UW Alum Tama Miyashiro selected for Olympic qualifier tournament

The 2012 London Olympics are less than one year away, and former Washington volleyball players are still in the running for the women's Olympic team.

Washington alumni Tama Miyashiro (6) and Courtney Thompson (15)
playing for the USA at the Pan Am Games

UW's Tama Miyashiro was selected to compete in the Women's World Cup, to be held November 4-18 in Japan. The event is the first 2012 Olympic Games qualification event, with the top three teams earning a spot in the London games next summer.

Miyashiro and UW alum Courtney Thompson were both part of the squad that took the bronze last month at the Pan Am Games in Mexico. Both former Huskies saw considerable playing time.

The World Cup roster:

Setters Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) and Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.), outside hitters Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.), Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) and Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), middle blockers Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) and Jennifer Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.), opposites Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas), and liberos Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) and Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii).