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raki owner

Ashley Lee-Maldonado

All Skills, All Levels

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Volleyball Career:

  • Long Beach State VB '07-'11

  • Uni. of Hawaii Beach VB '11-'12

  • Professional NUC Switzerland '13-'14

  • Mater Dei VB Coach '14-present

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Accolades:

  • Big West Champions '07-'11

  • Big West All Freshman

  • Quadruple Double '10

    • 50 assists, 13 digs, 10 kills, 10 block assists

  • Joined Misty May as the only 49er setter ever to have over 2,000 assists, 1,000 digs, and 500 kills

  • Ranked tenth all-time in school history with 1,404 career assists

  • USA Beach

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raki director

Carly Richter

All Skills, All Levels

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Volleyball Career:

  • University of California Irvine

  • 4+ years of coaching experience

  • Clinic Coach

  • RAKI Senior Coach

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Accolades:

  • AAU Nat'l Champ All-Star Team '17

  • 2x MVP of the Freeway League

  • 3x First Team All-League

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Passing Specialist

  • Right Handed

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meet
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CoacH

Shelby Young

All Skills, All Levels

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • 12+ years of coaching

  • Whitney High School

  • Hofstra University

  • American River College

  • Southern Oregon University

  • University of Arizona

  • Head Coach at Sage Hill Boys Program

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Accolades:

  • '07-'09 First Team All League

  • '08-'09 Team MVP

  • '09 San Joaquin All-Star First Team

  • '24 CIF-SS Champion Coach

  • '24 CIF-SS D5 Coach of the Year

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Hitting/Passing Specialist

  • Libero/DS Specialist

  • Mentality Training, Masters in Sports Performance Psychology

  • Right Handed

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coach

Kai Mazuronis

All Skills

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Weber International University

  • Westcliff University

  • Forza1 VB Club

  • Indoor, Beach, & Grass VB

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Accolades:

  • Coming Soon​

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, High Level Athletes

  • Passing Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Left Handed

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CoacH

Cassie Smits

All Skills

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Coastal Carolina University

  • Professional Hungary Team

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Accolades:

  • 1st Time All Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada)

  • Honor Roll at Coastal Carolina

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Setting Specialist

  • Right Handed

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coach

Taylor Richter

All Levels

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:​​

  • 6+ years of playing club

  • 3+ years of coaching club

  • '18 La Habra HS Assist. Varsity Coach

  • Head Frosh Coach at Fullerton HS

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Accolades:

  • First Team All League

  • 2x CIF Appearances

  • 1x CIF Appearance Assist. Coach

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Fundamentals/Basics

  • Right Handed

  • Fun Fact: Coach Taylor is Coach Carly's sister!

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coach

Bailey Olbur

Middle Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:​

  • Vanguard University 

  • 11+ years of playing

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Accolades:

  • ‘19 State Runner Up at Durango HS

  • ‘19 Conference Runner Up at Durango

  • ‘23 GSAC Champion at Vanguard

  • ‘23 Honorable Mention All-American

  • AVCA All Tournament Team

  • ‘23 All GSAC Team ‘23 Scholar Athlete

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Specialty:

  • Middle Specialist

  • Hitting/Blocking Specialist

  • Fundamentals/Basics

  • Right Handed

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coach

Jenny Leitman

Defense Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:​​

  • Woodbridge HS

  • Momentous VB Club

  • '19-'23 Providence College VB

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Accolades:

  • '19 Big East All-Freshman Team

  • 4 Year Varsity HS

  • 2x Conference HS MVP

  • '16-'18 First-Team League

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Specialty:

  • Passing Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Defense/Serve Receive

  • Right Handed

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coach

Brendan Grier

Hitting/Blocking Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:​​​

  • Trabuco Hills HS

  • Laguna Beach VB Club

  • St. Anne Middle School VB Coach

  • Trabuco Hills HS VB Coach

  • Laguna Beach VB Club Coach

  • Indoor & Beach VB​​​​​

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Accolades:

  • 2x 8-0 Varsity Team

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Hitting/Blocking Specialist

  • Right Handed

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Seasonal
Coaches

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seasonal coach

Allie Cook

Libero/DS Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:​​

  • OCVBC

  • Edison High School

  • Irvine Valley College

  • University of Arizona (full ride)

  • Indoor & Beach VB

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Accolades:

  • Ranked #7 Most Kills (indoor) at IVC

  • Ranked #6 Highest Total Kills at IVC

  • #1 Beach Team at IVC

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Specialty:

  • Libero/DS Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Right Handed

Libero/DS Specialist

Active Coach

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seasonal coach

Emma Spindt

Hitting Specialist

Inactive Coach

Volleyball Career:​

  • University of California Irvine

  • 10 years of playing

  • Vision VB Club

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Accolades:

  • Played in 125 sets and totaled 186 kills and 156 digs at UCI

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Specialty:

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Libero/D/S Specialist

  • Fundamentals/Basics

  • Right Handed

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seasonal coach

Amanda Leinbach

Libero/D/S Specialist

Inactive Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Sunshine VB Club

  • Marymount High School

  • University of California Irvine

  • Indoor & Beach VB

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Accolades:

  • '19 Nike Tournament Champions

  • 3x Open Division Junior Olympic Medalist

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Specialty:​

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Libero/DS Specialist

  • Right Handed

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Seasonal coach

Drew Piloto

Setting Specialist

Inactive Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • St. Francis University

  • Vanguard University

  • 9+ years of playing​

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Accolades:

  • Gold and 2x Bronze Medal in club

  • All Tournament Team at Nationals

  • 1st Team All League

  • 2x League and Team MVP

  • 2x GSAC Champions

  • '23 NAIA National Champions​

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Specialty:​

  • Setting Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Right Handed

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SEASONAL coach

Ali Borabo

Libero/D/S Specialist

Inactive Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Played overseas in the Philippines      at De La Salle University

  • College of San Mateo 

  • Vanguard University 

  • Indoor & Beach VB

  • 10 years of playing

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Accolades:

  • 1st Team Coast-North All Conference​

  • '23 GSAC Champions

  • '23 GSAC Scholar Athlete Award

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Specialty:

  • Libero/D/S Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Fundamentals/Basics

  • Right Handed

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seasonal coach

Laine Briggs

Libero/DS Specialist

Inactive Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Pepperdine University

  • Newport Harbor HS

  • Balboa Bay VB Club

  • RAKI Alum, trained under Ashley

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Accolades:

  • '22 All County First Team

  • '22 All Sunset League Team

  • '23 Daily Pilot Girls Dream Team

  • '23 WCC All Freshman Team

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Specialty:​

  • Passing/Digging Specialist

  • Serve/Receive Specialist

  • Right Handed

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seasonal coach

Avery Alleman

Middle Specialist

Inactive Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • University of Puget Sound

  • Point Loma Nazarene University

  • A4 VB Club

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Accolades:

  • All-NWC First Team '22 and '23

  • '22 NWC Championship

  • All-Tournament at Southwestern Invitation

  • Most Outstanding Player at Puget Sound Premiere

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Specialty:​

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Blocking Specialist

  • Oppo/RS Specialist

  • Right Handed

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seasonal coach

Ofure Iselen

All Skills

Inactive Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • University of California Irvine

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Accolades:

  • '23 All Big West All Academic Team

  • '23 Adidas/UCI Invitational All Tournament Team

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Blocking Specialist

  • Right Handed

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