The BAVA Fall volleyball program is designed for 8-14 year old girls and boys who are interested in learning and playing volleyball.  Players must be in middle school or elementary school to participate.  No prior experience is necessary. 

Practices will begin the first week in September and run through the last week in October. All practices and games will be held at the API facility (740 MD Route 3 South, Gambrills, MD 21054.)

Players will be divided up in the following age groups and placed on teams. Age group is based on players age on 9/1/2023. 
- 10 and under (players ages 7-10)
- 12 and under (players ages 11 and 12)
- 14 and under (players ages 13 and 14).

The league will be coached by local high school and club volleyball coaches. Cost for the league will be $200 per player (plus the $7 credit card transaction fee) and will include a team jersey.

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Coach Radford is entering her 18th year of coaching for BAVA. She started her playing career at Northern High School, spending three years on Varsity. During her four years, they won 3 Southern MD Athletic Conference Titles, 3 Maryland State Titles, named 1st team All Calvert County and 1st team All-SMAC two times, names All-Calvert County MVP, and 1st team All-Metro. Coach Radford also played four years of varsity softball, winning 2 SMAC Titles and 2 MD State Titles. She was named 1st team All-American Scholar Athlete, 2nd team All-American, 3 years on 1st team All-SMAC, 1 year 2nd team all-SMAC, 3 years 1st team All-Calvert County, All-Calvert County MVP, 2nd team All-Metro, and 1st team All-Metro. She was inducted into the Northern High School Hall of Fame in 2003. She also played 7 years of USAV for Southern Maryland Juniors. Coach Radford continued her softball career at the University of Maryland, being named 2 time Mid-Atlantic regional All-American and 1 year All-ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference). She was the varsity head coach at Northern High School in Calvert County 2011-2012. Coach Radford has coached BAVA 14's, 15's, 16's and 17's, BAVA fall recreation teams, is IMPACT and Safesport certified, and a member of the AVCA.

Coach Kuda enters her 2nd season on the BAVA staff.  Laura has coached BAVA 12's, is IMPACT and Safesport certified.

Coach Tayler is entering her 5th season coaching with BAVA. She played for Arundel High School.  Coach Gibbson has coached BAVA 12’s, 13's, BAVA fall recreational teams, and is IMPACT certified.

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Coach Leventry helped start BAVA in 1999 and is currently the Club Commissioner. This is her 17th year coaching for BAVA. She started her playing career at Chesapeake Volleyball Club in 1995. She played 4 years at Severna Park High School, 3 on varsity, and earned many honors. Coach Boyd was named 1st team All-Anne Arundel County by The Capital and The Sun. She was also named 1st team All-Metro by the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post. Coach Boyd was named the Anne Arundel County Player of the Year in 1998, leading her team to the 4A State Finals. She also played USAV at Columbia Volleyball Club 1995-99. She continued her career at Gettysburg College, starting for 4 years and helping her team make 3 NCAA appearances. She was named 1st team All-Centennial Conference in 2001 and 2002 and Centennial Conference Player of the Year in 2002. She was the assistant varsity coach at Severna Park High School 2003-2006 and is currently the JV Head Coach at Severna Park High School. Her time spent with the varsity team at Severna Park contributed to the undefeated 2014 season, 20-0, and winning the 4A Maryland State Championship. She has helped grow the sport of volleyball in Anne Arundel County by helping start the Anne Arundel County Fall Recreational Volleyball league and by running many camps and clinics. Coach Boyd has coached BAVA 12's, 13’s, 14’s, 15's, 16's, and 17's, BAVA fall recreation teams, is IMPACT certified, CAP I certified, and a member of AVCA.

Coach Sterling enters her 8th season on the BAVA staff this season. As a collegiate player at Maryland Eastern Shore, she served as a captain three seasons and eventually graduated as the first player in program history to record at least 1,000 career kills and digs in her career. She was also named Second Team All-Conference in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference as both a junior and senior and capped off her career in 2009 with the team's MVP award, she graduated in 2010. Following her career at UMES, Coach Caylin played for Gislaved Voleyboll Klubb in Sweden in 2010-11 and Reggio Calabria SS. Cuore in Italy in 2011-12. The native of Garden Grove, Calif., got her first taste of coaching at the Regis University Volleyball Camps in Denver. There she spent two summers working with players aged 12-18 on position-specific and overall game skills. She was later a youth coach at Gold Medal Squared Elite Volleyball Training in Arizona; coached at the University of Albany in 2012 where she assisted the Great Danes with a number of responsibilities including recruiting, scouting, training and compliance and administrative tasks; and coached at Bucknell University in the 2013 season.  She is currently the head coach of the BAVA Outdoor Program.  Coach Sterling has coached BAVA 16's, 17’s, and 18's, rec teams, and is IMPACT and Safesport certified.