A Quality Program for Your Quality Athlete
Please enjoy the Rave Glamour Gallery courtesy of Tine.
Rave End of Season Honor Roll
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Hannah was named MVP of her school volleyball team. Congrats Uniped... |
Madelyn kept a 3.85 GPA from 5th through 8th grade. Wicked Smart!!! |
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Shae took home awards in volleyball and *gulp* Cheer AND was on the Principals List for straight A's. |
Congrats to Chelsea for the unofficial title of best Athlete with 3/4 -of-a-Ticker award. Well done! |
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McKenna won the Captain's Award for volleyball. Way to keep your eyes on the prize. |
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Holli was named Outstanding Scholar Athlete, NJHS Presiden and won the Peoria Principal's Association Award. Oh yea, she was the district shot put champ too! Clear off the mantle...! |
Tristyn won the Desert Harbor 2010 Pride Award. Well done! |
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Taylor G. was an Honor Roll student for the 2009-10 school year. Great job T-dizzle! |
Anysse was named the Outstanding Academic Excellence recipient for her school |
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Season Update February 18, 2010
The Zia 14 Rave has had an incredibly busy February starting with a second place finish in their second Championship tournament held at ASU on February 6th. They roughed up the AZVC 16 Ohana in straight sets then topped the Az. Saguaros 17's before dropping the final to Arizona Juniors 15-1's
The next weekend saw the team in the President's Day Tournament held at Marc T. Atkinson gym in Maryvale on February 13-14th. The 13th saw the Rave at less than their best. They topped the Tempe VOS 14's team 25-19, 25-21 before dropping a tough 3 setter to the Fluid 15-1's team, 25-20, 19-25, 15-17. We followed that up by getting trounced by the tournament's number 1 seed, the Club Red 15 Red team who won 17-25, 16-25. We ended the first day 1-2 and headed to the lower dozen for pool and bracket play on Sunday.
But Valentine's Sunday went a bit better for the team. We topped the Az. Sky 16R2 team in straight sets as we sorted through our demons. With the help of Assistant Coach Ruiz, the team prevailed 25-22, 25-23. We played the Surprise Volleyball Academy 16 Wahines and popped them 25-14, 25-9 and headed into bracket play winning our pool. We played the Az Desert Sky 16 Aztecs in the semi final and overcame a little blip here and there to take the three setter, 25-18, 21-25, 15-8. Last up was the Zia 15-Havoc team who we have scrimmaged already twice this season. In a very tight match with momentum changes going back and forth, the Rave came out ahead in a close 25-21, 25-23 tilt, despite being behind in both sets.
Congrats to Holli for garnering an All-Tournament nod from the other coaches and further props to Chlesea, Anysse and Tristyn for getting votes from the other coaches.
Our next tournament is Saturday at ASU. The work continues....
Season Update January 23, 2010
The Zia 14 Rave put an exclamation point on their busiest three weeks of the young season with a solid showing and a third place finish at their first Arizona Region Championship Division tournament held at Buckeye High School on January 23rd.
The team put together a good day, topping the Central Phoenix 18-Naka squad in straight sets. They took on the AZVC 16 Travel Robbie but came up just short, trading blowout sets and having to settle for a 13-15 loss in the third. Needing a win to move up a division, the team came alive and topped the Players 16 Black squad in straight sets to earn a trip to Division 13 at our next Region tournament on February 6th.
The weekend before, the team had a successful weekend at the Fiesta Classic. Playing up into a 16’s tournament, the girls became more acquainted with the speed and power they’ll see in the years to come, but forced them to reckon with now. The team dropped a close match to the Northern AZ Jr.s 16-1’s on Saturday, January 17th but upset the Shenu 16 Shardai team 17-15 in the third. The Rave played a valiant set against the Arrowhead 14 Rage team before fading in the second set.
Sunday saw the team again play hard, dropping a tough match to the EVJ 15-1’s, topping the Fluid 15-1’s team and playing their best match of the season in a close loss to the Santa Monica Beach Club’s 16 Mo squad.
The girl’s came back to Kingdom Courts Monday and dropped a tough three setter to the Az. Sky 15N2 team but our tournament goal had been realized. The girls started 64th out of 66 teams and finished the tournament 54th, moving up 10 spots in a SIXTEEN’S TOURNAMENT! The girl’s improvement in those three days was an obvious precursor to their success at their first Region tilt.
The weekend before that, the team put it’s first foot on the court playing in the Kingdom Courts Friendship Tournament. Again, playing in a 15/16’s tournament the girls saw what was expected of them and began their work toward that higher level, adding a three set upset of the Az. Sky 15N team along the way!
With these 14 matches, the girls have already played more than they will probably on their High School Freshman or JV teams in just these three weeks! But their improvement is undeniable.
Tanner has been amazing filling in where needed and the team is responsive and respective of her efforts. She is to be thanked and congratulated.
While the season is just shy of 3 months in, there is much more to do. But if the work ethic and improvement continues, there is no limit to what the Rave can accomplish.
Thanksgiving Hike
Meet Your Rave!
| Taylor G. is a hardworking and committed volleyball player for our 14 National team. She is an experienced player, entering her sixth season. Her goal for this year is to have our entire team to get along and create new friendships. When she's not playing volleyball she dances in her spare time, and her favorite color is NEON pink. In the future, Taylor hopes to attend Northern Arizona University to become a Forensic Scientist. |
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Tristyn's favorite actor is Will Smith. Her favorite song to jam out to is Two is better than one. Her favorite place to go to is California Adventure park. She loves to watching her two favorite movies which are: The guardian and the Proposal. She doesn't like scary movies. Her favorite food to eat is pizza another interesting fact about tristen is she does this sport called: Dog agility and its where you train your dog to do obstacle course in a certain a amount of time! By:Chelsea |
Tanner is 18 years old and plays volleyball at Glendale Community college. Her position is outside and her goal for the year was for her team to make nationals, which they did. She has been playing volleyball since 9th grade. She started playing because her friend asked her to try out with her freshman year and she ended up making it even though she never played before. Her major in college is in bio tech and psychology. She wants to be a forensic pathologist. She has no pets and her favorite color is baby blue. Her favorite movie is either radio or hangover. By Naddy |
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Stylish Shaelyn also known as Shae loves the color blue. Her favorite movie is Paranormal Activity! Her favorite breakfast cereal is Reese’s Puffs. When she is not in the gym playing volleyball she likes to go to the mall. She has 1 little brother and 1 little sister. Her favorite subject is math. In ten years she wants to be a professional beach volleyball player. Her favorite food is Chow Mein. Shae’s favorite volleyball player is Ashley Kastl who plays at ASU. By Anysse |
McKenna’s has been playing volleyball for 3 years. Her favorite color is teal and in her spare time she likes to hang out with her friends. McKenna has 1 dog and her name is Chica. For this volleyball season McKenna hopes to be able to get all of her jump serves over and for the team to be the best it can be. In 10 years she hopes to be at ASU where she can become either a professional volleyball player or a broadcaster. :) By Taylor C |
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Anysse’s favorite movie is 17 again. Zac Efron is in that movie and is her favorite actor. Her favorite color is purple, and if she could have an animal it would be a monkey. She has 2 dogs named Maddie and Mimi. She wants to be in college in 10 years studying to be a pediatrician. Her favorite food is Mexican and Italian. She has been playing volleyball for 3 years- 2nd year in club, and her favorite player is Misty May Treanor. By Racheal |
Hannah’s favorite color is purple, favorite subject is Social Studies, and her favorite male singer is Justin Beiber. Hannah was born on October 9, 1995, to Jacki and Luis Ruiz. She’s played outside hitter and Setter. Most people don’t know that Hannah was born in Miami, Florida. Her friends had to force her to play, when she started. She is 5 foot 2 inches and is on 14 nationals. By Taylor G |
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Holli was born on June 12, 1996. Her favorite color is blue. Her favorite singer is Taylor Swift. The school she goes to is Desert Harbor. She’s played volleyball for almost three years, and she started because she tried it once and really liked it. Also, both her mom and dad played it. The position she usually plays is setter. She plays basketball and is involved in track, too. She’s not sure what she wants to be when she is older. By Hannah |
| Nikki's favorite movie is the Titanic. On her spare time she likes to go on the computer, read, and draw. She has never been to a concert before. Her favorite color is purple, and has played volleyball for 2 1/2 years. Nikki has lived in Arizona for 4 years. She was born in Orange County, California. She likes coke and her favorite subject is Science and Math. Her favorite restaurant is Dennys. She also likes to shop at the mall. By Holli |
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Maddy has been playing volleyball as a middle and an outside hitter since she was eight years old. Besides volleyball, she basically likes to do anything that’s fun. Her absolute favorite color is blue. As far as movies goes, she likes too many to count. She loves to shop at Forever 21. In 10 years she sees herself attending a college in California for volleyball, but until then playing here for club Zia(: By Shay |
Taylor C. has been playing volleyball for five years. Her favorite position to play is outside hitter. When she is not playing volleyball, she likes to hang out with friends, sleep, and swim. Hanging out with her friends is what really makes her happy. Her favorite subject in school is History. Her favorite movie is Black Hawk Down and her favorite ice cream flavor is Peanut Butter. Taylor has three dogs at home and she hopes to get her braces off in January 2010. By Tristyn |
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Rachael has been playing volleyball for 2 years, and is in 8th grade. She loves turtles and the color blue. Her favorite movie is Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen. In ten years she hopes to have a job and a family. The job that she wants is to either be a lawyer or a doctor. Currently she has 2 turtles, 2 dogs, a cat, and a bearded Dragon. Her favorite food is pizza, and her favorite singer is Justin Bieber.She doesn't have a favorite actor, because she likes many of them and her favorite volleyball player is a girl named Noel By Nikki |
Chelsea was born April 25! She is part of a huge family, consisted of four brothers and four sisters. Chelsea is an outside hitter, and has been playing volleyball for 5 years. Her favorite color is baby blue, favorite movie is couples retreat and her role model is Misty May! ;] By Tanner |
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