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                    NEWS CORNER

Since the initiation of the first Starlings Volleyball Club in San Diego, California, the program and its participants have gained national attention from various media sources. Below are a few highlights from some of the more prominent articles that have been written about the Starlings.  To view the article, just click on the title of the article. This News Corner also contains information about Starlings related events, and other items of note. Just click on the highlighted portion of the description to view information and/or photographs pertaining to the event or item.

Before reading on, or looking at the articles that have been written by the press, or events which we have recorded in words and photographs, take a look at the following letter. This letter is from one of our former players, and tells the "Story of Starlings" better than any journalist or club director can.

Letter by Quontinetta Bufford of Cedar Valley Community College.

 

Events:

Clinics by Tod Mattox and Kim Oden.

Mayor Murphy Declares Starlings' Day in San Diego.

San Diego's KGTV issues service award to Executive Director Byron Shewman.

San Diego Starlings receives grants.

Starlings' Director Convention, 2003.

Pilot Program starts team at Preuss, 2003.

 

Articles from within the last year:

 

 

"A Place to Play " , story about Starlings in Tijuana, BC

 

 

          San Diego Union Tribute, January 5, 2003

"Starlings Gives Lift to Aspiring Athletes" 

             San Diego Union Tribune, April 13, 2003    

"Career Spike", story about Jayli Jackson  

             San Diego Union Tribune, January 18, 2004

 

Archives:

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT – Through the Starlings program, a Navajo girl’s team from Arizona has taken wing

           Sports Illustrated, August 24, 1997

"Lincoln Abuzz as Volleyball Becomes New Hit on Campus"  

          San Diego Union Tribune, November 4, 1999

"Unsung Hero", story regarding Shari Simmons     

          Volleyball Magazine,  January 2000  

"Starlings Go Younger", story about Little Starlings Program

           Volleyball Magazine, January 2001

"Tucson Volleyball" , story about Rita Johnson

           Corky Simpson, February 2001

"Meet Atlanta's First Family of Volleyball", story about Hughes family

                       

            The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 7, 2001

 

"Who Flies Along with the Ball?", story about Chicago Club

   

            Southeast Chicago Observer, September 18, 2002

 

Copyright Starlings Volleyball Clubs, USA 2008

April 24,  2008