The Best Head West
Tessa Alyman didn’t have much time to relish her selection to Team Ontario’s under-18 girls’ volleyball team.
After spending the first week of July at the High Performance Centre training camp in Toronto, Alyman was informed of her selection upon returning home, July 8.
She spent the next two days packing for what will be another two-week road trip, a six-day training camp in Toronto followed by a flight to Winnipeg and another week of competition representing Ontario at the National Team Challenge Cup (NTCC).
For Alyman, the 17-year-old Widdifield Secondary School student, it means her entire month of July will be spent away from home devoted to elite volleyball, but that’s just what she wants.
Volleyball is my life and I’ll do anything to get to that highest point,” she said. This is my summer and basically, it’s a whole month I’ll be gone, so I’ll do a lot of the extra things to help me get better.”
The six-foot middle/right side player, with a knack for knocking down points at the net, was selected for the team from more than 40 elite players at the High Performance Centre (HPC) training camp.
It was amazing,” Alyman said of the week-long camp.
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