TEAM HISTORY & OBJECTIVES

THE ST. TAMMANY SELECT VOLLEYBALL CLUB WAS FOUNDED AND DEVELOPED IN 1998 WITH THE START OF ONE (1) GIRL'S 17 YEAR OLD TEAM.  CLUB FOUNDERS ARE MIKE & NANCY RIPOLL AND DANNY TULLIS.  NANCY AND DANNY BEING THE COACHES AND MIKE BEING THE DIRECTOR. THE TEAM CONSISTED OF NINE (9) GIRLS, ALL FROM THE EAST SIDE OF ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN LOUISIANA.  THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS REPRESENTED WERE NORTHSHORE (3), PEARL RIVER (1), SALMEN (4), & SLIDELL (1).
THE TEAM OBJECTIVE WAS TO ALLOW ST. TAMMANY PARISH HIGH SCHOOL FEMALE ATHLETES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE PLAYING VOLLEYBALL IN THE OFF SEASON, IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS BY COMPETING AT A MUCH HIGHER TALENT LEVEL, INTRODUCE THEM TO A MORE COMPLICATED AND EFFECTIVE OFFENSIVE SCHEME, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THEIR VOLLEYBALL CAREER PAST THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BY MEANS OF A SCHOLARSHIP.
ALONG WITH PERSONAL GROWTH AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS, COMRADERY WAS ALSO EMPHASIZED.
WITH A SUCCESSFUL 1999 SEASON BEHIND US, WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER TEAM TO OUR CLUB FOR THE 2000 SEASON.  WE WILL HAVE A 16 YEAR OLD TEAM AND A 18 YEAR OLD TEAM.  WE HAVE ALSO EXPANDED OUR RESOURCES BY PICKING UP PLAYERS FROM ST. SCHOLASTICA, FOUNTAINBLEAU, & POPE JOHN PAUL.  IF OUR 2000 SEASON IS ANYTHING LIKE OUR 1999 SEASON EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CLUB WILL BE MUCH BETTER OFF FOR GETTING INVOLVED WITH US.
"STS" KNOWS THIS IS A SERIOUS COMMITMENT FOR OUR PLAYERS BUT IF THEY STICK IT OUT,  IT WILL BE VERY VALUABLE & BENEFICIAL TO THEM.