Julie Rubenstein of Pepperdine University’s women’s volleyball program, has been named to a senior-level USA volleyball squad that will travel to Cairo, Egypt in mid-April for a pair of international matches.
The trip abroad is part of an exchange program involving the Olympic Committees of United States and Egypt.
The 12 team players were selected by Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon and are on the verge of being added to the U.S. Women’s National Team.
The U.S. squad left for Cairo on April 7 and will play Egypt on April 10 and 12 before returning home on April 14.
Rubenstein, a Camarillo native and Oaks Christian High School graduate, played with the USA’s A2 team during summer of 2007 and with a USA Select team in the summer of 2006.
In 2008, she finished one of the best careers in Pepperdine history, was named to the AVCA All-American third team as a senior and earned All-West Coast Conference honors in each of her four seasons, including the last three on the first team.
Rubenstein was also selected to the AVCA All-Pacific Region first team honors for the first time in 2008, and was voted Pepperdine’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2007-08. She is a three-time WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient, a three-time WCC All-Academic selection, a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree and became Pepperdine’s first AVCA All-American selection since 2003.
Rubenstein led the WCC in both kills (4.42) and points (5.14) per set in 2008. She finished her Pepperdine career third all-time with 1,743 kills, third with 2,064 points, fifth with 4.12 kills per set and fifth with 116 service aces. She never missed a set in her four-year career, playing 423 in total.