ANNUAL REPORT
A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO 2017 was a monumental year for USA Volleyball both on and off the court. Arriving as a newcomer to the sport and the organization in January 2017, I knew that we had a lot of potential. Now with a year under my belt, I can say that the potential is much greater than I ever anticipated and that our achievements in 2017 were vast. On the court, Team USA excelled in all disciplines. Indoor Our men’s and women’s teams, both ranked No. 2 in the world, qualified for the finals in the FIVB World League and FIVB World Grand Prix, respectively. The women went on to capture the bronze at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup. Beach Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena won gold at the FIVB World Tour Finals in Hamburg, Germany, and Phil was named Most Outstanding Player, Best Blocker and Best Offensive Player on the FIVB Tour. On the women’s side, April Ross and Lauren Fendrick won silver at the FIVB World Championships in Vienna, Austria, with April earning FIVB Best Server honors. Sara Hughes was named FIVB Rookie of the Year.
Sitting Our men’s and women’s teams both qualified for the 2018 World ParaVolley World Championships by placing first and second, respectively, at the Pan American Zone Championships in Montreal. The women retained their No. 1 world ranking. Off the court, USA Volleyball’s achievements were equally impressive. We significantly strengthened our relationships with NORCECA and the FIVB. We were honored to host FIVB President Ary Graca and NORCECA President Cristobal Marte Hoffiz at a historic meeting with the USA Volleyball board of directors. Our membership grew to 365,448 – an all-time high for USAV. We restructured our organization by function, removing silos and increasing our operational efficiency. USA Volleyball made huge strides towards brand affinity in 2017. We developed our Path to the
Podium initiative clearly defining USAV’s unique marketplace position, which emphasized the aspirational benefits of our membership.
We increased our traditional media
exposure on new platforms for USAV including: CNBC Squawk Box, Sports Business Journal, Fox Business News and The Players’ Tribune.
And finally, we launched
USAVolleyballShop.com – a stateof-the-art store with a vast array of volleyball products for men and women of all ages.
On the sponsorship side, USA Volleyball entered into a new, historic agreement with adidas, the largest sponsorship deal in the history of the organization. We also added new sponsors: Lucky Dog Nation, Next College Student Athlete and Active Ankle and extended our partnerships with MuscleAidTape, Sport Court, Vert and VolleyMetrics. I want to thank the staff at USA Volleyball for their tireless work and congratulate them on their achievements and the USA Volleyball Board of Directors for their support and guidance. I believe that the future ahead is even brighter and that together we can insure that volleyball’s best days lie ahead.
We introduced the USA Volleyball
member club logo program affording our grassroots players across the country to proudly display their USAV membership association on their sleeves.
JAMIE DAVIS Chief Executive Officer USA Volleyball
IR AM FR ESSA OM GE OU RC HA USA Volleyball experienced some major changes in 2017. We welcomed a CEO whose vision for the corporation includes a focus on finding new revenue streams, developing the foundation for more USAV-hosted events including a new professional indoor league, an emphasis on diversity & inclusion, and a commitment to reorganization to achieve new methods of efficiency. We renewed our commitment to excellence by redefining and strengthening our relationship with key partners including the FIVB, NORCECA and World ParaVolley. We re-engaged with our partners and sponsors, like Molten USA and adidas, whose fresh vision for marketing and e-commerce have pushed us into new areas of business and increased our commercial presence. And, the Board set its sights on a future succession plan, with a commitment to reorganization of our governance structure to better serve the beach, indoor and sitting volleyball community.
The U.S. National Teams experienced many changes in 2017. We saw major partner changes to our beach national teams, and the emergence of exciting new pairings eager to start Olympic qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games and beyond. Our indoor teams said farewell to many key veterans and Olympians, as we also welcomed new faces ready to take the handoff for Team USA. And we developed an inclusive mindset about Paralympic sports, opening new doors through the regions who adopted sitting volleyball after watching our women’s team win the gold medal in Rio. We hope to see the same enthusiasm for the emergence of beach standing volleyball, a new and exciting discipline. One thing that remains the same is USA Volleyball’s strong and persistent commitment to the protection of its members through our partnership with the U.S. Center for SafeSport. A great deal of credit goes to the 40 regional volleyball associations of USA
Volleyball, who face the challenge of protecting members every day and remained committed to this endeavor long before SafeSport was enacted by law. The USA Volleyball regional volleyball associations are the lifeline to those who play, those forging the “Path to the Podium.” Standing firmly beside the regions and the staff, are those who provide countless hours of volunteerism to the many areas of governance within USA Volleyball. On behalf of the USA Volleyball Board of Directors, we thank you all for your continued work and dedication to the national governing body of beach, indoor and sitting volleyball.
LORI OKIMURA Chair, Board of Directors USA Volleyball
U.S. SITTING NATIONAL TEAMS The U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Sitting Teams qualified for the 2018 ParaVolley World Championships in 2017. The women won the gold medal at the PAVA Zone Championship in Montreal, by beating Brazil, the No. 3 ranked team in the world, in the finals. Lexi Shifflett was named Best Setter, Kari Miller earned Best Libero and Monique Burkland brought home Best Server and MVP honors. (The U.S. women, No. 1 in the world, had already qualified for the World Championships due to their goldmedal finish at the 2016 Paralympic Games.) The men placed second after playing Brazil, the No. 2 ranked team in the world, in the finals. James Stuck was named Best Blocker. The men ended the year ranked eighth in the world. The Women’s National Team
competed in the first-ever Super 8 tournament for prize money in China, finishing second, playing Russia in the championship match. Monique Burkland was voted Best Server and Heather Erickson was named Best Attacker and MVP.
The WSNT played friendly matches
The A2 program conducted
And the women celebrated their
Received a new grant award of
at the Crossroads Junior Qualifier against Canada and won all five matches.
Rio gold medal and promoted sitting volleyball by playing a demonstration set at the NCAA Volleyball Championship between semifinals matches.
six training camps and three competitions with 34 athletes and nine coaches participating. $70,000 from the Department of Veteran Affairs’ Adaptive Sports Program. It covers sub award grants to RVAs Sitting A2 programing.
The first 2-on-2 Narrow Court Cash
Tournament was held in Tulsa. The top six teams received prize money with the top team receiving $2000.
The Sitting Division of the Opens
Championships had 10 teams.
A Girls’ Sitting Youth Team played in
Brazil participating in the ParaPan American Youth Games 3-on-3 competition. The team finished second to Brazil. Katie Holloway
Photo: Snider
U.S. SITTING NATIONAL TEAMS
Monique Burkland Female Sitting Player of the Year
James Stuck Male Sitting Player of the Year
Photos: Snider
U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM The U.S. Women’s National Team finished 2017 with an 18-8 record, culminating with bronze at the seasonending FIVB World Grand Champions Cup. The team ended the year ranked second in the world. Many Team USA veterans took some well-deserved time off early in 2017 to rest and recover from the Olympic effort. As a result, 18 players in either their first or second year with the U.S. Women had the opportunity to step up on the international level. The youthful Americans blitzed through the Pan American Cup with a 7-0 record to obtain the gold. Micha Hancock was awarded the Most Valuable Player, Best Setter and Best Server honors. Teammate Liz McMahon was named the Best Opposite. The U.S. Women continued the youth brigade during the annual FIVB World Grand Prix. The Americans finished 6-3 in preliminary round, including wins over top-10 ranked China, Russia and Italy. The U.S. finished fifth in World Grand Prix Finals Round. Team USA’s roster got a boost in August as four Olympians -- Rachael Adams, Kim Hill, Jordan Larson and Carli Lloyd -- returned to the court. The U.S. Women hosted long-time rival Brazil in two USA Volleyball Cup
matches held Aug. 27 and Aug. 29 in Anaheim. The Americans won the first meeting 3-0, while the Brazilians captured the second match 3-1. The U.S. ended the season with a 3-2 record at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup resulting in the bronze medal. Lloyd was the only 2016 U.S. Olympian to compete in both the FIVB World Grand Prix and the World Grand Champions Cup. For her efforts she was named USA Volleyball’s Female Indoor Player of the Year. Michelle BartschHackley was tabbed the Female Indoor Most Improved Player. “Through our 2017 summer competitions, lineups, opponents and countries changed, but one thing stayed constant: Carli Lloyd,” said head coach Karch Kiraly. “She led a new group through real adversity to a series of tough wins during World Grand Prix, battling the world’s best. She faced even greater adversity with an injury in World Grand Carli Lloyd Female Indoor Player of the Year Photo: Matt Brown
Champions Cup, yet from start to finish, Carli maintained a relentless devotion to making people around her better and helped USA to a strong start in the new Olympic quad.”
U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM
Rachael Adams Kim Hill Kelly Murphy
Photos: Matt Brown
U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM The U.S. Men’s National Team finished 2017 as the second-ranked team in the world by the FIVB and qualified for the 2018 FIVB World Championship. The team finished fourth at both the FIVB World League and the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup. At the World League, the U.S. Men played without a lot of superstars, like Matt Anderson, Max Holt, and Aaron Russell. Plus, Olympians Reid Priddy, captain David Lee and Murphy Troy had all retired. They lost the first three pool play matches. Despite the 0-3 start, the team battled back and put together an impressive run of wins over Italy, Russia, Iran and Poland. Coming down to the last match on the last day, the U.S. qualified for the Final Round for the fourth straight year. The U.S. eventually fell to Canada in the bronzemedal match to finish in fourth. The team finished the season by winning the NORCECA Championship for the first time since 2013 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Setter and team captain Micah Christenson was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Outside hitter Aaron Russell was named one of the Best Spikers.
Leadership Training On July 17- 20, approximately 25 athletes and staff spent three days in the mountains and wilderness training with retired Navy Seal Pete Naschak of Performance Activation. Naschak conducted specialized performance initiatives for the team with a focus on top-tier organizational development and leadership skills. The players kept journals to document their introspection as well as action plans.
“With some of the other veterans taking some time off, we had a really young group of guys for the majority of the summer, but we learned a lot and grew through the challenges we faced, and we never stopped playing hard.”
Player of the Year After roughly seven seasons being known as a strong player off the bench, David Smith made 2017 his breakout year, thrust into the limelight as one of the team’s starting middles. Smith led the team in blocks with 40 (.53 per set). His hitting efficiency for the season was .548. He also served as team captain during the FIVB Grand Champions Cup.
David Smith Male Indoor Player of the Year
“The biggest highlight for the team was that we were in the fight for a medal up until the last match of every tournament we played in this summer,” Smith said.
Photos: Matt Brown
U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM
Matt Anderson
Photo: Matt Brown
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U.S. BEACH NATIONAL TEAMS Nick Lucena and Phil Dalhausser won the 2017 FIVB World Tour Finals in Hamburg, Germany, defeating the reigning FIVB World Champions from Brazil in the gold-medal match.
Phil
FIVB
Most Outstanding
At season’s end, FIVB named Dalhausser the Most Outstanding men’s player on the World Tour. He also earned Best Blocker and Best Offensive player. With the three 2017 honors, Dalhausser has now accumulated 30 postseason awards. He is the most decorated player in history. His 80.9 match winning percentage (539-127) ranks first alltime among all male players in the 31-season history of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
Best Blocker (2006, 2007, 2008,
April Ross and Lauren Fendrick won the silver at the FIVB World Championships in Vienna, Austria, and April was voted the FIVB’s Best Server for the fifth-time (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017).
(2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017)
Best Setter (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2014, 2015 and 2016)
2010, 2012, 2014 and 2017)
Best Offensive player
(2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2017)
Best Hitter
(2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010)
The USA finished 2017 with the following top 10 rankings on the FIVB World Tour: Entry Team Ranking
Best Server (2014)
Nick Lucena, Phil Dalhausser – 2nd
Most Improved (2006)
Brooke Sweat, Summer Ross – 7th
Sportsman of the Year (2008)
Lauren Fendrick, April Ross – 8th John Hyden, Ryan Doherty – 10th
In FIVB World Tour 3-5 Star events, the U.S. women won one silver and one bronze, while the U.S. men finished with two golds, one silver and one bronze. Dalhausser and Lucena won the most events with three in Moscow, Gstaad and Hamburg. They had the most earnings ($202,000), match wins (35) and best winning percentage (87.5). Sara Hughes earned the FIVB Rookie of the Year honor, and John Hyden was named Most Inspirational. Lauren Fendrick and April Ross earned the silver medal at the FIVB Beach World Championships Photos: FIVB
U.S. BEACH NATIONAL TEAMS NORCECA The U.S. finished the 2017 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour ranked No. 1 in the men and No 2. in the women. In five events the U.S. women won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals, while the men finished with one gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
April Ross Female Beach Player of the Year
Photos: FIVB
INDOOR HIGH PERFORMANCE Joining Forces In 2017, the High Performance department was restructured merging the three disciplines: Beach, Indoor, and Sitting. Indoor HP focused on a major internal overhaul to have a consistent boys’ and girls’ operational model. The restructure allowed all HP staff to collaborate on program offerings and share best practices. Now HP coaches and athletes can get involved all three disciplines. Path to the Podium For many, the Path to the Podium starts with an HP Tryout. In 2017, Indoor HP conducted 47 tryouts across 24 regions and 20 States. Evaluating over 5,000 athletes for placement in 33-tiered summer programs. Collegiate National Teams The 2017 U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team involved three programs and 60 athletes. The top 12 athletes played exhibition matches against national and club teams in Thailand. The second group of 12 competed and won the European Global Challenge in Croatia. A third group of 36 trained and competed in Minneapolis in conjunction with the USAV Girls’ Junior National Championships. Players were chosen based on their performance at the WNT Open Tryout in March.
High Performance Championships The 2017 High Performance Championships in Fort Lauderdale saw a record 129 teams competing in eight divisions. There were 75 teams from 21 Regions, 28 USAV HP Teams, 20 international club teams, and six National Teams from four countries. New sponsor, adidas, used the event to launch the partnership with its campaign, ‘adidas Unleashed,’ which featured a kickoff, black-lit player party, a player lounge with everything from new adidas products, karaoke, and a hair salon, plus, custom artwork on championship courts.
and 700 boys, a new record for boys’ participation. There were 37 National Training Programs in 14 cities. Coaches’ Clinic HP conducted the final High Performance Coaches’ Clinic in 2017. After evaluating the clinic, HP is pursuing other pipeline coach development opportunities for 2018 and beyond. Coach Development
Indoor HP conducted a closed HP Pipeline coaches meeting at the AVCA conference to create a more in-depth explanation of HP programming changes, how the meshing of Beach HP and Indoor HP has progressed, tryout changes, coaching opportunities, and National Training an informative discussion about our Programs athlete development. HP continued Over 2,000 athletes participated the successful Mentor Coach Program in an Indoor HP National Training at High Performance Championships Program in 2017, including 1,400 girls for both boys’ A1 and girls’ A1 programs. The mentor Youth, Junior National Team Finishes coach is an on-site resource providing insightful real-time Men’s Junior | 14th | FIVB U21 World Championships | June 23-July 2 | Czech Republic feedback to make significant Women’s Junior | 7th | FIVB U20 World Championships| July 14-23 | Mexico gains in coach development. Boys’ Youth | 15th | FIVB U19 World Championships | Aug. 18-27 | Bahrain Girls’ Youth | 8th | FIVB U18 World Championships | Aug. 18-27 | Argentina Photos: FIVB & NORCECA
INDOOR HIGH PERFORMANCE
HP
BY THE NUMBERS
47 TRYOUTS
5,770
452
ATHLETES
35
COACHES
INDOOR PROGRAMS
CITES
37 TRAINING PROGRAMS
1,392
14
22
15
ATHLETES
HOST CITIES
GIRLS
BOYS
HIGH PERFORMANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
21
REGIONS
74
888
REGION TEAMS
REGION ATHLETES PARTICIPATING
21
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS
CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, BERMUDA FOREIGN NATIONAL TEAMS PARTICIPATING
151,606 MILES
TRAVELED BY HP STAFF
6 TONS OF GEAR SHIPPED TO HP EVENTS
Photo: FIVB
BEACH HIGH PERFORMANCE Beach High Performance introduced many new initiatives in 2017 aimed at evaluating and identifying talent, providing quality training and preparing juniors and collegiate athletes and coaches to transition to the international stage.
Path To The Podium
Collegiate Pipeline
Kathryn Plummer (Stanford) and Mima Mirkovic (California-Berkley) won the bronze at the FIVB U21 World Championships in Nanjing, China, representing USAV as the Junior Beach National Team.
This program was redesigned in 2017 to include more training opportunities, ability to work with multiple coaches, and flexibility to accommodate summer work or academic responsibilities. The goal is to prepare athletes with possible Olympic potential for the transition to the senior program.
Two pairs from the Collegiate Beach National Team earned medals at the Dapeng International Invitational in Shenzhen, China. Nicolette Martin and Terese Cannon (Southern Cal) won gold and Brittany Howard and Corinne Quiggle (Pepperdine) won silver.
Evaluation and Talent Identification
Feedback
◦ A1 Training Blocks – Three 20hour training blocks were designed to prepare athletes (36 women, 17 men) to succeed in domestic professional events over the months of May, June, and July.
Competitions
◦ Collegiate Beach Championships – First-ever pairs championship for NCAA women’s teams and men’s university pairs, part of the Team USA Summer Champions Series. ◦ Collegiate Beach Open – First-ever domestic international competition for the collegiate program, included athletes from Brazil and Canada prepping for the U21 World Championships.
Beach HP seeks feedback after each event. Here is a sampling from 2017 surveys.
Question
Answer
I would recommend this event to a friend. Overall rating of this event is … The level of coaching at the event was …
Extremely likely, 74 percent Excellent, 47 percent Very high standards and consistent, 61 percent The best process so far, clear, fair and transparent on who is selected, 70 percent
National Team selection process was …
Increase from 2016 16% 21% 15% 15%
Photos: Sally Ullman & Matt Brown
BEACH HIGH PERFORMANCE Junior Pipeline
Training Programs
Competitions
This program prepares elite athletes for the transition to the collegiate women’s beach game. In 2017, the program grew 34 percent with significant protected opportunities for athletes across the country as part of the A2 zonal programming, especially in the more northern areas, resulting in a 37 percent region participation growth.
◦ A1 – In Southern California, a 10-day training block. ● 78 participants from 11 states (40 girls, 38 boys)
Evaluation and Talent Identification
◦ A3 – In Southern California, a two-day training camp. ● 49 girls from eight states
◦ Six Skills Assessment Camps – New for 2017, more training hours, an increase from four to 10 hours. This program focuses on coaching interaction providing athletes with a better understanding of USAV systems of play and an advancement of their personal skills. ● 866 participants from 33 states (581 girls, 185 boys) ● 33 states ◦ National Team Selection – To earn a place on A1 or A2 Zonal Teams all athletes were required to attend a two-day, ten-hour training camp in Southern California.
◦ A2 – In Atlantic, Border, Central and Pacific Zonal, a two-day training camp. ● 175 participants from 29 states (126 girls, 49 boys)
◦ U19 Trials – International qualifying event for the FIVB U19 World Championships. ● 60 participants from eight states (38 women, 22 men)
◦ A4 – In Columbus, Ohio, a three-day training camp. ● 16 participants from eight states (11 girls, 5 boys) ◦ Winter Training Camps – in Southern California ● 117 participants from 17 states (80 girls, 37 boys)
◦ HP Championships – First-ever international format applied over three teams featuring 16 teams from the USA, Czech Republic, Puerto Rico and Canada. ● 208 participants from 17 states (116 women, 92 men)
Coaching In 2017, all coaching roles were open for application. These included paid positions for International and program positions as well as shadowing experiences for up-andcoming coaches to gain practical experience. Over 225 coaching appointments were made for the Beach HP programs.
JUNIOR PIPELINE
◦ Junior Beach Tour ◦ Rankings
region participation growth S K I L L S ASSESSMENT
C A M P S
866
participants
33 states
Photos: Matt Brown
INDOOR EVENTS The 2017 National Championship Season again began with the Girls’ 18s Junior National Championships in April in Dallas. The event field rose from 178 teams in 2016 to 252 teams in 2017 primarily due to the inclusion of the 18 American Division. The 2018 version will be contested in Anaheim. Participation numbers remained strong for indoor Championship Events in 2017. The Open Championships were held in Minneapolis with 464 teams in attendance. The Girls’ Junior Championships were also conducted in Minneapolis with 1,264 teams attending. The Boys’ Junior Championships returned to Columbus and boasted a record 506 teams.
2013
2014
NCVF In 2017, USA Volleyball continued its partnership with the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation, in conducting the ninth NCVF Championships in Kansas City, attracting 444 teams, again setting a new team attendance record by over 10 teams. Girls’ Qualifiers, Boys’ Bid Tournaments Qualifying events for the BJNC and GJNC continue to show strong participation numbers. In 2017, 1,535 teams participated in Boys’ Bid tournaments across the country, up from 1,408 in 2016. The Girls’ National Qualifiers held relatively steady with 12,036 teams participating in all divisions in 2017 compared to 12,198 in 2016.
2015
Girls’ 18s
2016
2017
178
252
BJNC
420
410
479
462
506
GJNC
1,184
1,237
1,278
1,260
1,264
Opens
493
525
430
578
464
Totals
2,097
2,172
2,187
2,478
2,486
Photos: Texas Star
BEACH EVENTS USAV Collegiate Beach Championships USA Volleyball launched a brand-new beach event in 2017, a collegiate pairs championship as part of the Team USA Summer Champions Series, in May on Hermosa Beach, Calif. The finals were broadcast live on NBCSN.
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participants
95
tournaments CHAMPIONSHIPS Siesta Key
882
participants
440
31
regions
“This collegiate tournament aligns with our strategic direction of increasing participation at all levels and we believe the partnership with NBC Sports Network will invite new boys and girls to join us on the beach,” said Jamie Davis, USA Volleyball’s Chief Executive Officer. The champions in 2017 were Lucas Yoder and Michael Saeta from USC/UC Irvine and USC’s Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes.
teams
MAY 10-12, 2018
SPORT DEVELOPMENT Sport Development continued member benefit enhancements. A new partnership with USADA’s TrueSport department brings monthly content of value for all areas of a club program. The USOC improved and expanded the member only Team USA Mobile Coach app which now includes Beach & Paralympic and ParaVolley content. BoardSource continues to provide wide online content to help any nonprofit, both clubs and RVAs. Expanded Open Court to provide
Conducted dozens of clinics in the
RVAs and worldwide, both through CAP, NORCECA, and the FIVB, and updated important new research in content for the new IMPACT manual and online course as well as the FIVB online course work.
Relaunched the STEM project
Collaborating with - the Aspen
Institute Project Play in Harlem, Baltimore and Buffalo; Kids in the Game in the Northwest US; Starlings USA nationally; Volleyball Coaches and Trainers closed Facebook group with over 16,000 coaches; and many other smaller projects.
with a new owner, still providing elementary and middle schools with programming content, 20 volleyballs and a radar gun to assist PE teachers.
a full template to any club or RVA to have youth and adults experience USA Volleyball for free in a 90-minute or less session. Over 1,000 players coast-to-coast experienced the game, including 500 kids who did both beach and sitting volleyball in the Los Angeles-area.
Awarded more than $147,000 in
grants for programming and events to grow membership in the 40 RVAs, with an increased focus on economically disadvantaged areas tied into diversity and inclusion.
Assisted the MotorVB program led
by John Speraw to expand funding and best practices sharing into the high school level – with 10 states working to add boys’ varsity programming soon and nearly a million dollars raised for new men’s collegiate programming.
WHO DID BOTH BE ACH AND INDOOR IN LOS ANGELES
IMPACT OnDemand USAV’s Coaching Education department did a complete overhaul of the IMPACT course; the most significant undertaking on the year. The course that took 7.5 hours, is now under four hours! Other improvements include: The script was rewritten to
eliminate redundancy Higher level material was gleaned and included in optional lessons A new responsive design allows coaches to take the course on a desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, or in any combination The final exam has been replaced with chapter quizzes There is more video material Coaches may now hide or reveal the narration transcription Downloadable documents (such as Code of Ethics, Parent Handbook, etc.) as well as links to other resources and registration for SafeSport have been included Both Beach and Indoor are included in the new IMPACT (different tracks may be chosen within the same course. Some optional sitting lessons will be included soon). All PowerPoint presentations for on-site courses have been updated with the most current and applicable information.
IMPACT will soon be 100 percent ADA compliant as closed captioning will be added for all videos. In addition, skills and systems videos will be produced specifically for IMPACT OnDemand. High Performance Coaches’ Clinic Of the 85 coaches who participated in the 2017 HP Coaches’ Clinic, five were international coaches and 25 participated in CAP I through an interactive live-streaming event.
CAP III For the first time, CAP III was offered not only at the High Performance Coaches’ Clinic, but also in Vernon Hills, Ill., hosted by the Great Lakes Region. AVCA in Kansas City A compact new schedule at the AVCA Convention allowed 44 coaches to enjoy the Convention, the NCAA Championships, as well as participating in CAP I, II, and Beach CAP I and II.
Photos: FIVB
COACHING EDUCATION
SPONSORSHIPS & TV Sponsorship Concluded 2017 through 2020 sponsor agreements with the following partners: adidas Molten Lucky Dog Nation MuscleAidTape Sport Court VERT Volleymetrics Active Ankle Next College Student Athlete Sports Imports
2017 – 2020 Host Agreement concluded with the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) for the sitting national team programs.
International Events and Television Concluded Venue and Host
agreements for the 2018 Men’s Volleyball Nations League (Chicago, Ill.) and the 2017 Women’s Volleyball Nations League (Lincoln, Neb.).
Produced and executed USAV Cup
matches vs. Brazil
Men – Aug. 18-19 at Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Women – Aug. 27, 29 at Anaheim Convention Center Arena in Anaheim. The match on Aug. 29 was broadcasted on NBCSN. Produced and executed the
Men’s NORCECA Continental Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the Olympic Training Center, Sept. 26-Oct. 1. The U.S. won the event, qualifying for the 2018 FIVB World Championships.
USOC USA Volleyball and its beach, indoor and sitting national teams have all been assigned to the Gold Tier by the USOC and are receiving quad funding commitments. USOC Staff Selection Procedures have been approved for the following Games: 2018 Youth Olympic Games – Beach
Volleyball (Argentina)
2019 Parapan American Games
(Peru)
2019 Pan American Games (Peru) 2020 Paralympic Games 2020 Olympic Games
2018 through 2021 USOC High Performance Plans finalized and submitted.
Photos: Chris Trotman & FIVB
COMMUNICATIONS & CREATIVE SERVICES Very Engaged Fans
Social Media Growth
Website
USA Volleyball ranked 14th for the most-engaged fans for a league/ federation in North America, ahead of the MLS, NASCAR, WTA Tour, WNBA and others, according to a SportsBusiness Journal survey (July 2017) that analyzed 12 months of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts made by 1,255 leagues, federations and teams.
Leveraged Instagram Stories at events extensively in 2017. In the year after the Olympic Games, we broke page view records for event pages and streaming at Opens, GJNC, BJNC, and HPCs.
Completed phase one of a website project that included streamlining of the main navigation, adding a brandnew calendaring system and the launching of a new initiative: even more fresh, readable, diverse content. Exceeded the previous post-Olympic year by one million visitors.
Campaigns
GJNC, 1.3M page views
During GJNC fans liked, shared, and commented or became followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram …
2017, 2.6M visitors
56K times a day
Launched the ‘Path to the Podium’
campaign, creating an initial video presentation and online home
Launched USAVolleyballShop.com,
creating numerous web/social/ email graphics and posts.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Produced USAV Cup promotional
videos in 2017 to raise awareness and promote ticket sales. The shareable videos garnered 2M impressions and 85K engagements (like, shared, reposted, comments) on social media.
2013
2015
2017
118,488
487,686
655,815
3,142
246,327
474,936
64,404
127,368
215,521
1.66M social media followers
Photos: Matt Brown
COMMUNICATIONS & CREATIVE SERVICES Media Placement Placed our first feature on The Players Tribune, a day-at-the-gym with Matt Anderson. The video reached 1.1M people with 390K views, 4,400 shares on our Facebook page. Here is a sampling of media coverage. Jamie Davis on new deal with
adidas, volleyball popularity, Fox Business
April, Lauren help Al Roker surprise
a volleyball fan, The Today Show
U.S. experiment continues against
Brazil, Orange County Register
Sunday Conversation with GYNT’s
Mica Allison, NewsGazette
Micah Christenson interviews
on Squawk Box about volleyball popularity, CNBC
Partain brothers are creating buzz
in summer beach volleyball, Los Angeles Times
Downtown’s biggest attraction just
concluded a 10-day, $50 million run, StarTribune
Mansfield Lake Ridge volleyball
player having the best summer ever, StarTelegram
Hughes aims to complete collegiate
legacy – Los Angeles Times
Wisconsin’s Lauren Carlini: I’m
so excited to see what’s ahead – VolleyballMag.com
Carlton selected to U.S.
women’s junior national team – WashingtonPost.com
UC’s Alvey to coach USA Collegiate
team – Cincinnati Enquirer.com
Plugged In: Jamie Davis,
USA Volleyball – SportsBusinessDaily.com
Pro Beach Volleyball Stars Return to
Fort Lauderdale – MiamiHerald.com
Why Volleyball is Winning the
Popular Vote – ESPNW.com
Videos Educational – 92 videos created
in-house Rachael Adams | Advice for the WNT Tryout (1.2K views on YouTube) 61 video session recordings for WNT Tryout for coach/evaluators
Entertainment – 36 videos created
in-house Best Plays from NORCECA (2.1K views on YouTube)
Best Aces from NORCECA (1.4K views on YouTube) Promotional – 91 videos
created in-house USAV MNT Promo (4.5K views on YouTube) 2017 USAV Cup Promo (2.4K views on YouTube)
Total video/stream views, 1,670,223
Graphic Design In the world of graphic design, we … Created complete event designs,
including a primary logo, social media and web collateral, streaming graphics, and options for graphic t-shirts for USA National Beach Tour, Beach National Qualifiers, Opens, GJNC, BJNC, Girls’ 18s, WNT Tryout, NORCECA, FIVB and USAV Cup.
Created artwork for the
USAVolleyballShop.com, email newsletters, media summaries and medal designs. Processed over 300 design requests
Efficiency Completed a major revision of IMPACT OnDemand, reducing participants’ time from 7.5 to 3.5 hours.
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MEMBERSHIP EV
NO
CE
Region Aloha Region (AH)
2016-17 NC
3,167
IM
GP
1,060 HA
Arizona Region (AZ)
9,912
9,957
Bayou Region (BY)
OK 14,792
SC
3,194
SU
GL
3,193
1,085 14,895 AZ
BG
LK
2015-16IA
RM
Alaska Region (AK) Badger Region (BG)
NE
3,185 NT
HO
KE % Growth
-0.82%
0.28% GC
7,410
7,056
Chesapeake Region (CH)
10,020
9,776
2.44%FL
Carolina Region (CR)
AK 10,814
10,474
3.14%
Delta Region (DE)
5,683
5,345
5.95%
Evergreen Region (EV)
6,343
6,427
-1.32%
Florida Region (FL)
14,669
14,308 MK
2.46%
Gulf Coast Region (GC)
2,565
2,639
-2.88%
Garden Empire Region (GE)
10,613
9,939
6.35%
Great Lakes Region (GL)
16,797
17,093
-1.76%
Great Plains Region (GP)
4,907
5,303
-8.07%
Gateway Region (GW)
8,743
8,361
4.37%
Heart of America Region (HA)
15,355
15,105
1.63%
Hoosier Region (HO)
3,432
3,466
-0.99%
Iowa Region (IA)
11,703
11,344
3.07%
Iroquois Empire Region (IE)
3,432
3,390
1.22%
Intermountain Region (IM)
1,980
1,825
7.83%
Keystone Region (KE)
7,483
7,284
2.66%
Lakeshore Region (LK)
2,010
2,291
-13.98%
Lone Star Region (LS)
19,897
19,290
3.05%
Moku O Keawe Region (MK)
1,292
1,177
8.90%
Northern California Region (NC)
19,861
20,148
-1.45%
New England Region (NE)
11,812
11,159
5.53%
North Country Region (NO)
21,376
20,156
5.71%
North Texas Region (NT)
13,433
13,625
-1.43%
Old Dominion Region (OD)
4,474
4,633
-3.55%
Oklahoma Region (OK)
3,532
3,499
0.93%
Ohio Valley Region (OV)
22,839
22,392
1.96%
Palmetto Region (PM)
4,528
4,330
4.37%
Pioneer Region (PR)
5,150
4,776
7.26%
Puget Sound Region (PS)
7,699
7,565
1.74%
Rocky Mountain Region (RM)
8,105
8,323
-2.69%
Southern Californaia Region (SC)
24,522
23,254
5.17%
Southern Region (SO)
11,147
10,575
5.13%
Sun Country Region (SU)
6,420
6,318
1.59%
Western Empire Region (WE)
3,149
3,251
-3.24%
Totals
365,448
AH
CH
PM SO 0.69%
DE
Columbia Empire Region (CE)
LS
GE
OV
PR2.30% OD -0.45% CR
GW
BY
WE
IE
4.78%
358,084 2.02% *this count is for the total number of members
FINANCIAL REPORT ASSETS
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents
CURRENT LIABILITIES $5,308,000
Accounts payable
$2,158,000
3,418,000
Accrued liabilities
357,000
Inventory
179,000
Deferred revenue
5,787,000
Prepaid expenses
728,000
Total current liabilities
Accounts receivable, net
Total current assets
$9,633,000
BUILDING & EQUIPMENT at cost
NET ASSETS
Land
$471,000
Unrestricted
Building and improvements
3,998,000
Temporarily restricted
Office furniture
548,000
Office equipment
767,000
Divisional equipment Less accumulated depreciation
Total equipment - net
TOTAL ASSETS
$8,302,000
Total net assets
$5,608,000 24,000
$5,632,000
2,547,000 ($4,030,000)
$4,301,000
$13,934,000
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
$13,934,000
FINANCIAL REPORT ACTIVITIES SUPPORT & REVENUE Program & event participation fees
EXPENSES $9,036,000
Program Services
Membership & insurance
7,060,000
National teams
Sponsorship, rights, & donations
4,843,000
Domestic events
6,703,000
USOC grants, including VIK
2,416,000
High performance development
3,848,000
Ticket, subscriptions & other sales
2,337,000
International events & programs
3,846,000
Other programs
1,629,000
Region services
Housing royalties
1,492,000
Total Program Services
Product & ball sales, net
845,000
Host Incentives
507,000
USAVF grants
176,000
Grants
52,000
Interest & dividends
11,000
Total Support & Revenue
$30,404,000
$7,725,000
804,000
$22,926,000
Supporting Services National headquarters Sponsorship, marketing & PR
$3,007,000 1,912,000
Governance
423,000
Fundraising
19,000
Total Program Services TOTAL EXPENSES CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
$5,361,000
$28,287,000
$2,117,000
NET ASSETS, beginning of year
$3,516,000
NET ASSETS, end of year
$5,633,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEACH ATHLETE
HIGH PERFORMANCE
JUNIOR INDOOR
BEACH ATHLETE
INDEPENDENT
OFFICIALS
BEACH DEVELOPMENT
INDEPENDENT
PARALYMPIC ATHLETE
INDOOR ATHLETE
RVA
INDOOR ATHLETE
RVA
April Ross
Todd Rogers
Dave Selznick
BEACH AT LARGE
Lori Okimura, Chair COACH
Cecile Reynaud
Kristin Fasbender TBD
Ashley Dombkowski Kawika Shoji
Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Andy Reitinger Sue Mailhot
Brent Rasmussen John Hughes Donna Donaghy RVA
Mitch Stemm
Photos: FIVB & Matt Brown
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