Region partners with Junior Volleyball Recruiting Association to empower club directors

Thursday, February 6th, 2020

Badger Region is proud to announce a partnership with the Junior Volleyball Recruiting Association (JVRA), a membership organization with a vision to create a global network of resources and to develop professional relationships that will clarify, improve and advance the collegiate recruiting process in the sport of volleyball.

“We are very excited about the opportunity for our clubs to join the Junior Volleyball Recruiting Association aided by this partnership,” said Jennifer Armson-Dyer, Executive Director of Badger Region. “We are always looking for ways to help our clubs and empower them with information to assist their athletes and families, and the JVRA is a perfect example of this. The information and the people involved in the organization are top-notch and the work they are doing to improve the recruiting processes at all levels is very important.”

The JVRA is not a recruiting service, but rather a nonprofit organization dedicated to offering a multitude of resources and education to empower clubs and their personnel in the recruiting process, including but not limited to:

  • Recruiting resources and tools to assist and advise their athletes and families
  • Professional resources
  • Educational programming, including “Empowering Your Club” – a leadership development series
  • Building strategic relationship
  • Quality advisory opportunities designed to inform, equip and empower club personnel
  • Educational resources at the Club and High School levels
  • Advisory opportunities for college coaches at all levels to improve the club/college coach connections and build educational resources for prospective student-athletes

A club who becomes a member of JVRA has incredible resources at their fingertips, from both a personnel and information standpoint. Clubs will have access to recruiting program resources, finances, technology and partnerships, staff training, athletic association legislation, calendar, rules and links and also a college needs database. Advisory boards are also a large part of the JVRA platform, and they are available at all levels of indoor and outdoor volleyball.

Membership price is based on the number of teams a club has, and each club membership comes with an on-site training for club personnel done by JVRA personnel.

Along with Costlow, who is also the Director of Recruiting at Munciana Volleyball Club, the Executive Board of JVRA includes national championship coaches John Dunning (Stanford) and Salima Rockwell (Penn State / Texas), as well as successful club directors and recruiting coordinators Kara Pratt (Houston Juniors), Joaquin Acosta (A4) and Kevin Hodge (WAVE Volleyball).

“We are beyond excited to Partner with the Badger Region! They are committed to providing resources and support for their member clubs and align with our vision to create a global network of resources and to develop professional relationships that will clarify, improve, and advance the collegiate recruiting process in the sport of volleyball,” Costlow said.

Badger Region clubs will receive a 10% discount on a 12-month JVRA membership. Contact Patty Costlow, JVRA Executive Director, at pcostlow@jvra.org to schedule a free 30-minute live demo of the resources available. Please note that to keep the integrity of the programming, a club who is an owner, employee or an affiliate with a recruiting service of any kind is not eligible for a membership. All of the resources are intended to empower clubs to educate and equip prospective student-athletes and their families.

Please visit the JVRA website at https://jvra.org/ to learn more about this fantastic organization.

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