GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The USA Volleyball Team announced its 19-player U-19 National Team roster, where incoming freshman Lily Hayes was selected to prepare for the 2025 FIVB Girls U19 World Championship, set to take place from July 2-13 in Osijek, Croatia and Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.

The U.S. Girls U19 National Team, the reigning world champion, will compete in Pool C alongside teams from Turkey, Bulgaria, Poland, Peru and Spain.

The first training block for the U19 National Team will be June 1-7 in Colorado Springs. At the end of training, 12 athletes will be selected for the final competition roster, and they will have a second phase of preparation in the Netherlands, from June 26-30, 2025. A Tampa, Fla. native, Hayes is one of three liberos listed on the roster.

Hayes, a libero/defensive specialist, will bring her USA High performance experiences to Gainesville for the fall 2025 semester.

2025 U19 National Team Roster for World Championship

(Name, Pos., Birth Year, Height, Hometown, School, Region)

• Henley Anderson (OPP/OH, 6-3, 2007, Dripping Springs, Texas, Dripping Springs HS, Lone Star)
• Logan Bell (L, 5-11, 2007, Beech Grove, Ind., Roncalli HS, Hoosier)
• Kalyssa Blackshear (MB/OPP, 6-4, 2007, Torrance, Calif., University of Louisville, Southern California)
• Suli Davis (OH, 6-1, 2007, Euless, Texas, Brigham Young University, North Texas)
• Abbey Emch (MB, 6-3, 2007, New Waterford, Ohio, University of Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley)
• Genevieve Harris (S, 5-11, 2007, Raleigh, N.C, Cardinal Gibbons HS, Carolina)
• Lily Hayes (L, 5-9, 2007, Tampa, Fla., Berkeley Prep HS, Florida)
• Isabelle Hoppe (S, 5-8, 2008, Gibsonia, Pa., Pine Richland HS, Ohio Valley)
• Kelly Kinney (OH/OPP, 6-2, 2007, West Palm Beach, Fla., The Kings Academy, Florida)
• Lameen Mambu (OH, 6-0, 2007, Chantilly, Va., Georgia Tech, Chesapeake)
• Izzy Mogridge (S, 5-11, 2007, Lutz, Fla., Berkeley Prep HS, Florida)
• Gabrielle Nichols (MB, 6-3, 2007, Winston Salem, N.C., Penn State University, Carolina)
• Cari Spears (OH, 6-3, 2007, Dallas, Texas, University of Texas, North Texas)
• Jordan Taylor (MB, 6-5, 2007, Houston, Texas, University of Minnesota, Lone Star)
• Charlotte Vinson (OPP, 6-2, 2007, Muncie, Ind., Yorktown HS, Hoosier)
• Natalie Wardlow (MB/OPP, 6-5, 2007, Lincoln, Neb., Lincoln Southeast HS, Great Plains)
• Aniya Warren (L, 5-8, 2007, Lockport, Ill., Benet Academy, Great Lakes)
• Ayanna Watson (OH/OPP, 6-3, 2007, Henderson, Nev., Bishop Gorman HS, Southern California)
• Devyn Wiest (OH, 6-3, 2007, Peoria, Ariz., University of Utah, Arizona)

Coaches

• Head Coach: Keegan Cook (Minnesota)
• Assistant Coach: Alyssa D’Errico (Utah)
• Assistant Coach: April Sanchez (New Mexico)
• Performance Analyst: Jon Wong (Florida State)
• ATC: Cherryl Bueno (Coast to Coast AthletiCare)
• Team Lead: Courtney Smith (NTDP)

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