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The Spike-Out Volleyball Tournament originated at the Indiana School for the Deaf in 1999 under the Athletic Director and Volleyball Coach Brian Bippus, who envisioned a national deaf volleyball tournament bringing together outstanding teams and athletes. The idea was to bring top teams to one site and let them “spike each other out” to claim the national championship. The school who wins that year's tournament often win the year's Deaf Prep National Volleyball Championship. Texas School for the Deaf Girls' was the team to win the inaugural SpikeOut Volleyball Tournament championship in 1999.

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History of SpikeOut Tournament


SpikeOut I (1999)

Champion: Texas School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Host: Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)

SpikeOut II (2000)

Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Indiana School for the Deaf

Host: Model Secondary School for the Deaf (Washington, D.C.)

SpikeOut III (2001)

Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Host: Kansas State School For the Deaf (Olathe, KS)

SpikeOut IV (2002)

Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Maryland School for the Deaf

Host: Texas School for the Deaf (Austin, TX)

SpikeOut V (2003)

Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Indiana School for the Deaf

Host: Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD)

SpikeOut VI (2004)

Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Maryland School for the Deaf

Host: Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (Faribault, MN)

SpikeOut VII (2005)

Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Maryland School for the Deaf

Host: California School for the Deaf, Fremont (Fremont, CA)

SpikeOut VIII (2006)

Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Texas School for the Deaf

Host: Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)

SpikeOut VIV (2007)

Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Texas School for the Deaf

Host: Texas School for the Deaf (Austin, TX)

SpikeOut X (2008)

Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Indiana School for the Deaf

Host: Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD)

SpikeOut XI (2009)

Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Indiana School for the Deaf

Host: Wisconsin School for the Deaf (Delavan, WI)

SpikeOut XII (2010)

Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Indiana School for the Deaf

Host: California School for the Deaf, Riverside (Riverside, CA)

SpikeOut XIII (2011)

Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Maryland School for the Deaf

Host: Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)

SpikeOut XIV (2012)

Champions: Texas School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Indiana School for the Deaf

Host: Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind (Tucson, AZ)

SpikeOut XV (2013)

Champions: California School for the Deaf, Fremont

2nd Place: Maryland School for the Deaf

Host: Texas School for the Deaf (Austin, TX)

SpikeOut XVI (2014)

Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Indiana School for the Deaf

Host: Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD)

SpikeOut XVII (2015)

Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Indiana School for the Deaf

Host: California School for the Deaf, Fremont (Fremont, CA)

SpikeOut XVIII (2016)

Champions: Texas School for the Deaf

2nd Place: Maryland School for the Deaf

Host: Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)

SpikeOut XVIV (2017)

Champions:

2nd Place:

Host: Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD)

Fast Facts

  • Texas School for the Deaf Girls' was the first team to win the annual SpikeOut Volleyball Tournament championship in 1999.
  • Indiana and Maryland is now tied in leading for hosting SpikeOut Tournament four times; Indiana in 1999, 2006, 2011 and 2016, and Maryland in 2003, 2008, 2014 and 2017. Texas comes in second for hosting SpikeOut Tournament three times - 2002, 2007 and 2013.
  • Model, Indiana and Maryland are the only three schools that have won the SpikeOut Tournament on home turf - Model became the first team to do so in 2000, Indiana won on its home turf once in 2011, and Maryland is the only school to do it three times, in 2003, 2008 & 2014.
  • Maryland had the most appearances in championship game; fourteen times out of eighteen tournaments.
  • Maryland and Indiana faced each other in championship game ten times, Maryland winning six titles while Indiana winning four titles.
  • Maryland is the first team to win five consecutive titles, from 2006 to 2010.
  • Maryland is leading for winning the most SpikeOut titles, winning eight times. Indiana comes in second with five titles.
  • During SpikeOut XIV, Texas snapped Maryland's streak of 10 championship match appearances (2002-2011).
  • Texas won their second SpikeOut title in 2012, and was first non-Oriole winner since Model won it in 2000.
  • The Orioles mascot had appeared in SpikeOut finals twenty-seven times in the last eighteen tournaments.
  • In 2013, California School for the Deaf - Fremont became the 1st team from the West Coast to bring home the SpikeOut title.
  • CSD-Fremont won their first ever SpikeOut volleyball title in 2013, becoming the third non-Orioles to win the tournament title.
  • Maryland School for the Deaf is the only school to win the SpikeOut tournament on its home turf every time it hosted the tournament - 2003, 2008 & 2014.
  • In last eighteen tournaments, only five schools have won the SpikeOut volleyball titles; Maryland (8), Indiana (5), Texas (3), Model (1) and California-Fremont (1).
  • Indiana, Maryland, and Texas have finished in the top three every year since 2008 except for 2013.
  • Since 2002, Maryland has advanced to the championship match every year except for 2012.
  • Indiana has placed in top three in 17 out of 18 tournament appearances.

    • References

    SpikeOut Tournament Wikipedia
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