>(PRWEB) February 10, 2012 Leading college athletic scholarship and recruitment information website AthleticScholarships.com has recently released Division I women’s volleyball recruiting guidelines. The guidelines are a top-level view of what college volleyball programs and coaches consider to be the model statistics for high level, 5-star recruits. However, Division I volleyball coaches and recruiters, like Charlie Adams, say they also take into account accolades and academics when scouting for recruits. Students and their families also need to start planning early. “I think what families struggle with the most is they don’t understand you need to start early. It’s like retirement,” Adams explains. “It is a process. Start early, start building relationships with college coaches. Make yourself as appealing as possible.” It’s essential for high school athletes wishing to compete at the collegiate level to understand that evaluating prospective athletes is not an exact science and competition is very high in Division I women’s volleyball. The volleyball recruiting guidelines serve to help student athletes better prepare themselves for the recruitment process and increase their odds of getting a position on a Division I women’s volleyball team. The guidelines were created using data from numerous sources, including hundreds of women’s volleyball recruits, college volleyball coaches from around the country and college rosters. The reason for analyzing this data is to identify the model stats for female volleyball players that are chosen to play at the Division I collegiate level. Division I Women’s Volleyball Recruitment Stats for High Level Players Division I Tier 1 Upper Level Candidate Stats High School Experience:
    Varsity Starter 3-4 years     Typically attend 4A, 5A, 6A high school that has a nationally known volleyball program     Team Captain     All-State, All-Conference, All Region recognition/honors     High School All-American and/or Volleyball Magazine All-American Club Experience:
    5+ years of national level club level experience     Placed highly at national tournaments     All-American, USA JO All-American Tournament honors/recognition National Experience:
    Participation in high performance camps and regional teams     Participation in USA HP Championships     Chosen for Junior, Youth or USA Select National Team Stats by Position Defensive Specialist / Libero
    Height – 5′5″ – 6′0″     Weight – avg. 125 lbs     Vertical – 28″ or higher Middle Hitter
    Height – 6′0″ – 6′4″     Weight – avg. 155 lbs     Block Jump – 9′5″ or higher     Approach Jump – 10′0″ or higher Setter
    Height – 5′8″- 6′1″     Weight – avg. 130 lbs     Block Jump – 9′2″ or higher     Approach Jump – 9′8″ or higher Outside Hitter / RS
    Height – 5′11″- 6′2″     Weight – avg. 140 lbs     Block Jump – 9′4″ or higher     Approach Jump – 9′10″ or higher Division I Tier 2 Mid to Lower Candidate Stats High School Experience:
    Varsity Starter 2-3 years     Team Captain     All-State, All-Conference, All Region participation Club Experience:
    3+ years of national level club level experience or 5+ years club experience not on national level     National tournament participation National Experience:
    Participation in high performance camps, regional or stte teams     Participation in USA HP Championships Stats by Position Defensive Specialist / Libero
    Height – 5′5″ – 5′10″     Vertical – 24″ or higher Middle Hitter
    Height – 5′11″ – 6′3″     Block Jump – 9′3″ or higher     Approach Jump – 10′0″ or higher Setter
    Height – 5′8″- 6′1″     Block Jump – 9′0″ or higher     Approach Jump – 9′3″ or higher Outside Hitter / RS
    Height – 5′10″- 6′0″     Block Jump – 9′1″ or higher     Approach Jump – 9′7″ or higher Preferred Grades for Division I Women’s Volleyball Recruits
    3.0 GPA     ACT score of 24 or higher     SAT score of 1000 out of a possible 1600 To get more information on volley recruiting, see women’s volleyball recruiting videos or find out more about athletic scholarship statistics in states, divisions and schools across the country, please visit: AthleticScholarships.com About AthleticScholarships.com AthleticScholarships.com is a leading provider of college athletic scholarship statistics and recruitment information. The organization helps student athletes identify opportunities and make connections with recruiters across the country by gathering stats on a wide variety of men’s and women’s sports and delivering the information in an easily searchable format that allows users to search by sport, state, division and school. ### …

Source: AthleticScholarships.org Division I Women’s Volleyball Recruiting…

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The U.S. Army soldier accused of leaking thousands of classified and sensitive documents to the anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks made his first public appearance in court Friday. In a pre-trial hearing expected to last five days, prosecutors contend that Private First Class Bradley Manning should be tried in a military court.At a vigil outside the base, supporters raised their voices for Manning as his pre-trial hearing began.For Manning’s supporters, the case goes beyond the allegations he leaked thousands of documents – documents that often provided a blunt and unflattering picture of U.S. views of world leaders’ private and public lives.For them, the case is also about the treatment Manning has received, even before his trial began.Former military officer Dan Choi was among those at the rally. He said that even if Manning did what he is accused of, he was trying to do what he thought was right. “A soldier who did nothing but stand for the values of America, not tried yet, but held in solitary confinement for a year and a half. In solitary confinement, stripped, interrogated, not able to see the sunlight or his family or his friends. Nobody can say that justice can be served,” said Choi.

Max Obuszewski believes Manning is being used to set an example. jwplayer(’jwPlayer1′).setup({’flashplayer’: ‘http://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/ThePlatform/jwplayer/5_8_licensed/player.swf’,'file’: ‘http://av.voanews.com/VOA_Clickability_Feed_Connector/29/704/CN_Wikileaks_Soldier_WEB-fixed-x264-YoutubeHQwTag.mp4′,’controlbar’: ‘bottom’,'image’: ‘http://media.voanews.com/images/CN_Wikileaks_Soldier_WEB-fixed-x264-YoutubeHQwTag_640×480_2177564043.jpg’,'width’: ‘480′,’height’: ‘297′,’plugins’: {’sharing-3′: {code: ‘%3Ciframe width%3D%27480%27 height%3D%27305%27 src%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Ftemplates%2FwidgetDisplay.html%3Fid%3D135763983%26player%3Darticle%27 frameborder%3D%270%27 allowfullscreen%3E%3C%2Fiframe%3E’,link: ‘http://www.voanews.com/templates/widgetDisplay.html?id=135763983&player=article’},’gapro-2′: { accountid: ‘19450753-5′, trackstarts:’true’, trackpercentage:’true’, tracktime:’true’}},’backcolor’:'666666′,’frontcolor’:'FFFFFF’});

“Why did they put Bradley Manning in a Quantico brig [jail]? Keep him in a cell 23 hours a day? Have him strip naked when he comes out, etc, etc, etc.? They did it because they want to let other people know, especially military and other people in the government. Don’t blow the whistle. You don’t know what we’re going to do to you,” said Obuszewski.Human rights groups have raised concerns and the United Nations’ torture investigator is preparing to release a report on Manning’s treatment.In April of this year, Manning was moved from Quantico to a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The Pentagon has rejected claims that the decision had anything to do with his treatment at Quantico.The Obama administration has criticized the release of the classified information and documents that were eventually posted on the anti-secrecy Wikileaks web site. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the leaks put people’s lives in danger and threaten national security.”I think that in an age when so much information is flying through cyberspace, we all have to be aware of the fact that some information, which is sensitive, which does affect the security of individuals and relationships, has to be protected,” said Clinton.Manning’s pre-trial hearing is expected to conclude early next week. At the end, the presiding officer will decide if Manning, who turns 24 on Saturday, should face a court martial [military trial]. His defense attorney on Friday argued the hearing officer has a conflict of interest. The defense has argued the leaks did no damage.In addition to the documents that Manning is alleged to have leaked, he also is suspected of leaking a video of a U.S. helicopter crew in Iraq that shows soldiers gunning down 12 men. It was reported later that a Reuters news photographer and his driver were among those killed.The video is one example frequently cited by supporters that shows that if Manning did what he is accused of, he was just trying to reveal the truth.But military analyst Michael O’Hanlon disagrees.”There is no defense for leaking tens of thousands of files. There maybe is for leaking a few hundred if you feel that the government has gone way off track and you’ve got someway to prove it. In that case, the way our system works, you better be ready to pay the price if you feel that strongly,” said O’Hanlon.

If convicted, the price Manning ultimately may have to pay is life in prison. He faces several charges including aiding the enemy, which is a capital offense. But prosecutors say they are not seeking the death penalty.Timeline: Key Dates in Wikileaks Cases

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WASHINGTON – JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders, is not doing enough to help Americans avoid foreclosures, the Obama administration said.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that JPMorgan Chase is still doing a poor job helping people permanently lower their mortgage payments as part of the government’s foreclosure-prevention program 70 000 BTU heaters. The lender has been cited for rejecting people who were eligible for mortgage modifications three separate times since June.

JPMorgan said in a statement that it was “disappointed with our rating” and that it “will continue to work hard to improve our processes and controls.”

The government first criticized four lenders — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and Ocwen Loan Servicing — in June, and began withholding financial incentives of up to $1,000 per modification.

Wells Fargo and Ocwen, a division of Ocwen Financial Corp., were removed from the list of companies needing “substantial improvement” in September. Bank of America got off the list in December.

The mortgage-aid program was launched in 2009 and was intended to help those at risk of foreclosure by lowering their monthly payments. Borrowers start with lower payments on a trial basis. But the program has struggled to convert them into permanent loan modifications. Homeowners have complained that the program is a bureaucratic mess. Many say they were disqualified after banks lost their documents and failed to return their phone calls. Banks have blamed homeowners for failing to submit needed paperwork.

More than 1.7 million troubled homeowners received trial modifications over the past two years. But as of October, more than half of them — about 880,000