Templeton Headed to USA Volleyball Tryouts
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami setter Haley Templeton will participate in the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team Open Tryouts, which will take place at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., March 2-4.
Templeton, who will return for her senior season in 2018, will be one of 43 setters in a field of 234 athletes from 89 colleges vying for a spot on the U.S. Women’s National Team or U.S. Collegiate National Team programs.
The Alpharetta, Ga., native will be one of 23 Atlantic Coast Conference student-athletes participating in the tryouts and one of five ACC setters in the field. In 2017, Miami went 7-4 against ACC teams with players at the tryouts.
In Colorado Springs, the participants will be evaluated by a panel of U.S. Women’s National Team coaches and athletes, highlighted by three-time Olympic gold medalist, U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame inductee and current head coach Karch Kiraly.
Fans can follow along with the USA Volleyball live stream HERE and also follow on social media at @USAVolleyball and by using the hashtag #USAVTryout. USA Volleyball will also be making their Snapchat debut this weekend and fans can look for the account @USAVolleyball starting on Friday, March 2.
After missing the majority of the 2016 campaign due to injury, Templeton made a memorable return to the starting lineup this past fall and was a key element of the Hurricanes team that finished the season with a 22-6 record and a returned to the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship. In Gainesville, Fla., Miami defeated the College of Charleston in the first round for its first postseason victory since 2014.
Templeton, who sat out only one set over the course of the season, picked up 1,172 assists in the process for an ACC-leading average of 10.77 assists per set. The 61 assists Templeton picked up in a five-set win at Duke on Oct. 13 were most in her career. She will enter her senior season with 3,671 career assists, which ranks third in Miami volleyball history.
In addition, the two-time ACC Player of the Week and Sunshine State Classic MVP was a constant threat from the service line, picking up a total of 31 service aces last season. Templeton’s memorable eight-ace output at Virginia on Nov. 17 currently sits as second-best in program history for aces in a single match. In 2017, the redshirt junior also put in a career-best numbers in hitting percentage (.700 against North Carolina), digs (21 at Notre Dame) and blocks (six against Charleston).
As a result, she picked up multiple prestigious postseason honors, including AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and All-East Coast Region, as well as First Team All-ACC. Athletic responsibilities did not slow Templeton academically, as the triple-major student earned her second All-ACC Academic Team recognition.
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