Beach Volleyball | | Kelvin Queliz, Director of Sports Information (361-593-2870)
Allen Announces First Beach Volleyball Class
KINGSVILLE, Texas (Beach Volleyball) – Texas A&M University-Kingsville head beach volleyball coach Tanya Allen announced her first signing class as sisters Kadi and Marci Shipman and Maelee Sowa inked a national letter of intent to play for the upstart program, set to begin 2016-17.
Kadi and Marci Shipman played beach volleyball for Georgetown High School under head coach Bobby Jones. Kadi intends to major in pre-med and Marci plans on earning a degree in business and marketing.
The daughters of Gary and Laura Shipman, twin sisters Kadi and Marci Shipman have two other siblings; Jordi and Alan.
A three-sport athlete for Sealy High School, Sowa averaged 3.06 kills and 2.7 digs per set for the volleyball team, tallying 47 aces. The team appeared in the 25-4A volleyball playoffs in 2014-15 and 25-3A postseason in 2012-13. Sowa earned All-District 25-3A academic first team honors as a member of the softball team in 2012, followed by district honors in volleyball from 2013-15. No stranger to college athletics, Sowa's uncle played football at Mars Hill University and her cousin is currently on the Central Methodist University football team.
Sowa intends to major in biomedical science. The daughter of Clayton and Stephany Sowa, she has a brother Clay.
"I am extremely excited about the addition of the beach volleyball program," said Allen. "Kadi and Marci are experienced beach players and have trained with some very knowledgeable coaches. Maelee is very athletic and excels in indoor volleyball. I think she will transition to beach volleyball with ease. All three of these players are competitive, talented, and have the kind of character we want for our beach roster."
Javelina beach volleyball will practice and compete on sand courts that are part of the Phase I construction for expanded intramural and club sport facilities.
The program will be coached by the current Javelina volleyball staff and led by head coach and all-time winningest coach in school history, Tanya Allen. The season runs during the spring, and beach volleyball will host its first official NCAA collegiate championship in the spring of 2016, becoming the 90th sport to hold an NCAA Championship.
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