Western Nebraska Community College volleyball coach Giovana Melo has announced that there will be an open tryout for any volleyball players that would like to play for the 2010 NJCAA national champion Cougars.
The try out will be held Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, from 3-5 p.m. in Cougar Palace. Melo said the tryout is open to any high school graduating senior.
Melo said that during the season, she doesn’t get a chance to see a lot of high school volleyball matches because of the Cougars’ schedule. So, this is a way to see all the talent out there.
“I just want to give the local players an opportunity to get seen,” she said. “I know during season we are playing and many of them do not play club so we don’t get much time to watch them play and I think we have a lot of local talent. I just want to give them a chance to show their talent.”
The WNCC women finished last season with a 43-4 record and captured their second national title in four years. Melo, in her three seasons as head coach of the Cougars, has guided the Cougars to three straight Final Four appearances. Melo, who played for WNCC in 2001 and 2002, has a career coaching record of 144-12.
Melo’s players have gone on to play at four-year schools around the United States, including Fatima Balza at Penn State, Nayka Benitez at Creighton, Brooke Blomenkamp at Grand Canyon College, Whitney Roth at Texas A&M-Kingsville, Cami Weimer at Oklahoma Baptist, Paulina Piegza at St. Johns, and Kalei Kabalis at Washington State.
For more information on the tryout, contact Melo at melog@wncc.net.
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