Women's Volleyball Newcomer Luhrsen Selected for U.S. Women's Junior
National Training Team
STORRS, Conn. (March 22, 2008) -
Annie Luhrsen (Wheaton, Ill.), who will join the University of Connecticut women’s volleyball team
this fall, has been chosen as one of the 19 athletes who will train
for the U.S. Women's Junior National Team at the U.S. Olympic
Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. July 8-19.
 Out
of the 19 chosen to participate, 12 athletes will be selected to
represent USA Volleyball as the U.S. Women's Junior National Team at
the NORCECA Continental Championship held July 22-27 in Saltillo,
Mexico.
Luhrsen, the 6-foot-0 setter and three-time unanimous All-Conference
selection in the DuPage Valley Conference during her high school
career, will join the Huskies this August. She holds the
Wheaton-Warrenville South High School record for assists in a single
season while ranking second among the all-time career assist
leaders. Along with being named to the Chicago Sun Times Pre-Season Top
50 list in 2007, Luhrsen was a Chicago Tribune First Team All-State
selection. She was also a two-time First Team All-State selection for the
Champaign News Gazette and was a two-time First Team All-Area selection for
the Chicago Sun Times. “We are so proud
of Annie,” said UConn head coach Holly Strauss. “Being in the USA
volleyball circuit will be a great experience for her and a great preparation
for our upcoming season. We are excited for her talent, relentless work ethic
and for her genuine commitment and dedication to the game of volleyball. Annie
is going to be the first UConn volleyball player in a team USA jersey. How truly
great for the program, the school and for Annie."
-UCONN-
|
