Powell Makes USA Roster For Volleyball Nations League
June 04, 2025 | Volleyball
SEATTLE – Former Husky standout Ella May Powell has made her first Volleyball Nations League active roster with the USA National Team, which starts its tournament run today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The tournament is one of the most prized and competitive on the international level, and features three weeks of preliminary round play in different locations before the top-eight teams go to a final round in Poland in late July.
Powell, a four-time All-American setter for the Huskies from 2018-22, is part of a young USA squad that opens up the four-week long tournament against Italy at 10 a.m. this morning.
Matches will be televised on CBS Sports Network or Big Ten Network.
Powell led the Huskies to Pac-12 titles in 2020 and 2021 and the 2021 Final Four, while finishing second in UW history and third in Pac-12 history with 6,220 career assists. She earned four All-Pac-12 Team honors and was the 2022-23 Washington recipient of the Tom Hansen Medal for the top graduating senior student-athlete.
Since leaving UW Powell has played overseas in France, and recently also signed to play next season with League One Volleyball back home in America.
Powell is the first Husky on the USA National Team roster for the VNL tournament since Kara Bajema in 2022.
The tournament is one of the most prized and competitive on the international level, and features three weeks of preliminary round play in different locations before the top-eight teams go to a final round in Poland in late July.
Powell, a four-time All-American setter for the Huskies from 2018-22, is part of a young USA squad that opens up the four-week long tournament against Italy at 10 a.m. this morning.
Matches will be televised on CBS Sports Network or Big Ten Network.
Powell led the Huskies to Pac-12 titles in 2020 and 2021 and the 2021 Final Four, while finishing second in UW history and third in Pac-12 history with 6,220 career assists. She earned four All-Pac-12 Team honors and was the 2022-23 Washington recipient of the Tom Hansen Medal for the top graduating senior student-athlete.
Since leaving UW Powell has played overseas in France, and recently also signed to play next season with League One Volleyball back home in America.
Powell is the first Husky on the USA National Team roster for the VNL tournament since Kara Bajema in 2022.
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