THANKS TO EVERYONE ATTENDING THE 2010 EVENT!!!
We greatly appreciate the over 6,000 athletes, 2,000 coaches and chaperones, and 10,000 friends and family that attended The Volleyball Festival at the Phoenix Convention Center this year.
PHOENIX TO HOST 2011-2013 VOLLEYBALL FESTIVAL
During this year's event, the Festival finalized arrangements to make the Phoenix Convention Center the centerpiece of the Volleyball Festival for the next three years. It is our intent to use as much of the Phoenix Convention Center as possible for future events. Due to growth and other events that might be in the Phoenix area (i.e. Major League Baseball All-Star Game & Fanfest in 2011), the Festival may need to utilize additional playing facilities. We'll keep everyone posted on specific dates and playing sites via this website.
- 2011 - Week of June 26
- 2012 - Week of June 24
- 2013 - Week of June 23
ARIZONA STORM 18 THUNDER WIN 18's CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
In an exciting three game match at US Airways Center, the home town Arizona Storm 18 Thunder won the 18's Championship Division at the 27th annual Volleyball Festival (22-25, 25-17, 15-7) over Kane County 18 Gold from Batavia, Illinois. Arizona Storm was lead by Head Coach Terri Spann (maiden name Cox) who was a volleyball standout at Arizona State University from 1994-1997. The Spann coached Xavier College Prep (Phoenix) won the Arizona State 5A championship in 2000. She later served as assistant coach at Texas Tech and Arizona State (2002-2006).
The 18s Finals will be televised in High-Definition by Fox Sports and Prime Ticket on numerous dates from July 10 through July 30. Paul Sunderland and Cathy Nelson announced the match. Click HERE for a complete schedule of broadcast dates.
"WISH YOU WERE HERE!" PHOTO CONTEST
Over 60 photographers took part in this year's contest. The $100 winning photo was taken by Christine Thorne from Phoenix, Arizona. Click HERE to see Christine's winning pic as well as some of the Runner Up photos.
2010 FINAL RESULTS
- 18s Final - Arizona Storm 18 Thunder (AZ) def. Kane County 18 Gold (GL)
- 17s Final - Orange County 17 Blue (SC) def. Surf City 17 Adam (SC)
- 16s Final - SMBC (SC) 16 Trevor def. Orange County 16 Blue (SC)
- 15s Final - Vaqueras15 (PU) def. Canada Prospects 15 (CA)
- 14s Final - Vaqurras14 (PU) def. Santa Barbara 14Smack (SC)
- 13s Final - Vaqueras13 (PU) def. Santa Barbara 13Smack (SC)
- 12s Final - Vaqueras12 (PU) def. Beach Cities 12 Gold (SC)
Click on the below age groups for final standings.
12s 13s 14s 15s 16s 17s 18s
Click HERE to go to AES for all Team, Age Group, and Pool/Bracket results and scores.
TOURNAMENT FLOWCHARTS
Click on the below age groups for a pictorial view of the tournament format.
12s 13s 14s 15s 16s 17s 18s
THE 2010 THEME IS CARNIVOLL!!!
This year's theme was a play on the word Carnival which is known as a period of celebration and having fun. Communities celebrate Carnival with festivals like Mardis Gras where music, dancing, parades, masks, and costumes are all part of the revelry. We loved seeing everyone showing off their Festival Spirit at this year's Opening Ceremonies at Chase Field by incorporating CarniVoll into their costumes and celebration!
2010 FESTIVAL SURVIVAL GUIDE
A must have for every Festival attendee. Click HERE to view and/or download.
THE FESTIVAL SPIRIT - DAILY NEWSPAPER
Click HERE to view any of the Festival's daily papers online. It's full of player profiles, schedules, tips and insightlful articles.
2010 PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Click HERE to view.
Over 350 athletes from the graduating classes of 2011, 2012 and 2013 participated in the first annual Volleyball Festival College Showcase. Scott Curtis gave valuable insight to the college recruiting and athlete evaluation process in front of a packed room of over 400 parents. Thank you to all of the parent and coach volunteers that made this event a great success! For the latest information from the College Showcase, please click HERE. College Coaches can pick up their results packets at the Volleyball Festival University Athlete desk (Lower Lever North Building).
FREE RAFFLE TICKETS FOR FUNDRAISING
Over $1,000,000 of raffle tickets were provided to Festival participants free of charge to help their fundraising efforts. A BIG Festival "Thank You" to all of those who have purchased tickets from our participants! The winning raffle tickets will be drawn during the 18s Championship Finals at US Airways Center July 2.
2010 FESTIVAL POSTER
A Festival tradition for 28 years! Every player will go home with the below 16" x 24" CarniVoll themed Festival Poster.
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