October 2008
Volume 1, Issue 2

Altamont History
Altamont Volleyball Club was established in 2006 by Heather Lamb. Altamont is dedicated to offering athletes an opportunity to enhance their volleyball skills through practice and competition, in a constructive and positive environment. Altamont strives to combine a love of the sport with knowledge and integrity to provide a competitive athletic experience that promotes teamwork, self-discipline, and respect, while building friendships that unite players across school and state lines.

In its inaugural season Altamont fielded three teams. The 17’s team was coached by Heather, the 16’s team was coached by Marissa Baker, and the 15’s team was coached by Jasmine Noriega and Heather. Each team improved their standings throughout the season and finished much higher in the region than their initial position. The players learned an extensive amount about volleyball and the season was deemed successful. We received a lot of great feedback at the end of the season and began making plans for the 2007/2008 season.

In the 2007/2008 season Altamont expanded to offer a 13's and 14's team in addition to our 15's, 16's and 17's teams. We welcomed Brenda Woodsmall, Robin Reeves, Kari Weber, Mila Iosefa, and Dennis Jow onto our coaching staff. Each team accomplished great things throughout the season. Some of the highlights include:
• Two top five finishes at California Kickoff
• Three flight championships at National Qualifiers
• One silver finish at the Spokane National Qualifier
• Two bronze finishes at the Far Westerns National Qualifier
• One flight championship at the Far Westerns National Qualifier
• All five teams finished above their starting placement within the league
• One divisional championship at Power League Regionals
• One divisional championship at Bay View Classic

For the 2008/2009 club season Altamont will continue to offer five teams in the following age divisions: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17/18. After two strong preliminary seasons, we are primed for another break through and are eagerly looking forward to another fantastic season full of success. Once again we received some valuable parent and player feedback and will be making some minor adjustments to further advance our programs. I hope you will join Altamont Volleyball Club for our tryouts at the beginning of November so you can be a part of our future success.he beginning of November so you can be part of our future success.

Summer Fun
This summer we had over 30 players representing Altamont at a minimum of 15 different volleyball camps. Some of these camps included UC Berkeley, USC, St. Mary's, UOP, UCLA, Stanford, Long Beach State, USA High Performance, as well as many local and high school camps.

Of course many of our players also made time for some summer fun with family outside of the gym. As a club we visited Cancun, Italy, Europe, Canada, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, Utah, Boston, Las Vegas, San Diego, Seattle, Lake Almanor, Lake Berryessa, Lake Shasta, Lake Tahoe, and of course Disneyland.