Rachel Shaughnessy Makes USA Volleyball A2 Continental Team

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Rachel Shaughnessy, a sophomore middle hitter at Soddy Daisy High School, is playing for the USA Volleyball A2 continental team in Fort Lauderdale this week.

Rachel was selected one of the top 80 players out of more than 1,200 who tried out at the high performance USA Volleyball tryouts in Atlanta.

The A2 level is the next level below the A1 teams which train for a spot on the USA Olympic in Colorado.


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