P.O. Box 3724 • Salem, OR 97302  •  Tel. 503-371-4667 ext. 202
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Harmik I. Club Administrator  ·   Ellen Z. Club Treasurer  ·   Sherrie Bashaw Club Head Coach

 

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WELCOME TO SALEM VOLLEYBALL CLUB

 

We like to congratulate
Hannah Deede, a senior at Silverton High School who has
signed to compete for
Gonzaga University.

 

We like to congratulate Irene Walters and Jenny Harman for their successful seasons and
we wish them all the best in College.  Irene will be competing for the Western Oregon Wolves and
Jenny will be competing for the Corban Warriors.

  

Jessie McGraw is back with Willamette University and this season should be a fun one to watch!
 

The mission of the Salem Volleyball Club, Inc. is to provide youth with the opportunity to develop volleyball skills and to play volleyball, with quality coaching in a positive environment that promotes good sportsmanship, leadership, character development, personal integrity, and self-discipline.

CLUB HISTORY

Club volleyball has been around in Salem since the early 70s.  It began with Salem Men's YMCA and the Capital Volleyball Club.  Mike Batlan (our former president) and Terry McLaughlin (former head coach of Chemeketa CC) played for the Capital VBC.  Kelly Wells (former head coach at David Douglas high school in Portland), who played with Mike and Terry started the first junior girls volleyball club in Salem in 1975.  They competed under the name of Mid Valley Volleyball Club.

Over the years, the number of junior girls teams were increasing.  Leading these efforts were Dave Haggerty (former head coach at McKay and current OSAA official) and Karen McLellan (former head coach at McNary).  In 1992, South Salem joined McKay and McNary to form the Willamette Valley Volleyball Club.  Sprague and North Salem high school coaches joined in 1994.  By this time, all five Salem coaches were working together to improve the level of competition in Salem.  In 1996, club name was changed to Salem Volleyball Club (SVC).  We totaled 16 teams that year.

In 1998, our Club was split up, coaches and/or parents from Sprague, McNary, and McKay decided to start their own Club.  Sprague created Capital City VBC, McNary created Keizer VBC, and McKay formed a team from their high school.  In 1999, Mike Batlan lead the effort to reorganize our Club.  That year, Mike, as our Club President organized the board and our structure with Harmik as our Club Administrator.  We started with nine teams and in 2000, Capital City Volleyball Club merged with us.  In 2001, Keizer VBC's 16s, 18s, and players from McKay joined with us, making our club 15 teams strong.  Our Club once again was the largest club in our region and we have maintained this position since then.

In 2001-02, we introduced the High Performance (HP) Program and the Club Program.  Our 5 HP teams finished strong with our 18 Black finishing 5th in Gold.  16 Black finished 7th in gold.  This season, we had 157 athletes from 37 schools participate in our programs.  Our top teams have consistently finished in the top 12 with our top 18s coaches by Michael Seemann finishing 4th.

In 2004-05 season, Don Stupfel took over the Club as our Club president.  Harmik stepped away from coaching a team to oversee all the teams as the Club head coach and administrator.  The Hoop decided to close it's doors forcing us to use any available courts around the city.  We utilized school district facilities, the Salem Armory, and three sites with the Courthouse Athletic Club.   In addition to our regular Club season, several players tried out for the CEVA Regional High Performance teams, a program founded by Harmik.  Kelsey Bashaw (Salem 18 Michael) and Maggie Rivers (Salem 16 Ryan) received their first international experience by competing in the Junior Global Challenge in Salt Lake City, Utah.   Katie Bashaw (Salem 14 Julie) also had a successful tryout and competed in the U.S. High Performance Championship held in Austin, Texas.

In 2005-06, our club continued its growth to 12 teams.  Practices were back the armory, Courthouse Athletic Club, and the ARC on state Street.  Our 16 Black team coached by Ryan Case (Stayton HS) finished 13th in the region.  Our 16 Black coached by Scott Hawkins (Cascade HS) and Dustin Walker (McNary HS) finished 12th.  Our 14 Black coached by McKenzie Tennent (Stayton HS) finished 19th.  They also had a very successful tournament winning the Club Division at Emerald City Classic in Seattle.  Alison Garrett was awarded Tournament MVP.  Emily Oslie and Kim Knaupp received All Tournament award.

In 2006-07, Sunwest Management Corp. purchased the Hoop and our Club once again moved to train in this great facility.  This season, we had 151 players from 34 schools.   Two of our players, Maggie Rivers and Amber Kraaz (17 Black) were selected for the CEVA Youth Regional High Performance team and traveled to Italy and Slovenia to compete in the Junior Global Challenge.  They competed against several European teams, made new friends, and learned about new cultures.  Maggie currently attends Southern Oregon University and Amber is competing for Northwest Christian College in Eugene.

Over the years, we maintain our growth and last season, we had more than 180 players participate in our programs.


ABOUT USA VOLLEYBALL

The USA Volleyball (USAV) is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of volleyball in the United States. Consistent with the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 and the Constitution of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USAV is recognized as an Olympic and Pan American Sports Organization by the USOC. It is also the recognized national federation to the Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB).

The USAV maintains liaisons with the NAIA, NCAA, the NJCAA, and the YMCA. Other member organizations include the Boy Scouts, the Special Olympics, the Armed Forces, and a number of ethnic, recreational, and intermural groups. The USAV is divided geographically into 35 regions covering 4 zones. We are in the Columbia Empire Volleyball Association CEVBA) which governs Oregon and the three counties bordering Portland. There are over 75,000 members nationwide; total CEVA region nearly 5,000.

The national offices of the USAV is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado near the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Following, are additional information about USA Volleyball and CEVA:

USAV Web Site:      www.usavolleyball.org
New Site:                   http://volleyball.teamusa.org/
CEVA Web site:       www.columbiaempirevolleyball.com

CEVA Address: 4840 SW Western Ave., Suite 450, Beaverton, OR 97005
Telephone: 503-644-7468.


Salem Volleyball Club is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Officers and Board Members

Officers Position Term Expires
Brad Halleck President
  2009  
Benny Sexton Vice-President (W. Salem)
      2011
Harmik I. Club Administrator
  2010  
Ellen Zarfas Club Treasurer
2009  
Ralph Amador Club Secretary
    2011
Members at Large Position /
Area Representatives
Term Expires
Sherrie Bashaw Head Coach (Blanchet)
    2010
Terry Kelly Member at Large (W. Salem)
2009    
Sherri Oslie Member at Large (Sprague)
  2010
Tom Shoji Willamette Univ.
    2010  
Committees Board Members
Facilities Harmik I.
Fundraising Harmik I.
Grievance High Performance Teams
   Brad Halleck

   Sherrie Bashaw
   Tom Shoji

 Club & Power League Program
   Brad Halleck
   Harmik I.
   Sherrie Bashaw

Revenue Harmik I.
Ellen Zarfas
Team Chaperons Sherri Oslie

 


CONTACT US

Club Address:

Salem Volleyball Club ·  P.O. Box 3724 ·  Salem, OR 97302
Tel. 503-371-4667 ext. 202

Club Administrator

Harmik Issakhanian

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Tel. 503-910-6469 cell

Club Treasurer

Ellen Zarfas

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Club Head Coach

Sherrie Bashaw

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