Washington State University Athletics
Ryan Named to Women's U21 National Training Team
May 16, 2022 | Volleyball
Washington State volleyball sophomore Katy Ryan has also been selected for the U.S. Collegiate National Team and USA Volleyball U20 National Training Teams.
The team will train May 26-June 4 at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Twelve players will be chosen to compete at the 2022 Women's U21 Pan American Cup on June 5-13 in Mexico.
Ryan, a native of Rathdrum Idaho, is coming off of a Pac-12 All-Freshman campaign in which she helped lead the team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In her first season of collegiate volleyball, she racked up 249 kills (2.18 k/s) on an impressive .326 hitting. She finished the season with seven double-digit kill performances including season bests of 19 & 15 in two matches against rival Washington. She would post 12 kills in the Cougs' final match against Baylor in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Ryan has was also a member of the 2021 USA Volleyball U20 National Training Team and earlier this year, she was selected to the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Volleyball Team which will also convene next month to train from June 19-25 at the National Team Training Center in Anaheim, Calif.
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U.S. Women's U21 Training Team
Name (position, height, hometown, HS grad year, club, USAV Region, committed college)
Bekka Allick (OH/MB, 6-3, Waverly, Neb., 2022, VCNebraska, Great Plains, Nebraska)
Merritt Beason (OH, 6-3, Gardendale, Ala., 2020, Alabama Performance Volleyball Club, Florida)
Caroline Bien (OH, 6-0, Overland Park, Kan., 2021, Mavs KC, Heart of America, Kansas)
Eloise Brandewie (MB, 6-3, Columbus, Ohio, 2023, Mintonette, Ohio Valley, Ohio State University)
Chloe Chicoine (OH/L, 5-10, Lafayette, Ind., 2023, Circle City, Hoosier, Purdue)
Raven Colvin (MB, 6-1, Indianapolis, Ind., 2021, The Academy Indianapolis, Hoosier, Purdue)
Rachel Fairbanks (S, 6-0, Santa Ana, Calif., 2021, Tstreet, Southern California, Pitt)
Devin Kahahawai (OH/OPP, 6-4, Kailua, Hawaii, 2022, Texas)
Bre Kelley (MB, 6-4, Rockwall, Texas, 2020, Excel Volleyball Club, North Texas, Florida)
Logan Lednicky (OPP, 6-3, Sugar Land, Texas, 2022, Houston Skyline Juniors, Lone Star, Texas A&M)
Claire Little (OH, 6-3, Temecula, Calif., 2023, Coast, Southern California, BYU)
Lexi Rodriguez (L, 5-5, Sterling, Ill., 2020, Club Fusion Volleyball, Great Lakes, Nebraska)
Elia Rubin (OH, 6-1, Brentwood, Calif., 2022, Sunshine, Southern California, Stanford)
Katy Ryan (OPP, 6-5, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 2021, T3 VBC, Evergreen, Washington State)
Marianna Singletary (MB/OPP, 6-4, Charleston, S.C., 2022, A5, Southern, Texas)
Norah Sis (OH, 6-2, Papillion, Neb., 2021, Premier Nebraska, Great Plains, Creighton)
Alexis Stucky (S, 6-2, Laramie, Wyo., 2022, NORCO, Rocky Mountain, Florida)
Ella Swindle (S, 6-2, Columbia, Mo., 2023, KC Power, Heart of America, Texas)
Gala Trubint (L, 5-8, San Diego, Calif., 2022, Coast, Southern California, Southern California)
Mckenna Wucherer (OH, 6-1, Brookfield, Wis., 2022, Milwaukee Sting, Badger, Minnesota)
Head Coach: Dan Fisher (Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh)
Assistant Coach: Jon Newman-Gonchar (Head Coach, University of New Mexico)
Assistant Coach: Heather Olmstead (Head Coach, BYU)
Performance Analyst: Virginia Pham (Technical Coordinator, USC)
Athletic Trainer: Wyatt Blue (Game Time Sports Medicine)
Team Leader: Kyle Thompson (Director of Volleyball Operations, Maryland)
