In February 2018, coaches from around the country were sending players to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to try out for Team USA.
Every season, USA Volleyball sends a college team on a foreign tour, and redshirt freshman middle blocker Katie Myers had her sights set on making it.
There was one problem: Myers was coming off knee surgery — her second-straight season with a season-ending injury — and she wasn’t back in volleyball shape.
“She really wanted to go to this, but there was no way that during that time of her rehab, she could do it,” head coach Adam Hughes told Testudo Times.