Hughes Selected for U.S. Collegiate National Team’s Europe Tour Roster – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/22/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
March 22, 2016
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Taylor Hughes will be competing in Italy and Croatia in July as a member of the U.S. Collegiate National Team (CNT). The Buckeye setter is one of 12 players to make the roster for the CNT Europe Tour (CNT-Europe), announced by USA Volleyball this week.
The squad, which is a part of USA Volleyball’s High Performance pipeline, will train and compete from July 6-16. The CNT-Europe team competes against an Italian Federation Team July 7, July 8 and July 9 near Milan, Italy, before heading to Pula, Croatia, to play in the Global Challenge July 11-14.
Hughes is part of a Big Ten group that includes a team-high five representatives from the conference. The Pac-12 ranks second with three team members.
2016 U.S. COLLEGIATE NATIONAL TEAM – EUROPE TOUR
Name (Position, School, 2016 Collegiate Year, Height, Hometown)
Jordan Anderson (OH, UCLA, Sr., 6-0, Flower Mound, Texas)
Ciara Capezio (OH, Iowa State University, Sr., 6-3, Williams Bay, Wisconsin)
Alyssa Goehner (L, University of Minnesota, Jr., 5-11, Lakeville, Minnesota)
Taylor Hughes (S, Ohio State University, So., 6-1, Carroll, Ohio)
Lily Johnson (OH, Missouri State University, Jr., 5-11, Wildwood, Missouri)
Leah Levert (MB, Syracuse University, Jr., 6-2, Savannah, Georgia)
Molly Lohman (MB, University of Minnesota, Jr., 6-3, Mankato, Minnesota)
Katherine Mahlke (OPP, University of Michigan, Jr., 6-2, Downers Grove, Illinois)
Jazzmine McDonald (MB, Indiana University, Sr., 6-2, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Casey Schoenlein (OPP, Washington State University, Jr., 6-5, Bellevue, Washington)
Gabby Simpson (S, University of Colorado, Jr., 6-3, Colorado Springs, Colorado)
McKenna Woodford (OH, Washington State University, So., 6-4, Chandler, Arizona)
Athletes were selected through the U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryouts held Feb. 19-21 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Hughes will become the fifth different Buckeye to make the U.S. CNT since 2013 and marks the fourth consecutive season at least one Ohio State student-athlete has done so: Kaitlyn Leary (2013), Katie Mitchell (2014), Tyler Richardson (2015) and Luisa Schirmer (2015).
