COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Members of the 2025 signing class, Corbin Batista and Layton Bluth, have been invited to the 2025 U.S. Boys U19 National Team, USA Volleyball announced Monday evening.
Bluth is a back-to-back state champion at Casteel High School in Gilbert, Arizona. The 5-foot-8-inch libero also competed with USA Volleyball last summer on the 2024 U.S. Boys U19 National Team.
Batista is a 6-foot-7-inch outside hitter/opposite from St. George who is a two-time Utah All-Star. Batista is the son of 2004 national champion Victor Batista who played volleyball for the Cougars from 2004-06.
USA Volleyball selected 28 athletes who will participate in a training block from June 1-7 at the National Team Training Center in Anaheim, California. At the conclusion of training, 12 athletes will then be selected to compete at the 2025 NORCECA Boys U19 Pan American Cup, and another 12 will be selected to compete at the 2025 FIVB Boys U19 World Championship.
Athletes competing in the Pan American Cup will attend a mini-training camp from July 3-6 in Leesburg, Florida, before heading off to Cuernavaca, Morales, Mexico, for the Pan American Cup, July 7-13.
Athletes competing in the World Championship will attend a second training block from July 12-July 17 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and then a European training block in Madrid, Spain, July 18-21. The World Championship is July 24-Aug. 3 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Learn more about the U19 team at the USA Volleyball website.