Hutchinson JO Volleyball Parents and/or Prospective Parents:

First off, thank you to those of you who attended our informational meeting this past Sunday. We are grateful for the response we received from those of you who are interested in our program. We know there was a lot of information shared at the meeting on Sunday and that there were several of you who were unable to make the meeting due to scheduling conflicts. For some of you, you are past members, or your email was shared with us because you had expressed interest to one of our board members in our program. Because of this, we wanted to follow up with everyone on some important information, reminders, and dates to keep in mind.

Our 11/12’s program is available to those girls that are currently in 4th to 6th grade. Additional information on our 11/12’s Program can be found here:  Team 11/12's (hutchinsonjovolleyball.org)

Our 14’s program is available to those girls that are currently in 7th to 8th grade. Additional information on our 14’s Program can be found here: https://www.hutchinsonjovolleyball.org/14s

Our 15/16’s program is available to those girls that are currently in 9th to 10th grade. Additional information on our 15/16’s Program can be found here: https://www.hutchinsonjovolleyball.org/151617s

Our 17’s program is available to those girls that are currently in 9th to 11th grade. Additional information on our 17’s Program can be found here: https://www.hutchinsonjovolleyball.org/151617s

Tryouts for 15/16’s and 17’s Teams will be Sunday, November 12 – Tryouts for these teams have been scheduled for Sunday, November 12 at the Hutchinson Recreation Center. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. with check-in beginning at 11:40 a.m. on November 12. Tryouts will be from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. for the 17's team and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for the 15/16's team. There is a $25 (nonrefundable) registration fee. Registration must be done online in advance of tryouts (by the end of day on Sunday, November 5). THERE IS NO AT THE DOOR REGISTRATION. Here is the registration link to register for tryouts:  https://hutchinsonjovolleyball.sportngin.com/register/form/281466440

Tryouts for our 14’s Teams and Team Placement Days for our 12's program are October 29 and November 5 – Tryouts for our 14’s teams will take place over two days and have been scheduled for October 29 and November 5 at the Hutchinson Recreation Center. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. on October 29 with check-in set for 1:40 p.m. Tryouts for our 14’s teams will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on October 29 and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on November 6. There is a $25 (nonrefundable) registration fee. Registration must be done online in advance of tryouts (by the end of day on Sunday, October 22). THERE IS NO AT THE DOOR REGISTRATION. Here is the registration link to register for tryouts: https://hutchinsonjovolleyball.sportngin.com/register/form/281466440

We do not do tryouts for our 12's program, but we are doing "Team Placement Days". These team placement days will take place at the same time and location of our 14's tryouts. There is a $25 registration fee. That fee will go towards your program cost if you accept your team placement. It is a nonrefundable fee for those players who don't accept their team placement. Registration must be done online in advance of tryouts (by the end of day on Sunday, October 22). THERE IS NO AT THE DOOR REGISTRATION. Here is the registration link to register for tryouts: https://hutchinsonjovolleyball.sportngin.com/register/form/281466440

Team Registration Opens November 13th – Team registration will open this year after tryouts. The registration link will become available on November 13th for all programs. More information on registration will be available after tryouts and team placements. Please note that players must go through the tryout process or team placement process to register for a program.

Team Deposits and Commitment Letter – Again this year, the Hutchinson JO Volleyball is requiring those girls who tryout for our 14’s, 15/16’s and 17/18’s teams to put a team deposit down after tryouts along with signing a letter of commitment. The deposit and commitment letter will guarantee your spot with your team. The deposit is $150 and a copy of the commitment letter can be found on our "tryouts' page. Our 12’s program will have a $50 deposit upon team placement, but no commitment letter will be required.

Volunteer Check, Uniform Fitting and Apparel Sizing – We once again are requiring a $90 volunteer check (returnable) for each player in our program. The volunteer check will be due at team placement and upon signing the letter of commitment for our 14’s, 15/16’s and 17/18’s programs (November 5 or November 12). Uniform fitting and apparel sizing will also take place that same night. The volunteer check, uniform fitting, and apparel sizing will take place with our 12’s program after their team placements on November 5. The volunteer check will be returned to you once you fill your obligation at the Tiger Jam Tournament.

More information on Tryouts/Registration – We have created a page on our website to act as a “one stop shop” on all of our information relating to tryouts and registration. The site also includes information on the tryout process, program policies, and program fees and due dates. To view this information follow this link: https://www.hutchinsonjovolleyball.org/tryoutsandregistration

Scholarship Program – Once again this year, the Hutchinson JO Volleyball club is offering scholarships to eligible families. Additional information on this program can be found on our tryouts page.

2024 Schedules and Tournaments – Practice will start in early January, and we are currently planning on having every team play in at least 5 to 7 tournaments this year. Our Annual Tiger Jam tournament will be April 6 & 7 this year and will be hosting the tournaments at the High School and Rec Center here in Hutchinson. Generally, we will have our competition schedules finalized by the middle of December. We will get schedules out to everyone once they are completed.

While we don’t know what our competition schedules will look like yet, we do know what our practice schedule will be. Our 15/16’s and 17’s teams will practice on Monday and Wednesday nights from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Hutchinson Rec Center. Our 12’s team will practice on Sunday afternoons from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Wednesday nights from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Rec Center as well. Our 14’s teams will practice on Sunday afternoons from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Rec Center and Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Middle School in Hutchinson. Practices will start in early January for all our programs. Our season will go to early to mid April. For those of you who have religion on Wednesday nights, yes you can still participate in our program. Our coaches are flexible. Just make sure you properly communicate with them at the start of the season about your Wednesday nights. 

Coaches for 2024 – Here are set of coaches for the 2024 season:

15/16/17’s Level – We have 3 sets of coaches lined up for this level. Those coaches are Gabby Hahn & Lexi Hansch, JoEllen Burau & Melanie Lindemen, and Cyrstal Olson & Becca Messner

14’s Level – Tim Carroll will coach our 14-1’s Team and Kylee Berg will coach our 14-2’s Team. We are still working on getting assistant coaches at this level.

12’s Level – We have 3 sets of coaches lined up for this level. Those coaches are Abby Louwagie, Amanda Kaping & Karissa Kosek, and Michelle & Jaslyn Maki. We are still looking for another assistant coach at this level.

All of our program information can be found on our website (www.hutchinsonjovolleyball.org). Feel free to pass this information onto anyone you know who may be interested in playing Hutchinson JO Volleyball this year. Please let us know if you have any questions on anything and we thank you for your commitment and/or interest in Hutch JO Volleyball!

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