AAU WELL-REPRESENTED IN FIRST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
2016-05-04
113 of 143 athletes played AAU
ORLANDO, Fla. (May 4, 2016) – The NCAA Women’s Beach Volleyball Committee recently announced the eight-team field for the inaugural National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is well-represented.
Selected from 60 NCAA institutions sponsoring the sport of beach volleyball, 143 athletes – 113 of whom competed in AAU events as youth athletes – will have an opportunity to face-off in the NCAA’s 90th and newest national championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama this weekend. Among those athletes are four AAU Beach Volleyball Player of the Year winners – Skylar Caputo (2014), Abril Bustamante (2013), Zana Muno (2012) and Sara Hughes (2010).
The list also includes six AAU Beach Volleyball National Champions – Macy Jerger(2015), Madalyn Roh (2014), Gianna Guinasso (2013), Muno (2012), Alexa Strange(2009) and Hughes (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) – and seven AAU Junior Olympic Games champions – Caputo (2014, 2015), Bustamante (2014, 2015), Megan McNamara (2012),Nicole McNamara (2012), Muno (2011) and Eva Torruella (2011).
The championship will be held Friday through Sunday, May 6-8. The event will be televised by Turner networks, with truTV providing live coverage on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 from 3-6 p.m. The championship round will air on TBS on Sunday, May 8 at 2 p.m. Additional live streaming coverage of every court in each match of the tournament will be available on NCAA.com.
Click here for the interactive bracket.
Selected from 60 NCAA institutions sponsoring the sport of beach volleyball, 143 athletes – 113 of whom competed in AAU events as youth athletes – will have an opportunity to face-off in the NCAA’s 90th and newest national championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama this weekend. Among those athletes are four AAU Beach Volleyball Player of the Year winners – Skylar Caputo (2014), Abril Bustamante (2013), Zana Muno (2012) and Sara Hughes (2010).
The list also includes six AAU Beach Volleyball National Champions – Macy Jerger(2015), Madalyn Roh (2014), Gianna Guinasso (2013), Muno (2012), Alexa Strange(2009) and Hughes (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) – and seven AAU Junior Olympic Games champions – Caputo (2014, 2015), Bustamante (2014, 2015), Megan McNamara (2012),Nicole McNamara (2012), Muno (2011) and Eva Torruella (2011).
The championship will be held Friday through Sunday, May 6-8. The event will be televised by Turner networks, with truTV providing live coverage on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 from 3-6 p.m. The championship round will air on TBS on Sunday, May 8 at 2 p.m. Additional live streaming coverage of every court in each match of the tournament will be available on NCAA.com.
Click here for the interactive bracket.
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