Welcome to the Iowa Rockets VBC Web Site 2008-09

June calendar (6-4-09)

Iowa Rockets successful St Louis trip
Iowa Rockets teams traveled to St Louis for the Battle for the Arch tournament. All teams had a great time and got a lot of playing with the marathon Saturday pools. Congratulations to 16 Black - 2nd place overall. They played many very tough teams and ended with final record of 8-4.
Congratulations Iowa Rockets Players
Congratulations to the Iowa Rockets players that were selected to the Iowa High Performance program. Iowa Rockets players selected for GSEL: Peyton Crosser, Kelsey Hinrichs, Meghan Holdgrafer, Alyssa Jones, Lauren O'Brien, Emily Podschweit, Ellie Rauch, Caitlin Wernintin, and Alexus Rogers.   Iowa Rockets players selected for GYNT:Lindsay Bentizinger, Kelsey Coleman, Lindsay Hall, Allie Hutcheson, Chelsea Jones, Alli O'Deen, Lexi Potter, Laura Sheperd, and Brie Winegar.
Iowa Rockets 16R - First in Iowa !
Iowa Rockets 16R has qualified for the Junior Olympic National Championships (JOs) in the Open division. The team captured 3rd place overall at the Northern Lights Qualifier (NLQ) in Minneapolis, MN. Last year this team capture first place at NLQ in the club division and went on to become the National Champions in the club division at JOs in Dallas, TX. This year the team captured first place at Colorado Crossroads Qualifier in club division. With this year’s NLQ finish, the Iowa Rockets 16R will be the first team in Iowa to ever compete at the JO’s in the Open division. The 16s Open division at JO’s, Miami Beach, FL, will consist of the top 28 teams from around the nation. Iowa Rockets 16R has already faced a number of the other teams. They are 12-5 in the qualifier open division and 44-10 on the season.

          16R - Puttin' it down.                                                   16R - NLQ 3rd place open division.

	Congratulations - to the many local high schools who participated in the Iowa State HS Volleyball tournament. High schools include Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Mt Vernon HS, Marion HS, Pella HS, Pleasant Valley HS, and Dubuque Hempstead. (see player list below)
	Congratulations to Britteny Thomas, Shelby Kintzel, Ali Stark and Keeley Grimm-Strand for making the Iowa State HS Volleyball tournament All Tournament teams.
	Congratulations to Britteny Thomas (Marion HS) for being selected as the Captain of the Class 3A All Tournament Team.
	Congratulations to the 30 Iowa Rockets players who participated in the 2008 Iowa High School State Volleyball Tournament - Ali Stark (Mt Vernon), Brianna Strong (Mt Vernon), Sarah Ryan (Mt Vernon), Aubery Husak (Mt Vernon), Brooke Fessler (Pella), Lindsay Bentzinger (Pella), Courtney Kintzel (Mt Vernon), Shelby Kintzel (Mt Vernon), Amanda Platte (Mt Vernon), Paige Brimeyer (Hempstead), Emma Kreiger-Kittle (IC West), Jessica Gehrke (IC West), Katie Kelley (IC West), Lexi Potter (IC West), Alli O'Deen (IC West), Keeley Grimm-Strand (IC West), Christiana Fairfield (IC West), Olivia Fairfield (IC West), Paige Yoder (IC West), Allie Hutcheson (Kennedy), Laura Boenish (Kennedy), Sarah Kirkegaard (Kennedy), Brittney Thomas (Marion), Chelsea Jones (Marion), JoAnna Forkner (Marion), Leah Beck (Marion), Sarah Rosenberger (Marion), Jordan Strawser (Pleasant Valley), Aubrey Podschweit (Pleasant Valley).
	Congratulations Iowa Rockets 15R National Champions Iowa Rockets 15R captured a National Championship at the USAV Junior Olympics Tournament in Dallas, TX in July. They are the first team from Iowa to capture 1st place at the USAV National Tournament. In addition to 15R, Iowa Rockets sent 4 other teams (Iowa Rockets 12 Black, 13 Black, 15 Black, 17R) to Dallas. The teams had a lot of fun and memories to last a lifetime.

Congratulations to the 70 Iowa Rockets players on their 2008 High School Varsity teams!

Player	High School	Rockets Team	Accomplishments
Alli O'Deen - Sophomore	Iowa City West HS	Iowa Rockets 16 R	stay tuned
Ali Stark - Sophomore	Mt Vernon HS	Iowa Rockets 16 R	stay tuned
Stay tuned for a complete list of all the Iowa Rockets players and their High School accomplishments!