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Girls Junior Olympic Club Volleyball

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The River Cities Thunder Volleyball Club was formed to give girls in the Tri-State area (KY, OH, & WV) an opportunity to further enhance their skills in volleyball and to have the opportunity to test those skills against other girls in a structured, competitive environment. It is our goal to provide opportunities for these girls to compete against teams from other areas at the highest possible level.

River Cities Thunder Volleyball Club, "In The News":
Date	Title	Source
May 2, 2006	Dumbaugh signs to play at Ohio Valley	The Independent
Apr. 18, 2006	Rakes is rare player	The Independent
Feb. 17, 2006	Strickland signs with Marshall	Herald-Dispatch
Jun. 16, 2005	RCTVBC puts WV on the Map	Herald-Dispatch
Dec. 15, 2004	Rolling Thunder	Herald-Dispatch
Jun. 2, 2004	Games People Play	Herald-Dispatch
Jul. 10, 2002	MU volleyball camp stirs excitement	Herald-Dispatch

12/12/2007 Update

River Cities Thunder Volleyball Club would like to extend an invitation to the following girls for a position on the respective teams:

18 & Under:	17 & Under
Abby Dundon	Tabitha Bias
Lauren Gill	Sydney Brickett
Angela Holt	Rikki Butler
Mallory Kelley	Bailey Gillespie
Morgan Kelley	Rachel Ison
Erin Laws	Makia Mogieski
Jessica Seevers	Ali Musick
Rebekah Mayes	Shelby Paxton
Susan Waldie	Kathy Sanders
Cameron Yoho	Jennifer Tucker

Please e-mail Brian Brickett with your intentions by Friday, December 14th at bbrickett@yahoo.com

River Cities Thunder Volleyball Club will have a mandatory team(s) meeting for 18 & Under and 17 & Under teams on Sunday, December 16th @ 1:00 p.m. at Gullickson Hall. This meeting needs to be attended by the players and at least one parent. This meeting will last about one hour. A $75.00 non-refundable deposit will be required at this meeting. This deposit will be put towards your tuition, but will allow River Cities Thunder to register all staff and players with the OVR.

RIVER CITIES THUNDER LEAGUE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST LEAGUE PRACTICE ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 27TH. KEEP CHECKING THE WEBSITE FOR THE TIME.

Click here for RIVER CITIES THUNDER VOLLEYBALL CLUB important information. Also read Parent Role.

About River Cities Thunder Volleyball Club

The River Cities Thunder Volleyball Club was formed to give girls in the Tri-State area an opportunity to further their skills in volleyball and to have the opportunity to test those skills against other girls in a structured, competitive environment. It is our goal to provide opportunities for these girls to compete against teams from other areas at the highest possible level.

CLUB DIRECTOR:

ASSISTANT CLUB DIRECTOR:

Brian Brickett

Mike Strickland

BOARD MEMBERS:

Brian Brickett, Mike Strictland, Mitch Jacobs, Chris Pickett

Ron Cordle, Club Webmaster

TRAINING DIRECTOR:
Mitch Jacobs
Head Volleyball Coach at Marshall University

COACHES:
Mitch Jacobs
      Head Volleyball Coach at Marshall University
      with Patrick Nicholas, and Ellen Hayes.
      Marshall University Players - The entire team gets involves and will be a mainstay at almost all practices for both travel and league team.

Parent coaches have been training for the past two seasons and are ready to step into larger roles. They will be very instrumental during the early training periods while Marshall is still hiring as well as Coaching the team at a couple single day tournaments.

Throughout the season, the Marshall Coaching staff has responsibilities in recruiting that must take them out of town. During the few times that this will conflict with a tournament the Parent Coach will run the team.

FUTURE PARENT COACHES: We would love to have more volunteers to begin training as coaches. You would be able to serve as assistant coaches for your daughter's travel or League teams.

LEAGUE PLAY

2008 Season information will be posted soon!
Please check back often.

River Cities Thunder VBC is in its 4th season of Junior Olympic Club Volleyball. Our club started the 2002-2003 season with a total of 22 girls on 2 teams, we grew to 4 teams with a total of 42 girls for the 2003-2004 season. Our 16 yr old Drillers team finished 13th in the Ohio Valley Region, the largest region in the country. We also fielded another 16 yr old team as well as a 14 yr old and 17 yr old teams.

For the 2004-2005 season, we grew to 78 girls in five teams in age categories from 14-Under to 17-Under. Our 17-Under Thunder team finished 3rd in the Ohio Valley Region, the largest region in the country, out of 128 competing teams. However, they ranked number 1 in overall tournament play!

Some of our area high school teams are reaping the benefits of their kids playing club volleyball; 2005:

Spring Valley High School, Lady Timberwolves, Final Four in WVRSN State competition.
Russell High School, Lady Red Devils, Elite Eight in KHSAA State competition.

Some of our past players have gone on the play in college. Some as walk-ons and some with scholarships in NCAA Division I & II schools.

Congratulations to Taylor Strickland!
See Herald-Dispatch article in the River Cities Thunder Volleyball Club, "In the News".
Taylor has signed to Marshall University Thundering Herd volleyball in Huntington, WV.

Congratulations to Sarah Dumbaugh!
See The Independent article in the River Cities Thunder Volleyball Club, "In the News".
SarahED has signed to Ohio Valley University Fighting Scots in Vienna, WV.