Yankee Volleyball Association

2007 Rick Pierce Recipient - Julie Robarts

This year's female Rick Pierce recipient has been playing in the area for quite a number of years. She began her love of the sport at a local high school, continuing on with a local Juniors program, then played college club ball where she played on both the womenıs and menıs club teams.

She has been instrumental in coordinating organized womenıs volleyball teams in the area, starting one of the leading club teams in the north east, which has been going strong since 1994. This club has frequently sponsored multiple womenıs teams in the same season, and has been a staple in nearly every higher level womensı tournament since farther back than even I can remember.

She has played with her closest friends on this club team for over a decade, and has played reverse doubles with her husband for nearly twenty years ­ something only a select few can manage.

She has been involved in numerous clinics and currently works with a local youth volleyball program. She is a great combination of a fierce competitor, and one that can leave it on the court when the game is over. She is truly someone who loves the sport for the right reasons.

She has played in every Rick Pierce tournament for the last fifteen years, and it is my pleasure to present this yearıs female Rick Pierce recipient:

JULIE ROBARTS

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