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Ashley Lee-Maldonado
All Skills, All Levels
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Volleyball Career:
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Long Beach State VB '07-'11
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Uni. of Hawaii Beach VB '11-'12
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Professional NUC Switzerland '13-'14
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Mater Dei VB Coach '14-present
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Accolades:
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Big West Champions '07-'11
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Big West All Freshman
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Quadruple Double '10
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50 assists, 13 digs, 10 kills, 10 block assists
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Joined Misty May as the only 49er setter ever to have over 2,000 assists, 1,000 digs, and 500 kills
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Ranked tenth all-time in school history with 1,404 career assists
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USA Beach

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Shelby Young
All Skills, All Levels
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:
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12+ years of coaching
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Whitney High School
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Hofstra University
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American River College
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Southern Oregon University
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University of Arizona
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Head Coach at Sage Hill Boys Program
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Accolades:
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'07-'09 First Team All League
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'08-'09 Team MVP
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'09 San Joaquin All-Star First Team
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'24 CIF-SS Champion Coach
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'24 CIF-SS D5 Coach of the Year
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Specialty:
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All Skills, All Levels
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Hitting/Passing Specialist
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Libero/DS Specialist
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Mentality Training, Masters in Sports Performance Psychology
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Right Handed
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Kai Mazuronis
All Skills
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:
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Weber International University
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Westcliff University
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Forza1 VB Club
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Indoor, Beach, & Grass VB
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Specialty:
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All Skills, High Level Athletes
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Passing Specialist
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Hitting Specialist
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Left Handed

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Cassie Smits
All Skills, All Levels
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:
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Coastal Carolina University
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Professional Hungary Team
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Accolades:
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1st Time All Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada)
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Honor Roll at Coastal Carolina
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Specialty:
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All Skills, All Levels
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Setting Specialist
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Right Handed
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Taylor Richter
All Skills, All Levels
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:​​
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6+ years of playing club
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3+ years of coaching club
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'18 La Habra HS Assist. Varsity Coach
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Head Frosh Coach at Fullerton HS
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Accolades:
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First Team All League
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2x CIF Appearances
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1x CIF Appearance Assist. Coach
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Specialty:
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All Skills, All Levels
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Right Handed

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Bailey Olbur
Middle Specialist
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:​
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Vanguard University
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11+ years of playing
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Accolades:
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‘19 State Runner Up at Durango HS
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‘19 Conference Runner Up at Durango
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‘23 GSAC Champion at Vanguard
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‘23 Honorable Mention All-American
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AVCA All Tournament Team
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‘23 All GSAC Team ‘23 Scholar Athlete
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Specialty:
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Middle Specialist
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Hitting/Blocking Specialist
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Fundamentals/Basics
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Right Handed

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Jenny Leitman
Defense Specialist
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:​​
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Woodbridge HS
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Momentous VB Club
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'19-'23 Providence College VB
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Accolades:
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'19 Big East All-Freshman Team
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4 Year Varsity HS
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2x Conference HS MVP
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'16-'18 First-Team League
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Specialty:
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Passing Specialist
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Hitting Specialist
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Defense/Serve Receive
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Right Handed
Libero/DS Specialist
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Brendan Grier
Hitting/Blocking Specialist
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:​​​
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Trabuco Hills HS
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Laguna Beach VB Club
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St. Anne Middle School VB Coach
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Trabuco Hills HS VB Coach
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Laguna Beach VB Club Coach
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Indoor & Beach VB​​​​​
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Accolades:
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2x 8-0 Varsity Team
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Specialty:
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All Skills, All Levels
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Hitting/Blocking Specialist
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Right Handed

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Allie Cook
Libero/DS Specialist
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:​​
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OCVBC
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Edison High School
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Irvine Valley College
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University of Arizona (full ride)
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Indoor & Beach VB
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Accolades:
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Ranked #7 Most Kills (indoor) at IVC
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Ranked #6 Highest Total Kills at IVC
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#1 Beach Team at IVC
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Specialty:
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Libero/DS Specialist
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Hitting Specialist
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Right Handed
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Brooklyn Kostoff
Setting Specialist
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:
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El Toro High School
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Santa Margarita Catholic School
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Azusa Pacific University
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RÄKI Alum (since middle school!)
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Accolades:
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CIF Division III Champ
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All CIF Setter
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x2 2nd Team All-League
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Top Assist Holder (Trinity League)
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Top 10 Assist Holder CIF
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2nd Team All- League Beach
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Specialty:​
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Digging Specialist
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Setting Specialist
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Right Handed

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Ofure Iselen
All Skills, All Levels
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:
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University of California Irvine
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Accolades:
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'23 All Big West All Academic Team
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'23 Adidas/UCI Invitational All Tournament Team
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Specialty:
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All Skills, All Levels
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Hitting Specialist
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Blocking Specialist
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Right Handed

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Noelani Soma
Libero/Hitting Specialist
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:
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Volunteer Coach at OCVC VBC '16
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El Toro High School
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Seal Beach VBS
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University of LaVerne
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11+ years of playing
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Accolades:​
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1st Team All League '19
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Team MVP Nike Tournament of Champions Phoenix, Arizona '19
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1st in Nike Tournament of Champions Phoenix, Arizona '19
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Gold Medal Las Vegas Class Open Elite Division '19
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Silver Medal Denver Crossroads Junior Nationals Qualifier Open Division '19
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Bronze Medal Philadelphia Junior Nationals Qualifier '19
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Silver Medal Beast of the Southeast Junior Nationals Qualifier '20
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Scholar Athlete '20, '21, '22, '23, '24
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1x Division 3 Women's Volleyball Championship Appearance (Top 16) '23
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Specialty:
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Libero/DS Specialist
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Hitting Specialist
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Right Handed

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Beverly Braun
DS/Hitting Specialist
Active Coach
Volleyball Career:
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Woodbridge High School
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Frostburg State University
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13+ years of playing
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Accolades:
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’20-’21 All-MEC freshman team, MEC honorable mention
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’21 First Team All-MEC
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’22 Second Team All-MEC
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’23 Surpassed 1000 kills and 1000 digs in career. Second Team All-MEC, College Sport Communicators Academic All-District, All-MEC academic team
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7th all time Frostburg State kills leader
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5x MEC player of the week throughout career
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3x All-Tournament Team throughout career
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Specialty:
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DS Specialist
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Hitting Specialist
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Right Handed

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Seasonal
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Seasonal coach
Drew Piloto
Setting Specialist
Inactive Coach
Volleyball Career:
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St. Francis University
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Vanguard University
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9+ years of playing​
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Accolades:
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Gold and 2x Bronze Medal in club
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All Tournament Team at Nationals
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1st Team All League
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2x League and Team MVP
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2x GSAC Champions
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'23 NAIA National Champions​
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Specialty:​
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Setting Specialist
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Hitting Specialist
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Right Handed

seasonal coach
Avery Alleman
Middle Specialist
Inactive Coach
Volleyball Career:
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University of Puget Sound
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Point Loma Nazarene University
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A4 VB Club
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Accolades:
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All-NWC First Team '22 and '23
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'22 NWC Championship
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All-Tournament at Southwestern Invitation
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Most Outstanding Player at Puget Sound Premiere
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Specialty:​
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Hitting Specialist
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Blocking Specialist
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Oppo/RS Specialist
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Right Handed

seasonal coach
Laine Briggs
Libero/DS Specialist
Inactive Coach
Volleyball Career:
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Pepperdine University
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Newport Harbor HS
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Balboa Bay VB Club
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RAKI Alum, trained under Ashley
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Accolades:
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'22 All County First Team
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'22 All Sunset League Team
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'23 Daily Pilot Girls Dream Team
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'23 WCC All Freshman Team
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Specialty:​
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Passing/Digging Specialist
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Serve/Receive Specialist
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Right Handed