Clemson's Fennell to Represent USA in VB Global Challenge in July

Once in a while, I want to highlight the success of an individual college student-athlete. Rising Sophomore Brittany Fennell, from Hendersonville, NC, is a starter on the Clemson Tigers Womens' Volleyball Team, and was recently selected as one of 12 American collegiate players to play on the USA/BIP Development Team at the Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia in July. Bring it Promotions (BIP) works in conjunction with USA Volleyball to organize tours for collegiate players to get exposure so they can promote themselves for European professional volleyball.

As a Freshman, Fennell started 21 games at Middle Blocker for the Lady Tigers before having to miss 8 matches near the end of the season due to an emergency appendectomy. While in the line up, Fennel produced 111 kills and hit at a .258 clip. She was third on the team in total blocks with 83, was voted the team's Rookie of the Year and received the highest marks as a Freshman with a 10 kill, 10 block assist match against Virginia in Charlottesville.

This young lady is just going to be a Sophomore. She has a lot of time for greater improvement. With exposure at the Global Challenge in Croatia a few weeks from now, she will probably be courted by European clubs. Also, with her success in college and experience in international play, Fennell will hopefully attracked the attention of the U.S Olympic Volleyball coaches and get an opportunity to audition for and make the Olympic Team competing in the 2012 Olympics in London. Let's hope all of this comes about.