2006 USA Volleyball Season

Adversity Volleyball Club's Lawrence Wrather (pictured in the red uniform (15)) spikes the ball down for a score against the USA Youth National team A2s. He was selected as one of the top 18 Freshman in the country this year, sending him to California to participate with the USA program.

He was placed on the Select National team A1, where they played teams like: Wisconsin all stars, USA Select National teams A(1/2), USA Youth National team A2a/A2b, Greece, and 2 Teams from No. California

Finishing with a record of 4-3 overall, with the matches being the best out of 5 games. Finishing 5th out of 8 teams, Lawrence Wrather was selected to the USA All-Tournament team as well.

Boys 17 Elite finish 5th at 2006 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships

What a difference a couple of weeks makes after returning home from an 11th place finish at the Junior Boys Classic and seeing Balboa Bay's 17's winning the championship, Adversity's Boys 17 Elite team put together a stronger performance and finished 5th overall in 17 Open at this years Nationals, just finishing behind eventual 3rd place finisher Balboa Bay.

This also marks the first year that Adversity has sent 5 teams to USA Volleyball's top event qualifying all five teams for the open division at their respective age groups. Congratulations to all five teams for their outstanding seasons and their performances at this years national championships.

Adversity sent the boys out west to take on Southern California's best boy's volleyball teams in this years Junior Boys Classic in Anaheim, CA. As always, the guys were up for the challenge and put together some solid results.

The Adversity Boys 18 Elite team brought home a solid 13th place finish out of 32 teams competing in the boys 18's division. This finish placed them in the silver bracket. Balboa Bay's 18 Quicksilver squad won the 18's division.

The Adversity Boys 17 Elite team brought home a strong 11th place finish out of 32 teams competing in the boys 17's division. The 17's also finished in the silver bracket and showed why they are one of the top boys volleyball teams in the nation. Balboa Bay's 17 Quicksilver equaled their big brothers by winning the 17's division. Good job by both teams as they represented Adversity quite well at this big event.

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 17 Elite team for bringing home gold medals at this years ASICS Chicago National Championships. Congratulations to all of our Adversity teams at ASICS for their performances. 2006 ASICS final results:

USA Volleyball has released this years rosters for their various High Performance, Youth and Junior National teams rosters. Through the HP Tryouts (which include three hours of court time), athletes are striving to be selected for the National-level Team or Camp in their age group.

Congratulations to all the selected Adversity players and Adversity Alumni Dan Fabry for being named to these rosters.

Adversity's Steve Wolf named to Men's Junior National Training Team Coaching Staff

This years USA Men's Junior National Training Team has a new addition to its coaching roster. Congratulations to Adversity's Boys 17 Elite Head Coach Steve Wolf as he has joined this years coaching staff. Congratulations and good luck to Steve with the Men's Junior National Training Team.

Someone forgot to tell Adversity's Teddy Adamczyk that he and his Maine South volleyball teammates were not supposed to beat heavy favorite Naperville North in the title match Saturday night. Lead by Teddy's team high 10 kills, the Hawks swept the Huskies 25-21, 25-19 to bring home their first IHSA State Title in Boys Volleyball. Congratulations to Maine South on a great season and winning this years state championship in boys volleyball.

Any Adversity players interested in trying out for the 2006 Great Lakes Region High Performance program can now obtain a flyer by clicking on the link below.

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.

All Adversity Athletes are encouraged to consider trying out for the regional High Performance Program.

Boys 14's training and competition information for upcoming USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships

We are thrilled to be sending another 14's team this Summer's to USA Volleyball Junior Olympics National Championships in Minneapolis. I know this is going to be an outstanding opportunity for these boys (more)

Boys 16 Elite & Boys 18 Elite Hotel Room Status for Parents for Nationals - FILLED

We have filled all of our spare rooms as of 5/19/06. Parents that do not have a room for Nationals will need to contact the hotel directly to book reservations. Hotel contact numbers can be found in our travel page.

Congratulations to the Adversity 16 Elite team for finishing 9th in Gold at this years No Dinx Far Western National Qualifier. Adversity sent three teams to Reno with the 16's finishing 9th in Gold, the 14's finishing 18th in Silver and the 15's finishing 24th in Bronze.

Adversity sent two teams to this years Northern Lights National Qualifier in Minneapolis. The 17 Elite team finished 53rd overall and the 13's finished 33rd overall. Congratulations to all of our teams that competed this weekend at both qualifiers.

Four Adversity teams were in action this past weekend at various national qualifiers. Adversity Girls 18 Elite traveled to Indianapolis to compete at the Mid East National Qualifier. The 18's finished the tournament 77th out of 124 teams in Girls 18 Club Division.

Three Adversity teams traveled to Denver Colorado to compete in this years Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier. Adversity Girls 13 Elite, 14 Elite and 15 Elite had successful tournaments. All three teams advanced into the gold after day one with the 15 elite team winning their pool outright. The 15's continued their winning ways on Sunday as they finished 2nd overall in their pool to advance to the crossover seeding match. A loss in the seeding crossover match to host Front Range VBC sent the 15's into the Silver division. The 15's would unfortunately lose in the Silver Quarterfinals to Bongo VBC in 3 games. The team returns home with a strong 21'st place finish out of 106 teams competing in 15 Club. It was a great effort by this team and a strong tournament performance all three days.

Adversity players take time out to meet the members of the US National Sitting Volleyball Team at the Crossroads Qualifier

Adversity's 13 Elite & 14 Elite teams both saw themselves going into day three in the Bronze Division Brackets of their respected divisions. The 14 Elite team beat Dallas Jrs in a tough 3 game match to advance to the Semis. The 14's were up ended in the semi finals and finished the tournament 24th overall out of 73 teams in the 14 Club division. Great Job on a strong performance by the 14's.

The 13's received a bye to automatically advance into the semis in their Bronze division bracket. They didn't waist their opportunity as the team advance into the finals by knocking off North Jeffco VBC 13-1's in three games.

With the Bronze division title up for grabs, the team fell short. The team lost to MAVS VBC 13-1's in the final. The 13's finished the tournament with a top 20 finish placing 20th out of 44 teams in the 13 club division. Congratulations to the 13's for their top 20 finish at the 2006 Crossroads Qualifier.

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 14 Elite team for winning this weekends Rockford Challenge #11 tournament. The team beat Sports Performance 14 White in the finals to bring home the win. Great job girls on another tournament win.

It was a tough road to the finals but they got there. After running the table by winning three straight matches against teams that already have bids to this years nationals, the guys found themselves in the finals against Bison VBC from Canada. Despite a tough three game loss in the finals, the guys earned their bid to play Open at this years USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships. The guys finished the two day event with an impressive 9 - 1 record. Congratulations to the guys for earning their bid and good luck this summer at Nationals.

Congratulations to Adversity South's 14's team for earning a bid to this years USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships. The team earned their bid at this weekends Wisconsin "Badger" Boys Festival. The team, lead by Coach Pat Cole went 7-1 over the two days and finished in 3rd place overall in 14 Open to earn a bid to this years nationals. Congratulations to the team and good luck this summer at Nationals.

This was a tremendous effort this weekend by several Adversity South Boys Volleyball Teams. South Boys 14's came home with a bid to this years Nationals and South's 16 Black came home with a championship.

Congratulations to Coach Mary Welk and her Boys 16 Black team for taking the Boys 16 Club Division Championship. South's 16 Black squad swept through the tournament going undefeated over the two days. This was a tremendous effort by the team. Congratulations to the guys for taking the championships at this years Wisconsin Boys Festival.

Adversity South's Boys 18 team had a tougher tournament path to travel through but their effort didn't go unnoticed. South 18's battled all weekend and produced positive results including a upset victory over #2 seed Sports Performance in pool play. Great job to the South Boys 18's for all their effort this weekend in Wisconsin.

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 13 Elite for a strong performance at this weekends Rockford Challenge #7. The 13's battled their way to the finals to lose a tough three game match to West Bend Power 13's. The team finished the tournament with a 4-1 record overall. Congratulations to the team and great job.

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 15 Elite team for kicking off the weekend sweep by winning this weekends Rockford Challenge #5 Volleyball Tournament. The team faced host Rockford in the finals and came out on top to take the championship. Congratulations to the team on there tournament championship.

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 14 Elite team for winning this weekends Rockford Challenge #6 Volleyball Tournament. After a start to the weekend that saw the 15 Elite team winning the Rockford Challenge #5, the 14's were equal to the task the following day. The team faced Wisconsin Select 14-1's in the finals and came out on top to take the championship. Congratulations to the team on there tournament championship.

Congratulations to the Adversity Boy's 16 Elite Team for earning a bid to this years USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships. The team finished third this past weekend at the 2006 Gateway Boys Volleyball Festival in St. Louis. The tournament is one of several "bid" tournaments held throughout the country. Congratulations guys and good luck at Nationals.

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 18 Elite team for winning this weekends Rockford Challenge #1. The girls knocked off Rockford VBC 18-1's for this weekends title. Congratulations to the team.

Congratulations to Adversity South's Girls 14's team for their strong performance this past weekend at the Asics Mikasa Invitational. The team finished 2nd overall in the tournament. Congratulations South Girls. Great Job.

Adversity Boys 17 Elite win All Adversity Boys 18's Final at Mayor Daley Sports Festival

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 17 Elite team for taking the championship at this years Mayor Daley Sports Festival. The 17 Elite Team worked its way through the entire boys 18 division to face a familiar opponent, the Boys 18 Elite Team. A tough match ended with the 17's winning the gold medals and this years Mayor Daley Sports Festival Championship. Congratulations to the Boys 17 Elite Team.

Elmhurst College had another strong season this year finishing the regular season ranked 24th in the nation in the final AVCA NCAA Division III National Poll. Elmhurst finished the regular season with an impressive 31-9 record. Lead by Adversity Alumni Erin Whitehead (Lake Forest), Elmhurst took on eventual National Champion's University of Wisconsin Whitewater in post season play. Erin lead her team with 11 kills and 14 digs in the loss to Whitewater.

After transferring to Elmhurst from her NJCAA All American Season at College of Lake County, Erin ends her NCAA career at Elmhurst with 743 Kills, 2.7 Kills per game average, 95 aces, 728 digs, 21 solo blocks and 112 assist blocks over a 276 Games. Congratulations to Erin for her outstanding achievements at Elmhurst College.

University of the Pacific Men's Volleyball Team traveled to Canada to play in the 2005 Dino Cup which was held in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Adversity Alumni Brian Adamson (Prospect) lead the Tigers with 14 Kills and two blocks in the championship match against Stanford. The 6' 10 Lefty Adamson was named the tournament MVP.

UOP also got strong production numbers from Adversity Alumni Simon Chen-Byerley (New Trier). Simon recorded 10 kills on 12 attempts in the finals against the Cardinal. This was the second straight win for UOP this year over Stanford. UOP won a Dino Cup opening round match against Stanford in five games. Good luck to both Brian and Simon and the UOP Tigers the remainder NCAA Mens Volleyball Season.

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 17 Elite team for winning their first tournament of the season. The team went down to Aurora and knocked off Nemesis VBC in the finals for the tournament championship.

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 13 Elite team for their strong performance at this weekends Mikasa Invite. The team finished second overall in the 13's division.

(Friday, December 16th, 1:30PM) Sky High has released their tournament information for this weekends tournaments. You can access this information by clicking on the appropriate link above to access your tournament times.

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 18 Elite for winning this weekends Central Zones. The guys put together a solid effort this weekend to square off against Rolling Thunder and coming out on top in an exciting three game final. Congratulations to the guys on their first tournament championship of the year.

Congratulations and good luck to Ryan (Evanston Township High) who is on the 2005 US Mens National Team Roster. Ryan was a standout player at Evanston Township High and at Kendall College. We have been enjoying Ryan's presence in the gym while he is home from Colorado Springs for the Holidays.

The post season can be an disappointing time for many NCAA Volleyball players as their seasons come to an end. But it can be an exciting time as their teams earn bids to the NCAA Volleyball National Championship Tournaments.

Adversity Alumni Frances Rogoz (Regina) enjoyed a great season this year at MIT. The Engineers received one of two "at large" bids to this years DIII NCAA National Championship Tournament and made good use of this opportunity. MIT won their opening round match against Bridgwater State 3-0 and advanced to the tournament's second round where they fell to #1 seed Colby 3-1. Frances played a strong match leading her team with 17 kills in the losing effort for MIT. Congratulations to Frances and her teammates on a great season.

Cornell University enjoyed a strong 2005 Volleyball Season. The Lady Bears knocked off Yale in five games to earn the automatic bid to this years NCAA DI National Championship Tournament. In their Opening round match against Long Island University, Setter Amy Gordon (Highland Park) had 23 assists. However, the effort fell short as Cornell lost to Long Island University 0-3 in the opening round of this years tournament. Gordon enjoyed a strong sophomore season by finishing with 511 assists on the season averaging just over 11 assists per game.

Congratulations to both Frances and Amy and their respected teams on their 2005 Volleyball Seasons and their trips to the NCAA Volleyball National Championship Tournaments.

All boy's volleyball tournaments for this weekend are now available in the upcoming events box. Point and click on your event to get your pool schedule and times.

Former Buffalo Grove High Standout and Adversity Alumni Laura Chilcun was named to this years Division III First Team All American by the NJCAA Selection Committee. Congratulations to Laura on being named First Team All American.

Travel Information for Qualifiers and St. Louis Boys Festival now available

Travel information for Adversity Teams competing at this years Colorado Crossroads, Hoosier Mid East Qualifier, Northern Lights Qualifier and St. Louis Boys Festival is now available in the Travel Page. Parents wishing to stay in the same hotel that the teams are staying at need to make their hotel reservations ASAP. Hotels at all of these events sell out fast so don't delay.

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 16 Elite team for their first tournament championship at this weekends Sky High Invitational. The team was a perfect 6-0 on the day and beat Lions VBC in the finals to take the tournament championship. Great job on a total team performance and bringing home their first tournament championship of the season.

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 15 Elite team for their strong performance at this past weekends Sky High Invitational. The team cruised through pool play winning their pool outright but unfortunately lost in the semi finals. It was a strong performance for the guys in their first tournament of the year. Congratulations to the guys for their strong start to the season.

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 16's for their strong finish at the November 19th Palos Points Series tournament. After coming out second on day one in pool play, the guys rallied back on day two to reach the finals. A tough game 3 loss (13-15) was the difference in the finals. Great job to the guys and a great start to their season.

Adversity Girls 13 Elite	30th - 13 Club	Adversity South Boys 14's	2nd - 14 Club
Adversity Girls 14 Elite	10th - 14 Open	Adversity Boys 15 Elite	2nd - 15 Club
Adversity Girls 15 Elite	4th - 15 Club	Adversity Boys 16 Elite	2nd - 16 Club
Adversity Girls 16 Elite	30th - 16 Club	Adversity Boys 17 Elite	1st - 17 Club
Adversity Girls 18 Elite	15th - 18 Club	Adversity Boys 18 Elite	3rd - 18 Club

Adversity South Boys 14's	22nd	14 Open
Adversity Boys 15 Elite	21'st	15 Open
Adversity Boys 16 Elite	17th	16 Open
Adversity Boys 17 Elite	5th	17 Open
Adversity Boys 18 Elite	25th	18 Open