Chelmsford teammates Austin Chadwick, left, John Blake and Joe Markey vie for the ball against Westfield’s Ryan Bucko during game two of their Division 1 State Boys volleyball semifinals at Newton North High School Monday June 15, 2015. Staff photo by Christopher Evans (Photo by Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
(Photo by Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah High School Activities Association has voted to include boys’ volleyball as a sanctioned sport beginning in the 2023-24 school year.
UHSAA announced the vote Thursday, March 24.
The organization announced the news with the following statement:
“The Utah High School Activities Association will be adding a new sanctioned sport to its offerings in the 2023-24 school year.
The UHSAA board of trustees voted Thursday to add the sport of boys’ volleyball to the federation’s list of sanctioned activities, with state tournament competition scheduled to begin in the spring season of the 2023-24 school year. The sport was added in accordance with the federation’s Emerging Sports Policy.
Boys’ volleyball becomes the fifth sport to be sanctioned by the UHSAA since the 2016-17 school year.
In recent years, the organization has sanctioned boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, girls’ wrestling, and competitive cheerleading.
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