Alumnae News

Rachel Holloway, Ashley Nu'u, Tracy Stalls (L to R), Front Range's three 2006 NCAA All-Americans

This week's featured alumnae match up: Rachel Holloway, Lindsey Licht, and Tracy Stalls versus Ashley Nu'u (sort of). #1 and still-undefeated Nebraska came to call on the University of Colorado recently looking to avenge their lone loss of the 2006 season, a five-set thriller that saw CU prevail. Licht, a freshman at Nebraska, was in the stands last year but she was on the court this year in Husker red and white. Ashley Nu'u had a front row seat this year as a student assistant coach at CU after finishing her career a few weeks after the Nebraska match. After the match, all four alumnae were able to catch up with friends, family, and each other. Ashley and Tracy will be able to share stories from their time training with the National Team. Rachel looks to be on a similar track, given her experience setting the Junior National Team, and Lindsey will be a hard player for USA coaches to ignore as she develops as a college player. Front Range is proud of all of you!

A pair of Front Range Alumnae at Colorado State University were featured in the news recently. Katelin Batten was interviewed by the Coloradoan and Mekana Barnes was the subject of the most recent "My CSU" online. The pair have been integral to CSU's move up the AVCA coaches poll, where the team currently stands at #18. Keep it up!

Battle Mountain, Chaparral, Cherokee Trail, Cherry Creek, Cheyenne Mountain, Centaurus, Dakota Ridge, Eaglecrest, Glenwood Springs, Grandview, Heritage, Highlands Ranch, Holy Family, Lakewood, Legacy, Lewis-Palmer, Littleton, Mountain Vista, Mullen, Ponderosa, Prairie View, Regis, Rocky Mountain, Smoky Hill, Thunder Ridge, and a partridge in a pear tree. Playoffs are here and all of these teams have qualified for District competition (except the partridge and the pear tree). Playoffs are a great time of year for Front Range players to show off their stuff and see team mates from around the state. Stay tuned for updates. Congratulations to all Front Range players and good luck!

Centaurus HS senior Evan Sanders was featured last week on Fox 31 as their female prep athlete of the week. Evan is currently fourth in the state in aces and second in kills. Nice job, Evan!

In a rematch from earlier this season, Highlands Ranch defeated Regis in Continental League play. The article in the Rocky Mountain News featured Front Range athletes Anna Kate Atencio, Bri Smith, Kristina Rogers, Emily Nielsen, and Nichole Reidel.

Please help us stay abreast with all the latest news so that we can share your success with the rest of the Front Range family. Please email eduardo@frvbc.com with links to articles that mention Front Range players. We look forward to seeing Front Range in the news!

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Club Announcements

Congratulations are in order for our newest teams! Tryouts for our middle school teams were held last Friday to select members of 14 Amber, 14 Royal, 13 Scarlet, and 12 Pink. Tryouts were followed by our New Parent Meeting and Meet The Coach Night on Monday. Welcome to another season at Front Range!

A reminder of something that was discussed in the meeting, ankle braces! Front Range is requiring ankle braces, as usual but all players are responsible for purchasing their own ankle braces.

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Mark Your Calendar

• Middle school teams will begin practices on November 5th
• The High School New Parent Meeting and Meet The Coach Night will be November 14th
• Uniform Fitting and Scorekeeper Clinic will be November18th

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And Now For Something Completely Different...

A women in sport fact in honor of the 35th anniversary of Title IX: Since 1972, opportunities for girls and women to play sports have increased by 904% at the high school level and 456% at the college level. During that time, opportunities for boys to play sports have increased 12.7% at the high school level and 30.8% at the college level.