Emma Smith, back when she was tearing up the volleyball court at CHS. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
You can help send Emma Smith to the next level.
The Coupeville High School grad is currently playing club volleyball while attending the University of Washington.
Now the Huskies are looking to raise money to send two squads to the season-ending National Collegiate Volleyball Federation tournament in Phoenix, Arizona April 14-16.
U-Dub spikers need $15,000 to cover hotels, travel expenses, and entry fees, and have already topped $3,000 in a short time.
This will be the first NCVF tourney in three years, as the pandemic erased the last two national championships.
While the University of Washington funds its NCAA D-I volleyball program, club sports rely on the goodwill and bucks of Husky supporters who contribute to fundraisers.
The club volleyball program features two traveling teams, which compete in the Pacific Collegiate Volleyball Association, and a third squad which provides opportunities to beginners.
Smith, a four-year varsity player at Coupeville High School, is on the Husky B team, having been selected after tryouts which involved 150+ players.
During her time at CHS, she was an All-Conference pick and qualified for state tourneys in both volleyball and track and field.
A ferocious hitter from the middle blocker position, Smith was a team captain, a stat leader, and a ray of sunshine on the prairie.
An inductee into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, Emma kept her family’s proud athletic tradition in fine form, following in the large footsteps of aunt Joli, uncle Todd, dad Jesse, and Grandpa Steve.
For more info on the U-Dub fundraiser, pop over to:
https://online.gifts.washington.edu/peer2peer/campaign/uw-womens-club-volleyball
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