SANFORD, Fla.- 2025 NCAA Division III national champions Riley Borrowman (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) and Grace Juergens (Lockport, Ill./Lockport Community) have been invited to take part in the Brazil Tour 2026 with USA D-3 Volleyball.
 
The USA D-3 program is led by Ron Smith, who has over 20 years of experience with the organization and administration of sports tours and events.
 
The USA D-3 Volleyball teams are invited NCAA Division III men's and women's players from across the country. This team is comprised of some of the best collegiate volleyball players in the nation. The 10 women's players represent six different colleges and universities and come from six different home states. The 10 men's players hail from seven different schools and nine different home states.
 
"This is an outstanding group of young women & men," said Smith. "Many of the players on this year's USA D-3 Volleyball Team - Brazil Tour had great individual seasons and led their teams into post season play. This tour is designed to expose players to a great international volleyball experience while providing a once in a lifetime opportunity for educational, cultural and social growth."
 
UW-Oshkosh women's volleyball (34-3, 7-0 WIAC) captured the first national championship in program history in Bloomington, Ill. on Dec. 6, winning a 3-0 decision over University of La Verne (Calif.). The sweeping victory capped off a national tournament run that saw the Titans win all 18 sets which represented the first sweep of the tournament since 2004.
 
The Titans won their third outright WIAC regular season championship with seven victories over league opponents and secured the fifth (first since 2008) WIAC Tournament title with a reverse sweep over UW-Eau Claire at home on Nov. 15.
 
Juergens was selected to the All-WIAC and American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region first teams while earning AVCA All-American Honorable Mention honors. She was also a member of the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ® Team.
 
The USA D-3 Volleyball Teams tour will run from June 8-17.  The teams will begin with orientation in Orlando, Florida on June 8 before the team departs for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The teams will play (Doubleheader) in the cities and clubs visited.  The Teams are scheduled to play on June 10-11 11 in Rio. In Brazil the teams will be a part of an "International Challenge" on June 13 at the Marina Barra Clube in Barra Tijuca.  The USA teams will play three matches each against Brazilian teams.
 
During the team's time in Rio it will conduct a youth clinic at the Marina Barra Clube, hosted by Ripper Volei as part of the social outreach project. This popular outreach opportunity for the USA D-3 Volleyball Teams is already filled to capacity.
 
While in Brazil the team will experience educational, cultural and social aspects of Brazilian life through city, school and sports club visits. In Rio the team will be staying on the world-famous Copacabana Beach (location for the 2016 Rio Olympic Beach Volleyball) and touring the Christ the Redeemer Statue and Sugar Loaf Mountain, two of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.  The team will visit the popular international market in Ipanema and Ipanema Beach.