When teachers as well as students provide to classes this fall, the inevitable enquiry volition endure “How did y'all pass your summer?”
For JSRCC Engineering Professor Fred McConnell the answer is winning both silvery as well as bronze medals at the USA Volleyball Open National Championships inward Salt Lake City inward June. He adds the medals to his collection which includes a gilded medal from the Huntsman World Senior Games inward St. George, Utah inward October, 2011. Dr. McConnell, a fellow member of the Richmond Volleyball Club, has been competing inward the USA Open National Championships every twelvemonth since 1989.
More than 430 teams from merely about the globe competed inward this year’s USA Volleyball National Championships. Dr. McConnell earned his silvery medal inward Session I of the tournament every bit a fellow member of the GROG-65 Team as well as his bronze medal inward Session II of the tournament every bit a fellow member of Team SOTA-70.
USA Volleyball is the National Governing Body for the sport of volleyball inward the the States as well as is recognized every bit such past times the the States Olympic Committee. USA Volleyball is an advocate for all Americans-endeavoring to assure universal access to opportunities at all levels of the game.
It is worth noting that when physician McConnell competed inward June of this year, he was recovering from quadruple bypass surgical physical care for which occurred merely nine weeks earlier the tournament.
