As it stands today, we have but four ladies on the Volleyball team…details below:

2008 Roster:

1 Kala Abdell OH 6-1 So. Royal Palm Beach, FL (Royal Palm Beach HS)
2 Katie Evanyo OH 5-10 So. Littleton, CO (Chatfield Senior HS)
3 Mallory Deneen OH/DS 5-9 So. Pueblo West, CO (Pueblo West HS)
4 Casey LaRocca S 5-10 Sr. St. Louis, MO (St. Joseph’s Academy)
5 Nicole Gerig S 5-8 So. Normal, IL (Normal Community HS/Auburn University)
7 Kristyna Dzmuranova MB 6-0 So. Prague, Czech Republic (Gymnasium Nad Ohradou)
8 Kendall Utz L 5-7 So. Colorado Springs, CO (William J. Palmer HS)
10 Morgan Johns RS/OH 6-1 So. Mobile, AL (St. Paul’s HS)
11 Anne Vaughan RS/OH 6-0 Jr. Erfurt, Germany (Rye Cove (Va.) HS/Mesa College)
12 Danielle Williams MB 5-11 So. Mobile, AL (Murphy HS)
13 Katie Arvidson MB 6-2 Sr. Franklin, TN (Page HS)
14 Krystena Castro MB 5-11 Jr. Nanuet, NY (Clarkstown South HS)
15 Paige DePriest L 5-7 Fr. St. Augustine, FL (Allen D. Nease HS)


Returns
Graduated
Gone

2009 Roster (tentative per FAU)

14 Castro, Krystena 5-11 Middle Blocker SR Nanuet, NY/Clarkstown South
7 Dzmuranova, Kristyna 6-0 Middle Blocker JR Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnasium Nad Ohradou
5 Gerig, Nicole 5-8 Setter JR Normal, IL/Normal Community HS/Auburn University
11 Vaughan, Anne 6-0 Right Side/ Outside Hitter SR Erfurt, Germany/Rye Cove (Va.) HS/Mesa College


I was told that the roster has not been updated with some newcomers.

But this begs the question of what happened to the seven that are no longer on the squad (all underclassmen)?

maybe there just going to play 2-2 beach volleyball this year.

6 of the 7 that are mentioned leaving live far away - five of those six out of state. Maybe that's why?

I don't want to speculate, just thoughts.

I miss the days of J. Boyle, Lauren McCugh, Karla Klawitter, Iana Andonova, Lindsey Bell, Jessica Khan and others. I use to do the play-by-play for the vball team. I'll never forget waht Mr. McCugh said to me during a home game:
You're the guys that traveled to Troy and called the game, right?
'yes'
Well, thanks so much. We had the FSU game on one TV, Notre Dame on the other, but the volleyball play-by-play on the radio and had that going throughout the house!


It was awesome! LOL. OwlRadio went up there to call the volleyball game and the football game that weekend. It was a rainy and cruddy weekend up in Troy. And… come to think of it… Troy was playing in a half-built stadium.