USA Volleyball Junior Player Age Definition
For Use during the 2011-2012 Season
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Once a player participates (including but not limited to practicing, training, attending workouts and/or competing) in a club or varsity program for any university, college, community college, or junior college, he/she is ineligible to take part in any regional and national programming, which includes but is not limited to national JNC qualifying and championships events.
Once a player participates in a club or varsity program for any university, college, community college, or junior college, he/she is ineligible to play in any regional or national JNC qualifying and championship events.
18 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1993
or
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1992 and a high school student in the twelfth (12th) grade or below during some part of the current academic year
17 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1994
16 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1995
15 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1996
14 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1997
13 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1998
12 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1999
11 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 2000
10 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 2001
9 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 2002
8 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 2003
Boys 14-and-Under Division:
Regionally-waived boy‘s teams in the 14-and-under age group will be allowed to participate at the USA Volleyball Junior National
Championships using the following age/grade definition:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1997
or
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1996 (15 years or younger) who shall neither have completed nor are in a grade higher
than the eighth grade (8th) grade during the current academic year. (This exception is based on the net height difference of 7‘4 1/8‖ to
7‘11 5/8‖ between the 14-and-Under Division to the 15 and Under Division.)
Note: These age definitions are used by domestic club programs and are NOT the same as the age definitions for the International
and Domestic High Performance programs for 2012.
The classification cut-off date of the September 1 was reviewed by the USAV Youth/Junior Olympic Volleyball Division (YJOVD)
prior to the USAV 2008 Annual Meetings and research justified the continuation of the cut-off date of September 1. Additional
information can be found on the USA Volleyball Website.
The Age Definition Policy was most recently reviewed by the USA Volleyball Board of Directors on January 19, 2002.
Revised 06/21/201