Athletes Unlimited Volleyball will exclusively partner with ESPN for all five weeks of its upcoming third volleyball season. The league will also embark on a new exhibition tour, it announced Tuesday.
The aforementioned role models will travel all over the country from March 23 through April 21. The exhibition tour roster of 15 top professional players will visit eight top college programs, including University of Louisville, Ohio State University, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas, Baylor University, Howard University and Penn State University.
On the tour, athletes will also visit local clubs, schools, community events, and even host clinics to promote the growth of the game.Athletes Unlimited currently boasts the only indoor professional volleyball program in the U.S., one of the many unique aspects of theFormer University of Kentucky All-American Kaz Brown played professionally overseas for four years.
“Getting the opportunity to play professional volleyball in front of family and friends is quite literally a dream come true,” Brown told Yahoo Sports. “It just is a testament to the growth of the sport and how many fans and supporters there are for this to be able to happen.”While Brown won’t visit her alma mater during AU’s tour, Kentucky has a special role in the story of volleyball’s growth.
In April 2021, ESPN2 aired the NCAA Division I women's volleyball championship match between Texas and Kentucky during prime time. The title match, won by Kentucky, reportedly
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