The Inaugural First Point National High School Invitational Volleyball Tournament will be held Saturday March 29, and Sunday, March 30, at the Austin Sports Center in Austin, Texas.
It is believed this tournament will be the first of its kind anywhere in the United States – a truly national tournament featuring 16 boys high school volleyball teams hailing from up to 16 different states.
The event will be live streamed, profiled in VolleyballMag and “The BIC” (AVCA boys/men’s volleyball newsletter) and promoted/publicized via First Point Volleyball Foundation and the AVCA.
NEW OFFERING FOR ALL TEAMS: We are partnering with Slunks and they are planning to provide custom shorts for every team that will be designed in the spirit of the state they will be representing in the tournament.
Registration is first come first serve. We have only two spots left, so please act quickly if you are interested.
COMPETITION FORMAT:
Saturday, March 29 – Pool Play
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Teams will be split into four pools to determine playoff seeding for Sunday. All teams will play three matches on Saturday. All matches are best-of-three sets
Top two finishers in each pool advance to Gold Bracket. Bottom two finishers in each pool go to Silver Bracket
Sunday, March 30 – extended elimination playoff
8:00 a.m. –2:00 p.m.
All teams guaranteed at least two full matches on Sunday.
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All matches will have an R1 and R2 official. Trophy for winning team, plus 10 all-tournament selection.
Here is a link to the Tournament Registration Google Form which provides the starting point to register a team and submit a Tournament Registration Fee. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aqzCiaqdja1QmA4Nt3m4iHEjzjK-ii9yy0ADPgE-gfw/edit
TRAVEL/HOTEL
Teams will be responsible for booking their own travel and hotels. Most teams will fly in on Friday, March 28, and fly out after the tournament on Sunday, March 30. Austin International Airport is accessible from virtually every major airport in the country and there are more than two dozen hotels within 5 miles of the competition venue.
FYI – no school is officially “reserved” until their registration fee of $350 ($360.75 with processing) is submitted, but here is a list of high schools, by state, that have already registered:
HOTEL:
There are five hotels in close proximity to our tournament venue (the Austin Sports Center) that EM2 housing has access to reduced rates. See link below
https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/reservations/create/events/39537/hotels
To book, call Ashley Teniente at EM2 Housing at (800) 603-0917.
AIRFARE
Austin Sports Center has arranged that travelers to the First Point National Invitational will receive 50 percent more Rapid Rewards bonus points on all qualifying flights using Promo Code (99881095) and their Rapid Rewards Member number
Discounts of 4 percent or 5 percent on eligible fares are for reservations booked September 9, 2024, through March 25, 2025, for travel to or from AUS 03/26/2025 through 04/02/2025.
Book your flights by clicking HERE, adding your Rapid Rewards Account in the top right corner, entering your departure and arrival details, and entering “99881095” into the Promo Code field to receive eligible discounts.
Registered Schools/Teams
1.Alabama – Elberta High School
2.Arizona – Arizona College Prep
3.California – Windward School
4. Delaware – Salesianum High
5. Georgia – Cowetta County All-Stars
6. Missouri – Marquette High School
7. New Mexico – Volcano Vista High School
8. North Carolina – Weddington High School
9. Oklahoma – Jenks High School
10. Oregon – Silverton High School
11. Tennessee- Green Hill High School
12. Texas – Austin All-Stars
13. Utah – Maple Mountain High School
14. Washington – Shorecrest High SchoolTwo spots left as of October 16.
For more information, contact Kenny Rogers at (310) 692-0162 (mobile).
About FirstPoint USA
FirstPoint USA was founded in 2001 by Andrew Kean, a former student-athlete, All-American award winner and Hall of Fame inductee at the University of Cincinnati.
For Andrew, like many athletes today, US college sports were a mystery. It was a process athletes and families wanted to understand, yet no one was there to tell you how to do it – and do it well.
Supported by the Princes Trust, Andrew created FirstPoint to provide aspiring sportsmen & women with opportunities to pursue both their academic and sporting careers at American universities.
Today, FirstPoint is recognized as the world’s leading sports scholarship and university admissions service, supporting over 60,000 prospective student-athletes each year, from across 182 countries.
FirstPoint USA was created by athletes, for athletes.
