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Miguel Saenz

18 Mizuno | Head Coach
Miguel has almost two decades of head coaching experience and is the current head coach at Bowie High School.

Miguel Saenz

• With AJV since 2018
• 18 Years Head Club Coaching
• Qualified for USAV GJNC Eight Times
• 18 Years Varsity High School Head Volleyball Coach
• Bowie HS Varsity Head Coach
• 2006 TAPPS State Champion
• Three-time TAPPS Finalist; Four TAPPS Final Four Appearances

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Kristy Rioux

18 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Kristy is an AJV Alumni and was inducted into the Texas State Hall of Honor.

Kristy Rioux

Kristy Rioux was a standout volleyball player from 1991-94, earning four letters during her time at Texas State University. Rioux is the career all-time assists leader with 5,517 and the all-time single-season assists leader with 1,541. She also ranks fourth all-time in service aces with 180 and fifth all time in digs with 1,312. She also holds the Bobcat record for most assists in one match at Strahan Coliseum with 80. Rioux was named the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year in 1991. She was also named to the 1994 SLC All-Conference Second Team, 1993 All-Conference Honorable Mention Team and the SLC All-Academic Teams from 1992-94. Rioux was named the SLC Player of the Week twice during her career and was part of the team that won the 1991 SLC Championship. She was also named to the Dean's List four semesters while receiving the Jean Smith Award as the top scholar athlete at Texas State in 1996. Kristy was inducted into the Texas State Hall of Honor in 2010 and was the first women's volleyball player awarded this honor. In 1996, she earned a Bachelor of Science in exercise and sport science and a master's degree in education administration in 2000. Before moving to Washington, Rioux was a Realtor with Hindsite 20/20 in Austin from 2008-2013. She also had experience as a Biology teacher for 12 years at Westlake High School, San Marcos High School and McNeil High School. Rioux also garnered attention as a successful head volleyball coach at San Marcos High School from 1997-2002, where she took the girls team to regional finals in both 2000 and 2002. She has coached numerous girls with all-district honors and that have earned college scholarships. Rioux coached part-time with the Austin Juniors Volleyball Club for 18 years, where she was named Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2007, while leading her teams to a bronze medal in the Junior Olympic National tournament each of those years. Kristy and her family lived in Gig Harbor, WA from 2013-2017. Kristy was a Broker with Keller Williams West Sound (2015-2017) and the Freshman Volleyball Coach at Peninsula High School in 2016. Kristy currently is a Realtor with Reilly Realtors. I love having the opportunity to help home buyers, sellers and investors reach their real estate goals. With proven systems and processes for getting buyers the right house at a price they deserve, and helping sellers maximize the value of their homes. My team is here for the benefit of my clients to make sure they have all the information and support needed throughout the buying and selling process. Kristy is an involved member of her congregation at Austin Ridge. She enjoys staying active whether she is boating, hiking, skiing, working out, volunteering at her children's schools or watching her three children stay active in all their activities. Rioux is married to Texas State baseball alumnus and Managing Partner at Synergy Partners Wealth Strategies in Austin, Dan Rioux. They have three children, Taylor, Hunter, and Addison.

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Sarah Machen

18 Molten | Head Coach
Sarah Machen was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention at the University of Oklahoma.

Sarah Machen

I grew up in Pflugerville, Texas and played for AJV 17 & 18 Mizuno, coached by Kathy, Mike, Glen, and Jason. I attended and played for Tulane University my freshman year as an outside/right side hitter and transferred to The University of Oklahoma to finish my last three collegiate years. I played professionally for two seasons, one in Finland and one in Germany. On July 3rd, 2014, my husband Michael and I welcomed our boy Jacob Christopher to the world, and we were blessed with his little brother Luke Michael on October 14th, 2016. They will probably join AJV boys sometime in 2028 😉 This is my 8th season coaching for AJV.

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Becky Breetz

18 Molten | Assistant Coach
Becky has over a decade of coaching experience and has been with AJV since 2012.

Becky Breetz

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. Played for Southlake Carroll Senior High School. Played club volleyball for 7 years, including 2 years with Texas Advantage Volleyball (TAV). She continued her collegiate volleyball career back in Cincinnati. Majored in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Early Childhood Education. Coached for Walnut Hills High School and Princeton High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Coached club for NKYVC in Wilder, Kentucky for 2 years. For more than 10 years she has worked for Hobsons as a full-time Account Manager working on the Naviance/Family Connection Career and College Readiness Tool. Moved to Austin in November 2012 and will begin her sixth season with Austin Juniors this year. She also coached at Trinity Episcopal School for three seasons.

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Urissa Stephens

18 Molten | Assistant Coach
Urissa is an AJV Alumni and a current Club Director.

Urissa Stephens

Urissa Stephens played club volleyball for Austin Juniors and played high school volleyball for William B. Travis where she earned Co-MVP All District and Co-MVP All Cen-Tex awards her senior year.  She went on to play collegiately at Lamar University in Beaumont where they were 2001 Southland Conference Champions.  Also, during this season she was ranked 10th in the Nation for Assists per game and Assist Leader for the Southland Conference.  While in college, her coaching career began with coaching club and coaching varies College camps.  In 2003, she graduated from Lamar University with a BS in Psychology.  She became a full time employee of Austin Juniors in 2011.

In 2003, she married Ashley Stephens and they have 3 daughters, Urissa (Rissi), Xyanna (YaYa) and Yahxyiel (Yasi).

17s Coaches

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Michael Garcia

17 Mizuno | Head Coach
Mike is a Club Director and has been with AJV since 1999.

Michael Garcia

Michael Garcia began his volleyball career playing on the University of Texas Men's Club team in the early 1990's as an outside hitter and defensive specialist. After college, he continued with beach volleyball. In 1998, Michael was hired by Austin Junior Volleyball to coach the 14 Red team. As the Head Coach for St. Stephen's Episcopal he won 2 Southwest Preparatory Conference Division II titles in 3 years. Michael trained Marie Bruce Putman and Jena Pierson McFadden in sand volleyball. They became the 2002 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Beach National Champions. It was the first National Championship for Austin Junior Volleyball. In 2007, he was the Head Coach for a group of AJV athletes selected to participate in the international Global Challenge event in Croatia. The extremely athletic team competed against professional clubs and and the A1 and A2 USA Junior National teams. They finished in the Gold division of the event. The following year, Michael won his first indoor National Championship in the 17 Open Division after going undefeated at Nationals. In 2010, his team finished 3rd overall in the 16 Open of the USA Junior Nationals.

In 2006, he married his high school sweetheart, Daniela and they have two children, Gabriela and Christian.

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Salima Rockwell

17 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Salima served as the Assistant Coach for both Penn State University and the University of Texas.

Salima Rockwell

She has joined our staff as the Associate Technical Director and 17 Mizuno assistant coach. Salima will create and actualize an improved learning experience for both the athletes and coaches, as well as oversee the #AJVBoys program.

Salima had an impressive playing career at Penn State where she was four-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time All-American setter en route to two NCAA Final Four appearances. She also served as a two-time team captain of the U.S. National Team.

Salima went on to coach collegiately at Oregon State, Penn State and the University of Texas. Between her playing days at Penn State and coaching at Penn State and Texas, she has participated in 10 final fours and won 4 National Titles and mentored and coached numerous All-Americans. Salima is currently the Executive Board President of the JVRA (Junior Volleyball Recruiting Association), an organization created to develop professional relationships that will clarify, improve, and advance the collegiate recruiting process in the sport of volleyball.

 
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Shalanda Byers

17 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Shalanda (Shaq) is the head coach at Anderson High School and has been with AJV since 1998.

Shalanda (Shaq) Byers

In May 2011, Coach Shalanda Byers took over as Anderson High School's Head Volleyball Coach. For the last eighteen years, Coach Byers has coached in several different volleyball settings. She started her coaching career at Bowie High School and spent 5 years there as the JV Coach and Varsity Assistant Coach under Jason Landers. She then coached for three years as the Head Coach at McCallum High School, where in 2003, the Lady Knights were undefeated District 26-4A Champions before moving on to Bi-District and Area Champions. The team finished in the "Sweet 16". Coach Byers grew up in Park Forest Illinois and graduated from Rich East High School where she participated in volleyball, basketball and track. In each of her four years of high school, Coach Byers was named to the All-Conference volleyball team all 4 yrs. She graduated from Kankakee Community College with a degree in Liberal Studies, but not before garnering All-American honors in volleyball in 1993. After transferring to Southwest Texas State University, Coach Byers spent her time studying Exercise and Sports Science and playing volleyball. In May 2010, Coach Byers graduated with her BA in Special Education from Huston-Tillotson University. As a coach, it is her booming voice and big heart that knock folks over at Austin Juniors Volleyball Club where she has coached for the past nineteen years and has taken 10 teams to the Junior Olympics. Coach Byers expects the best from every one of her players because that is what she gives. Her biggest treasures in life might be spotted occasionally and they are her son, Jeremiah, and daughter, Geralynn. 2010 - AJV Coach of the Year 2012 - District 15-5A Coach of the Year 2014 - Bronze Medal 17 Mizuno @ USAV Girls' Junior National Championships 2015 LSC 2nd place in the Open finish 15 Mizuno.

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Amy Farber Knowles

17 Molten | Head Coach
Amy is the full-time Recruiting Coordinator at AJV.

Amy Farber Knowles

Amy Farber Knowles was born and raised in Walnut Grove, Minnesota and began her volleyball career as a player at the University of Oklahoma as an Outside Hitter... While she was finishing up her junior year of playing she was offered the assistant coaching job at OU.  She finished up her senior season as an All-Conference Honorable Mention Selection and began as the first assistant following the end of her senior fall season.  While Amy was Assistant Coaching, she obtained her Masters of Science; with a degree in Sport Management and Behavior (Sports Psychology) from Oklahoma as well.  

After 4 and a half years of assistant coaching and receiving her masters, she went on to become a Head Coach at Northeastern Illinois University, a small Division I school in Chicago. 

Following her year there, she was offered the Head Coaching job at Oral Roberts University, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  While coaching at ORU, Amy's team won 6 consecutive regular season Mid-Continent Conference Championships, 6 consecutive Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Championships and earned 6 births to the NCAA National Championship Tournament.  In 1997, her team upset #10 ranked Arizona in the first round of the NCAA tournament to advance to the second round where they lost in 5 to Colorado finishing the season ranked 27th in the nation.  Was voted Mid-Continent Conference Coach of the Year in both 2002 & 1998. Amy coached 5 Mid-Continent Players of the Year, 6 All-Tournament MVP's, 3 Newcomers of the Year, 6 Setters of the Year as well as one Freshman of the Year, and one Defensive Player of the Year. She also guided the Golden Eagles to five 20+ win seasons in six years.

After Oral Roberts University, Amy was hired as the Associate Head Coach at Iowa State University in which she helped guide that program into its best finish since joining the Big XII. 

After leaving Iowa State, she was hired as the head coach at Drake University in Des Moines, IA when she finished her Division I career as a head coach.  Amy spent 3 years rebuilding that program, recruiting top talent in the area, and was awarded an Honorable Mention in the prepvolleyball.com top 25 selection for recruiting classes in the nation.

After coaching Division I volleyball for over 17 years, Amy decided to get out of college coaching to spend more time with her daughter. Amy turned her love for volleyball and kids into developing her own training academy in Ankeny, IA called Kingdom Volleyball Academy, which was a Christian based training academy to develop all aspects of young people through the vehicle of volleyball.  It was at the Lone Star Qualifier that she brought her team to compete in, where they asked her to apply for a job with Austin Juniors as the Director of the Cedar Park location.

Since she has joined Austin Juniors, she has had a team qualify for the Nationals Championships every year but 1.

Besides her love for coaching, Amy is also a certified volleyball official. She is a Junior National official for USA Volleyball as well as the PAVO National Level Official for NCAA Volleyball.  She was honored by being selected to officiate the first round of the NCAA tournament as well as the NAIA National Championships.

Amy's daughter, Allana is currently on 18 Helix and will be playing college volleyball at Tennessee Wesleyan this next fall on a volleyball scholarship.  They reside in Leander. 

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Michael Schuetz

17 Molten | Assistant Coach
Michael has been with AJV since 2008 and qualified for GJNC twice.

Michael Schuetz

Coach Michael has coached with Austin Juniors since 2008. He played collegiate volleyball at Howard Payne University (once ranked 11th nationally NAIA). He has been working for the University of Texas with undergraduate business students since 2000. Coach Michael has been playing sports and counseling young people for 20+ years. He is married with 2 young boys.

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Amber Wise

17 Helix | Head Coach
Amber is the AJV Sand Manager and has been with AJV since 2010.

Amber Wise

Originally from Brownsville, TX. Attended Pace High School and played 4 years of club volleyball with RGV jrs. She continued her volleyball career at Temple Junior College in Texas. Helping the squad become the regular season champions in 2003 and 2004. In 2004, she led the team to the NJCAA Region V tournament championship, advancing to the NJCAA national tournament. Earned Associate of Fine Arts degree in 2005 from Temple. Transferred to Limestone College (Division II) in South Carolina, leading the team to a regular season 2005 co-championship. She currently holds the Limestone match record with 32 kills. Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Athletic Training and a minor in Coaching. Coached for Club South in South Carolina for 3 years. Joined the Limestone College volleyball staff in 2008 as the Women's Assistant Coach, later helping to build the first men's program in the state. Moved back to Texas in the summer of 2010, beginning her first year coaching with AJV. Coached at Holy Family Catholic School before becoming a Physical Education teacher (K-9th) and coach at Harmony School of Excellence Charter School from 2011-2014. Presently in her 6th year as the manager for AJV Sand and 10th season as a head coach with Austin Juniors.

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Marsherrie Madkins

17 Helix | Assistant Coach
Marsherrie played for Oklahoma Baptist University and has been with AJV since 2017.

Marsherrie Madkins

Marsherrie attended Crowley High School and was a dual sport athlete lettering in both Volleyball and Track and Field. During her Junior and Senior year she captained both Volleyball and Track and Field teams. As a volleyball player, she played outside hitter, left back as a defensive specialist.  In Track, she was a sprinter as well as a long and triple jumper, successfully participating in the open 100, and in 4 X 100, and 4 X 200 meter relays. Marsherrie received Most Valuable Player in both Volleyball and Track and Field, she also received the Most Kills Award, and the Ranger College Scholarship Award. 

Marsherrie accepted Volleyball Scholarship to Ranger College in August 2006, located in Ranger, TX.  While at Ranger, she captain of volleyball team played outside hitter and left back. After 2 years at  Ranger College, she received a scholarship to Oklahoma Baptist University as an outside hitter. After the season, Marsherrie coached 14s for one season in the Oklahoma Region 2008.  

After moving to the Austin Area in 2009, Marsherrie continues to play competitive pick up volleyball throughout Austin. Although Coach Madkins is newer to AJV, she has been coaching local volleyball clinics along with 14s, 15s and 16s club volleyball for the last three seasons.

16s Coaches

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Ted Wade

16 Mizuno | Head Coach
Ted is the Technical Director at AJV and has been with the club since 1992.

Ted Wade

Ted Wade began his volleyball career as a middle blocker at the University of North Texas Men's Club team before transferring to play at the University of Texas at Austin. He first started working at AJV part time during college, coaching 16s and 18s and doing various abusive jobs for the club. After graduating from UT with at degree in History in 1993, Ted became the first full time employee at Austin Jr Volleyball in charge of everything. Working out of Glen Lietzke's apartment for 4 years, the club expanded from 16 teams to 34 teams and out grew the gym space of St. Austin's Middle School and St. Edwards Old gym. As the staff expanded, Ted's responsibilities were better focused for his skill set including Tryouts, Tournament Scheduling, Budgeting, Camps, Clinics and equipment. During this time he coached UT Volleyball Camps, St. Austin's 7th grade A and B teams, AJV 16s and 18s, Volunteer Assistant at UT and USA High Performance Programs. Coaching mostly in the 16's, his Mizuno teams qualified for the Open division of Jr Nationals every year except one from 1997 to 2007, finishing in the Gold Bracket numerous times and as high as 3rd . He is also involved with volleyball at the National Level serving as an assistant coach for the Youth, Junior and Senior National teams since 2003. He has been on the bench for 3 Youth and Jr World Championships in China, Poland and Thailand and 2 NORCECA Championships in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Ted assisted the planning and development of both AJV South AJV Cedar Park and the AJV Sand Complex buildings before take a Division 1 assistant coach position in 2008. He coached at the University of Virginia (with 3 former AJV athletes) and West Virginia University for 5 years before returning to Austin in 2013 to serve as the Technical Coordinator of AJV. Ted is married to Catherine and has two children, Cameron and Ethan.

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Jared Te'o

16 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Jared is the Assistant Coach at St. Edwards University. He won back-to-back Open National Championships in 2016 and 2017.

Jared Te'o

Jared Te'o begins his first season with Austin Junior Volleyball after winning back to back Open National Championships at TAV in 2017(17 Open) and 2016(13 Open). As an assistant coach, Jared played a key role in helping to bring home a gold medal with TAV 17 Black who amassed a record of 102-3, and another gold medal with TAV 13 Black the year prior. He spent the 2014 season as an assistant with TAV 18 Black, which won the Open Division in 2 qualifiers(Lone Star and Northern Lights) as well as a top 10 finish at nationals. Jared predominately worked with middle blockers throughout his time at TAV and has trained many middles who've went on to have very successful collegiate careers. A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor's degree in sociology, as well as a teaching certification, Te'o has also coached middle school volleyball for a few years before returning to the corporate world. As a player, Jared has played and medaled in USAV Adult Nations as a middle blocker and still enjoys travelling around the country to play, as long as his body permits. Jared currently resides in Austin and works full-time in Human Resources.

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Ashley Atkinson

16 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Ashley is the Head Coach at Leander High School and has been with AJV since 2004.

Ashley Atkinson

Coach Atkinson is a veteran coach with more than 15 years of experience under her belt. She grew up in the state of Louisiana and then went on to obtain her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Kinesiology from The University of Arkansas in 2001. Coach A has coached and taught IPC and Biology at several schools in Arkansas and Texas including, Fayetteville High School, Rogers High School, Giddings High School, Vista Ridge and Leander High School. She has also head coached with several volleyball clubs such as Ozark Junior's in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Austin Junior's here in Austin, Texas. Throughout her years of coaching, Coach A's volleyball teams have been Bi-District Champions 4 times, Area Qualifiers 2 times, and a Regional Quarterfinalist in 2013. In addition, in 2013, she lead her team to a 17 USA National Junior Olympic Championship with Austin Junior's Volleyball Club. Coach A was honored with the 5A District 16 Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2010.

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Jenny Chipman

16 Molten | Head Coach
Jenny played for the University of Texas and coached at St. Mary's University.

Jenny Chipman

  • 2nd Year Coaching with Austin Junior Volleyball
  • 2017 AJV Coach of the Year; 3rd place finish at Lone Star Qualifier
  • Head Coach for St. Mary's University for 6 years
  • Head Coach for Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA for 10 years
  • Assistant Coach for SMU for 3yrs
  • Graduated Assistant Wichita State University for 1year
  • Coached many camps with UT, TX ST, U of Florida, Wichita St., SMU, St. Mary's, Muhlenberg
  • Received Master's degree in Liberal Arts from SMU
  • Graduated from University of Texas in 1996 w/ BS in Kinesiology
  • Played for the University of Texas and named to the 1994 All-Southwest Conference Team
  • Played for Mid-Cities VB club in Arlington, Tx
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Laura Beach

16 Molten | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Laura Beach

Bio coming soon!

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Michaela Settlemeyer

16 Helix | Head Coach
Michaela holds the record for most blocks in a season at University of the Incarnate Word.

Michaela Settlemeyer

Michaela is currently a certified Personal Trainer and trains athletes in SAQ to elevate their level of play. Michaela started her volleyball career playing 3 years on Varsity at John Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas. During her high school career she made All-City her junior and senior year. She went on to play for the University of the Incarnate Word as a Middle Blocker where she set and still holds the record for most blocks in a season. While in college she started coaching the 12U team for Texas Juniors and continued to coach for the past 13 years in various age groups. Most of her club coaching experience is at the National 15-17U level. She is in her fifth season with Austin Juniors.

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Lori Giron

16 Helix | Assistant Coach
Lori has more than a decade of coaching experience and a Master's Degree in Sports Management.

Lori Giron

Lori began her volleyball career when she was in grade school when it went from a being sport to a passion. In high school she was a three time All District and All State. She was also voted Best Offensive player in 2003 and Athlete of the Year in 2004. She continued to play club volleyball at Texas Tech University and also helped coach the Texas Tech Men's Club Team. In 2008 she graduated from Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Sports & Science and moved back to San Antonio and began coaching for Texas Juniors as the 16 National Assistant Coach. She coached there for four years before moving to Austin in 2012.

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Felipe Perez

16 Cedar Park | Head Coach
Felipe was named AJV New Coach of the Year in 2013.

Felipe Perez

2019/20 Head Coach 16 Cedar Park. El Paso native, relocated to Austin area in December of 2012. Retired from Healthcare after 41 years in the profession. Played USVBA Beach from 1978 to 1982. Trained in Dayton,Ohio until USVBA moved to San Diego in 1982. Severe knee injury ended volleyball playing career. Experience coaching 12 and under for 6 years in El Paso, TX. Coached two 12 and under teams in 2011-2012. Qualified an El Paso 12u for 2012 GJNC. Coached at TX Eclipse 12 and under 2012-13 season. Seventh season as an AJV Head Coach coaching 12U-17U. Head Coach for 6 girls teams at 2016 Junior National Beach Championships in Milwaukee. Coached the 16u Boys to the Junior National Beach Championship title at the 2016 Junior National Beach Championships in Milwaukee. Named New Coach of the Year for Austin Juniors Volleyball 2013-14 season. IMPACT and SAFESPORT Certified. Certified R1 current.

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Haley Schroeder

16 Cedar Park | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Haley Schroeder

Bio coming soon!

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Avery Lewis

16 Navy | Head Coach
Avery is an AJV Alumni who played for the University of Arkansas and Lee College.

Avery Lewis

Avery grew up right here in Austin, TX and went to Bowie High School playing as outside/libero. She began playing volleyball at AJV in 2004. After graduating from Bowie in 2010 she went to Lee College on a full ride as Libero, where she was named All American in 2012. She graduated magna cum laude from Lee College with an Associate of Science degree in Natural Science. She then transferred to the University of Arkansas to complete her Junior and Senior year and collegiate eligibility on the Razorback volleyball team. During her time with the Razorbacks, they appeared in the NCAA tournament twice. She graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2014 with a degree in Biology and Business. She has hopes of going to Medical School within the next few years. This will be her 4th year coaching and 3rd year coaching for AJV where she plans on bringing her knowledge and passion for the sport to every team and individual she coaches.

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Emily Clark

16 Navy | Assistant Coach
Emily played for Wharton Junior College and coaches for Bastrop High School.

Emily Clark

Emily is in her fifth season coaching with Austin Juniors Volleyball. The past four club season she was the assistant coach for AJV 12 Navy, and this year she will be head coaching 12 Red. Emily started playing club volleyball when she was in the 6th grade. She made her 7th grade "A" team and her 8th grade "A" team, where she was voted the most valuable player. Emily played High School volleyball at Jack C. Hays High School in Buda, Texas, where she graduated in 2012. She has played volleyball since she was 10 years old, playing club volleyball with Hill Country Elite, San Marcos Smash, and Austin Performance Volleyball. After graduating high school, Emily continued her volleyball career at Wharton Junior College where she was the starting Middle Blocker for both the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Both seasons of playing with the Pioneers she earned most total blocks and most solo blocks for the team and in her sophomore season with the Pioneers (2013), she earned most Aces for the team. Emily decided not to pursue playing volleyball after her two years at Wharton, so she could focus on her studies. Emily has a love and passion for the sport and continued to play at Texas State on an Intermural volleyball team, played sand volleyball, and was a sand volleyball referee at a local establishment. In December of 2016, Emily graduated from Texas State University where she majored in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a concentration in Special Education All Levels. Emily is now a Special Education Teacher at Bastrop High School, where she has coached the freshman volleyball team, JV volleyball team, JV softball and Freshman basketball.

15s Coaches

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Elizabeth Quanaim

15 Mizuno | Head Coach
Elizabeth's teams have finished in the gold bracket five times and medaled twice at GJNC.

Elizabeth Quanaim

Gold Bracket Finishes:

2019 - 17 Mizuno
  LSC National Qualifier - 5th, 17 Open
  Big South National Qualifier - 7th, 17 Open
  Tour of Texas - 3rd

2018 - 17 Mizuno
  North East National Qualifier - 2nd, 17 Open

2017 - 15 Mizuno
  LSC National Qualifier - 4th, 15 Open
  Disney National Qualifier - 1st, 15 USA

2016 - 18 Mizuno
  Junior Olympics - 5th, 18 National
  Big "D" National Qualifier - 5th, 18 Open
  Lone Star Regional Champions
  Tour of Texas - 3rd

2015 - 17 Mizuno
  North East National Qualifier - 3rd, 17 Open
  LSC National Qualifier - 5th, 17 Open

2014 - 14 Mizuno
   Junior Olympics - 3rd, 14 American

2013 - 17 Mizuno
   North East National Qualifier - 5th, 17 Open
   LSC National Qualifier - 7th, 17 Open

2012 - 15 Mizuno
   Lone Star Regionals - 3rd
   LSC National Qualifier - 4th, 15 National

2011 - 16 Mizuno
   Junior Olympics - 2nd, 16 American
   Lone Star Regionals - 3rd
   Crossroads National Qualifier - 5th, 16 Open
   Mid East National Qualifier - 7th, 16 Open

2010 - 14 Mizuno
   Lone Star Regionals - 3rd
   Crossroads National Qualifier - 5th, 14 Open
   LSC National Qualifier - 6th, 14 Open

2009 - 14 Mizuno
   LSC National Qualifier - 3rd, 14 Open
   Big South National Qualifier - 4th, 14 Open
   Crossroads National Qualifier - 5th, 14 Open
   Tour of Texas Champions

15 Mizuno (Asst.)
   Junior Olympics - 5th, 15 Open
   LSC National Qualifier - 1st, 15 Open
   Big South National Qualifier - 1st, 15 Open
   Tour of Texas Champions

2008 - 14 Mizuno
   Junior Olympics - 5th, 14 Open
   North East National Qualifier - 3rd, 14 Open
   Crossroads National Qualifier - 5th, 14 Open
   Tour of Texas Champions

2007 - 14 Mizuno
   LSC National Qualifier - 3rd, 14 Open

2006 - 17 Navy
   LSC National Qualifier - 5th, 17 Club

2005 - 14 Navy
   Lone Star Regional Champions
   LSC National Qualifier - 4th, 14 Club
   Mid East National Qualifier - 4th, 14 Club

2004 - 14 Navy
   Lone Star Regional Champions
   LSC National Qualifier - 7th, 14 Open

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Josh Fuchs

15 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Josh won the 17 Open National Championship in 2011 and has qualified 9 teams for GJNC.

Josh Fuchs

Josh Fuchs is entering his 12th overall season coaching club. He has been a part of 9 qualifying teams, won 8 medals from National Qualifiers, and won the 17 Open National Championship in 2011. He also won the silver medal in 17 USA in 2015.
Josh was a part of 3 Big 12 Championship teams as the University of Texas student assistant.  Josh was a 2010 NIRSA All-American 2nd Team as a player.

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Rachel Corbelli

15 Molten | Head Coach
Rachel has served as the full time Communications Manager for AJV since 2016.

Rachel Corbelli

I started coaching for Austin Juniors in 2014 and came on full-time as the Communications Manager in 2016. I grew up in a volleyball family and have played every position and role imaginable in a volleyball program. I played high school volleyball at A&M Consolidated and club volleyball at Brazos Valley Juniors and Texas Tornados, qualifying for nationals 4 out of 5 years. In college I was president of the UTSA Club team, and I finished my playing career on the University of Texas Club team as a graduate student. I previously coached for Alamo and San Antonio Force. I've spent my whole life collecting volleyball knowledge, and there is nothing I love more than sharing that knowledge with athletes who are willing to learn.

• 1st Place, Lone Star Regionals - 14 Mizuno, 2017 (Asst)
• 9th Place, Northeast Qualifier - 15 Navy, 2016
• 9th Place, AAU Nationals - 15 Navy, 2016

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Caitlin Higgins

15 Molten | Assistant Coach
Caitlin was a member of the All-Big 12 Freshman Team in 2008 for the University of Oklahoma.

Caitlin Higgins

I am originally from Amarillo, TX and grew up playing for Amarillo Elite Volleyball Club. After high school, I went to play at the University of Oklahoma as an outside hitter (2008-2011). I spent each summer coaching OU Volleyball summer camps. After graduating with a BS in biology, I began giving private and group lessons to young volleyball players in the Norman/Oklahoma City area. I have also worked with middle school and high school teams/coaches in order to teach them new drills and offer a fresh perspective. In 2015, I moved to Austin to get my Master's in Environmental Management and Sustainability at St. Edward's University and began coaching camps/clinics, private lessons, and athletic development at Austin Juniors. Now, in addition to coaching club, I work for the UT Department of Integrative Biology as a research engineer/environmental scientist.

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John Corbelli

15 Molten | Assistant Coach
John served as the Texas A&M Associate Head Coach for 25 seasons. He was named AVCA Boys Coach of the Year in 2019.

John Corbelli

25 years as assistant at Texas A&M Women's Team. The mastermind in volleyball training, analysis and strategy provides more than 35 years of overall coaching experience to the Aggie volleyball program, having coached at the Olympic, national, professional and collegiate levels throughout his career. John and his wife, Laurie, came to Texas A&M in 1993, when Laurie was named head coach of the Aggies. John was promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach in 1995. Aggie volleyball teams have reached the NCAA tournament 20 times with the Corbellis at the helm and have tallied a combined 509-237 record and a .682 winning percentage over the last 24 years. The Corbellis directed the Aggies to within one match of reaching the Final Four in both 1999 and 2001 and have led A&M to the NCAA regional semifinals six times, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2009. Furthermore, the Aggies have reached the 20-win milestone 17 times during the Corbellis' tenure and A&M was ranked in the final Top 25 Poll 11 times. The 2016 season saw the Corbelli coaching tandem surpass 600 career wins and 500 wins at A&M as the Aggies went 21-9 and became one of only 14 teams in the nation to make at least 20 NCAA tournament appearances since they were hired in 1993. The 2015 season proved to be one of the most successful in program history as the Aggies won the Southeastern Conference, capturing A&M's first-ever volleyball conference championship. A&M closed out the regular season on a 14-match win streak to finish 16-2 in league play and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Championship, where the Aggies received an all-time high No. 10 seed. Making their fifth consecutive NCAA appearance, the Aggies advanced to the second round and finished the season 24-7 and ranked No. 18 in the final AVCA Top 25 Poll. In addition, the Aggies were an all-time high No. 9 in the final NCAA Ratings Percentage Index. (RPI). Individually, Corbelli-coached A&M players have garnered a total of 14 first-, second- and third-team All-American citations -- as well as 24 All-American honorable mentions -- during the Corbellis' 24-year tenure. At least 11 players have continued their volleyball playing careers on the professional level, including three-time Olympian Stacy Sykora. In addition to coaching the Aggies, John also has served two stints as assistant coach for the U.S. Women's Junior National Team, including the 2008 team that won the gold medal at the NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship at Saltillo, Mexico. Prior to coming to A&M, John was at San Jose State, where he spent three years as the head women's volleyball coach and five years as an assistant coach. He was hired as the head coach prior to the 1991 season after serving as the interim head coach in 1990. In his first season at San Jose State's helm, John guided the Spartans to a 21-8 record and their ninth consecutive postseason appearance. After the Spartans went 12-14 in 1991, his 1992 squad posted a 14-17 record and placed fifth in the competitive Big West conference race. Upon his graduation from UCSB, John made his collegiate coaching debut at his alma mater, serving as the assistant coach for both the Gaucho men's and women's volleyball teams for a season. He then spent a year playing professionally for Savonlinnan Ajo in Savonlinnan, Finland, before returning to the coaching ranks in 1981, serving as an assistant for the Big Eight Conference champion Nebraska Cornhuskers. In 1982, John was named an assistant coach for the U.S. National Women's Volleyball Team. During his tenure, the team — which included his future wife, Laurie Flachmeier — won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games, as well as at the 1984 Olympics. John joined the coaching staff at San Jose State in July 1985 and also served as the head coach of the Chrysler Women's Volleyball Team that won USVBA national championships in both 1987 and 1988.

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Becky Walters

15 Helix | Head Coach
Becky played for the University of Cincinnati and has trained 3 Gatorade Players of the Year.

Becky Walters

As a four year starter at Bowie High School, Becky was the District Newcomer of the Year, District Most Valuable Hitter, District MVP (twice), received Academic All-District honors and was named to the All-Centex Team. She is an AJV alumni where she played club for 6 years. Becky was a member of Austin Junior's 2001 GJNC 18 Open Bronze Medal Team. She attended the University of Cincinnati and was named C-USA Freshman of the Year, All-Freshman Team, First Team All-Conference, C-USA Player of the Week (twice) and AVCA Region Freshman of the Year. Becky has accumulated 16 years of coaching experience at the high school, club and collegiate levels while supporting her husband's military career and re-establishing herself in the volleyball community with every new duty station. She has led her high school teams to 6 district championships, 2 New Mexico State Quarter-Final Appearances and 1 New Mexico State Final-Four Appearance.

While coaching club, Becky has trained 3 New Mexico Gatorade Players of the Year and led one of her teams to a Sun Country Regional Championship. She was a club director and board member for New Mexico Juniors VBC. Additionally, Becky spent one year as the Volunteer Assistant Coach at the University of New Mexico. During that season, the Lobos recorded their
winningest season in 25 years.

Becky has her Bachelor's Degree in Communications and her Master's Degree Organizational Management.

Becky is thrilled to return to the AJV family after 10 years away from Austin. She is married to Mike Walters who is active duty in the USAF. They have 3 daughters: Maddi, Makenna, and Macee.

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Dominique Arnold

15 Helix | Assistant Coach
Dominique is an AJV Alumni. She played collegiately for the University of South Carolina.

Dominique Arnold

-Played 6 years at AJV (13s-18s) --finished 1st at Regionals and Lonestar --3 year Nationals participant -Played 4 years at University of South Carolina Upstate -Graduated with a Communications degree with a minor in Psychology -1st year coaching at AJV

  • 2012 District Honorable Mention
  • 2014 Freshman of the Week Nominee
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Eddie Ramirez

15 Cedar Park | Head Coach
In 2019, Eddie's 13 Toro squad qualified for the Texas Championship Series.

Eddie Ramirez

I am excited to be coaching my fifth season with Austin Juniors! I have been coaching for eight years now, including the JV Volleyball Coach at St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School for two seasons from 2015-2017. My coaching philosophy is to emphasize the process and then the result. I am a stickler for the correct form and technique in all volleyball skills. Once technique has been mastered, then the players have the ability to execute on the strategy that makes this game so fun!

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Gabby Dollinger

15 Cedar Park | Assistant Coach
Gabby played for Leander High School and has been coaching with AJV since 2013.

Gabby Dollinger

Volleyball has always been a huge part of my life and when I'm not coaching or playing, I'm watching it. I truly believe that hard work, determination, and teamwork create the perfect blend in making a successful team. Developing the characteristics of team spirit, honesty, fairness and sportsmanship among the players is very important.

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Timothy Moten

15 Navy | Head Coach
Tim has been with AJV since 2013 and is the AJV Boys Club Coordinator.

Timothy Moten

Tim is an AISD summer camps coach for inner Austin schools. Tim served as an Assistant Coach for Texas Lutheran College and Southwestern University. Previously, he was a volunteer assistant coach for Huston-Tillotson University and St. Edward's University. 

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Lauren Harris

15 Navy | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Lauren Harris

Bio coming soon!

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Tatiana Arnold

15 Red | Head Coach
Tatiana is an AJV Alumni in her third year coaching for the club.

Tatiana Arnold

Third year coaching for AJV. AJV alumni player, playing 2 years for Kathy Lietzke. Graduated from Texas A&M in December 2016 with a degree in English.

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Haley Pecikonis

15 Red | Assistant Coach
Haley is an AJV Alumni who played for Angelo State University.

Haley Bianco

TWO-TIME DISTRICT 15-5A FIRST-TEAM SELECTION EARNED ALL-DISTRICT 15-5A ACADEMIC HONORS AS A JUNIOR AND SENIOR 2011 DISTRICT 15-5A'S DEFENSIVE MVP BOWIE'S TEAM CAPTAIN AS A SENIOR AND EARNED TEAM'S DEFENSIVE MVP AS A JUNIOR AND SENIOR
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Alex Alexander

15 Toro | Head Coach
Alex (Tootie) is an AJV Alumni who played at Troy University.

Alex (Tootie) Alexander

Alexandra (aka Tootie) Alexander is a native of Austin, Texas. She was a 4 year starter on varsity at McNeil High School. She started playing volleyball for Austin Juniors and played on the Mizuno team since the age of 13. She went on to receive a 4 year scholarship to play volleyball at Troy University in Troy, Alabama. She played outside hitter/defensive specialist her freshman year and the remaining 3 years of her college career, she was the starting setter. The most memorable and exciting game of her career is when Tootie led the Trojans to the biggest win in school history by beating Western Kentucky who has made it to the NCAA tournament several times. They were the number one seed and defending champs of the conference tournament and Troy was seeded 8th. Troy made school history and Sun Belt conference history with that win. She graduated from Troy University in May 2014. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sports and Fitness Management with a minor in Leadership. She has worked at the Anderson High School Volleyball camp for 6 years and recently was a camp coach at Texas State University this year. She enjoys her knowledge, experience and love of volleyball to the future generation of young ladies.

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Chante Thompson

15 Toro | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Chante Thompson

Bio coming soon!

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Ashley Ivy Swift

14 Mizuno | Head Coach
Ashley won the NCAA National Championship with Stanford University. She is the Director of Outdoor at AJV.

Ashley Ivy Swift

Ashley Ivy Swift started her volleyball career in Arlington, Tx where she earned athlete of the year for the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex while playing for Lamar High School. She continued her career at Stanford University where she played in 3 NCAA National finals, winning the National Championship in 2001 and receiving all-tournament honors. After completing her Masters at Stanford University, she started playing beach volleyball on the AVP tour. In 2008 she made the USA Beach National Team and competed on the FIVB World Tour.
Her coaching career began while playing in college. She has won a gold medal coaching in 15 Open and a silver medal in 17 Open at the Junior National Championships. She is CAP I and BCAP certified in coaching and also a cadre specialized in instruction of teaching coaches the art of teaching beach volleyball for USA Volleyball.  From 2006-2016 she was a A1/A2 USA Beach HP Coach and in 2017 has been named the head coach of the USA Jr National Beach Team. In 2011 Austin Juniors hired her to start the sand program, which now runs year round with over 30 teams qualifying for various National Championships this past season. In 2019 she was inducted into the City of Arlington's Athletic Hall of Fame. She is also married to Patrick Swift and they have a 3 yr old son named Carson and almost 1 yr old daughter named Clarke.

  • 2017 USA Beach Jr National Team Head Coach
  • 2019 City of Arlington Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
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Tim Taliaferro

14 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Tim has coached with AJV for over 10 years and was part of the staff that won the 17 Open National Championship.

Tim Taliaferro

Tim has been coaching at Austin Junior Volleyball for 12 years. He has coached 17s, 16s, 15s, 13s, and 12s. In 2008, he was part of the 17 Mizuno team that won the Open National Championship in Dallas. Tim is a triathlete in his spare time. By day he works at Texas Monthly magazine as the chief innovation officer.

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Mari Lopez

14 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Mari has coached with AJV for over 10 years and helped qualify several teams for GJNC.

Mari Lopez

  • 9th Year Coaching with Austin Junior Volleyball
  • Played for Alamo VBC, where her team won Silver Division at Jos ~4 years
  • Played for Bexar County Jrs, where her team won Tampa Bay Qualifier ~ 1 year
  • Played for Texas Juniors ~ 2 years
  • Played for the University of Texas Women's Club Team
  • High School Varsity Captain and Regional Quarter finalist
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Urissa Stephens

14 Molten | Head Coach
Urissa is an AJV Alumni and a current Club Director.

Urissa Stephens

Urissa Stephens played club volleyball for Austin Juniors and played high school volleyball for William B. Travis where she earned Co-MVP All District and Co-MVP All Cen-Tex awards her senior year.  She went on to play collegiately at Lamar University in Beaumont where they were 2001 Southland Conference Champions.  Also, during this season she was ranked 10th in the Nation for Assists per game and Assist Leader for the Southland Conference.  While in college, her coaching career began with coaching club and coaching varies College camps.  In 2003, she graduated from Lamar University with a BS in Psychology.  She became a full time employee of Austin Juniors in 2011.

In 2003, she married Ashley Stephens and they have 3 daughters, Urissa (Rissi), Xyanna (YaYa) and Yahxyiel (Yasi).

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Ana Alvarez

14 Molten | Assistant Coach
Ana is an AJV Alumni and the current head coach at Veritas Academy.

Ana Alvarez

Ana Alvarez played club volleyball for AIM for 5 years as well as AJV for her final year in club. She played for SMCA in Austin, Texas for 2 years. Immediately following high school, she did not want to leave the volleyball world and began coaching 5th-8th grade volleyball at St. Austin School in downtown Austin. She has been the head coach with this program for 5 years going on 6. She has led her 7/8 AAAA team to 3 perfect seasons in conference and tournament. This is her second year coaching 12's for AJV.

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Jay Ferguson

14 Helix | Head Coach
Jay coaches both boys and girls at AJV and is a teacher at RRISD.

Jay Ferguson

This is Jay's 10th season with Austin Junior Volleyball. Jay has coached both girls and boys 12's through 16's and is currently coaching AJV Sand 14U - 16U coach, 14 Helix Head Coach. Jay's previous coaching experience includes three years at St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School Volleyball and Middle School Head Volleyball Coach with Round Rock ISD. Jay has coached youth volleyball over the past decade and provides both one-on-one coaching as well as numerous youth volleyball summer camps an clinics, middle school, and high school camps. Jay is a graduate of St Edwards University, and he is currently working towards his Masters in American History; Jay is currently teaching in the Round Rock ISD.

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Thea Clemons-Valdez

14 Helix | Assistant Coach
Thea played Division I volleyball for Baylor University.

Thea Clemons-Valdez

Bio coming soon!

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Jenni Skopal

14 Helix | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Jenni Skopal

Bio coming soon!

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Jill Peters

14 Cedar Park | Head Coach
Jill was an All-Big 12 setter at the University of Texas from 1998-2000.

Jill Peters

Jill Gremmel Peters grew up in Dubuque, Iowa where she played volleyball for Dubuque Wahlert High School. While at Wahlert, Jill led the team to back to back state championships. In high school, Jill was 1st team all state her junior and senior year. She was also named state tournament MVP her junior and senior year. In 1997, Jill was named Iowa player of the year. In 2004, she was inducted into the Iowa High School Association Volleyball Hall of Fame. As a fab 50 selection, Jill continued her volleyball career at the University of Texas. She was the starting setter at Texas from 1998-2000. Jill was an all Big 12 Conference Selection multiple times, All Big 12 player of the week multiple times, National player of the week, Academic All American, and team MVP in 1999 and 2000. She is currently the 2nd assist leader in Texas history. Jill now lives in Cedar Park with her husband, Ted, and her 4 children. Jill has a passion for volleyball. She loves teaching and training players all aspects of the game.

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Kate Gruben

14 Cedar Park | Assistant Coach
Kate is an AJV Alumni attending the University of Texas.

Kate Gruben

Bio coming soon!

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Ashley Stephens

14 Navy | Head Coach
Ashley has qualified teams for GJNC and was a nationally recognized track & field athlete.

Ashley Stephens

District and regional champ in 110 high hurdles and 4x100m relay

3rd in state 4x100m relay junior and senior year high school.

3rd at Junior National in 110m High Hurdles in 95 , 96, and 97

2nd in 4x100 m relay in 1995

Named most outstanding Track Athlete by San Antonio Express 1995 and 1996

AAU outstanding athlete 1995 and 1996

Qualified for Nike National Junior Team 1998

All City, District, and All State honors in football

Ran for 1,903 yards and scored 23 TD'S junior year in High School. 3rd ALL TIME(high school).

State Champion in Football 1995

State Runner up 1996 football

Ran Track for Texas Southern University.

Transferred and finished Track Career at Lamar University where he met his queen Urissa Stephens.

Coached for 3 years at Jefferson County Speed.

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Samantha Oakes

14 Navy | Assistant Coach
Samantha founded the Women's Club Volleyball program at St. Edwards University.

Samantha Oakes

Pat M. Neff Middle School (San Antonio, Texas) Summer League Coach - Summers of 2008-2010 John Marshall High School (San Antonio, Texas) Summer Camps - Summer League Coach - Summers of 2012-2014 Texas Fusion Volleyball Club (San Antonio, Texas) Defensive Summer Camp - Summers of 2012 and 2013 Texas Fusion Sand Volleyball (San Antonio, Texas) Summer Volunteer Coach - Summer of 2012 and 2013 Del Valle High School Summer Camp (Austin, Texas) Varsity Team Camp - Summer of 2014

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Victoria Podrebarac

14 Red | Head Coach
Victoria is an AJV Alum who played for Texas Lutheran University.

Victoria Podrebarac

Victoria Podrebarac is from Austin, TX where she first started playing volleyball at the age of 13. She began playing club volleyball the next year and finished her last year in the 18's division at Austin Juniors. She attended Anderson High School where she was the captain and MVP for three of her four years there. She spent her first two years of college at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, TX where she was fortunate enough to continue her volleyball career. During high school and college, she received many honors, accolades, and school records for athletics as well as Academic All-district. In addition to being a student athlete, she coached for La Vernia Volleyball Club as an assistant for the top 13's team her Freshman year (2012-2013 club season) and then as an assistant for the top 17's team at Centex Volleyball Club the following year (2013-2014 club season). During the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 club season, she assisted the 13 Red team here at AJV. Last year was her first year as a head coach (14 White), where her team finished 3rd place in the 14 Select Division at Lonestar. This will be Victoria's second year as a head coach and she is excited to incorporate the skills she has learned as a former athlete, an assistant for four years, and as a returning head coach to her 14 Red team. She graduated in December of 2016 from Texas State University with a bachelors degree in Exercise Sports Science and a minor in Business. She's excited for another season at AJV, and hopes to strengthen the skills of young women both on the court and off the court. This is Victoria's fourth year coaching with Austin Juniors.

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Naomi Jean

14 Red | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Naomi Jean

Bio coming soon!

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Eric Valdez

14 Toro | Head Coach
Eric is a lead coach for AJV Sand and has been coaching indoor for three seasons.

Eric Valdez

Played beach volleyball for 10 and now playing/coaching sand for the past 12. Coached an indoor team at nationals in 2013.

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Melissa Rich

14 Toro | Assistant Coach
Melissa is an AJV Alum who played for Texas Lutheran University.

Melissa Rich

Originally from Round Rock, Texas, Melissa graduated from Stony Point High School. She was recruited to play collegiately as both setter and libero for Texas Lutheran University (Seguin, Texas). During her 4 years there, the TLU Bulldogs made 2 trips to the NCAA DIII National Championship Tournament by way of winning the American Southwest Conference title and ASC Tournament. Her collegiate awards include ASC West Division First Team, Pre-Season Defensive Player of the Year, ASC Defensive Player of the Week, TLU Dean's List, and Academic First Team All-Conference. After graduation, she continued her volleyball career and played overseas volleyball for a traveling team that competed all over South East Europe - Slovenia, Austria, Italy, etc. Melissa's coaching career began in 2004 with Austin Junior Volleyball Club, the same club she played 6 years for, and also at the University of Texas as a Summer Volleyball Camp Instructor. In the past 11 years she has coached club in Austin, San Antonio, and West Texas, in addition to her high school experience at Odessa HS (Head, 2012-2014) and Leander HS (Asst, 2015-2017). Currently, Melissa is the Head Varsity Volleyball Coach at Pflugerville High School where she teaches Senior Level Statistics. She married her husband, Terry Rich, in the summer of 2015, and has two daughters, Madison and Kaelyn.

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Shauna Miller

14 White | Head Coach
Bio coming soon!

Shauna Miller

Bio coming soon!

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Aja Haley

14 White | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Aja Haley

Bio coming soon!

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Carlie Childres

14 Grande | Head Coach
Bio coming soon!

Carlie Childres

Bio coming soon!

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Andrea Grimm

14 Grande | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Andrea Grimm

Bio coming soon!

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Michael Cancino

14 Aces | Head Coach
Michael has been with AJV for more than five seasons.

Michael Cancino

Mike grew up playing both indoor and beach volleyball in Corpus Christi. At the time Corpus didn't have juniors volleyball so he played on adult men's and coed teams. He was on the Howard Payne University Men's Club team for two years. Mike is returning to coach his fifth season at AJV.

13s Coaches

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Lauren Erler

13 Mizuno | Head Coach
Lauren is the full-time club programs coordinator at AJV and won the 15 National bronze medal in 2018.

Lauren Erler

Gold Bracket Finishes:

2018- 15 Mizuno (Head Coach)
  GJNC- 3rd, 15 National
  Lone Star Regional Champs- 1st, 15 Bid
  Tour of Texas Warm up- 1st

2017- 16 Mizuno (Asst.)
  Disney Qualifier - 2nd, 16 Open
  Southwest Nationals- 1st
  Tour of Texas Warm up- 1st

2016 - 16 Molten (Asst.)
  Junior Olympics - 5th, 16 USA
  Windy City Qualifier - 1st, 16 USA
  Lone Star Championship Series- 1st

2015 - 13 Navy (Asst.)
  ATX CUP- 1st
  Lone Star Championship Series- 2nd
  Wimberly Showdown- 1st

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Jordyn Ledyard

13 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
Jordyn is an AJV Alumni and has helped qualify two 13 Mizuno teams for GJNC.

Jordyn Ledyard

Bio coming soon!

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Doug Keyser

13 Molten | Head Coach
Doug has made three state tournaments with Round Rock Christian Academy.

Doug Keyser

The 2019-2020 season will be Doug's sixth year with Austin Junior Volleyball and fourth season to coach 13 Molten. His 2019 Molten team had a season record of 47-18 and qualified for USAV Junior Nationals, where they finished 5th place (Gold bracket) out of 64 teams. The team also finished 1st place in the Texas Championship Series Finals.

His 2017 and 2018 Molten teams qualified for the Tour of Texas, with the 2018 team advancing to Gold bracket in the Tour Finals. Both teams also finished in Gold bracket at Lone Star Classic.

Doug coached the 2016 13 Cedar Park team that was named "AJV Team of the Year". The team finished with a 56-13 season record, won Silver bracket in the Tour of Texas, and qualified for USAV Junior Nationals in Indianapolis where they went 8-1 and finished 5th place in Gold Bracket.

He received the "New Coach of the Year" award in 2015, his first season with AJV.

He previously coached at Texas Fury Volleyball Club, where he was "Head Coach of the Year" in 2012.

Doug is the high school varsity head coach at Round Rock Christian Academy. In his four years with the program, the Crusaders have compiled an overall record of 130-34-7, and a district record of 36-2 with three consecutive district championships. RRCA has advanced to the State Final Four each of the past three years, and won the TAPPS 3A State Championship in 2017, when Doug was named "Coach of the Year" by the Texas Association of Volleyball Coaches.

He was selected as a head coach for the 2018 FCA All-Star Match, guiding the Blue team to victory in a contest featuring some of the area's top graduated seniors in their final pre-collegiate competition.

From 2012-2014, Doug was the head coach of the 7th/8th grade volleyball teams at RRCA, winning back-to-back district championships in 2013 and 2014 with a perfect 23-0 record in district play and 41-1 overall.

Doug runs the popular Firestorm Volleyball Camp series each summer in Round Rock. He is also a lead coach for numerous developmental programs at Austin Sports Center.

Doug was IMPACT-certified in 2009, and received CAP Level I accreditation from USA Volleyball that same year. He achieved CAP Level II status in 2012 and was recertified in 2016.

Building the foundation for player success with technical skills, Doug also instills key behaviors that are vital to future development. He understands the necessity of risk and even the value of failure as young athletes are asked to step out of their comfort zone to develop new skills, try unfamiliar roles, and meet ever-increasing expectations. He creates a demanding yet positive team environment where players risk, fall, rise, and risk again, with a growth mindset to prepare athletes for high school and beyond.

Doug is an avid runner and has not missed a day of running since May 2006, logging over 13,000 miles (and still counting) during that time. He and his wife have three daughters.

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Melodi Ramirez

13 Molten | Assistant Coach
Melodi is an AJV Alumni who played for the University of Oklahoma.

Melodi Ramirez

Played for Austin Juniors 13's-18's All-District honors while on varsity at Lake Travis Highschool On the first Cedar Park team to ever qualify for GNVA 'Team of the Year' 17's Won Nationals in the USA division 17's Was voted MVP by division coaches Recruited to the University of Oklahoma Assistant Coach for Houston Skyline 12 Black Assistant Coach AJV 12 Grande Assistant Coach 16 CP

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Kurt Hausheer

13 Cedar Park | Head Coach
Kurt was an NAIA National Champion and is now a certified personal trainer.

Kurt Hausheer

Kurt began playing volleyball in Independence, Missouri. He played men's club volleyball in high school, then went on to play men's collegiate volleyball at Graceland University for USAV Hall of Fame Head Coach Rod Schall. Graceland clinched the national championship while Kurt played there. After serving in the navy, Kurt started coaching volleyball for South Salem High School as the JV coach. After one season he was hired as the varsity head coach for Philomath High School. He also coached that year at Webfoot Juniors Volleyball Club in Eugene, Oregon. After leading Philomath High School from obscurity to within a game of the state playoffs in his first season, he moved to Austin, Texas, where he started coaching for Austin Juniors. Kurt coached the Lone Star High Performance 18s Youth Select team with players from the Lone Star region in 2013. In addition to coaching volleyball, Kurt is a certified personal trainer (strength & conditioning), focused on helping athletes achieve a rapid increase in their vertical jump height. He is now in his 8th year coaching for Austin Juniors. Kurt has a patented invention called the plyotower (www.plyotower.com), a device used for jump training. He also works year round as a vertical jump trainer, helping athletes develop more explosive movement as well as a rapid increase in their vertical jump height (www.plyomaster.com)

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Rachael Sullivan

13 Cedar Park | Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!

Rachael Sullivan

Bio coming soon!

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Mark Rosholt

13 Navy | Head Coach
Mark has been coaching for Austin Juniors since 1990.

Mark Rosholt

My passion for volleyball began at age 11 in 1971 when, as a 5th grader, I started attending the newly opened middle school of the Central Columbia School District near Bloomsburg, PA. As it happened, the new P. E. teacher of this middle school, Dan Gasdick, had been a founding member and the first president of the men's volleyball club at Penn State University. He had a passion for the sport of "Power Volleyball" (not to be confused at the time with the back yard picnic variety) that influenced not only the activities in our P.E. class, but sparked my love of playing and teaching the game. In this middle school, our schedule allowed for us to take "Mini-courses" that were really electives created by teachers in areas of their own interest. Mr. Gasdick offered Power Volleyball 1 & 2, both of which I took as a 6th grader. Since I had tapped out the volleyball curriculum in 6th grade, what was left for 7th and 8th grades? Well, I talked Mr. Gasdick into letting me be his teaching assistant for Power Volleyball and thus began my volleyball coaching career at the ripe old age of 12. Now, forty some years later I find myself still coaching volleyball with a still burning passion for teaching the game and competing. After graduation from Central Columbia High School, I went to Luther College where I help found the Men's Volleyball Club, lettered in tennis, and earned a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. After graduating from Luther and realizing the cubicle life was not for me, I enrolled in the Math Education program at the University of Minnesota. While going to the U of M I played on their Men's Club Volleyball team, which was being coached at the time by friends of one Glen Lietzke. I also played as a setter and outside hitter on a men's USVBA team, with a bunch of other math graduate students, that won the Men's A North Star Regional Championship. Somewhere during this period, I was asked by a friend to play on a co-rec volleyball team. Also invited to be on that team was Kathy Bolstorff (who played on a high school team in Minnesota coached by another close friend of Glen Lietzke that competed against another high school team coached by, you guessed it, Glen Lietzke ... yes, it's a small world) who I ended up marrying. We ultimately followed a path similar to Glen's here to Austin, where we have lived since 1990. We now have two children, Jonah (15) who attends LASA High School and Allison (12) who attends Kealing Middle School. Both of them also play for Austin Juniors. Ever since moving to Austin I have worked for the Austin Independent School District first at Johnston High School (where I was the Freshman Volleyball Coach for 5 years and the Varsity Coach for 2 years) and now at Garza High School. I was the assistant coach for TAPPS State Volleyball Champion St. Michael's Academy in 1991. I also love to perform and have been on stage in many musicals here in Austin at the Paramount Theater, the old Palmer Auditorium and Zilker Park. Despite all the information available to him through our Minnesota connections, Glen hired me to coach for Austin Junior Volleyball in that 1990-91 season, making this my 28th season with the club. My daughter, Allison, has participated in the AJV Little Spikers clinics, which she proclaimed after the first session as the "funnest thing she had ever done". I guess I won't be done coaching any time soon ... and that is just fine with me.

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Jacqueline Erlanson

13 Navy | Assistant Coach
Jacqueline is an AJV Alumni who played for Southwestern College.

Jacqueline Erlanson

Jacqueline Erlanson is from Austin, TX and began playing volleyball at the age of 12. She began playing club volleyball that year and finished her last year in the 18's division at Austin Juniors. She attended Rouse High School where she was the captain for four years and offensive player of the year in 2011. Jacqueline continued to play volleyball at Southwestern College for four years. During her high school and college career, she received many honors included academic and All-District Academic. Jacqueline has since graduated and is now an Auditor at an accounting firm in south Austin, Weaver, as a CPA. She's excited to be back with AJV as a coach, and hopes to positively influence young players on and off the court. This is Jacqueline's second year coaching with Austin Juniors.

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Samantha Oakes

13 Red | Head Coach
Samantha founded the Women's Club Volleyball program at St. Edwards University.

Samantha Oakes

Pat M. Neff Middle School (San Antonio, Texas) Summer League Coach - Summers of 2008-2010 John Marshall High School (San Antonio, Texas) Summer Camps - Summer League Coach - Summers of 2012-2014 Texas Fusion Volleyball Club (San Antonio, Texas) Defensive Summer Camp - Summers of 2012 and 2013 Texas Fusion Sand Volleyball (San Antonio, Texas) Summer Volunteer Coach - Summer of 2012 and 2013 Del Valle High School Summer Camp (Austin, Texas) Varsity Team Camp - Summer of 2014

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Micki Oakes

13 Red | Assistant Coach
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Micki Oakes

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Susan Hart

13 Toro | Head Coach
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Susan Hart

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Samantha Perez

13 Toro | Assistant Coach
Samantha is an AJV Alumni and student at McNeil High School.

Samantha Perez

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Kaitlyn Krafka

13 White | Assistant Coach
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Kaitlyn Krafka

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Laura Milton

13 Grande | Head Coach
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Laura Milton

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Dusti Sheffield

13 Grande | Assistant Coach
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Dusti Sheffield

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12s Coaches

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Lindsey Harrison

12 Mizuno | Head Coach
Lindsey played for Baker University and is a former assistant coach at St. Edwards University.

Lindsey Harrison

This will be my eighth year with Austin Juniors. I have worked with 11s - 17s in my time with the club, spending the last 2 years leading our top 11s team and assisting 14 Molten. My first Fall in town consisted of assisting across the street at St. Edwards University, when I thought I wanted to be a college coach when I grew up - I am now a Business Development Executive. I have worked tirelessly to find a professional environment I enjoy as much as being in the gym - To date, I would still rather be developing our amazing your athletes to be great players and people. Prior to moving to Austin, I coached for MAVs in Kansas City. I primarily worked with our JO Development level teams, our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders playing 12's in preparation for Nationals. I was also a JV head coach and Varsity assistant at one of the top 6A programs in the state. I was employed by the Heart of America region and my primary responsibilities included growing the youth sport, community outreach and event coordination for our local events and the Show Me National Qualifier. I attended and played volleyball at Baker University, graduating with a BS in Business Management and a BA in Social Psychology.

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Drew Harrison

12 Mizuno | Assistant Coach
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Drew Harrison

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Steven Romero

12 Cedar Park | Head Coach
Steven has been with AJV since 2017.

Steven Romero

10 years coaching experience: 2017-19 AJV, 2015-16 Texas Fury, 2005-09 Blackland, Numerous Camps/Clinics. IMPACT certified. I really love this sport and have enjoyed coaching and sharing the how-to and why of volleyball and seeing the growth in the athletes I've worked with. Sports help to create unity between many people no matter what their background.
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Rose Lewis

12 Navy | Head Coach
Rose played for Bucknell University and was named AJV New Coach of the Year in 2018.

Rose Lewis

I grew up in Santa Barbara, CA and played for Santa Barbara Volleyball Club for 7 years. I played at Santa Barbara High School and we won the CIF Championship my junior year and we were CIF semi-finalists my senior year. I went on to play at Bucknell University for all four years and was a team captain my senior year. I was trained as a setter. After graduating I moved to Houston to become a teacher. I coached at Texas Tornados - I was head coach of the 13 Teal team and assistant coach for the 15 Mizuno team. We went to Junior Nationals for our 15s team. The next season I coached at Houston Juniors with the 15 Premier team. Last year, I started my Master's in Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin and had my first season at Austin Juniors. I was voted "New Coach of the Year" and felt very lucky to have such a great group of girls and parents! I can't wait for this upcoming season!

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Frankie Lewis

12 Navy | Assistant Coach
Frankie has been with AJV since 2017.

Frankie Lewis

I was raised in Santa Barbara, CA and played for Santa Barbara Volleyball Club for 7 years. I started as a setter, but was moved to a hitting position due to my height. I have experience as an opposite, middle blocker, and outside hitter. I played at Santa Barbara High School and was on the varsity team my sophomore through senior years. During my final season, I was co-captain of the varsity team and was named All-Channel First Team in our league. All three years I was on varsity, our team qualified for CIF playoffs and were ranked in the top 10 of Division 1-AA. I went to University of Michigan where I studied Psychology and Communications. After graduating, I moved to Austin to start my career. I work on the sales operations team of a tech start-up. I was the assistant coach for 12 Red at AJV last year. I am very excited for another year with AJV!

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Scott Mayhew

12 Red | Head Coach
Scott coached for Louisiana Tech University and was on the first ever AJV coaching staff.

Scott Mayhew

Scott played on the University of Texas mens team from 1981 through 1983. He played and coached in the USAV Open Division, qualifying for Adult Nationals in 1984 and 1985. Scott coached for 17s for Austin Juniors in the club's first season. He was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Houston in 1986, while studying exercise physiology in grad school. Scott also founded Houston Junior Volleyball and was the club's director for its first two years. Scott was the head volleyball coach at Louisiana Tech University from 1989 to 1994, recording five straight winning seasons and was named Sunbelt Coach of the Year in 1991. He was head volleyball coach at Southwestern University from 1995 through 1998. His team advanced to the NCAA tournament three times and won their conference twice. Moving back to Houston, Scott was the Director for Willowbrook Sports from 2001 through 2011. His teams won the Tour of Texas twice, and he was a coach on three teams that won medals at JOs. From 2012 through 2014, he coached and trained setters for Houston Skyline.

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Kylee Smith

12 Red | Assistant Coach
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Kylee Smith

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Nichole Allison

12 Toro | Assistant Coach
Nichole played for Concordia University and has more than a decade of coaching experience.

Nichole Allison

This is my tenth year coaching and am looking forward to inspiring the girls to develop a strong work ethic, become better communicators/ supporters on the court and to be better overall players and teammates. I was a middle blocker in high school and college. I was an all around athlete (also played basketball & ran track) but fell in love with volleyball. I have a life-long love of volleyball and will continue to play until I can't. Throughout my high school and collegiate athletic years, I was known for being aggressive and physically a 'hard' hitter. Now I seek to pass on my knowledge, experience and love of volleyball to the future generation. I've had a few opportunities to play with the best in the world and continue strive to be the best in coaching and teaching the game. My work ethic is fueled by the players being physically and mentally prepared for all situations on and off the court no matter what level. I believe that all girls can soar beyond their expectations if they are dedicated and willing to be comfortable with the uncomfortable (growing process). The keys to being on my team is being 100% focused on improving in every skill, possessing the ability to accept and immediately acting on constructive feedback, developing independent thinking skills (coach-able player).

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Mikayla Smith

12 Toro | Assistant Coach
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Mikayla Smith

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Eloisa Nava

12 Grande | Head Coach
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Eloisa Nava

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Tywanii Hardman

12 Grande | Assistant Coach
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Tywanii Hardman

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11s Coaches

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Clifton Bergfeld

11 Navy | Head Coach
Cliff has more than 20 years of coaching experience at every level, including NCAA Division I.

Clifton Berfeld

As the 2019-2020 Head Coach for Austin Junior Volleyball 11 Navy, I am tremendously excited for the season. My volleyball philosophy consists of three important ideas: 1. Work Hard: Effort, purposeful actions and knowledge of the sport will create success, play as if your next coach is watching from the stands; 2. Be a Leader: in the classroom, on the court, the bench, and at home, be the role model you want to have; and 3. use the gym as a classroom to learn life's best lessons; teamwork, goal setting, sportmanship, success, failure, etc. My day job is as a healthcare executive and attorney for one of the nations largest healthcare organizations. Volleyball Coaching is my avocation. However, please know, I am passionate for the sport, I am dedicated to the athletes and I am an advocate for youth athletics. My volleyball career began as a player. I competed at the varsity Junior College level from January 1995 through May 1996 for Ohlone College in Fremont, California and received 2nd Team All Conference honors. I competed as a member of the University at Buffalo Men's Volleyball Team from January 1997 through May of 1998. During the 1998 Season UB achieved a conference championship, and 8th Place overall at NIRSA Men's Club Nationals. Additionally, I competed as an Open/AA level Grass and Beach Volleyball player for many years in events like the AVP Qualifier Tour, NCVA Grass Doubles Series, NOVA Beach Series, and the Motherlode. My coaching career started as Head Coach of the Mission San Jose High School (Fremont, Ca.) Women's Volleyball Team in the fall of 1995. Returning home to Austin, I worked for Coach Lietzke as a coach for the University of Texas Summer Camp programs and coached a 14 and under team at Austin Junior Volleyball in Spring 1997. After moving to Western New York, I was Head Coach for the Depew High School Women's Volleyball Program (Depew, NY) in the fall of 1997; served as Assistant Coach for D'Youville College Women's Volleyball Program, winning a conference championship with three athletes achieving all conference honors and one receiving National Small College All American accolades in 1998. I then spent time as an Assistant Coach for the University at Buffalo Women's Volleyball (MAC Conference Div I.) during the 1999-2000 season. Presently, I live in Buda, Texas with my wife, Deborah and two daughters. We are a busy family who like to travel, play outdoors, golf, hunt, snow ski and of course play volleyball. I look forward to helping all the AJV athletes achieve their best and teaching the sport of volleyball to all the AJV athletes.

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Ana Mooney

11 Navy | Assistant Coach
Ana is an AJV Alumni who won a 17 American National Championship.

Ana Mooney

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BJ Goins

11 Cedar Park | Head Coach
BJ has coached the Austin Royals for over 10 years.

BJ Goins

Originally from Aledo, TX (when it was a 1A school), BJ lettered in basketball, volleyball and track. She attended ORU in Tulsa, playing most of the available intramural sports including volleyball and spent hours in the gym. This is where she first encountered the sport of fencing. After graduation she pursued fencing to fulfill her love for competition during a time when there were few opportunities for women to compete after college.

She spent over 20 years as a competitive fencer, including: 2 National Titles, 1994 US Olympic Festival Silver place foil team competitor, multi-weapon Southwest Section champion, Chairman of the Southwest Section-USFA (94-95, 97-98), along with many other titles and is a current inductee in South Texas Division Fencing Hall of Fame. She attended the USFA fencing coaches' college in CO and began coaching fencing from 1999 thru 2010.

BJ is married and has two multi-sport daughters, Audrey, currently a college junior and manager on the ORU college track team and Sabrina, who decided to focus on volleyball and just finished her first year with AJV.

BJ has coached volleyball, basketball and track with the Austin Royals over the past 10 years.

BJ enjoys the opportunity to help young athletes develop their potential while learning lessons for life, how to balance sports and life, how to work with teammates, and how to push through difficulties to achieve success.

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Emma Stauber

11 Cedar Park | Assistant Coach
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Emma Stauber

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