha Region
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MB
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Marisa Shigetomi
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2004
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Aloha Region
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(Libero)
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Lena Yee
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2003
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Youth
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Libero
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A1
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Briana Amian
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2003
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Aloha Region
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Konae Purcell
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2003
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Aloha Region
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