COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- App State libero
Emma Reilly will take part in the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout from Feb. 21 to Feb. 23 at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Reilly is one of 214 athletes vying for a spot and one of 48 liberos.
The tryout will evaluate athletes from 95 colleges from across the country for spots on the U.S. Women's National Team and the U.S. Collegiate National Team (CNT) program.
The tryout will involve four sessions with three waves per session. Friday's first session goes from 2-8 p.m. MT, while Saturday's two sessions are at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. The final session on Sunday begins at 7:30 a.m. MT with tournament style play, along with 16-18 athletes selected by the U.S. Women's National Team staff to participate in a "USA" training session. The Sunday session wraps up at 10:30 a.m. MT.
All sessions minus the USA training session on Sunday morning will be streamed live by clicking here. USA Volleyball will use #USAVtryout as the event hashtag for photos, notes, quotes and stories posted to its social media platforms Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram under the handle @usavolleyball.
In three seasons at App State, Reilly has recorded 1,456 total digs (4.04 d/s), which ranks fifth in program history. The Evergreen Park, Ill. native is a two-time All-Sun Belt honoree, including First Team accolades in 2019.
During the 2019 season, Reilly posted a career-high 550 digs (4.74 d/s). She posted double figure digs in 28 of App State's 30 matches and had 20 or more digs 13 times. Reilly was just one of two players in the Sun Belt to post 500 or more digs on the season.
The 2020 U.S. Collegiate National Team program will have 56 athletes selected with 28 each competing in two training time periods. Both programs will train in Anaheim alongside athletes selected for the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team and its coaching staff. The CNT Gold will train July 5-12 plus have an international competition in the Southern California area, while the CNT Anaheim group will train June 21-27 and have a Red-Blue intrasquad match in the Southern California area.
Selections for the U.S. Collegiate National Teams will be made by the end of March.
Selected athletes for the U.S. Women's National Team may begin their training in Anaheim, California, as early as the spring of 2020, or when an athlete's scholastic or professional club season has concluded.
For additional information on the team and to follow the tryout throughout the weekend, click here.
