The Florida Sons/Suns Volleyball Club
is a youth non-profit organization founded in 2005. Our organization is made up of young men, from the ages 10
though 18, and new for this 2008/2009 season, girls age groups 10s, 12s and possibly 15s. Our players travel from a variety
of distances from Southern Dade to Palm Beach and everywhere in between.
Our program
has gained wide recognition in South Florida and in the Nation in a very short period of time, recently receiving an award
from the Florida Region of the USAV for most improved Club in Florida for 2007/2008 season.
During the 2005/2006
season, our first season, our 17s team tied for 5th place in Club division also placing one of our players on the all-tournament
team.
During the 2006/2007 season, the Florida Sons/Suns 18s open team won the Silver Medal
in the Southern California Invitational and East Coast Championships and took home a tie for 10th in the National tournament
at the Junior National Olympics Open Division in Atlanta, Georgia. No Florida team had ever even won a game in
the open division prior to this.
The 2007/2008 season has been filled with
exciting competition! Over the Memorial Day weekend we participated in the East Coast Boys Invitational Championship
in Richmond, VA with three of our 5 teams, the "15s", "16s", and "18s". Our
15's and 16's teams each won Silver Medals for their respective divisions. The 16's team also won a Bid to play in the
Open Division at the Junior Olympics in Sandy City, Utah.
During the 2007/2008
season, our teams at the Florida Regional Tournament in Orlando captured 3 Golds and 1 Silver. At the Junior
National Tournament in Utah, our 17s team tied for 3rd in the nation placing 2 of our players on the all-tournament team.