Great Lakes Region High Performance Program
The Great Lakes Region High Performance Program is an extension of USA Volleyball’s national High Performance Program.
The primary objectives are to identify elite athletes and provide them with top level training and competition. The regional programs are an important step within the pipeline that leads to the national level programs. For information on the national program
and tryouts, see the High Performance section of USAV’s web page at usavolleyball.org.
2002 Great Lakes Region High Performance Summary
In the summer of 2002, the Great Lakes Region conducted our first regional High Performance Camp. Tryouts for spots in the
camp were held in two age divisions: the Youth age division (born on or after 1/1/1986) and the HP age division (born on or after
1/1/1988). Approximately two dozen players were selected to attend each camp. From the camps themselves, travel squads were
selected to represent the Great Lakes Region in competition.
Great Lakes Youth Age Division
24 players attended the three day camp which was held at Elmhurst College. The athletes trained on four courts under the supervision of a staff consisting of seven club and collegiate coaches.
Camp Head Coaches
Camp Assistant Coaches
Tom Cote, Net Force **
Kym McKay, Unlimited/W. Illinois University **
Chaperone: Lisa Cote **
Dragan Karadzic, Adversity
Sarah Slowik, DuPage Express
Phil Wantoch, DePaul University
Kevin Kwon, Club Fusion
Julie Weijak, DePaul University
GL Youth Camp Roster & Team Roster
Amber Barnlund, Ultimate **
Mandi Caputo, Lions Jrs. **
Perri Clement, Rolling Thunder
Amy Etheridge, JAST
Ashley Fallos, Net Force **
Ashley Festin, Lions Jrs. **
Kiley Fister, POV **
Alyssa Gintant, Sky High
Kristen Kirch, DuPage Express
Calli Kovel, Uno **
Sarah Kwasigroch, Lions Jrs.
Katie Lapinski, Adversity **
Kathleen Lichter, Rolling Thunder
Ashley Lopez, Club Fusion **
Christine Marchinski, Net Force
Ashley Martin, DuPage Express **
Michelle Miramonti, Rolling Thunder
Brittney Retzinger, Adversity
Erin Rice, Celtic Force
Erin Schremp, DuPage Express **
Meghan Van Hoegarden, Lions Jrs.
Anne Marie Vanden Boom, Rolling Thunder
Kristen Wilk, Lions Jrs. **
Maureen Zigulich, Lions Jrs **
** Denotes Athletes and Staff Selected to Great Lakes Youth Team
From this group of 24 campers, a travel team of 12 was selected to represent Great Lakes at the Park City Volley Classic held in
Park City, Utah from July 24th through the 27th. After dropping the first match of the tournament to a very strong Intermountain
Region team, Great Lakes went undefeated the rest of the way, winning their last three matches in 5 game thrillers and gaining a
good measure of revenge by defeating the Intermounatin Region team in the finals. Along with the team honor of bringing home
the championship trophy, Mandi Caputo (Lions Jrs.) received the tournaments Most Valuable Player award and Maureen
Zigulich (Lions Jrs.) was named the tournaments Best Defender. Congratulations to the above players and coaches for representing our region so well.
TEAM PICTURE WITH
CHAMPIONSHIP
TROPHY (Left)
Top Row, left to right:
Kiley Fister, Kristen Wilk,
Ashley Festin, Erin
Schremp, Katie Lapinski,
Ashley Lopez, Ashley
Fallos Middle Row:
Mandi Caputo, Ashley
Martin
Bottom Row: Calli Kovel,
Maureen Zigulich, Amber
Barnlund
TEAM PICTURE AT PRE TOURNAMENT SOCIAL
(Above)
Top Row, left to right: Katie Lapinski, Mandi Caputo, Ashley Lopez, Calli Kovel, Maureen Zigulich, Ashley Martin,
Erin Schremp, Kiley Fister, Ashley Festin, Ashley Fallos
Seated: Ammber Barnlund, Kristen Wilk
Great Lakes Region High Performance Program (continued)
PARK CITY VOLLEY CLASSIC RESULTS
Held in Park City, Utah July 24-28, 2002
Preliminary Pool Play
Lost vs. Intermountain Region A 18-25, 31-33, 25-18, 21-25
Won vs. Florida Region 23-25, 25-23, 25-15, 25-14
Won vs. Sun Country Region 25-17, 25-13, 14-25, 25-14
Won vs. Carolina Region 25-19, 25-19, 25-16
Semifinals
Won vs. Ohio Valley Region 25-15, 23-25, 25-27, 25-17, 15-7
Round 2 Crossover
Won vs. Badger Region 25-19, 25-19, 21-25, 17-25, 15-13
Tournament Most Valuable Player: Mandi Caputo, Lions Jrs.
Tournament Best Defender: Maureen Zigulich, Lions Jrs.
Championship
Won vs. Intermountain Region A 25-19, 25-20, 19-25, 23-25, 15-7
Great Lakes HP Age Division
25 players attended the three day camp which was held at Loyola University. The group received plenty of instruction on five
courts under the supervision of a staff consisting of seven club and collegiate coaches.
Camp Head Coaches
Terri Hibner-Baranski, Uno
Sue Keck, Lions Jrs.
Camp Assistant Coaches
Kate Brown, Lions Jrs.
Dragan Karadzic, Adversity
Kyle McCall, Sky High
Mike Stanislaw, Chicago Gravity
Julie Weijak, DePaul University
Camp Roster
Kim Ables, Adversity
Daniella Ahlstrand, Adversity
Rachel August, Lions Jrs.
Elizabeth Carrington, Rolling Thunder
Nora Carrol, 2nd City
Perri Clement, Rolling Thunder
Sarah Cullen, Club Fusion
Allison Day, Rolling Thunder
Amy Garvey, Ace, Point, Match
Heidi Haubrich, Rolling Thunder
Erin Hollandsworth, 2nd City
Erin House, Uno
Jenna Howard, Net Force
Taylor Irvin, Lions Jrs.
Amy Nokes, Ace, Point, Match
Kristin Plese, Uno
Claire Reeder, Lions Jrs.
Melissa Reeks, Ultimate
Michelle Sims, Rolling Thunder
Shannon Stewart, 2nd City
Kathryn Tuerk, Lions Jrs.
Tiffany Turner, Central Illini
Caryn Van Eck, 2nd City
Eileen Welch, Uno
Lauren Young, Ace, Point, Match
From this group of 25 players, two teams were selected to represent the region in a HP Tournament hosted by the Badger Region.
Great Lakes Region HP A Team
Perri Clement, Rolling Thunder
Sarah Cullen, Club Fusion
Jenna Howard, Net Force
Melissa Reeks, Ultimate
Michelle Sims, Rolling Thunder
Shannon Stewart, 2nd City
Tiffany Turner, Central Illini
Eileen Welch, Uno
Head Coach: Sue Keck, Lions Jrs.
Great Lakes Region HP B Team
Kim Ables, Adversity
Rachel August, Lions Jrs.
Elizabeth Carrington, Rolling Thunder
Allison Day, Rolling Thunder
Heidi Haubrich, Rolling Thunder
Taylor Irvin, Lions Jrs.
Amy Nokes, Ace, Point, Match
Claire Reeder, Lions Jrs.
Kathryn Tuerk, Lions Jrs.
Head Coach: Terri Hibner-Baranski, Uno
BADGER REGION HP INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Our HP A team finished 4th out of 6 teams at the Badger HP Invitational, but did win a match during pool play against Badger’s
A team, which eventually won the tournament. The HP B team finished 5th. We would like to extend a big thank you to all the
players for representing our region so well in the first year of our program.
Check out the Region Website as well as the back page of our newsletter for Tryout
Information for the 2003 Great Lakes Region High Performance Program.
This is a GREAT OPPORTUNITY for our Young Athletes to train and compete against
other USAV Region’s High Performance Teams!!