CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) – A Champaign native could get the chance to play volleyball internationally this summer.

Caroline Kerr, a graduate of St. Thomas More, received an invite to train with the 2025 Women’s U23 National Team for the NORCECA U23 Pan American Cup.

Kerr was an All-American in 2024 as a redshirt sophomore at the University of Tennessee. She recorded more than 1,000 assists in the season for the second straight year.

She’s one of just 18 athletes invited to the U23 camp in Anaheim, Calif., from July 18-25.

She looks forward to representing Central Illinois on a big stage, as she has been for years with the Vols.

“I think it’s just really cool to be able to wear that with pride,” Kerr said. “Especially in the SEC there’s not too many Champaign, Illinois out there. So I take a lot of pride in it, being from Illinois and being from Champaign, and credit a lot of my success to the training I’ve been lucky enough to have growing up.”

12 of the 18 athletes will be chosen to represent the United States July 25-August 2 in Leon, Mexico. 

Caroline’s younger sister, Addison Kerr, just wrapped up her senior year with the Sabers and is committed to play college volleyball at Southern Illinois.