Park Jeong-ah of the women’s volleyball team.

Coach Fernando Morales, who has newly taken over the leadership of the women's volleyball team, summons the national team and takes official action.

On the 3rd, the Korea Volleyball Association announced that the women's volleyball team led by new coach Morales is scheduled to convene on the 15th.

Previously, the Volleyball Association appointed Puerto Rico national team coach Morales as the new national team coach to succeed coach Cesar Hernández last month.

Coach Morales was appointed as the coach of the Korean national team in recognition of his leadership, including raising Puerto Rico, which was in a period of generational change, to 16th in the world rankings.

The association held a women's performance improvement committee meeting on the 3rd and finalized the 16-member national team list after reviewing the list recommended by Coach Morales.

The setter team is led by Kim Da-in (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Kim Ji-won (GS Caltex), and Park Sa-rang (Pepper Savings Bank), and the libero positions are led by Kim Yeon-gyeon (Hyundai Engineering & Construction) and Moon Jeong-won (Korea Expressway Corporation).

Five people, including Kang So-hwi (GS Caltex), Park Jeong-ah (Pepper Savings Bank), Lee So-young (Cheong Kwan-jang), Jeong Ji-yoon (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), and Pyo Seung-ju (IBK Industrial Bank of Korea), were selected as outside hitters, and Kim Da-eun (Heungkuk Life Insurance) was selected as the outside hitter. and Lee Seon-woo (Director) were selected. Four people, including Lee Da-hyeon (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Joo-ah Lee (Heungkuk Life Insurance), Ho-young Jeong (Director General), and Jeong-min Choi (IBK Industrial Bank of Korea), will join the middle blockers. The national team will be convened on the 15th and participate in training led by Coach Morales. Afterwards, they will participate in the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) starting next month. This year's VNL will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 14 to 19, in Arlington, Texas, USA from May 28 to June 2, and in Fukuoka, Japan from June 11 to 16. The women's national team suffered the humiliation of losing all of their games for two consecutive years in the 2022 and 2023 VNL after Kim Yeon-kyung (Heungkuk Life Insurance) and Yang Hyo-jin (Hyundai Engineering & Construction) retired from the national team. ◇Women's national volleyball team list (16 players) △Setter: Da-in Kim (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Ji-won Kim (GS Caltex), Park Sa-rang (Pepper Savings Bank) △Libero: Yeon-gyeon Kim (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Jeong-won Moon (Korea Expressway Corporation) △Middle blocker: Lee Da-hyeon (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Joo-ah Lee (Heungkuk Life Insurance), Ho-young Jeong (Director of Cheong Kwan), Jeong-min Choi (IBK Industrial Bank of Korea) △ Outside heaters: So-hwi Kang (GS Caltex), Jeong-ah Park (Pepper Savings Bank), So-young Lee (Director of Cheong Kwan), Jeong Ji-yoon (Hyundai) Construction), Seungjoo Pyo (IBK Industrial Bank) △Aposite: Daeun Kim (Heungkuk Life Insurance), Seonwoo Lee (Director of Cheonggwan) 19가이드03