Watch as Mother McAuley High School Girls Volleyball Head Coach Jen DeJarld (IL) explains the “Star Pattern Footwork Drill.” Players demonstrated the drill as a strategy to train setters during the Illinois Volleyball Coaches Association (IVCA) Coaches Clinic.
Coach DeJarld has lead McAuley to three State Championships in 2023, 2016 and 2022. In 2016, her team was named National Champions by Prepvolleyball.com, USA Today, MaxPreps, and FioVolleyball. DeJarld was named 2012 and 2016 Coach of the Year by Southtown Star, and 2016 National Coach of the Year by Prepvolleyball.com. Coach DeJarld is the co-founder of Michio Volleyball Academy and Lions Cityside Youth Club.
Congratulations to the MaxPreps/AVCA High School Players of the Week!! Each week, MaxPreps and the AVCA recognize deserving high school student-athletes who have demonstrated outstanding play on the court throughout the week of competition.
Want your athletes considered for Player of the Week? Update their stats in your free MaxPreps account by Sunday evening of each week!
Check out the AVCA/USA TODAY Super 25 and the AVCA/USA TODAY Regional Top 10 girls volleyball rankings as of September 28, 2023. The Super 25 National Rankings are based on the 2023-24 season and determined by AVCA member coaches. Regions are determined by the AVCA.
The top three teams remain the same, and No. 18 Mother McAuley (IL), No. 24 Carrollwood Day (FL), and No. 25 Immaculate Heart (NJ) are new for the week.
#OFFICIATIONWEEK’s Record Number of Participants!!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 AVCA Girls and Women’s Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week!! We’re still calculating the final number of #OFFICIATIONWEEK participants, but so far at least 435 participants in 41 states plus D.C. showed their support to volleyball officials from September 29 to October 7!!
STAY TUNED for the final number of participants and highlights to be released later this week on AVCA social media – @AVCAVolleyball.
Four nationally ranked girls volleyball teams competed in the Girls Volleyball Showcase October 6, presented by SportsCenter Next. The event was broadcast on ESPN channels.
Two forms of nomination are required: a MaxPreps stats submission for the athlete as well as an AVCA nomination form. Stats submissions will be completed via the MaxPreps website, while the AVCA Nomination form link was emailed to AVCA member HS coaches.
In order to be eligible for the Best and Brightest Award, Senior athletes must earn at least a 3.5 Unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) during their Junior year AND play in 50% of their Varsity team’s sets during their Senior season. The nomination will be included in the AVCA All-American form as an optional additional section. Athletes do not have to be named to one of the AVCA All-America teams in order to qualify for AVCA Best and Brightest and vice versa.
*Please note, being on the AVCA All-America Watch List does NOT serve as a nomination for the AVCA All-America Teams or AVCA Best and Brightest Awards. High school Head Coaches must submit the second formal nomination between October 6-16, 2023, in order for athletes to be eligible.*
The criteria for the Thirty Under 30 High School Award remain unchanged. Nominees/Award winners must be active AVCA High School/Interscholastic members and be 30 years old OR younger before December 31, 2023.
Nominations for both Awards are open now through Tuesday, October 31. A press release announcing the Award winners will be sent out in mid-November.
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]
athletics metric testing called the AVCA Volleyball Performance Index
receive insight into the collegiate recruiting process and tips to improve their visibility
