COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Former Illinois volleyball All-American and Olympic Gold Medalist Jordyn Poulter has been named to the U.S. Women's National Team's 25-athlete roster for Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2022.
The U.S. Women are the three-time defending VNL champions as well as the 2020 Olympic gold medalists and the No. 1-ranked team in the world.
Poulter is one of eight players on the roster that return from the group that won the VNL Final Round in 2021 and later that summer took the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Fourteen players from the 25-player list will be chosen for each week's travel roster. The U.S. Women's first preliminary VNL round will be May 31-June 5 at Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City, La.
They will move on to play preliminary rounds in Quezon City, Philippines and Calgary, Canada. The finals will be July 13-17 in Ankara, Turkey.
Karch Kiraly, in his 10th year as Women's National Team head coach, will lead the team along with former Illini standout Erin Virtue serving as an assistant coach alongside Tama Miyashiro and Alfee Reft, who also served as an Illini volleyball assistant during the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
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U.S. Women's National Team VNL 2022 Roster
# - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - Micha Hancock (S, 5-11, Edmond, Okla., Penn State Univ.)
2 - Jordyn Poulter (S, 6-2, Aurora, Colo., Univ. of Illinois)
3 - Kathryn Plummer (OH, 6-6, Aliso Viejo, Calif., Stanford Univ.)
4 - Justine Wong-Orantes (L, 5-6, Cypress, Calif., Univ. of Nebraska)
5 - Morgan Hentz (L, 5-9, Lakeside Park, Ky., Stanford Univ.)
6 - Tori Dixon (M, 6-3, Burnsville, Minn., Univ. of Minnesota)
7 - Lauren Carlini (S, 6-2, Aurora, Ill., Univ. of Wisconsin)
8 - Hannah Tapp (M, 6-3, Stewartville, Minn., Univ. of Minnesota)
9 - Madi Kingdon Rishel (OH, 6-1, Phoenix, Ariz., Univ. of Arizona)
10 - Brionne Butler (MB, 6-4, Kendleton, Texas, Univ. of Texas)
11 - Annie Drews (Opp, 6-4, Elkhart, Ind., Purdue Univ.)
12 - Jordan Thompson (Opp, 6-4, Edina, Minn., Univ. of Cincinnati)
13 - Sarah Wilhite Parsons (OH, 6-2, Eden Prairie, Minn., Univ. of Minnesota)
15 - Haleigh Washington (M, 6-3, Colorado Springs, Colo., Penn State Univ.)
16 - Dana Rettke (MB, 6-8, Riverside, Ill., Univ. of Wisconsin)
17 - Dani Drews (OH, 6-0, Sandy, Utah, Univ. of Utah)
18 - Kara Bajema (OH, 6-2, Lynden, Wash., Univ. of Washington)
19 - Jenna Gray (S, 6-1, Shawnee, Kan., Stanford Univ.)
20 - Danielle Cuttino (Opp, 6-4, Indianapolis, Ind., Purdue Univ.)
22 - Kendall White (L, 5-5, Zionsville, Ind., Penn State)
23 - Kelsey Robinson (OH, 6-2, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Univ. of Nebraska)
24 - Chiaka Ogbogu (M, 6-2, Coppell, Texas, Univ. of Texas)
30 - Ali Frantti (OH, 6-1, Spring Grove, Ill., Penn State)
31 - Anna Stevenson (MB, 6-2, Laurens S.C., Univ. of Louisville)
33 - Nia Reed (Opp, 6-1, Fort Lee, N.J., Penn State)
Head Coach: Karch Kiraly
Assistant Coaches: Erin Virtue, Tama Miyashiro, Alfee Reft
Performance Analyst: Brian Hurler
Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainer: Kara Kessans
Team Doctor: Christopher Lee
Consultant Coach: Sue Enquist
Team Manager: Coley Pawlikowski
Sports Dietitian: Shawna Hueglin
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brandon Siakel
2022 U.S. Women's VNL Schedule (All times PDT)
Week 1 – Bossier City, La.
Tuesday, May 31
6 p.m. USA vs. Dominican Republic
Friday, June 3
6 p.m. USA vs. Canada
Saturday, June 4
6 p.m. USA vs. Brazil
Sunday, June 5
1 p.m. Japan vs. USA
Week 2 – Quezon City, Philippines
Wednesday, June 15
12 a.m. USA vs. Bulgaria
Thursday, June 16
8 p.m. USA vs Poland
Saturday, June 18
4 a.m. USA vs China
Sunday, June 19
12 a.m. USA vs Thailand
Week 3 – Calgary, Canada
Wednesday, June 29
7 p.m. USA vs Belgium
Thursday, June 30
7 p.m. USA vs Serbia
Saturday, July 2
1 p.m. USA vs Turkey
Sunday, July 4
1 p.m. USA vs Germany
Finals: July 13-17 in Ankara, Turkey
