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Wucherer Named to U21 National Training Team
5/3/2022 4:16:00 PM | Volleyball
The No. 1 recruit in 2022 will compete internationally this summer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Gophers volleyball freshman outside Mckenna Wucherer (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central) is one of twenty junior players that have been selected for the 2022 Women's Under-21 (U21) National Training Team.
The nation's No. 1 overall recruit in the class of 2022, Wucherer enrolled at Minnesota in January and has been practicing with the team this spring.
The team will train May 26-June 4 at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Twelve players from this group will be chosen to compete at the 2022 Women's U21 Pan American Cup on June 5-13 in Mexico.
Six players on the team return from the U18 National Team that took bronze at the 2021 FIVB World Championship in Mexico: outside hitter/middle blocker Bekka Allick, middle blocker Eloise Brandewie, outside hitter/libero Chloe Chicoine, outside hitter/opposite Devin Kahahawai, setter Alexis Stucky and outside hitter Mckenna Wucherer.
Dan Fisher, women's volleyball head coach at the University of Pittsburgh, will serve as the U21 head coach. His assistants will be Jon Newman-Gonchar, head coach at the University of New Mexico, and Heather Olmstead, head coach at BYU.
While training in Shreveport, the team will spend time with the U.S. Women's National Team as it prepares for and competes in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League.
U.S. Women's U21 Training Team:
Name (position, height, hometown, HS grad year, club, USAV Region, committed college)
Bekka Allick (OH/MB, 6-3, Waverly, Neb., 2022, VCNebraska, Great Plains, Nebraska)
Merritt Beason (OH, 6-3, Gardendale, Ala., 2020, Alabama Performance Volleyball Club, Florida)
Caroline Bien (OH, 6-0, Overland Park, Kan., 2021, Mavs KC, Heart of America, Kansas)
Eloise Brandewie (MB, 6-3, Columbus, Ohio, 2023, Mintonette, Ohio Valley, Ohio State University)
Chloe Chicoine (OH/L, 5-10, Lafayette, Ind., 2023, Circle City, Hoosier, Purdue)
Raven Colvin (MB, 6-1, Indianapolis, Ind., 2021, The Academy Indianapolis, Hoosier, Purdue)
Rachel Fairbanks (S, 6-0, Santa Ana, Calif., 2021, Tstreet, Southern California, Pitt)
Devin Kahahawai (OH/OPP, 6-4, Kailua, Hawaii, 2022, Texas)
Bre Kelley (MB, 6-4, Rockwall, Texas, 2020, Excel Volleyball Club, North Texas, Florida)
Logan Lednicky (OPP, 6-3, Sugar Land, Texas, 2022, Houston Skyline Juniors, Lone Star, Texas A&M)
Claire Little (OH, 6-3, Temecula, Calif., 2023, Coast, Southern California, BYU)
Lexi Rodriguez (L, 5-5, Sterling, Ill., 2020, Club Fusion Volleyball, Great Lakes, Nebraska)
Elia Rubin (OH, 6-1, Brentwood, Calif., 2022, Sunshine, Southern California, Stanford)
Katy Ryan (OPP, 6-5, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 2021, T3 VBC, Evergreen, Washington State)
Marianna Singletary (MB/OPP, 6-4, Charleston, S.C., 2022, A5, Southern, Texas)
Norah Sis (OH, 6-2, Papillion, Neb., 2021, Premier Nebraska, Great Plains, Creighton)
Alexis Stucky (S, 6-2, Laramie, Wyo., 2022, NORCO, Rocky Mountain, Florida)
Ella Swindle (S, 6-2, Columbia, Mo., 2023, KC Power, Heart of America, Texas)
Gala Trubint (L, 5-8, San Diego, Calif., 2022, Coast, Southern California, Southern California)
Mckenna Wucherer (OH, 6-1, Brookfield, Wis., 2022, Milwaukee Sting, Badger, Minnesota)
Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Dan Fisher (Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh)
Assistant Coach: Jon Newman-Gonchar (Head Coach, University of New Mexico)
Assistant Coach: Heather Olmstead (Head Coach, BYU)
Performance Analyst: Virginia Pham (Technical Coordinator, USC)
Athletic Trainer: Wyatt Blue (Game Time Sports Medicine)
Team Leader: Kyle Thompson (Director of Volleyball Operations, Maryland)