College volleyball: April 2008 Archives

Naperville North graduate Samer Elshafei was named to the 2008 U.S. Men's Junior National Training Team as a middle blocker on Tuesday.

The Ohio State freshman was one of 19 players named to the team that will practice at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif, beginning in mid June. The team will be cut to 12 players prior to the NORCECA Under-21 Continental Championship, which will be held in El Salvador on June 30-July 5.

That tournament is a qualifier for the 2009 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship.

Former Naperville North boys volleyball players (from left) Scott Anerino, Dan Miller, Casey Gioia and Karl Miller were among the six Huskies alumni that competed at the National Recreational-Intermural Sports Association men's volleyball Collegiate National Championships on April 10-12 in Dallas.

The above mentioned four, along with David Pociask of Northern Illinois and A.J. Kramer of Cornell who were also at the tournament, led North to a runner-up finish at the 2006 state finals.

Anerino helped Indiana placed second in silver in Division I-A. Dan Miller, who was named to the all-tournament second team, helped Purdue place third in Division I-AA. Karl Miller played for Illinois in the Division I national title game, but his Illini lost to Lakeland College. Gioia plays for the University of Miami.