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Starlings SD - Escondido offers volleyball through a 2025-26 Spring Season Tryout, weekly practices, tournaments, and clinics. Players take part in the 2025-26 Spring Season Tryout, a Friendship Tournament, the Starlings National Tournament, a 2025 volleyball clinic, and a Weekly Clinic.
• Ages: 12–18 years old
• Schedule: 2025-26 Spring Season Tryout on 2/7/26 Saturday at 1pm; practices on Mondays and Wednesdays/Thursdays from 6–7:30pm (except 4/6 and 5/25), with the first practice on 2/23/25; tournament dates include San Diego series events on 3/29/26, 4/12/26, 4/26/26, and 5/31/26, a Friendship Tournament on 3/8/26, and the Starlings National Tournament from 6/12–6/15
• Price: Season fee of $585, which covers the 4 tournament fees for the San Diego Series, coaching, facility, insurance, and a uniform packet; the Friendship Tournament and the Starlings National Tournament are optional and require additional fees
The uniform packet includes 1 uniform top, 1 practice T-shirt, and 1 spandex, and additional team gear can be ordered individually at extra cost. A face mask is strongly recommended in indoor areas regardless of vaccination status. The club director is Joanne Lin.
Starlings Volleyball, USA began in 1996 with a single team at Lincoln High School in San Diego, California, and has grown to serve more than 3,000 girls in more than 75 clubs. Starlings programs can be found in over 70 cities and Native American reservations nationwide, with approximately 75 clubs in more than 50 cities and Native American reservations throughout the U.S. Starlings Volleyball, USA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and its mission is to positively impact the lives of at-risk girls through the sport of volleyball.
Starlings dues, if any, are a fraction of most junior club costs, with the goal that no girl is turned away because of inability to pay. Beginning in 1996 with a single inner-city San Diego team, Starlings has grown to become the nation's largest junior volleyball club, serving more than 3,000 girls in more than 75 clubs.
One student, Lili Sun, 10th grade, states that “Starlings isn't just about volleyball. It teaches us how to set goals and how to get across the bumps in the road we're all maneuvering along — the road to success.” Deitre Collins-Parker, head women’s coach at San Diego State University and a starter on the 1988 U.S. Olympic volleyball team, notes that volleyball is not affordable for many families and that Starlings gives young athletes a chance to continue playing and competing after the high school season, and that San Diego State coaches have gone to Starlings tournaments to recruit and have seen many talented athletes.
Last updated June 16, 2026.
• Ages: 12–18 years old
• Schedule: 2025-26 Spring Season Tryout on 2/7/26 Saturday at 1pm; practices on Mondays and Wednesdays/Thursdays from 6–7:30pm (except 4/6 and 5/25), with the first practice on 2/23/25; tournament dates include San Diego series events on 3/29/26, 4/12/26, 4/26/26, and 5/31/26, a Friendship Tournament on 3/8/26, and the Starlings National Tournament from 6/12–6/15
• Price: Season fee of $585, which covers the 4 tournament fees for the San Diego Series, coaching, facility, insurance, and a uniform packet; the Friendship Tournament and the Starlings National Tournament are optional and require additional fees
The uniform packet includes 1 uniform top, 1 practice T-shirt, and 1 spandex, and additional team gear can be ordered individually at extra cost. A face mask is strongly recommended in indoor areas regardless of vaccination status. The club director is Joanne Lin.
Starlings Volleyball, USA began in 1996 with a single team at Lincoln High School in San Diego, California, and has grown to serve more than 3,000 girls in more than 75 clubs. Starlings programs can be found in over 70 cities and Native American reservations nationwide, with approximately 75 clubs in more than 50 cities and Native American reservations throughout the U.S. Starlings Volleyball, USA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and its mission is to positively impact the lives of at-risk girls through the sport of volleyball.
Starlings dues, if any, are a fraction of most junior club costs, with the goal that no girl is turned away because of inability to pay. Beginning in 1996 with a single inner-city San Diego team, Starlings has grown to become the nation's largest junior volleyball club, serving more than 3,000 girls in more than 75 clubs.
One student, Lili Sun, 10th grade, states that “Starlings isn't just about volleyball. It teaches us how to set goals and how to get across the bumps in the road we're all maneuvering along — the road to success.” Deitre Collins-Parker, head women’s coach at San Diego State University and a starter on the 1988 U.S. Olympic volleyball team, notes that volleyball is not affordable for many families and that Starlings gives young athletes a chance to continue playing and competing after the high school season, and that San Diego State coaches have gone to Starlings tournaments to recruit and have seen many talented athletes.
Last updated June 16, 2026.
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