Regionals schedule; NCAA Memo; AVCA All-Americans, Coaches, Players of the Year; AVCA Silent Auction
December 6, 2023
Update from the NCAA on Student-Athlete Compensation The NCAA shared a memo with select administrators and Division I committees. The framework will be the subject of discussion during this week’s Sports Business Journal Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. The AVCA is passing along this information as it was shared, and we don’t have any additional details. More will be available in the coming weeks and months.
Memo summarized by the Associated Press: “NCAA President Charlie Baker is asking members to make one of the most dramatic shifts in the history of college sports by allowing highly resourced schools to pay some of their athletes. In a letter sent to more than 350 Division I schools Tuesday, Baker said he wants the association to create a new tier of NCAA Division I sports where schools would be required to offer at least half their athletes a payment through a trust fund. Baker also proposed allowing all Division I schools to offer unlimited educational benefits and enter into name, image and likeness licensing deals with athletes.”
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Register today: 2023 AVCA Convention in Tampa, Florida!
Congratulations to the Juniata Eagles for winning their second-consecutive NCAA Division III volleyball championship. Coach Heather Pavlik’s team swept Hope to close the 2023 season—in which they dropped only six sets—with a perfect 35-0 record.
NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship Semifinal play gets underway Thursday, Dec. 7, with four matches on ESPN2 and four on ESPNU. Regional Finals start on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m. ET, with all four matches airing on ESPNU. All 12 matches over the course of the weekend will also be simulcast on ESPN+. Full broadcast schedule here.
Coming tomorrow – Division II and Two-Year College: Coach, Assistant Coach, and Players of the Year announcements!
The American Volleyball Coaches Association is proud to recognize its 2023 Thirty Under 30 High School Awards recipients. This year’s 30 high school recipients represent 21 states.
New AVCA Logo
In case you missed it: the American Volleyball Coaches Association unveiled its new logo, providing a fresh look for the 42-year-old organization. You can download the new logo in the AVCA Brand Kit.
AVCA Silent Auction: Online Bidding Open Dec. 14, 8am, to Dec. 15, 7:30pm The AVCA Silent Auction is the place to find discounted items for you and your team, as well as get those last-minute gifts before the holidays. The auction is exclusively online, offering you an opportunity to stay up to date on your favorite items like volleyball training equipment, apparel, gift cards, electronics and much more! 100% of the proceeds generated from the auction support the AVCA Diversity Scholarship Awards Program. This award provides promising minority volleyball coaches funding for professional development. Create your mobile bidding account now, so you’re ready to bid on items.
The AVCA Boys Talent Showcase is a recruiting event designed to provide high school boys the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of the collegiate coaches that attend the AVCA Convention in Tampa, Florida. The cost $99 per athlete. Athletes that choose to register will participate in the talent showcase on Saturday, December 16, complete athletics metric testing, and receive insight into the collegiate recruiting process and tips to improve their visibility. Learn more and register here!
College Coaches: RSVP for the 2023 AVCA Phenom College Prep Program Showcase!The Showcase will be held on Saturday, Dec. 16 in the Tampa Convention Center West Hall. The Showcase is only open to current collegiate coaches who are registered for Convention. New this year:player contact information, wave assignments, avcaVPI™ and physical metrics data, TAP Behavioral Assessment results, etc. will be all available on the University Athlete platform.
Join us in Tampa for the JVA Club Management Track! We have an impressive schedule of club management, coach management and player development education planned for the 2023 JVA Club Management Track and AVCA Convention in Tampa, Florida December 13-17, 2023. Presenters include an Olympic Gold Medalist, Club Director of the Year, Division I National Champion, Club National Champions, CEOs, Entrepreneurs and Podcasters, as well as directors and coaches from nationally junior volleyball clubs and teams. Read full release and schedule.
The JVA is pleased to announce the addition of Cat Dailey Minyard to the JVA Board of Directors. She will begin a three year term on the Board in January 2024. Cat is the Founder and Director of Northeast Volleyball Club in Norwalk, CT. She and her husband Garrett founded the club in 2018 after returning from playing professional volleyball overseas, and together have grown from 10 teams to 35 teams this past season. Read more.
The MasterCoaches College Transfer Showcase is a recruiting event open to uncommitted college student-athletes who have officially entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, junior college transfers who have completed their two years of eligibility, as well as NAIA and international athletes. Any coach registered for the AVCA Convention can attend for no extra charge – register here.Athletes interested in participating can register here. There will be one wave of student-athletes participating on Dec. 16. Click here for more information, and here for an informational flyer.
We’re breaking it down as we enter the last weekend before the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. Big Ten Network and ESPN analyst Emily Ehman and VolleyballMag.com editor Lee Feinswog dive into the final eight matches, the NCAA tournament round of 16. Watch here!
How much volleyball did you watch from Thursday-Saturday? Daniel Gillman and Mick Haley caught all the action: they break down a favorite-heavy opening weekend and dissect the upcoming stacked Regional Semifinal schedule on Thursday! Then they talked NIVC with the director Jared Rudiger about the postseason tournament and ways for it to grow and get attention from the top conferences. Watch here!
Last week on the MasterCoaches Wednesday Weekly Buzz, we interviewed Anne Marie Anderson and Emily Ehman about the ins and outs of volleyball broadcasting. This week, our topic is the “UPs And DOWNs of the First Two Rounds.” The MasterCoaches will discuss the play of the first two rounds and look at the upset and near upsets that occurred. Tune in on Facebook December 6th at 2:00 ET.
The online AVCA Career Centerallows job posters to advertise a job opening, search resumes, manage candidates, and market open positions. Job seekers have the opportunity to post a resume, search for open positions, create job alert notifications, and access free career management resources. Recent posts include:
Graduate Assistant Coach – Cameron University Athletics
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