AZ East Valley Juniors

AZ EAST VALLEY JUNIORS
Arizona's Premiere Volleyball Club

AZ East Valley Juniors trains exclusively at
Court One, 9100 S. McKemy Street, Tempe, AZ 85284

Court One
2011-2012 Return to 2012-2013 season

Congratulations

Congratulations for the 2010-2011 season can be found at 2010-2011 Congratulations page

Congratulations to the class of 2012 for their Collegiate Choices to Play Volleyball

Player Team College
MaiCee Allen 18 Mizuno Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, Iowa
Taylor Breinholt 18 Mizuno Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Arizona
Megan Byrnes 18 Mizuno Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona
Jeni Garvin 18 Mizuno Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Arizona
Casey Johnson 18 Mizuno Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona
KaBrina Kringen 18 Mizuno Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Hannah Laflin 18 Mizuno Central College in Pella, Iowa
Annie Pinkerton 18 Mizuno Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa

Congratulations to the class of 2013 for their Collegiate Choices to Play Volleyball

Player Team College
Savannah Banyai 18-Legacy Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Stacey Benton 18-Legacy Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire
Lindy Dyer 18-Legacy Colorado Christian in Lakewood, Colorado
Isabel Miller 18-Legacy Boise State in Boise, Idaho
Alexa Saba 18-Legacy San Diego State University in San Diego, California
Penina Snuka 18-Legacy University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona

Congratulations to the class of 2014 for their Collegiate Choices to Play Volleyball

Player Team College
Jensen Cunningham 17 Mizuno San Diego State University in San Diego, California

9/25/2012: Congratulations to Hannah B. (12 White) and Portia V. (12 White) for their 7th grade East Valley Conference championship. Great job girls!
Hannah B. and Portia V.

9/3/2012: Congratulations to Jensen Cunningham (17 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at San Diego State University beginning the fall of 2014.
Jensen Cunningham

9/3/2012: Congratulations to Isabel Miller (17 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at Boise State beginning the fall of 2013.
Isabel Miller

8/7/2012: CONGRATULATIONS to Coaches Dan and Julie Griffin, Myles Gabel, Matt Lasconia, and Erin Doughty for all of their NEW BABIES!! Welcome little ones to the world and to the EVJ family!

  • Baby girl Penelope Jane to coaches Dan and Julie (July 28th)
  • Grandbaby girl Reagan Grace to coach Myles and wife Maggie (August 5th)
  • Baby boy Gracen Kamahiwaokalamaku to coach Matt and wife Laura (August 5th)
  • Baby girl Delilah to coach Erin and husband Jon (June 30th)

7/6/2012: Congratulations to the 17 Mizuno team for their 3rd place finish at Nationals in the 17 National Division. Way to go girls! Also, a BIG congratulations to Nikki Hess and Penina Snuka for their All Tournament Team selection at Nationals.
17 Mizuno 3rd at Nationals

7/6/2012: Congratulations to all the EVJ teams that played in the Festival tournament. A special congratulations to the following teams for their finishes: 18 Mizuno for 3rd place, 16 Mizuno for 5th place, 14 Mizuno for 2nd place, 13 Mizuno for 7th place, 13 Navy for 13th place, and 12 Mizuno for 5th place.

7/5/2012: The AZ East Valley Juniors volleyball team brought home a third-place finish from the Arizona Volleyball Festival, the highest ranking for a local team since...
More info at http://phxfan.com/2012/07/east-valley-juniors-finish-3rd-at-az-volleyball-festival/

6/22/2012: Congratulations to Emily Masterson of EVJ 18-Mizuno for her selection as one of the Renaissance Girl Award recipients for Festival. She will be featured in the Festival Spirit Magazine, recognized during Opening Ceremonies, take part in a special recognition dinner and she will receive a $500 award towards college expenses. Emily was selected for her dedicated service to being a student-athlete and a young lady of character! Congratulations Emily! We are proud of you!

6/19/2012: Congratulations to the following EVJ players for their High Performance placements.

Youth A3 Alexa Johnson
Kaylee Panepinto
Youth Training Rees Y.
Select A3 Makenna M.
Select Training Amy B.
Jessica D.
Jessica L.
Megan V.
Select Development Madissen H.
Jessica M.
Alexa R.
Future Select A1 Darian C.
Future Select A2 Makenna F.
Sierra G.
Gabby L.
AZ Region Select HP team Jessica D.

6/12/2012: Congratulations to Annie Pinkerton (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at Dordt College beginning the fall of 2012.
Annie Pinkerton

6/12/2012: Congratulations to MaiCee Allen (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at Iowa Lakes CC beginning the fall of 2012.
MaiCee Allen

6/12/2012: Congratulations to Taylor Breinholt (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at Eastern Arizona College beginning the fall of 2012.
Taylor Breinholt

6/11/2012: Congratulations to Jeni Garvin (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at Eastern Arizona College beginning the fall of 2012.
Jeni Garvin

5/10/2012: Congratulations to Darian C from (12 Mizuno) for her selection to the HP Future Select A1 Camp! She has been recognized as a top 32 athlete in the nation in her age group. Way to go Darian!

5/10/2012: Congratulations to Sierra G. (12 Mizuno) and Makenna F. (11 Mizuno) for their selection to the HP Future Select A2 Camp! Way to go Sierra and Makenna!

5/10/2012: Congratulations to Casey Johnson (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at the Yavapai College starting the fall of 2012.
Casey Johnson

5/6/2012: Congratulations to the EVJ 11 Mizuno for their 1st place finish in the Flight 1 bracket at Regionals.
11 Mizuno AZ Regionals

5/2/2012: Congratulations to the EVJ 16 White team and coaches for their 4th place finish in the 16's Championship Regional tournament this past weekend! They finished 4th out of 46 teams and played an EXCELLENT day of volleyball! We are so proud of you! Way to go girls! Congratulations!!

4/30/2012: Congratulations to Hannah Laflin (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at the Central College in Pella, Iowa starting the fall of 2012.
Hannah Laflin

4/30/2012:
Congratulations to the 16 Mizuno team for their 7-1 record at the Far Western Tournament and making it to the Gold Bracket and their 9th place finish out of 208 teams. Congratulations to the 16 Navy team for their 7-2 record at the Far Western Tournament.
16 Mizuno Far Western 16 Navy Far Western

4/16/2012: Congratulations to KaBrina Kringen (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at the Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota starting the fall of 2012.
KaBrina Kringen

4/15/2012: Congratulations to the 18 Mizuno team for their 3rd place finish at the Northern Lights Qualifier tournament (18 American Final Finish). 18 Mizuno Northern Lights Qualifier

4/11/2012: Congratulations to Stacey Benton (17 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at the Dartmouth beginning the fall of 2013.
Stacey Benton

4/1/2012: A huge congratulations to the 17 Mizuno team for qualifying for Nationals as the National Club bid from the AZ National Club Qualifier tournament.

3/24/2012: Congratulations to the 14 Black team and coaches Dave Ahmann and Ed Rubacha for their first place finishes in their last three tournaments! Great job girls and coaches!

2/7/2012: Congratulations to Penina Snuka (17 Mizuno) for making the top 50 recruits in the country by prepvolleyball.com.
Volleyball players among top 2013 recruits in the nation
Penina Snuka

1/13/2012: Congratulations to the 12 Mizuno team for their 2nd place finish at the Friendship Tournament held on January 7-8, 2012. Isabel Miller
1/6/2012: Congratulations to Amy B., Jess L., Makenna M., and Taylor S. from the 14 Mizuno team for winning the 4x4 Holly Volley Tournament in the 14-under division. Way to go girls!
12/7/2011: Congratulations to Megan Byrnes (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at the Grand Canyon University beginning the fall of 2013. Megan Byrnes

11/22/2011:
Congratulations to Penina Snuka, Alexa Saba, and Megan Byrnes For Their College Commitments
Penina Snuka Alexa Saba
Congratulations to Penina Snuka (17 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at the University of Arizona beginning the fall of 2013.

Congratulations to Alexa Saba (17 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at San Diego State University beginning the fall of 2013.

Megan Byrnes
Congratulations to Megan Byrnes (18 Mizuno) for her commitment to play volleyball at the Grand Canyon University beginning the fall of 2013.

11/8/2011:
Congratulations to the EVJ players who made the Arizona high school girls volleyball All-State teams.

11/8/2011:
Joe Hesse Jim Kann
Joe Hesse Jim Kann

East Valley Juniors is proud to congratulate EVJ 18 Mizuno Head Coach Joe Hesse as the Div I 5A State Champion Head Coach of the Gilbert Tigers and to announce the addition of Jim Kann (current Basha H.S. Head Volleyball Coach with 25 years of high school volleyball coaching experience) to our 18’s program and the EVJ family. Coach Kann will assist Coach Hesse with the 18 Mizuno team. Congratulations Joe and welcome to EVJ Jim! The Gilbert Tigers beat Horizon in a hard fought 5-set match on November 7th.
2011 AIA Division I Girls State Volleyball Tournament Bracket

11/8/2011: Congratulations to EVJ coach Tiffany Berge for her Div III 3A State Championship with Seton Catholic.
2011 AIA Division III Girls State Volleyball Tournament Bracket

11/8/2011: Congratulations to EVJ coach Leslie Cole from Seton Catholic who set the team to a 3-0 win over Catalina in the Div III 3A State Championship.
2011 AIA Division III Girls State Volleyball Tournament Bracket

11/8/2011: Congratulations to all the EVJ players who participated in the state tournament! Semi-final and final match videos are available at www.aia365.com.