Indiana University Athletics
Four Hoosiers to Compete in 2023 Women’s National Team Open Program
2/21/2023 9:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Volleyball team will send four players to the 2023 USA Volleyball Women's National Team Open Program from Feb. 24-26 to compete against some of the nation's best athletes.
The program, set to take place in Colorado Springs, Colo., allows America's top-eligible volleyball players to compete against each other in front of the National Team coaches. It is used in consideration for selection to both the Women's National Team and the Women's Collegiate National Team.
The USA Women's National Team will compete in events including the Paris Olympic Qualifier and the Pan American Cup while the Collegiate National Team will train alongside them in Anaheim, Calif. this summer. Athletes born in 2003 or younger will be eligible for selection to the U21 National Team, set to contest the 2023 FIVB U21 World Championship.
Sophomore setter Camryn Haworth, junior outside hitter Morgan Geddes, junior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede and senior middle blocker Kaley Rammelsberg will be IU's representatives in Colorado Springs.
The quartet of athletes competed at the event in 2022 and enjoyed successful seasons this past fall, helping IU to a 16-16 season and nine wins in the Big Ten Conference.
Haworth earned First Team All-Big Ten laurels after taking over the reins at setter for the Hoosiers, dishing out 1,111 assists in her sophomore campaign. She recorded the program's first triple-double in 21 years with 37 assists, 11 digs and 10 kills in a victory over Northwestern.
Kjolhede compiled 215 kills and a team-best 118 blocks in 32 matches during her junior season. Her .308 hitting percentage was the ninth-best single season mark in program history. She went errorless with a 12-0-22 line against Purdue and tallied another 12 kills on a .588 clip in a victory at Maryland.
Despite missing 10 games with injury, Rammelsberg tallied 150 kills and 63 blocks including double-digit kills on four occasions. She will return in 2023 for her fifth year, made possible by the NCAA's COVID-19 waiver.
Geddes added 266 kills, 44 blocks and 15 service aces in 2022. She was second on the team in kills and reached double digits in 13 matches. She moonlighted at middle blocker during the middle of the season due to injuries but returned to the outside late in the year, recording 16 kills on a .314 clip in a win over Illinois.
The four Hoosiers will compete in drills and matches against other top athletes born between 1998 and 2004 at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
The program, set to take place in Colorado Springs, Colo., allows America's top-eligible volleyball players to compete against each other in front of the National Team coaches. It is used in consideration for selection to both the Women's National Team and the Women's Collegiate National Team.
The USA Women's National Team will compete in events including the Paris Olympic Qualifier and the Pan American Cup while the Collegiate National Team will train alongside them in Anaheim, Calif. this summer. Athletes born in 2003 or younger will be eligible for selection to the U21 National Team, set to contest the 2023 FIVB U21 World Championship.
Sophomore setter Camryn Haworth, junior outside hitter Morgan Geddes, junior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede and senior middle blocker Kaley Rammelsberg will be IU's representatives in Colorado Springs.
The quartet of athletes competed at the event in 2022 and enjoyed successful seasons this past fall, helping IU to a 16-16 season and nine wins in the Big Ten Conference.
Haworth earned First Team All-Big Ten laurels after taking over the reins at setter for the Hoosiers, dishing out 1,111 assists in her sophomore campaign. She recorded the program's first triple-double in 21 years with 37 assists, 11 digs and 10 kills in a victory over Northwestern.
Kjolhede compiled 215 kills and a team-best 118 blocks in 32 matches during her junior season. Her .308 hitting percentage was the ninth-best single season mark in program history. She went errorless with a 12-0-22 line against Purdue and tallied another 12 kills on a .588 clip in a victory at Maryland.
Despite missing 10 games with injury, Rammelsberg tallied 150 kills and 63 blocks including double-digit kills on four occasions. She will return in 2023 for her fifth year, made possible by the NCAA's COVID-19 waiver.
Geddes added 266 kills, 44 blocks and 15 service aces in 2022. She was second on the team in kills and reached double digits in 13 matches. She moonlighted at middle blocker during the middle of the season due to injuries but returned to the outside late in the year, recording 16 kills on a .314 clip in a win over Illinois.
The four Hoosiers will compete in drills and matches against other top athletes born between 1998 and 2004 at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
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