Congratulations to Lauren Carlini for being named 1st team All American by Volleyball Magazine! [more]
Congratulations to Lauren Carlini on being named the Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year and the Gatorade National Player of the year. Lauren joins Sports Performance alums Denise Boylan (1996) and Kelly Murphy (2007) in receiving Gatorade's National Player of the Year honor. [more]
Congratulations to Lauren Carlini for being named to The News-Gazette’s 31st All-State Volleyball Team as the Player of the Year [more]
18 Sports Performance players are named to the News-Gazette's All-State Volleyball Teams!
Player of the Year - Lauren Carlini
First Team - Jessica Brezwyn, Lauren Carlini, Maddie Haggerty
Second Team - Alyssa Baznik,
Special Mention 50 - Sammy Condon, Molly Haggerty, McKenna Kelsay, Kristen Koncelik, Meghan McDowell
Congratulations to Lauren Carlini for being named to Team East for the AVCA/Under Armour Girls High School All-America Match! The event will be held at the KFC Yum! Center on Friday, December 14th in Louisville, Ky., in conjunction with the 2012 AVCA Annual Convention.
Congratulations to the following SPVB players named to the 2012-13 AVCA/Under Armour Girls' High School All-America Teams!
Lauren Carlini - First Team
Jessica Brezwyn - Honorable Mention
Congratulations to the SPVB players from Benet Academy and St. Francis who are IHSA State Champions!
Congratulations to Lauren Carlini for being named the Chicago Sun-Times 2012 Player of the Year!
Congratulations to the following Sports Performance players to be named to the Chicago Sun-Times 2012 Girls All-Area Volleyball Teams!
First Team Alyssa Baznik, 5-10, Sr., S/OH, Naperville Central Jessica Brezwyn, 5-9, Sr., OH, Hinsdale South Lauren Carlini, 6-2, Sr., OH/S, West Aurora
Third Team Corinne Gajcak, 5-10, Sr., OH, Naperville North McKenna Kelsay, 5-8, Sr., S, St. Francis Meghan McDowell, 6-4, Sr., S. Hinsdale Central
Good luck to the Sports Performance players competing in the High School All Star game on December 1st! [more]
Team Pink
Lauren Carlini Setter West Aurora McKenna Kelsay Setter St. Francis Corinne Gajcak Outside Hitter Naperville North
Team White Alyssa Baznik Setter Naperville Central Jessica Brezwyn Outside Hitter Hinsdale South Meghan McDowell Outside Hitter/Setter Hinsdale Central
Lauren Carlini named Captain of the 2012 Daily Herald’s Tri-Cities All-Area Volleyball Team [more]
Congratulations to all the SPVB players who were named to the DuPage County All-Area team by the Daily Herald!
Alysia Baznik - Naperville Central
Jessica Brezwyn - Hinsdale South
Bianca Cifaldi - Wheaton Academy
Sammy Condon - Naperville Central
Meg DeMaar - Glenbard West
Corinne Gajcak - Naperville North
Maddie Haggerty - St. Francis
Hannah Kaminsky - Benet
McKenna Kelsay - St. Francis
Colleen Larson - Naperville North
Meghan McDowell - Hinsdale Central
Rachel Minarick - Waubonsie Valley
Brittany Pavich - Benet
Lauren Carlini announced as the #1 Ranked Senior Ace by PrepVolleyball.com
Watch Carlini play and be amazed. She's phenomenally dynamic in every aspect of the game, and she just might be the best player in the gym in every skill set. Her athleticism and body control shine as she flies for a ball defensively, or chases a pass down across the court. When Carlini jump sets, time seems to stand still as she delivers sweet accurate sets time and time again. She has been with Sports Performance VBC since she was in first grade (6 years old) and she has been a member of that club longer than any other player. Club director Rick Butler calls Carlini "possibly the most complete player" he has ever coached. "She does not have a single weakness on the court and her overall skill level is the highest I have seen in a junior player since Logan Tom in 1998. Not only is she an outstanding setter, but she is a great point scorer as both an attacker and a blocker and her defensive and serving skills are excellent." Carlini doesn’t just have terrific natural talent; she has a work ethic that’s second to none and an absolute will to in every competition. She never gives less than her best and she is an absolute animal in the weight room, which makes her stand out from many other high school age players who really have not learned yet how crucial that part of the training is to their long term health and development. Carlini set the USA Youth National Team in Turkey in 2011 and was also named the MVP of the USA High Performance Tournament in Tucson that same summer. She has her sights on playing in the Olympics one day. An excellent student, the intense Carlini has been a four-year starter at West Aurora. She will also be a surefire four-year starter at Wisconsin, where she has committed.
Meg McDowell named #41 on PrepVolleyball.com's list of top 100 high school players! [more]
Congratulations to Alysia Baznik and Jess Brezwyn for also making the the PrepVolleyball.com list of top recruits in the 2013 class!
Daily Herald "Scouting DuPage County Girls Volleyball" [more]
Congratulations to the 11 Sports Performance players named to the top 50 players to watch by the Chicago Sun-Times!
Alyssa Baznik, 5-10, Sr., S, Naperville Central
Jessica Brezwyn, 5-10, Sr., OH, Hinsdale South
Lauren Carlini, 6-2, Sr., O... H/S, West Aurora
Sammy Condon, 5-11, Sr., MH, Naperville Central
Brianna Flagg, 5-9, Sr., OH, Rosary
Corinne Gajcak, 5-9, Sr., OH, Naperville North
Maddie Haggerty, 6-2, Jr., OH. St. Francis
McKenna Kelsay, 5-7, Sr., S, Wheaton St. Francis
Colleen Larson, 5-7, Sr., L, Naperville North
Meghan McDowell, 6-2, Sr., S. Hinsdale Central
Rachel Minarick, 6-0, Jr., S. Waubonsie Valley
Chicago Sun Times Blog - Area teams bracing for beginning of 2012 season [more]
Congratulations to Meghan Haggerty (1st team), Jenna Jendryk (2nd team), Ally Davis (2nd team) and Lauren Carlini (2nd team) for making the Chicago Tribune All State teams! [more] Congratulations to Jessica Boddy, Jessica Brezwyn, Casey Durham, Dakota Hampton, Callie Huebener, Mary Nilles, Carly Warner, and Amelia Wegman for being named to the Chicago Tribune Honorable Mention.
Congratulations to Meghan Haggerty for being invited to play in the AVCA Under Armour All-America Match & Skills Competition held at the Alamodome on December 16 in San Antonio, TX, in conjunction with the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Final Four.
AVCA 2011-12 Under Armour Girls High School All-America Teams
Meghan Haggerty - Benet - FIRST TEAM
Jenna Jendryk - Benet - HONORABLE MENTION
Ally Davis - Hinsdale Central - HONORABLE MENTION
Illinois High School Volleyball All-Star Game - December 3, 2011
Ally Davis - Hinsdale Central
Casey Durham - Evanston Township
Meghan Haggerty - Benet
Dakota Hampton - Sandburg
Jenna Jendryk - Benet
Amelia Wegman - Rosary
20 SPVB Girls named to The News-Gazette 30th All-State Team
Lauren Carlini - First Team
Ally Davis - First Team
Meghan Haggerty - First Team
Jenna Jendryk - First Team
Mary Nilles - Second Team
Dakota Hampton - Special Mention
Callie Huebener - Special Mention
Hannah Kaminsky - Special Mention
Lisa Studnicka - Special Mention
Amelia Wegman - Special Mention
Stephanie Kinane - Special Mention
Alysia Baznik - Honorable Mention
Jessica Boddy - Honorable Mention
Jessica Brezwyn - Honorable Mention
Ashley Crawford - Honorable Mention
Casey Durham - Honorable Mention
Maddie Haggerty - Honorable Mention
Colleen Larson - Honorable Mention
Kaitlynn Novak - Honorable Mention
Leighanne Novak - Honorable Mention
Carly Warner - Honorable Mention
Lauren Carlini named Beacon-News Player of the Year [more]
Benet’s Haggerty, Jendryk share Sun Player of Year honor [more]
Congratulations to Ally Davis, Meghan Haggerty, Jenna Jendryk and Lauren Carlini for being named to the 12 person Chicago SunTimes "All-Area" First Team. [more]
11 Sports Performance players named to the Sun Times All-Area Team!
Sun Times All-Area 1st Team
Lauren Carlini - West Aurora Ally Davis - Hinsdale Central Meghan Haggerty - Benet Jenna Jendryk - Benet
Sun Times All-Area 2nd Team
Jessica Brezwyn - Hinsdale South Carly Warner - St. Francis
Congratulations to the SPVB Players from Benet Academy (Meghan Haggerty, Maddie Haggerty, Hannah Kaminsky, Annie Ferlmann, Brittany Pavich, Jenny Jendyk, Brittany Kmeciak) for winning the IHSA 4A State Volleyball Championships!
Good luck at State Finals to all 16 of the Sports Performance players!!! Bring home some hardware!
Congratulations to Sydney Volovski - Oswego - for being named to the Beacon News All-Area 2nd Team.
Congratulations to the SPVB Girls for their High School All-Conference Selections:
Sydney Volovski - Oswego - SPC Conference
Sammy Condon - Naperville Central - DuPage Valley - First Team
Alysia Baznik - Naperville Central - DuPage Valley - First Team
Carly Wesolowski - Naperville Central - DuPage Valley - First Team
Colleen Larson - Naperville North - DuPage Valley - First Team
Ashley Crawford - Naperville North - DuPage Valley - First Team
Lauren Carlini - West Aurora - DuPage Valley - First Team
Stephanie Budlong - Wheaton Warrenville South - DuPage Valley - First Team
Stephanie Tobison - Glenbard North - DuPage Valley - Special Mention
Talia Holze - Wheaton Warrenville South - DuPage Valley - Honorable Mention
Casey Durham - Evanston - CSL All Conference team and CSL Player of the Year.
Stephanie Kinane - Batavia - First Team All Conference - Upstate Eight River
Mary Nilles - Batavia - First Team All Conference - Upstate Eight River
Lauren Clarke - Waubonsie Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division
Rachel Minarick - Waubonsie Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division
Lisa Studnicka - Waubonsie Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division:
Brittany Rampersaad - Waubonsie Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division
Jessica Boddy - Metea Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division
Alyssa Ensminger - Metea Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division
Callie Huebener - Neuqua Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division
Kaitlyn Novak - Neuqua Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division
Leighanne Novak - Neuqua Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division
Taylor McKeown - Neuqua Valley - Upstate Eight Valley Division:
Haggerty sisters big reason Benet intimidates foes [more]
Congratulations to the SPVB Girls for being named to the Daily Herald - Tri-Cities All- Area Girls Volleyball FIRST Team
Lauren Carlini - West Aurora, Captain
Brianna Flagg - Rosary
Stephanie Kinane - Batavia
Mary Niles - Batavia
Amelia Wegman - Rosary
Congratulations to the SPVB Girls for being named to the Daily Herald - Tri-Cities All- Area Girls Volleyball Team - Special/Honorable Mention
Katie Baki - Rosary
Abby Konovodoff - Rosary
Kathleen Dailey - St. Charles East
Kristen Koncelik - Batavia;
Ashleigh Shain - Geneva
Congratulations to the SPVB Girls for being named to the Daily Herald - DuPage County All- Area Girls Volleyball FIRST Team
Alysia Baznik - Naperville Central
Jessica Boddy - Metea Valley
Jessica Brezwyn - Hinsdale South
Ashley Crawford - Naperville North
Ally Davis - Hinsdale Central
Maddie Haggerty - Benet
Meghan Haggerty - Benet
Callie Huebener - Neuqua Valley
Jenna Jendryk - Benet
Hannah Kaminsky - Benet
Lisa Studnicka - Waubonsie Valley
Carly Warner - St. Francis
Congratulations to the SPVB Girls for being named to the Daily Herald - DuPage County All- Area Girls Volleyball Team - Honorable Mention
Meg DeMaar - Glenbard West
Kim Deprez - Glenbard South
Corinne Gajcak - Naperville North
Colleen Larson - Naperville North
Kim Martino - Immaculate Conception
Rachel Minarick - Waubonsie Valley
Kaitlynn Novak - Neuqua Valley
Leighanne Novak - Neuqua Valley
Congratulations to Meghan Haggerty for being named MVP at Glenbard East's Autumnfest. [more]
2011 St. Charles East Mizuno Scholastic Cup
All-Tournament Team:
Meghan Haggerty (Benet) - MVP
Jenna Jendryk (Benet)
Maddie Haggerty (Benet)
Kim Deprez, Glenbard South, recorded 25 digs in a two set match which is a Glenbard South school record.
Kimmy Martino, Sports Performance 15 Elite setter from the 2010-11 club season is currently the starting setter at Immaculate Conception High School in Elmhurst. She has been nominated by the local Chicago Tribune paper for High School player of the month! She is competing against several athletes from all the fall sports and she needs your vote.
"A year after being cut, Gianna Lincoln starring for Joliet Academy" ESPNU Article [more]
"Amelia Wegman excels as Rosary’s ‘go-to player’"Chicago Sun Times Article [more]
Congratulations to Kimmy Martino, Immaculate Conception, for being selected to the 2011 Latin HS All-Tournament Team
2011 Wheaton Classic:
Jenna Jendryk (Benet Academy) MVP
Ally Davis (Hinsdale Central)
Jess Brezwyn (Hinsdale South)
Meghan Haggerty (Benet Academy)
Dakota Hampton (Sandburg)
Mia Wegman (Rosary)
Colleen Larson (Naperville North)
Rachel Manarick (Waubonsie Valley)
2011 Oak Lawn Volleyball Classic:
Krista Brakauskas (Providence Catholic) MVP
"Evanston's Durham logs many miles in quest for success" Chicago Tribune Article [more]
ESPN names Meghan Haggerty (Benet Academy) as one of the top 25 players in the class of 2012! [more]
Congratulations to the SPVB players from Benet Academy and St. Francis who are IHSA State Champions!
Watch Carlini play and be amazed. She's phenomenally dynamic in every aspect of the game, and she just might be the best player in the gym in every skill set. Her athleticism and body control shine as she flies for a ball defensively, or chases a pass down across the court. When Carlini jump sets, time seems to stand still as she delivers sweet accurate sets time and time again. She has been with Sports Performance VBC since she was in first grade (6 years old) and she has been a member of that club longer than any other player. Club director Rick Butler calls Carlini "possibly the most complete player" he has ever coached. "She does not have a single weakness on the court and her overall skill level is the highest I have seen in a junior player since Logan Tom in 1998. Not only is she an outstanding setter, but she is a great point scorer as both an attacker and a blocker and her defensive and serving skills are excellent." Carlini doesn’t just have terrific natural talent; she has a work ethic that’s second to none and an absolute will to in every competition. She never gives less than her best and she is an absolute animal in the weight room, which makes her stand out from many other high school age players who really have not learned yet how crucial that part of the training is to their long term health and development. Carlini set the USA Youth National Team in Turkey in 2011 and was also named the MVP of the USA High Performance Tournament in Tucson that same summer. She has her sights on playing in the Olympics one day. An excellent student, the intense Carlini has been a four-year starter at West Aurora. She will also be a surefire four-year starter at Wisconsin, where she has committed.
