{"id":88261,"date":"2020-03-17T14:43:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T19:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=88261"},"modified":"2020-03-18T09:43:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:43:12","slug":"illinois-models-boys-and-mens-volleyball-growth-at-all-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/illinois-models-boys-and-mens-volleyball-growth-at-all-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois models boys\u2019 and men\u2019s volleyball growth at all levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Leah Vann<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Christine Giunta\u2019s deep, sharp voice swells in the Glenbard West High School gym, permeating the air with commands to the boys&#8217; volleyball players who dwarf her in height.<\/p>\n<p>Giunta is not only the head coach, but also the founder of the boys\u2019 volleyball program at Glenbard West. She developed it from scratch, and grew it to become one of the state\u2019s most perennial programs.<\/p>\n<p>The team started in 2002, but wasn\u2019t recognized as a varsity sport until 2006. Since the 2014-15 season, the Glenbard West Hilltoppers have only missed the state championship once, and they\u2019ve won it three times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the coach who started with nothing,\u201d Giunta said. \u201cWe were practicing outside in grass, we were in backyards, local public churches, anywhere we could find a gym and open \u00a0doors to us. I\u2019ve seen everything,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 22, Giunta\u2019s program will host the Volley Lights King of the Hill Stadium Classic, the first-ever high school boys\u2019 volleyball outdoor showcase, where Glenbard West will host Naperville North and Marist High schools on its own Memorial Field. She hopes it draws more attention to the sport, which is steadily growing across the country at both the high school and collegiate levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promote boys\u2019 volleyball,\u201d Giunta said. \u201cAny boy that really likes the sport and has struggled in other sports, if they take it seriously and want to be a student, they can play. If there is a volleyball opportunity and there is an opportunity to do something extraordinary, I will do something to help them.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/uploads.knightlab.com\/storymapjs\/a39b85b8c09ee5024cada6b27f77c5a8\/boys-volleyball-growth\/index.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the 2018-19 season, boys\u2019 high school volleyball participation reached an all-time high with 2,692 schools in 25 states across the U.S. offering programs, according to the National Federation for State High School Associations (NFHS). The number of boys playing in these programs totals 65,563, a 16% increase since the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois has 7,341 boys high school volleyball players, second-most to California&#8217;s 22,224 players.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 14, the Pepperdine vs. USC volleyball match featured six players from Illinois. Two of No. 3 Pepperdine\u2019s players, JT Ardell and Zac Norvid, came from Giunta\u2019s program at Glenbard West.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the culture of where I\u2019m from, it\u2019s always been something that surrounded me,\u201d Norvid said after the game. \u201cCalifornia is known for the talent in men\u2019s volleyball, so not too much is different. If anything, we play on the beach a little more here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But part of Giunta\u2019s success in growing the program at Glenbard West results from her persistence in scouting, especially when there are so many sports options for boys. She claims it\u2019s all about the type of sport you can study and how you study, just as you would for any subject in school. That\u2019s how she, a former collegiate softball player, learned how to coach it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can study that and understand the game, you can take huge advantage of it,\u201d Giunta said. \u201cYou have to play on the whim, there\u2019s nothing planned when something goes wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While her program is competitive, she doesn\u2019t let anyone slip through the cracks. More than 50 boys try out for the high school program each year, and she won\u2019t cut any of the freshmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJT [Ardell] got cut from his junior high team,\u201d Giunta said. \u201cAnd I went and said, \u2018Buddy it\u2019s not over, you will have a chance. Try some summer training. Someone is not going to let you go. Someone is going to trust that you need to prove people wrong.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ardell, a 6-foot-9 middle blocker at Pepperdine, originally played football, but went on to letter three seasons on Glenbard West\u2019s volleyball team and was named to Volleyball Magazine\u2019s Fab 50 list. He tallied a season-high of nine total blocks against the USC Trojans on Feb. 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s taken a lot more seriously than high school volleyball is in other programs,\u201d Ardell said following the game at Pepperdine.<\/p>\n<p>Glenbard West seniors Ben Harrington and Noah Cavalcante said Giunta helps them recognize that they can play for schools that might be out of their reach based on academics alone. Harrington will play for Princeton next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were kids, Paul Bischoff [former player] went to Stanford so she says, \u2018If you\u2019ll come play, you\u2019ll be able to go to Stanford or Pepperdine,&#8221; Harrington said.<\/p>\n<p>Success at the Olympic level also fuels Illinois\u2019 growth in the sport. Warrenville South High School in Wheaton has won seven state championships. Its alumni include USA National team members like Sean Rooney, a 2008 Olympic gold medalist, and Thomas Jaeschke and Jeff Jendryk, who currently reside on this year\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you can bring back Olympians to talk to the school, the local media starts talking about them,\u201d Warrenville South head coach Bill Schreier said. \u201cThose are always positive things that advance the cause. Now, for those tall kids, there\u2019s a massive explosion on the DIII level, now there\u2019s more spots for these kids to play at the collegiate level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Illinois is home to 22 collegiate programs, including two Division I and two Division II schools, which play for the national collegiate championship. Both Illinois College and Illinois Wesleyan will also add to the tally with new programs expected to debut in 2020-21.<\/p>\n<p>But players don\u2019t have to travel far from home to play at the most elite level. Loyola University Chicago is ranked No. 9 in the latest national collegiate RPI standings, while Lewis University in Romeoville is ranked No. 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a chicken and the egg situation,\u201d said Loyola University head men\u2019s volleyball coach Mark Hulse. \u201cBoys&#8217; volleyball is growing, college programs are growing in conjunction. Illinois has had boys&#8217; volleyball for a long time, longer than we\u2019ve had strong collegiate volleyball. I think it makes them realize you don\u2019t have to go 2,000 miles away from home to win a national championship.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Illinois isn\u2019t the only state adding collegiate programs. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced in September 2019 that it will add six men\u2019s collegiate volleyball programs to the mix in 2020-21.<\/p>\n<p>At the high school level, Colorado will become the 26th state to sanction boys\u2019 volleyball as an official high school sport in 2020-21. According to Bethany Brookens of the Colorado High School Athletics Association, the state has already established approximately 55 high school programs through its two pilot seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Giunta sees a bright future for boys\u2019 and men\u2019s volleyball with Colorado\u2019s addition to the mix. She hopes more boys can find opportunities through the sport she\u2019s grown to love for its fast-paced play and strategic nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny boy that really likes the sport that has struggled in other sports, if they take it seriously and want to be a student, they can play,\u201d Giunta said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Glenbard West High School head coach Christine Giunta talks to her players during a drill at the opening day of tryouts on Monday, March 9 at Glenbard West Field House. Giunta started the boys\u2019 volleyball program in 2002 and has led it to three state titles in the past five years. (Leah Vann\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Leah Vann Medill Reports Christine Giunta\u2019s deep, sharp voice swells in the Glenbard West High School gym, permeating the air with commands to the boys&#8217; volleyball players who dwarf her in height. 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