Volleyball

12/8/2023 |  Arlington to Host Volleyball Nations League Women’s Event in 2024 (SportsTravel) Arlington, Texas, will host women’s competition as part of the 2024 Volleyball Nations League 2024 schedule, which will include nine countries and four continents during a six-week period between May and June in a Preliminary Phase.
The Nations League events will play a major role in determining the last national teams that will qualify for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. The result of each match of the tournament’s Preliminary Phase will impact the FIVB Volleyball World Rankings, which will determine the teams to occupy the last five spots in next year’s Games. Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, Poland and the United States are guaranteed on the men’s side while Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Poland, Serbia, Turkey and the United States have qualified among the women. Host country France will also be represented in both genders.

11/29/2023 |  How a D1 college volleyball player whose team is on an epic win streak scored more than 40 NIL deals this year — and convinced donors at her school to put money toward women athletes (Business Insider)

• Alex Glover is a volleyball player at Southern Methodist University.
• She's done more than 40 NIL deals this year with companies like Ulta, Dove, and Buffalo Wild Wings.
• Glover has advocated with SMU's NIL collective for equal opportunities for female athletes.

11/27/2023 |  How a college volleyball player convinced donors at her school to put more money toward women athletes — and scored over 40 NIL deals this year with brands like Ulta and Dove (Business Insider)

• Alex Glover is a volleyball player at Southern Methodist University.
• She's done more than 40 NIL deals this year with companies like Ulta, Dove, and Buffalo Wild Wings.
• Glover has advocated with SMU's NIL collective for equal opportunities for female athletes.

Alex Glover is having one hell of a year.
The middle blocker is averaging about one block and one kill per set for the Southern Methodist University volleyball team, which recently won its conference title and is on a 15-game win streak.

11/10/2023 |  Maryland Eastern Shore Becomes First D1 HBCU With Men’s Volleyball (First and Pen) On Thursday, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) made history by becoming the first DI HBCU athletic program to field a men’s volleyball program.
Thanks to a $250,000 grant from First Point Volleyball Foundation, Dr. Heidi M. Anderson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s sixteenth President, and Tara A. Owens, Vice President of Athletics and Recreation, were able to make the exciting announcement.

11/1/2023 |  American Volleyball Coaches Association Expands Partnership with Volleyball World (SportsTravel) The American Volleyball Coaches Association has expanded its partnership with Volleyball World that includes access to on-demand content and live coverage of the AVCA Fall Collegiate Beach National Championships in Huntsville, Alabama, among other benefits.