University of Minnesota Athletics

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Volleyball announces the 12 athletes who have been selected to compete at the 2025 FIVB Girls U19 World Championship, set to take place from July 2-13 in Osijek, Croatia, and Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. Among those 12 are two Golden Gophers, freshmen Kelly Kinney (West Palm Beach, Fla.) and Jordan Taylor (Houston, Texas). Minnesota head coach Keegan Cook will lead the group.

The U.S. will compete in Pool C alongside teams from Türkiye, Bulgaria, Poland, Peru and Spain. The 12 athletes were chosen from a group of 19 who trained June 1-7 at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. They will have a second phase of preparation in the Netherlands from June 26-30, 2025.

The roster includes several returners from the 2024 U19 National Team that won gold at the 2024 NORECA Continental Championship: Henley Anderson, Suli Davis, Genevieve Harris, Isabelle Hoppe, Kelly Kinney and Devyn Wiest. The U.S. Girls U19 National Team is the reigning world champion, having won the event in 2023.

2025 U19 National Team Roster for World Championship

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

3 Jordan Taylor (MB, 6-5, 2007, Houston, Texas, University of Minnesota, Lone Star)

5 Lily Hayes (L, 5-9, 2007, Tampa, Fla., Berkeley Prep HS, Florida)

6 Suli Davis (OH, 6-1, 2007, Euless, Texas, Brigham Young University, North Texas)

8 Abbey Emch (MB, 6-3, 2007, New Waterford, Ohio, University of Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley)

10 Isabelle Hoppe (S, 5-8, 2008, Gibsonia, Pa., Pine Richland HS, Ohio Valley)

11 Kelly Kinney (OH/OPP, 6-2, 2007, West Palm Beach, Fla., The Kings Academy, Florida)

12 Genevieve Harris (S, 5-11, 2007, Raleigh, N.C, Cardinal Gibbons HS, Carolina)

13 Gabrielle Nichols (MB, 6-3, 2007, Winston Salem, N.C., Penn State University, Carolina)

16 Cari Spears (OH, 6-3, 2007, Dallas, Texas, University of Texas, North Texas)

17 Lameen Mambu (OH, 6-0, 2007, Chantilly, Va., Georgia Tech, Chesapeake)

19 Henley Anderson (OPP/OH, 6-3, 2007, Dripping Springs, Texas, Dripping Springs HS, Lone Star)

20 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)