Summer 2012

Mark your calendars!!!

Players - Please mark your calendars for the following camp dates. I'm in the process of confirming prices with the Otterbein Head Volleyball Coach (Monica McDonald) for our team summer volleyball camp. Monica will be coming to our gym to host your team camp. Monica is the coach that you all were able to work with at the OSU camp this past summer. Please mark your calendars for the following dates.

Team Camp with Coach McDonald at The Columbus Academy will be held on June 21, June 22, and June 23. There will be 2 sessions. One 2 hour session and one 3 hour session with a break for dinner in between. I will confirm the times and price per athlete as soon as we finalize everything. In the meantime, please mark your calendars for this team camp. All are welcome to attend.

Also, please mark your calendars for June 18-21 from 9-11:30pm. We will host a summer camp for grades 3-8th and we are inviting you all to help out! This is a great way to get back in to the swing of volleyball and to get the word out for younger kids to play volleyball at our school! So, again please mark your calendars!

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Thanks for your time, and I will update soon as I receive more information and confirm details!

-Coach R.

Rounding Out The Viking VB Season

JV Celebrates a Big Win

The Volleyball Vikes capped off the 2011 season with a year-end banquet this week. The coaches commended all members of the Varsity and JV teams for their hard work and enthusiasm. These players earned individual recognition:

Varsity Awards: 

• Lauren Vodnick: Most Valuable Player
• Annie Morford: Most Improved
• Rebecca Bietzinger: Viking Award

 Junior Varsity Awards:

• Mara Dan-Weber: Most Valuable Player
• Abby Littleton: Most Improved
• Ciara Fekete: Viking Award

Coach Rhoerenbeck also shared that Lauren Vodnick has received special recognition in the league. Lauren was named to the "Second Team All Mid-State League" and "Honorable Mention All District - Division III." Congratulations Lauren! 

You may view the season highlight slide show and banquet photos here.

Player Uniforms

Dear Athletes and Families,

Player Uniforms (Warm up shirts and jerseys) should be turned in to Coach Gepper's Classroom washed and labeled with your name in a individual shopping bag. There will be a marked uniform bin in the classroom for you to drop it off and a sign up sheet letting us know the number of the jersey you are dropping off and the size of the warm up shirt. If you fail to turn in either your warm up jersey or uniform before Friday, October 28th, you will be charged to your Columbus Academy account. Again, YOU MUST MARK YOU JERSEY AND WARM UP SHIRT WITH YOUR NAME BY USING A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER AND PUT IT IN A SHOPPING BAG INSIDE THE BIN. Please do not disturb Coach Gepper if she is conducting class, just place the marked jerseys in the bin and sign the paper quietly. Please DO NOT bring your uniform and warm up to the banquet on Wednesday. Thanks for your attention to this.

-The Coaching Staff

It's time to celebrate our season!

CA Volleyball Team Banquet
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, 6 p.m., CA Dining Hall
Banquet will include dinner, varsity and junior varsity player recognition, Secret Buddy reveal and season highlight slide show. Just a few families have not RSVP'd for the event, so please contact Julie Frazier for RSVP and payment information before Thurs., Oct. 20, 2011.

Secret Buddy Gift:
The girls have each had another CA volleyball player as a Secret Buddy this season. Buddies will be revealed at the banquet. Girls should bring a final small Secret Buddy gift to the banquet. $5 gift limit.

Banquet Menu:
• Pasta with choice of red or Alfredo sauce
• Meatballs
• Tossed salad
• Baked bread sticks
• Drinks
• Dessert

Practice Schedule - Week of October 17th (JV Please read too)

Families,

Our practice schedule is going to look a little different this week on a couple of days. Please mark your calendars for a revised schedule this week. Also, JV players are invited to attend all practices as well and the game on Saturday. We would love to have the support!

Monday - Practice as usual 3:30 - 5:00

Tuesday - Practice will be from 4:30-6:00. Study tables will be conducted in Coach Gepper's room immediately after school until it's time for practice. We will take vans (if they are available - checking now) to dinner and then head out to Olentangy Liberty High School to watch the teams that we have a chance of playing. Parents are more than welcome to pick up their daughters at Olentangy Liberty High School if it's closer for you or if she needs to get home earlier.

Wednesday - Practice as usual 3:30 - 5:00

Thursday - Early Dismissal Practice will be from 1:15-3:00

Friday - Practice will be from 3:30 - 4:30 (I am going to inquire about having an earlier practice since the girls will be out this day. We have to make sure the gyms aren't being used by the Lower School first.)

Saturday - Please meet at Olentangy Liberty High School by 2:30 (NO LATER PLEASE). If transportation is an issue, please let Coach R know IMMEDIATELY. Thank you.

Important Updates - PLEASE READ ALL

Dear Parents/Families and Athletes,

We have many important updates. Please read through carefully and mark your calendars.

- Senior Night is this TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011. Immediately following the JV game we will celebrate our seniors on the court. Please try to be present for the JV match at 5:00 so you do not miss this event. We will celebrate with cake after the Varsity game. We are asking that all players (JV included) stay for this night to cheer on their seniors in the Varsity match and to celebrate afterward. Thank you for your cooperation with this! JV will have time after school to complete homework, so this should not be an issue.

- VOLLEYBALL CLUB - Parents and athletes- you will see a flyer coming home soon regarding volleyball clubs. Please encourage your daughter to tryout for a team. It will really benefit our program in the future and it's a great way to get make friends! I still keep in touch with a friend I met through club volleyball my freshman year in high school! :)

- Game Times for Saturday, October 15, 2011. Due to a change in schedule, we will be playing on 10/15 at 8:15 in the morning. We are asking athletes from both JV and Varsity to be at the gym by 7:30 AM to set up and be ready to play thereafter. We will be using both gyms this day. Our schedule will look as follows...

8:30 AM - North Gym CA vs. Whetstone (Varsity)

Jones Gym CA vs. Whetstone (JV)

Immediately following - Whetstone vs. Marion Catholic (Varsity)

After that match - CA vs. Marion Catholic

Because we play so early in the morning, we are strongly encouraging the JV team to stay for the Varsity matches that follow to help with warm ups and to cheer each other on. There will be a middle school MSL Volleyball Championship hosted at our school so we have to keep this day moving quickly to be out of the gyms by 11:00. Any extra help we can have that day will be much appreciated. If you are volunteering that day to help, please be at the gym no later than 8:00 AM. Thank you for your time and help!

- Parents, we are having difficulties with rides being on time after away games. Coaches are having to wait for 30 minutes to an hour for your child to be picked up. Please be courteous of our coaches schedules and try to be on time to pick up your child at The Columbus Academy when we are away. It would be greatly appreciate by all (including your child). :) Thanks again for your cooperation with this.

- TOURNAMENT UPDATE - After today's seeding meeting, we will play the winner of the Number 1 seed Pleasant vs. Horizon Science Academy on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 4:00 PM. We will be watching the game vs. Pleasant and Horizon Science as well on Tuesday, October 18 at 7:30 pm. Again, we play on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 4:00 PM. The site is to be determined tonight and will be up on the ohsaa.org website tomorrow. We will keep you posted. Please mark your calendars for this day. You can also go to that website to see the entire tournament bracket tomorrow.

Thanks for reading through all of these updates and I hope you all had a restful weekend!

-Coach R.

Last Week's Game Photos

Celebrating a block for sideout

Check out these photos from Whitehall, Heath and Lakewood.

Important Dates – Mark Your Calendar!

Oct. 11 – Volleyball Senior Night 
Rebecca Beitzinger and Kristin Schultz will be honored between the home JV and Varsity matches against Granville. Stay for refreshments after the Varsity match concludes.

Oct. 14 – Charlie David Dinner 
6 p.m., CA Dining Hall.  Support the one and only fund raiser that supports Academy athletics. Consider earmarking your donation for the volleyball team. (The dinner provided funds for the new volleyball team jerseys and warm-ups this year!)

Oct. 26 – Volleyball Team Banquet
6 p.m., CA Dining Hall. Mark your calendar and watch for more information to come about this celebration!

Photos from Licking Valley and Newark Catholic

Big swing

Here are last week's photos. There are some great shots here.