Anna Walsh & Maddie Jones
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March 14, 2013
AVCA Announces Thirty Under 30 Recipients
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is pleased to announce its Thirty Under 30 Awards. This award was created in 2009 to honor up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels of the sport. To qualify for the award nominees had to be 30 years old or younger in 2012. The list of winners will be featured in the upcoming May edition of Coaching Volleyball 2.0.
“Sustainability is all about identifying rising stars and nurturing their career growth,” said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. “This Thirty Under 30 class, the AVCA’s fifth, is full of future leaders in the sport of volleyball. We congratulate them and, through them, celebrate our potential.”
Of the thirty recipients, 12 are head coaches and 18 are assistant coaches. Nine are NCAA Division I women’s coaches, nine in Division II, five are NCAA Division III, two are in high school, NAIA and club and one is a Two Year College coach.
Jamie deTurck, Head Coach
Colleyville Heritage High School, Colleyville, TX (High School)
The 2012 PrepVolleyball.com Soph 79
Anna Walsh, 6-3 MB, Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville, Texas) – Walsh averaged 2.3 kills and 2.0 blocks per game. “Anna was a good offensive threat throughout the season,” said Coach Jamie DeTurck. “If she wasn’t set, she did her job and helped the pin players have a split in their block because she held the other middle blocker".
HIGH HONORABLE MENTION
Maddie Jones, 5-8 Libero, Heritage (Colleyville, Texas) – A First Team All-District member, Jones helped the Panthers to a runner-up finish in the district. Jones finished the 2012 season with 417 digs (3.6 per set) and 189 assists.