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1 VOLLEYBALL events in central ohio 2018, 17, 16 Junior Volleyball Association SummerFest 2017 National Collegiate Men s Volleyball National Championships Ohio State University 2017 North American Gay Volleyball Association Championships 2017, 16 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Qualifier 2017, 15 USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Championships 2016 NCAA Division I Women s Volleyball National Championships Nationwide Arena American Volleyball Coaches Association Annual Convention 2016 National Volleyball League Pro Beach Volleyball Tour Flannagan s Dublin 2016, 15 Ohio High School Boys Volleyball Association State Championships Capital University 2015, 14 OVR Boys Molten Boys National Preview Tournament 2012 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships 2009, 05, 04, 02 NCAA Women s Volleyball First and Second Rounds Ohio State University 2008 USA Volleyball Mizuno Mideast 2007 NCAA Men s Volleyball National Championships Ohio State University 2006 USA Volleyball Mizuno Midwest Qualifier 2003 National Intramural Recreation Sports Association Club Championships ASICS Early Bird Extravaganza 2000, 1930 USA Volleyball Open Championships Greater Columbus Convention Center 1998 North American Gay Volleyball Association Championships Ohio Expo Center

2 Annual (Since 2007) Annual (Since 2006) Annual (Since 1997) Annual (Since 1996) Annual (Since 1993) Dayton Juniors Presidents Cup OVR WinterFest Volleyball Tournament OVR Kaepa Volleyball Tournament Greater Columsbus Convention Center NAGVA Labor of Love Volleyball Tournament Buckeye Volleyball Center OVR Adult Championships/National Bid Qualifier Iconic Figures All-Americans Ohio State Men s Volleyball 14 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Americans, 18 Volleyball Magazine All-Americans Ohio State Women s Volleyball 18 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Americans, 13 Volleyball Magazine All-Americans Capital Women s Volleyball Two All-Americans NOTABLE INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERs Angel Aja, Ohio State Men s Volleyball Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor (2000), NCAA All-Tournament Team selection (2000), MIVA Most Valuable Player (2000), MIVA Tournament MVP (2000), Volleyball Magazine Freshmen All-America Team selection (1997) John Albertson, Ohio State Men s Volleyball MIVA Freshman of the Year (2006) Iris Anderson, Ohio Wesleyan Women s Volleyball AVCA All-American (2015), NCAC Newcomer of the Year (2014) Laura Davis, Ohio State Women s Volleyball American Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Year (1994), College Sports Magazine Player of the Year (1994), ASICS/Volleyball Magazine Freshman All-American (1991), Big Ten Suzy Favor Women s Athlete of the Year (1995), Big Ten Player of the Year (1994) Sheila Gisbrecht, Ohio Wesleyan Women s Volleyball NCAC Player of the Year (1994) Stacey Gordon, Ohio State Women s Volleyball American Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Year (2004), ASICS/Volleyball Magazine Player of the Year (2004), American Volleyball Coaches Association Freshman of the Year (2001), ASICS/Volleyball Magazine Freshman All-American (2001), Big Ten Player of the Year (2002, 04)

3 Steven Kehoe, Ohio State Men s Volleyball Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor (2011), Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year (2011), NCAA All-Tournament Team Selection (2011), NCAA Most Outstanding Player (2011), MIVA Most Valuable Player (2010, 11), MIVA Tournament MVP (2011) Carrie Kraly, Ohio Wesleyan Women s Volleyball NCAC Player of the Year (1996), Academic All-District (1996) Daniel Mathews, Ohio State Men s Volleyball Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor (2008), MIVA Most Valuable Player (2007, 08), MIVA Freshman of the Year (2005), MIVA Tournament MVP (2005, 08) Adam Spitznagle, Ohio State Men s Volleyball Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor (1996) Five players from the Ohio State men s volleyball family have been inducted in the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame: Angel Aja (2010), Doug Beal (1985), Aldis Berzins (2002), Andy Dumpis (2007), Marc Waldie (2001) Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State Men s Volleyball AVCA National Player of the Year (2016), AVCA All-America First Team (2016), MIVA Freshman of the Year (2015) Jessie Hampson, Capital Women s Volleyball Two-time AVCA All-American and All-Great Lakes Region (2005, 06), ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American (2007), Two-time OAC Player of the Year (2005, 07) Jordan Centers, Capital Women s Volleyball two-time AVCA All-American and All-Great Lakes Region (2005, 06) Nici Workman, Capital Women s Volleyball Two-time OAC Player of the Year (2002, 03), ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America (2003), ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (2003), AVCA All-Great Lakes Region (2002, 03) Olympians/Olympic Hopefuls Ohio State Men s Volleyball Aldis Berzins (Los Angeles, 1984), Marc Waldie (Los Angeles, 1984), Rich Duwelius (Los Angeles, 1984) Ohio State Women s Volleyball Three players Laura Davis, Jen Flynn and Jenny Jackson have participated in U.S. National Team play NOTEWORTHY COACHES Doug Beal, Ohio State Men s Volleyball Served as head coach of the men s U.S. Olympic Team in 1984 (Los Angeles), 2000 (Sydney) and 2004 (Athens), the first U.S. National Coach to lead his team to Olympic Gold. For two consecutive seasons he was named Midwest Collegiate Coach of the Year. Beal was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1989 and was USA Volleyball s first recipient of the All-Time Great Coach Award in 1995.

4 Pam Briggs, Capital University Women s Volleyball - Spent 25 years at Capital University with 22 years as the head coach. She holds a career record of (.601) and (.563) against OAC teams and became the 38th head coach in Division III history to reach 4,000 wins. Her teams were OAC regular season champions in 96 and 03, and also won the 2005 OAC Tournament. She advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament twice in 2003 and She is the five-time OAC Coach of the Year and coached three AVCA All-Americans, five OAC Player of Year selections, seven Great Lakes All-Region selections and two OAC Freshman of the Year honorees. She also coached 4 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and two Academic All-Americans of the Year Krista Cobb, Ohio Wesleyan Women s Volleyball Guided Ohio Wesleyan to a 7½-game improvement in her first season and to its first-ever AVCA Division III national ranking in her second season Pete Hanson, Ohio State Men s Volleyball Currently serves as head coach of the Buckeye men s volleyball squad. Hanson was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2000, 2011 and 2016, as well as Volleyball Magazine Coach of the Year in 1998 and Inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2015 Cynthia Holliday, Ohio Wesleyan Women s Volleyball A six-time NCAC Coach of the Year recipient, Holliday helmed the Battling Bishops for 17 years Terry Liskeyvch, Ohio State Men s Volleyball Coached the Women s U.S. Olympic Team at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. He took the Buckeye Men s Volleyball team to the NCAA tournament Final Four in 1975 and 1976 Mary Parker, Ohio Wesleyan Women s Volleyball Served as head coach of the Ohio Wesleyan women for 26 years, earning a NCAC Coach of the Year honor in 1986 Jim Stone, Ohio State Women s Volleyball Received AVCA North Central Region Coach of the Year honors in 1988 and AVCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year honors in 1989, 1991 and He was also recognized as the ASICS/ Volleyball Monthly Coach of the Year in 1991 and Big Ten Coach of the Year in 1989, 1991, 1994 and 2004 Monica Wright, Otterbein Volleyball - Led Otterbein to a record from with four NCAA appearances in the past six years. A former two-time All-American outside hitter at Witternberg, where she led her team to four straight NCAA tournament appearances TEAMS/ORGANIZATIONS IN COLUMBUS (Championships Included) Collegiate Ohio State Men s Volleyball The program earned its first NCAA championship in 2011, and won again in 2016

5 From , Ohio State won six-consecutive MIVA regular season titles (25 overall, most in league history) Program owns 15 MIVA Tournament titles, most in league history NCAA Tournament record is now in Tournament matches, placing second twice Team has hosted MIVA Tournament in 1968, , 86, 89, 92, , 2000, and Ohio State Women s Volleyball Has earned 21 NCAA tournament appearances, as well as 10 appearances at the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women tournament Has advanced to the Sweet 16 four times since 2010, one of just 11 schools nationally to do so Has advanced to the Sweet 16, 15 times in program history, and made two trips to the Final Four The program owns three Big Ten titles Ohio Dominican Women s Volleyball Founded in 1978 Alumnus Sandy Rowley has served as head coach for the last 27 years Has merited 16 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American Scholar Athletes, 70 All-Conference selections, 12 conference tournament appearances and three NAIA Regional appearances Capital University Women s Volleyball The program has earned two Ohio Athletic Conference regular season championships (1996, 2003) and one OAC tournament championship (2005) Earned two NCAA tournament appearances (2005, 2006) Has accumulated five OAC Players of the Year Ohio Wesleyan University Women s Volleyball Began intercollegiate competition in 1967 Has won two conference championships and twice has finished the regular season with the conference s best record Member of the North Coast Athletic Conference Had its first All-America selection (Iris Anderson) in 2015 Set school records for winning percentage (26-6,.812) and winning streak (19) in 2015 Otterbein University Women s Volleyball School-record 15-match winning streak in 2011, which included five-set upset over eventual national-champion Wittenberg Captured its first Ohio Athletic Conference title in 2012 Four-straight NCAA Tournament appearances from Cracked national top-25 for the first time ever in 2012 and then reached as high as No. 8 in 2013 Six All-Americans and Four Academic All-Americans since 2010 Columbus State Community College Women s Volleyball Competes in Division II of the National Junior College Athletic Association

6 Ohio High School Athletic Association As of 2011, 19,000 girls participated on 911 teams and 2,500 boys on 119 teams For season: Girls 801 teams (18,899 players) Ohio Valley Region (OVR) of USA Volleyball The OVR is one of the largest of the 40 regions of USA Volleyball with over 22,000 members participating (1,622 girls, 47 boys and 62 adult teams) Since 1993, Columbus has hosted over 75 volleyball tournaments in Columbus OVR owns 52 sport courts and nets The OVR website receives over 11 million contacts per season from volleyball players and coaches from Ohio and neighboring states After hosting regional and national tournaments in Columbus since 1993, the OVR partnered with the Greater Columbus Sports Commission to successfully host the 2012 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships. This event drew approximately 9,500 players and 20,000 spectators UNIQUE FACILITIES Alumni Hall Serves as the home of the Ohio Dominican University Women s Volleyball team Opened in 1989, but underwent renovations from Has a seating capacity of 3,000, with room for three regulation-size volleyball courts Branch Rickey Arena Home to the Ohio Wesleyan University Women s Volleyball team Inaugural volleyball season was in 1976 Has hosted two North Coast Athletic Conference tournaments Capital Center Gymnasium A 2,100-seat arena, which accommodates Capital University Women s Volleyball team Part of the Capital Center, which was opened in 2001 Hosts the most USA Volleyball sanctioned tournaments in the U.S. in a year with as many as 62 courts in use at one time Features more than 1.8 million square feet of space Has hosted more than 70 volleyball events since opening its doors to the sport Rike Center The Rike Center was built in 1974 and can hold a crowd of up to 3,000 fans Hosts several junior volleyball camps and tournaments throughout the year St. John Arena In its 56th season of action, St. John Arena is a tradition-rich facility that serves at the home to OSU Men s and Women s Volleyball business aspects Sports Imports, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Columbus, is renowned as the recognized authority in national and international competitions. They brought safe net systems to the sport, and you can see their quality Senoh net systems everywhere people play volleyball from the middle school gym to the NCAA Division I Women s Championship all the way to the Olympic Games.