After a standout performance at the U.S. Olympic Training Center tryouts two months ago, Oregon freshman setter Lauren Plum has been selected to participate in this summer’s FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=204963207@@
Plum was one of only 12 players selected for the team, 10 of which are collegians. Of that group, five play in the Pacific-10 Conference. (UCLA, USC, Arizona and Stanford are also represented).@@http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=128&f=1430&t=7511007@@
The 20-and-under event (to be eligible for the team, athletes must be born in either 1992 or 1993) will be held in Lima, Peru, in late July.@@http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/051311aaa.html@@
Before that, Plum, along with fellow Duck Alaina Bergsma, will compete for the A2 National Team in the USA Volleyball Open National Championships in Dallas at the end of May. She will then meet up with her Junior Team teammates for a 10-day training camp at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif., in early July.@@http://usavolleyball.org/news/2008/05/06/usa-volleyball-announces-u-s-girls-youth-national-training-team-roster/589@@
Last season, Plum earned All-Pac-10 freshman team honors after a fine debut year in which she averaged 11.75 assists per set (the most of any freshman in the country).