Brenda Maymon is the captain of the U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team, which is competing at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
Ali Wood is the Director of International and High Performance Beach Programs for USA Volleyball. She is serving as the team leader for the U.S. athletes competing at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
We got to sleep in a bit yesterday because the gold medal match was not scheduled until 11 am. This was a blessing as Kelly (our physical therapist), Troy (Misty and Kerri's coach) and I… Read More
Bill Kauffman, a manager of media relations and publications for USA Volleyball, is in Beijing covering the 2008 Olympic Games as a USOC press officer.
French Walks
Sometimes, history gets a chance to correct itself. Thankfully, today was one of those opportunities in life.
Diane French, the technical coordinator for… Read More
Middle blocker Danielle Scott-Arruda is a three-time Olympian competing for the U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Her Web site, including her archived blogs that USA Volleyball has received permission to use, can be found at http://www.danielle-scott.com.
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Gabe Gardner plays opposite for the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team. He was a member of the 2004 Olympic team that finished fourth in Athens. He has a web site at www.gabegardner.com.
Our Independence Day weekend, unlike most of our family and friends, was spent in Madrid, Spain. I must say that we could have been some of the only Americans to not have the 4th of July… Read More
USA Volleyball
John Kessel oversees grassroots development and disabled volleyball at USA Volleyball. Watch here for his blog on growing our sport.
One of the first things that came out of our USOC conference for me was to hear from Dr. K Anders Ericsson that Malcom Gladwell was coming out with a new book. Sure enough, I went online and… Read More
Heath Hoke, coordinator of High Performance Indoor Programs at USA Volleyball, is serving as the team leader for the U.S. Girls' Youth National Team at the NORCECA Girls' Youth Continental Championship in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
Set One:
USA starts Wittman and Orozco on the Outside, Wopat at opposite and Thomas setting, Denney and Dixon in the middle and Bonilla as Libero.… Read More
Heather Bown is a middle blocker for the U.S. Women's National Team competing in her third Olympic Games during August 2008.
Well, its a wrap here in Beijing... it has been an unbelievable ride and I am really happy to have some hardware to go home with.
My Dad's first question to me was "is it… Read More
