2. Having Fun! Teammates! Family! Volleyball!

4. The mission of Capital City Elite is to promote and develop, through its members, the sport of volleyball and to support parents in guiding each member to become the best person they can be. CCE recognizes that participation in any sport is good for the physical, mental and social development of young people.

5. Capital City Elite creates a volleyball club environment that works toward developing life long skills of teamwork, fair competition, time management, good health and fun! It’s CCE’s philosophy to train players in the best and most sound techniques of the game from their basic U- 12 foundation through their U-18 level of USA Volleyball.

6. Tom Shoji – Head Coach - Willamette University Scott Coons – McKay HS Varsity Head Coach Megan Shiffett – Western Oregon University Assistant coach Shannon Simmons– Assistant Coach – Willamette University Lizzy Balding – Western Oregon Grad Assistant Coach Jordan Ramos – Western Oregon University Brittany Fobi – Ex OSU player and current Abiqua MS coach Sydney Blankinship– Western Oregon University Sarah Fincher– Willamette University Lindsey Compton – Willamette University Amanda Short – Western Oregon University Quinn Coons – Corban University

7. 12Black – Shannon Simmons and Brittany Fobi 13Black – Sydney Blankenship and Amanda Short 14Black - Lindsey Compton (advised by Shannon Simmons) 15Black - Scott Coons and Sarah Fincher 16Black - Lizzy Balding and Quinn Coons 17/18 Black - Amanda Short and Jordan Ramos Technical advisors: Sherrie Bashaw and Brad Saindon

8. It has one goal in mind - Improving the quality of volleyball players and volleyball coaches. Our coaches have the necessary tools to teach the skills to their players, to understand the tactics of the game, to make better use of limited time and to develop winning teams. We believe you should follow the right principles for training athletes to perform the motor skills needed in volleyball. Simple and correct principles guide our training. That’s the Gold Medal Squared way! Our coaching staff believe in this method of teaching and ALL players will be trained with these principles.

9. 12’s - Sunday, Nov. 1 st 1:00-5:00pm McKay High school 14’s - Sunday, Nov. 1 st 1:00-5:00pm McKay High school

10. 16’s – Saturday November 22 nd 1:00-5:00pm McKay High school 18’s - Saturday November 22 nd 1:00-5:00pm McKay High school

11. What you need to bring: $5.00 – tryout fee CEVA/USA Individual Membership form CEVA Medical Release Form CEVA Concussion Form (New!)

12. All athletes need to be registered with the Columbia Empire Volleyball Association prior to trying out for a team www.cevaregion.org This year all players will pay their $55 membership fee directly to CEVA If you are not prepared to pay the membership fee, you may pay a $10 membership deposit which is good for 5 days of tryouts

13. All costs to participate includes the following: Coaches salaries and expenses Tournament entry fees Facility rental fees Fees do not include any of your travel, food or lodging

14. 12 Black$700 14 Black $1,500 15 Black$1,700 16 Black $1,700 18 Black$1,700 Team fees are adjusted to the number of members on each team. Some teams may add tournaments, which will increase their costs. We will try to keep team size between 10-12 players.

18. 12’s & 14’s Tryouts start November 1st Commitment – Can start after tryouts 16’s & 18’s Tryouts start Nov. 22nd Commitment – Can start after tryouts

19. QUESTIONS?