RIDGEFIELD — Volleyball player Lizzy Andrew, a junior at Ridgefield High School, is finishing an incredibly busy school year. In addition to finals exams and school projects, she was one of 20 athletes nationwide selected for the U.S. Volleyball Under 19 (U19) National Team.
From that elite group, she was one of 12 chosen to represent the United States at the U19 NORCECA Pan American Cup in Puerto Rico, where her team won gold. In just a few weeks, she will be playing in the Junior National Championships in Chicago.
Andrew was one of the first volleyball players from the Pacific Northwest selected for the U.S. Volleyball U19 National Team in nearly a decade. The USA Volleyball National Team Development Program sent the 6-foot, 5-inch middle blocker and 19 other top high school athletes from across the country to the Anaheim National Team Training Center in California.
After a week of intense training with head coach Keegan Cook, USA Volleyball selected Andrew to compete at the NORCECA Pan American Cup in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. The championship event brought together top volleyball players from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Andrew flew to Puerto Rico for a week of competition as part of an entirely new team.
