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Asst. Volleyball coach tabbed HC

Sally Polhamus, a five-year member of the Georgia Tech volleyball coaching staff, has been tabbed the new head coach for the Winthrop Eagles volleyball team, as announced by Winthrop University Tuesday morning.

[CSTV, 18JAN07]

GT lands a top volleyball recruit

Ashley Beyer of Blomington, IL has elected to play for the Jackets.

“Ashley was highly recruited because she is a tremendous athlete who has a great foundation of skills,” said Andy Erins of the Illini Elite Volleyball Club for whom Beyer plays. “Georgia Tech saw her as someone who could step right in and be an outside hitter and be a six-rotation player for them.

“She is very similar in size and athleticism to an All-American outside hitter they will be graduating and they see Ashley as someone who can step in and fill that role.”

She will enroll at Georgia Tech on a full scholarship in the fall of 2008. The first college she visited was Georgia Tech. She visited many other schools after that, but didn’t find one she liked as well.

“They have a great program,” said Beyer, who averaged 4.1 kills and 3.1 digs per game while leading BHS to a Sweet Sixteen berth and a 33-4 record this year.

“The school is not too big or too small. They had the 1996 Olympics there (at Atlanta, Ga.) so the facilities and dorms are great. The campus is great and the coach (Bond Shymansky) is awesome.”

[Pantagraph, 12/15/06]

Follow the team at the Volleybees web site.

Vollybees sign #8 class in nation

See the Vollybee site for all the details, and bookmark it.

Bookmark the Volleybees site

The ladies are off to a strong 5-1 start.

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Volleyball Fan Day Saturday

[LINK] GTAA

The Georgia Tech volleyball team will host its annual Fan Day on Saturday in O'Keefe Gymnasium from 1-3 p.m. The Yellow Jackets will perform a scrimmage for the fans and sign autographs afterwards.

Those attending Football Fan Day from 10AM to Noon can grab some lunch at the Varsity (or elsewhere) then see the Volleyball team.

Volleyball ranked 3rd by ACC coaches

[LINK] GTAA

The Georgia Tech volleyball team was picked third in the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Preseason Poll with one first place vote and 114 points, announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon.

Duke and UVA were 1st and 2nd.

2006 Volleyball schedule

[LINK] Vollybees

The first game is September 1.

Shelton Collier doing well coaching volleyball

[LINK] Wingate

Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Wingate [NC], Shelton Collier was the head volleyball coach at Georgia Tech for 11 seasons, developing a nationally-prominent program in Atlanta.

Shelton Collier led the USA Women’s Youth National Team to a gold medal at the 2006 NORCECA Youth Championships in Gainesville, Fla. July 25-30 With the first-place finish, the USA secured an automatic qualification to the 2007 Youth World Championships to be held in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico next summer.

The 2006 victory gives Collier his second NORCECA gold medal as a head coach. In 2004, Collier coached the USA Junior National Team to the NORCECA championship. The following year, he took the team to the World Championships in Ankara, Turkey.

Volleyball recruiting class ranked 21st

[LINK] GT AA

The Georgia Tech volleyball team had its 2006 recruiting class named 21st in the nation by prepvolleyball.com. It marks the third time in the last five years that Tech has had its recruiting class ranked in the Top 25 as the 2005 class was ranked No. 8 and the 2002 class was ranked No. 19.

The Yellow Jackets were also the highest ranked school in the Atlantic Coast Conference, narrowly beating out North Carolina (28), Florida State (29), Duke (highest honorable mention) and Virginia (highest honorable mention).

Volleyball hosts Spring Scrimmage

[LINK] GT AA

After conducting nearly two weeks of practice, the Georgia Tech volleyball team will host a scrimmage Saturday in O'Keefe Gymnasium. The Yellow Jackets will host Auburn and Georgia State and fans are welcome to attend as admission to the scrimmage is free.

The day will begin at 10 a.m. with the three teams playing in a variety of point scoring drills. Then at 1:30 p.m., the Yellow Jackets will take on Auburn, followed by a match between Auburn and Georgia State and then ending with Tech facing the Panthers.

If you're not over obsessed with non-GT basketball, you can see the Softballers and Volleyballers all in an afternoon. Just bring your XM radio and earplugs.