2017 ISF World Schools Beach Volleyball Championships

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ANAHEIM - The International School Sport Federation (ISF) World Schools Beach Volleyball Championship is scheduled to be held May 27 - June 3 in Papeete, Tahiti. The ISF is the international governing body for scholastic sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the official organization. The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States (AAU) is the United States representative organization to the ISF and responsible for identifying, qualifying and/or selecting teams into ISF international events for all sports and has created a school sport division at the AAU West Coast Office within the national sport committees and the AAU sports council to determine entries.

Through the Southern Pacific Volleyball Committee and the IBVL (Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League) of California, two teams earned the right to compete, plus alternates will represent the United States in the World Championships. The two teams are a Girls 18U Select Team representing different high schools and a Boys 16U School Team representing IBVL member school, Westlake High School will participate in the event hosted by the Union of School Sport Polynesia (USSP). Teams qualified through AAU/ISF National Beach Volleyball Trials and AAU/IBVL National events.

Girls 18 Select Team
Sammy Slater (Ventura High School, Ventura, CA)
Alexis Filippone (Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, CA)
Alt - Hannah Martin (Crestview Academy, San Diego, CA)

Boys 16 School Team
Michael Shahidi (Westlake High School, Westlake Village, CA)
Aaron Yi (Westlake High School, Westlake Village, CA)
Alt - Kenneth Kim (Westlake High School, Westlake Village, CA)

France, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Poland, Israel, China, India, Chile, Slovenia, Latvia, Vanuatu and host French Polynesia are competing in the event.




www.tahitibeachvolley2017.com
www.isfsports.org
www.aausports.org
www.aauclubbeach.com
www.ibvl.org

[GoUCLA]

Where are those players committed?

[geddyleeridesagain]

May 1, 2017 8:12:48 GMT -5 GoUCLA said:

Where are those players committed?

Slater - USC
Fillipone - Pepp

[socalsurf]

Martin is also committed to USC for '18

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AAU/USA teams earn a 1st and 4th place finish. The U18 Girls won the ISF WSC Beach Volleyball event by defeating Brazil in the final, 2-1 with wins over India, China, Italy and French Polynesia including a semi final win over Chile. The boys U16 earned a spot in the medal round, but eventually lost to champions, Brazil in the semi finals and to Israel in the third place match.

Full results, live stream and TV replay at: www.tahitibeachvolley2017.com and ISF WSC Beach Volleyball on Facebook.