SOUTH AUSTRALIAN YOUTH STATE TEAM SELECTION

2 September 2022

Volleyball South Australia is pleased to announce the following successful athletes representing South Australia at the 2022 Australian Youth Volleyball Championships.

"We are fortunate with the talent we had attend trials this year, and we are confident with the selections made by our experienced panel and coaches." said VSA Pathways Manager, Deborah Kassing.

The teams have been training hard at their court sessions and scrimmage matches since the athlete selections were made in August.

New to the role with VSA, Deborah added, "It has been a pleasure working with everyone involved in the program to create a strong, and proud SA team. The athletes are already setting a very high standard on and off the court, and the excitement is well and truly building for the tournament in the last week of September."

Team South Australia will head to Bendigo, Victoria, on the 24th - 29th September for 5 big days competition.

Please join us in congratulating the following athletes on their selection:

U18 WOMEN'S - CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

Leilani Burnell, Sophia Dvorak, Emma Guenther, Nicola Gunson, Ella Loy, Holly Stadler, Georgina Vanloo, Mathilde Verrall, Layla Wigzell, and Shae Williams

Shadow athletes: Rory Eyles, Alice Herringer, Leah Karajcic, Mimi Laurie, and Bonnie Lawrie

U18 MEN'S- CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

Connor Daniels, Timothy Darani, Max Gray, Colin Heang, Kane Johnson, Caleb Jones, Jasper Marcel, Noah Salmon, Matthew Woodmore, and Zac Yorkston

Shadow athletes: Ben Durdin, Benjamin Nairn, Noah Holland, Tom Dell, and Ethan McInnes

U17 WOMEN'S- CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

Chelsea Durbridge, Ashleigh Heinze, Lana Hollway, Brooke Langbein, Jorgia Lloyde, Saskia Naismith, Kaija O’Neill, Shanti Patterson, Kate Smith, and Cameron Zajer

U17 MEN'S- CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

Ben Adams, Finley Bennett, Tom Cotton, Tyson Duffield, Toby Eriksson, Ashtyon Kay, Ayush Kharel, Fergus Taylor, Jay Trowbridge, Cohen Taylor, and Tom Macleod (withdrawn with injury)

Shadow athletes: Max Bush, Connor Reid, and Reilly Selway

U17 WOMEN'S- DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Josephine Hoare, Tia James, Isabella LeCong, Ava Pitman, Bebe Power, Ella Salievic, Addi Snell, Aysha Snell, Chelsea Tape McGlashan, and Kate Velisek

Shadow athletes: Katherine Ramsay, Ella Tanti, and Tiarna Westdijk

U15 MEN'S- CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

Innes Beltrame, Ky Bruss, Nathaniel Giulinn, Luc Hancock, Sam Huddleston, Ethan Jamieson, Cameron Kouwenhoven, Thien Pham, Jedd Quilliam, and William Thomas

Shadow athletes: Jacob Bratkovic, Arnav Choudhary, Jack Durbridge, Kyle Lonsdale, and Khiem Nguyen

U15 WOMEN'S- CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

Madison Barrett, Mia Chapman, Annabel Keough, Cheyenne Liu, Emily Nguyen, Jasmine Pirakis, Ella Rohrlach, Kayla Taylor, Emily Vuong, and Cate Zander

U15 WOMEN'S- DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Leanna Batara, Tiegan Bennett, Matilda Boucher, Edwina Crawford, Natalie Durdin, Ava Gaborit, Ursula Naismith, Email Noriega, Ayla Rayner, and Amy Scovell

Shadow athletes: Lily Blinco, Tijana Gigovic, Kyla Pearce, Hannah Tanti, Alarah Rodrigues, and En Ueda