Updated at 2:43 p.m., Tuesday, May 8, 2007
15 Isle volleyball players selected to training programs
Advertiser Staff
Fifteen players and a coach from Hawai'i have been selected to participate with USA Volleyball's Boys High Performance, A2 and Developmental programs this summer.Six Hawai'i boys will train at the USA Select A2 Camp in Colorado: Richard Budar (Honolulu), Nicholas Christman (Honolulu), Christian Kahookaulana (Pahoa), Clayton Morante (Kea'au), Scott Sakaida (Honolulu) and Tyler Tanaka (Kailua). The camp is for players who will graduate in 2009 and 2010.
Honolulu's Kawika Shoji and Spencer McLachlin, who will be teammates at Stanford in the fall, made the roster for the Men's Junior National Training Team. It starts practice at Lake Placid, N.Y., June 15 and will compete in the Men's Junior World Championships, July 7 to 16 in Morocco.
The Boys Youth National Training Team will be coached by University of Hawai'i men's associate Tino Reyes. His team will include Honolulu's Tri Bourne, Brad Lawson and Erik Shoji. They will train in Chula Vista, Calif., from July 24 and travel to the Boys' Youth World Championships in Mexico, Aug. 15 to 26.
The Boys' Select A1 Camp will include Taylor Donovan (Kailua) and Kenneth Rewick (Honolulu). In July they will train in Florida and participate in the U.S. High Performance Championships. Hilo's Chandler Kaaa and Kamuela's Nicolaas Schenk will play on the Boys' Youth A2 team at the same time.
