by By Brittany Bell Surratt, Assistant Athletic Director of Media Relations
WASHINGTON (February 25, 2019) — Howard University women’s volleyball setter Tamia Dockery (Navajo) has been invited to compete in the U.S. Women’s National Team Open Volleyball tryouts at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Tryouts are this week, March 1-3.
Dockery will be amongst 44 setters vying for a spot on the U.S. Women’s National Team and the U.S. Collegiate National Team programs. U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly will direct the entire tryout process.
Dockery ended her senior season as the leader in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in assists and is in the top 70 in the nation. In her sophomore, junior and senior seasons she accumulated more than 1000 assists each year. She has totaled 3,849 assists, 1040 digs, 266 kills, 126 blocks and 78 aces in her career. Currently, Dockery holds the school record for assists and is top ten on the all-time digs list.
The tryout will involve four sessions with three waves per session. Friday’s first session goes from 2-8 p.m. MT, while Saturday’s sessions are at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. The final session on Sunday begins at 7:30 a.m. MT with tournament style play, along with 16-18 athletes selected by the U.S. Women’s National Team staff to participate in a “USA” training session. The Sunday session wraps up at 10:30 a.m. MT.
All sessions minus the USA training session on Sunday morning will be streamed live. USA Volleyball will use #USAVtryout as the event hashtag for photos, notes, quotes and stories posted to its social media platforms Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram under the handle @usavolleyball.
Selected athletes for the U.S. Women’s National Team may begin their training in Anaheim, California, as early as the spring of 2019, or when an athlete’s scholastic or professional club season has concluded.
The U.S. Collegiate National Team program has three competition options:
U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team – World University Games, Italy, June 30-July 14
U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team – Japan, May 19-30
U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team – Anaheim, Calif., June 23-29
Selections for the U.S. Collegiate National Teams will be made by the end of March.
