PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State volleyball player Jocelyn Urias will compete in the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) World Grand Prix this summer as a member of the Mexican National Team.
 
Urias, a redshirt sophomore middle blocker from Tijuana, Mexico, was a three-year member of the Mexican Junior National Team and has played for the Baja California Club team. She was named the MVP of the 2015 Copa Federacion (Federation Cup), a qualifying tournament for the Liga Mexicana de Voleibol (LMV).
 
Urias also played on the Mexican National Team at the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix, but the team did not advance from preliminary rounds in pool play.
 
The 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix takes place in international locations July 7-9, 14-16 and 21-23. This year's Grand Prix tournament is the largest ever, with 32 teams from countries divided into three groups. Groups 1 and 2 have 12 teams each and Group 3 is comprised of eight teams: Australia, Algeria, Cameroon, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. The Group 3 Preliminary Round will be played in four-team pools over two weekends. The best four teams from Groups 2 and 3 will join the top six teams from Group 1 to play in the finals. The Final Four tournament will feature the top three teams of the combined standings plus the event hosts.