SpikeOut Tournament
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.
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 School 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: ?
2nd Place: ?
Host: California School for the Deaf, Fremont (Fremont, CA)
Fast Facts
- Maryland, Indiana, and Texas are tied for hosting SpikeOut Tournament three times. (Indiana - 1999, 2006 and 2011) & (Texas - 2002, 2007 and 2013) & (Maryland - 2003, 2008 and 2014)
- 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 and Indiana are tied for the most appearances in championship game; twelve times out of sixteen tournaments
- Maryland and Indiana faced each other in championship game nine times, Maryland winning five 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 seven times. Indiana comes in second with five titles
- During SpikeOut XIV, Texas snapped Maryland's streak of 10 championship match appearances
- 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 finals twenty-four times in the last sixteen tournaments
- In 2013, California School for the Deaf - Fremont became the 1st team from the West 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 titles
- 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 sixteen tournaments, only five schools have won the SpikeOut volleyball titles; Maryland, Indiana, Texas, Model and California-Fremont