CAMP DETAILS
YALE | KANSAS | WESLEYAN | SWARTHMORE
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Date: Friday, Feb. 18, 2022
Where: Kansas City Convention Center Age: All players 14u - 18u Cost: $175 per player Players will receive instruction from all four coaches during the 1.5 hour session. All players will receive a camp T-Shirt. Camp check-in will be located in Hall 2 of Bartle Hall/Convention Center, which is located upstairs. Follow signs to check-in which will be located next to the main tournament desk. Player check-in will take place the hour window before your specific camp starts. Players don't need a wristband to enter Bartle Hall Convention Center. |
SESSION #1 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
SESSION #2 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Parents must have a tournament wristband in order to enter the check-in space and they aren't allowed on courts during the camps. Parents are allowed in vendor row and TC Digs Store during camps
PARENTS/SPECTATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WATCH CAMPS ON THE COURTS
(The College Coaches have requested this)
(The College Coaches have requested this)
COLLEGE COACHES
Meet the coaches running the camp:
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KANSAS
Assistant Coach: Billy Ebel Billy Ebel enters his fourth season as an assistant coach on Ray Bechard’s coaching staff at the University of Kansas in 2021. Ebel joined the Jayhawks after five seasons at Lipscomb University.
During his time at Lipscomb, Ebel helped lead the Bisons to three Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season titles and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In 2014, Ebel and the Bisons earned the ASUN’s first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. After three seasons as an assistant coach he was promoted to associate head coach by Lipscomb head coach Brandon Rosenthal in 2016, which was the first time Rosenthal had named an associate head coach. |
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SWARTHMORE
Head Coach: Harleigh Chwastyk The Swarthmore volleyball program has been under the direction of Harleigh (Leach) Chwastyk since 2002, and she has guided the program to a record of 295-226 during that time. Swarthmore has qualified for the Centennial Conference postseason 11 times, including each of the past six seasons. Swarthmore appeared in eight consecutive ECAC tournaments and won the championship matches in 2015 and 2016.
The Garnet have advanced as far as the NCAA Elite Eight in 2017. The Garnet, ranked as high as No. 18 nationally that year, took home the regional crown with wins over Randolph-Macon and nationally-ranked Carnegie Mellon and Johns Hopkins. Coach Chwastyk reached the 200-win mark early in the 2015 season and has the most in school history, and the fourth-most wins in the Centennial Conference. The 2012 season was highlighted by a program-first win over a nationally-ranked opponent, No. 10 Eastern University, and received votes in the AVCA top 25 national poll. Chwastyk’s charges set new program watermarks for best conference finish and five postseason ECAC tournament appearances. Her peers within the conference recognized Chwastyk by naming her the Centennial Coach of the Year in consecutive seasons (2009, 2010) and again in 2014. |
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YALE
Head Coach: Erin Appleman Erin Appleman, who was named head coach in 2003, has taken the Yale Volleyball program to unprecedented heights and established herself as one of the most accomplished volleyball coaches in the country, let alone the Ivy League.
Appleman serves as a member of Yale Athletics' Welcoming, Onboarding, & Retention Committee. Appleman has guided the Bulldogs to three straight Ivy League titles and 10 championships overall, including a record-setting five straight titles (2010-2014); seven NCAA Tournament appearances (2004, 2008, 2011-2014, 2018); four 20-plus win seasons (2005, 2008, 2009, 2013); and became the first coach in conference history to win an NCAA Tournament match -- a feat she has accomplished twice (2004 and 2008). Appleman, who has earned Coach of the Year honors from Ivy League (2018) and the AVCA East Region (2004), has built a winning tradition at Yale. The Bulldogs have finished in first or second place in each of the last 16 Ivy League seasons, and have won at least 10 matches in all but one of those years. Appleman’s teams have also established a formidable home court advantage within the conference, winning 36 straight Ivy League home matches from 2009 to 2014. |
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WESLEYAN (CONN)
Head Coach: Ben Somera Ben Somera enters his seventh season at the helm of the Wesleyan volleyball program in 2021.
In 2019, Somera’s squad continued its historic climb to national prominence with its third-straight 20-win season. The Cardinals finished 21-5 overall and 9-1 in the NESCAC for the second year in a row. Wesleyan earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the third-straight national postseason appearance, and advanced to the Second Round. The Cardinals also won their third-consecutive Little Three title and garnered four All-NESCAC selections, while junior Phia Bellizzi was tabbed the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year and Bella Ahearn captured NESCAC Rookie of the Year laurels. Additionally, Bellizzi was named a Second Team All-American and Nicole Hilton ’20 earned Honorable Mention, and three Cardinals earned AVCA All-Region honors. |
FACILITY
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Kansas City Convention Center
301 West 13th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 |
REFUND POLICY
NO REFUNDS after January 4, 2022
NO TRANSFERS after January 4, 2022
NO TRANSFERS after January 4, 2022
