Tallahassee Club Volleyball Team Finishes Second in USAV National Tournament

Tallahassee’s Prostyle Volleyball Academy (PSVA) 17 & under indoor volleyball team finished second in the USA Volleyball 2025 Girls’ Junior National Championship Tournament.

The tournament was held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas from June 25 to July 3, 2025. The event featured over 1,000 teams in various divisions for the 14-17 age groups. The 17 & under age group featured 381 teams in six divisions.

Tallahassee qualified in the 17 & under Liberty Division which featured 24 teams. Tallahassee entered the tournament seeded 16th but was able to finish first in their six-team pool with a record of 4-1, ahead of the #2 & #8 seeded teams.

After three consecutive two set victories in the playoff round (best of three set format) Tallahassee qualified for the Gold bracket which featured four teams with national rankings between 70-100.

Tallahassee advanced to the finals with a 3-set victory over a club from Atlanta, 25-22, 23-25, & 15-11 and then fell in the finals to a club from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 25-20, 25- 15.

The team was coached by Kaitlin Jahn, the Chiles High School indoor coach.

Jahn told TR, “I am so proud of our players. We have played a very competitive schedule all season and trained to perform at the highest level. Prostyle volleyball club has supported and put us in a position to compete with some of the biggest clubs in the country. Our players were never underestimated, although Tallahassee is a smaller town compared to others we played against. Our players were well prepared to battle with the best and I’m so honored to lead them to the podium.”

Prostyle Volleyball Academy (PSVA) has been fielding teams in the Tallahassee area since 2013. Gokhan Yilmaz, the head coach at Florida A&M University since 2018, is the club’s executive director.

The All-Tournament Team featured three players from the Tallahassee team. They included Eva Goodson, Natalie Gibson, and Lindsay Smith