The Age Definition Policy was most recently revised by the USA Volleyball Board of Directors on January 19, 2002. Revised 08/26/2010
USA VOLLEYBALL JUNIOR PLAYER AGE DEFINITION Once a player participates (including but not limited to practicing, training, attending workouts and/or competing) in a club or varsity program for any university, college, community college, or junior college, he/she is ineligible to take part in any regional and national programming, which includes but is not limited to national JNC qualifying and championship events.
18 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1992
or
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1991 and a high school student in the twelfth (12th) grade or below during some part of the current academic year
17 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1993
16 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1994
15 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1995
14 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1996
13 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1997
12 and Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1, 1998
The classification cut-off date of the September 1 was reviewed by the USAV Youth/Junior Olympic Volleyball Division (YJOVD) prior to the USAV 2008 Annual Meetings and research justified the continuation of the cut-off date of September 1. Additional information can be found on the USA Volleyball Website.
These age definitions are used by domestic club programs and are NOT the same as the age definitions for the International and Domestic High Performance programs for 2011.
For use during the 2010-2011 Season
USAV Age Classification
