Beres Will Compete in Brazil
MEQUON, Wis. - Ron Smith of USA Sports Tours & Events announced the tour schedule, teams, and coaches for the upcoming USA D-3 Volleyball Teams – Brazil Tour 2024.
A junior middle blocker from Germantown, Wisconsin, Lucas Beres was selected to represent the USA D-3 Team and Concordia Wisconsin.
The USA D-3 Volleyball Teams are invited NCAA Division III men's and women's players from across the country. This team is comprised of players recognized as All-Americans, All-Region, and All-Conference. The nine women's players represent seven different colleges and universities and come from eight other home states. The 10 men's players hail from 10 different schools and 8 different home states. This team truly comes from almost every part of the USA.
"This is an outstanding group of young men and women," says Ron Smith. "Many of the players on this year's USA / Brazil Tour team had great individual seasons and led their teams into postseason play." "This tour is designed to expose players to a great volleyball experience while providing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for educational, cultural and social growth."
The USA D-3 Volleyball tour will run from June 10 through June 19. The teams will begin with an orientation in Orlando, Florida, on June 10th before the team flies to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that evening. The teams will play four times in Rio de Janeiro in Rio between the 12th and 17th.
The USA D-3 Volleyball Teams will co-host a youth skills clinic at the Marina Barra Clube in Rio on Saturday morning June 15th. The USA D-3 teams will compete in the Marina Barra Clube "International Challenge" on the afternoon of the 15th in the Barra neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Both the men's & women's teams will play 2 matches. Barra is in the same part of Rio as the 2016 Olympic Village and most of the venues.
While in Brazil the teams will experience educational, cultural, and social aspects of Brazilian life through city, school, and sports club visits. While in Rio the team will be staying on the world-famous Copacabana Beach and touring the Christ the Redeemer Statue and Sugar Loaf Mountain, two of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.
USA D-3 Men's Volleyball Team
Lucas Beres Concordia Wisconsin
Reese Ganter Juniata College
Casey Goss Dominican University
Cooper Lundal North Central College
Chris Mitchell Kean University
Kaeden Noble Roanoke College
Alex Olcott Steven Institute of Technology
Ian Rauh St. John Fisher College
Kody Rogan Randolph-Macon College
Christian Sheaffer Southern Virginia University
USA D-3 Men's Volleyball Coaches
USA D-3 Volleyball Head Coach Christian Taylor Randolph-Macon College