COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Volleyball has released its roster of 12 who will represent the United States at the 2023 Women's U21 NORCECA Pan American Cup, featuring two Baylor volleyball student-athletes and Joshua Walker as an assistant coach.
 
Libero Lauren Briseño and opposite hitter Allie Sczech have been selected to the roster after training for the last week at the Anaheim National Team Training Center as a group of 18. They along with the other 10 players will compete May 23-28 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico for the Pan American Cup. Six players who were at training were chosen as alternates.
 
Baylor is one of four schools to feature multiple players on the Team USA roster alongside Florida, Purdue and Texas. 
 
Briseño and Sczech are two of three new to the National Team Development Program (NTDP) age group teams, alongside outside hitter Eva Hudson. Seven players on the roster return from the winning 2022 Pan Am Cup roster which qualified for the 2023 FIVB World Championship. Players on the roster were AVCA All-Americans and/or All-Conference players for their programs.

"This experience has truly been extremely valuable for me as a coach so far," said Walker. "I'd like to thank all the athletes that have competed so hard to make this roster. Their futures are very bright for this sport. I'm looking forward to the back half of this training block and continuing to improve as a group. Hopefully we'll represent the USA to the best of our ability and God-willing, we can bring back a gold medal."

The U.S. Women will open the Pan American Cup with pool play against Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. The other pool will include Belize, Cuba, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Watch links and live stat links will be made available closer to the start of the Cup.
 
The full schedule and roster for the USA Volleyball team is below.
 
U.S. Women's U21 Schedule for the Pan American Cup (All times CT)
May 23 at 6 p.m. USA vs Costa Rica
May 24 at 4 p.m. USA vs Guatemala
May 25 at 8 p.m. USA vs Dominican Republic
May 26 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Quarterfinals
May 27 Semifinals and classification matches
May 28 Medal matches and classification matches
 
2023 USA Volleyball Women's U21 NORCECA Pan American Cup Roster
Name (Position, Height, Birth Year, Hometown, College, USAV Region)
2 Lauren Briseño (L, 5-7, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, Baylor, Lone Star)
3 Chloe Chicoine (OH, 5-10, 2004, Lafayette, Ind., Purdue, Hoosier)
5 Rachel Fairbanks (S, 6-0, 2003, Santa Ana, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)
7 Mckenna Wucherer (OH, 6-1, 2004, Brookfield, Wis., Univ. of Minnesota, Badger)
8 Eva Hudson (OH, 6-1, 2004, Fort Wayne, Ind., Purdue, Hoosier)
9 Norah Sis (OH, 6-2, 2003, Papillion, Neb., Creighton, Great Plains)
10 Alexis Stucky (S, 6-2, 2004, Laramie, Wyo., Univ. of Florida, Rocky Mountain)
13 Gabrielle Essix (MB, 6-3, Hoover, Ala., Univ. of Florida, Southern)
14 Devin Kahahawai (Opp, 6-4, 2004, Kailua, Hawaii, Univ. of Texas, Aloha)
15 Allie Sczech (Opp, 6-4, 2004, Sugar Land, Texas, Baylor, Lone Star)
16 Bre Kelley (MB, 6-4, 2003, Rockwall, Texas, Undecided, North Texas)
17 Marianna Singletary (MB, 6-4, 2004, Charleston, S.C., Univ. of Texas, Southern)
 
Head Coach: Dan Fisher (Pitt)
Assistant Coaches: Josh Walker (Baylor), Jessica Aschenbrenner (Colorado State)
Team Leader: Jeffrey Wanderer
Athletic Trainer: Rebecca Duran
Performance Analyst: AJ Ruttenberg
 
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