“Making it to the NCAA final four and having that senior leadership, it was really great to be in that environment with those fans and the coaching staff.”
“It was absolutely amazing,” McLean said. She said her freshman season at Minnesota was unreal with the talent on the squad. Women’s National Team staff at the March open tryouts where all players for the Collegiate National Team were selected. McLean, who saw spot duty for the Minnesota Gophers last season with a team laden with senior starters, impressed the U.S. We got third that year, so all that helped out with our performance.” We got to sleep in our own beds, which is really nice. “Having the home court advantage definitely was better than traveling. She even played in the GJNC in 2014 when it was last held in the Minneapolis Convention Center. McLean, who played at the USAV Girls’ Junior National Championships every year since she was 14 with Burnsville, Minnesota-based Northern Lights Volleyball Club, remembers fondly back to her junior days. I sure hope that these girls one day are in the spot that we are in now.” We just got to make sure that we are good role models for everyone. “I was in that spot in my 14s (and-under) season. “It is always pretty fun,” McLean said of watching the Collegiate National Team program when she was playing at the Junior National Championships as a youth. Women’s National Team this week, they get to serve as role models for the younger generation.īrittany McLean, a rising sophomore at University of Minnesota and one of 35 players who are part of the CNT-Minneapolis program, said she loves the chance to give back to the younger athletes competing in the GJNT and be a role model. The college stars will not only get a chance to shine within the USA Volleyball High Performance pipeline as a second tryout for the U.S. Collegiate National Team – Minneapolis (CNT-Minneapolis) program compete in round robin action on courts side-by-side the juniors at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
While the GJNC will crown 26 champions in seven age groups from 11-17, they will have the opportunity to watch the U.S. Further, 30,000 family and friends are expected to watch the event on site with several other thousand viewers on the event live stream. The 38th Annual USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships (GJNC) has 1,264 teams competing at the Minneapolis Convention Center from June 25 to July 4 with an estimated 13,000 players, along with 3,000 coaches, referees and support staff taking part. Women’s National Team athletes in the first few days of summer.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (June 27, 2017) – Minneapolis has become the place to be for youth volleyball and aspiring U.S.
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