In the fall of 2009 Coach Andrew completed her twenty first season as the Director of JJVA and the Head Coach of the newly named Florida State College at Jacksonville (formerly Florida Community College at Jacksonville). The past nine seasons have seen the JJVA and the FSCJ volleyball programs consistently ranked in the national polls. Coach Andrew has posted a career record of 519-229 while at FSCJ and provided the opportunity for more than 100 JJVA players move on to play college volleyball. 
 

Coach Andrew has thirty four years of work experience in the fields of education, coaching, athletic administration, commercial recreation and professional sports. She has served on the Florida Regional Board of the United States Volleyball Association, is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, served as the volleyball chairperson for the Mid-Florida Conference and as the State Volleyball Chairperson for the Florida Community Colleges. Coach Andrew has been an invited speaker at the American Volleyball Coaches National Convention and Final Four and the Florida High School Coaches Convention. In 2002 she was selected as the AVCA Region Coach of the Year and in the spring of 2006 she was also inducted into the Florida Community College Activities Association “Hall of Fame”. In 2008 she was inducted in to the Florida Region USAV “Hall of Fame” and in 2009 was selected for the “Ambassador Award” for the Florida Region of USAV. In December of 2009 Coach Andrew was awarded the Victory Award by the AVCA for 500 career wins. 
 

Coach Andrew is committed to the values of education, integrity, honesty, personal responsibility, community service and fair play in the arena of life as well as competitive sports. Her volleyball programs seek to serve as an example of these qualities both on and off the court.

 Adis Imamovic

Adis currently serves as the JJVA Operations Director and Director of Coaching and Competition. In 2007 during his 1st  year as a Club Director for JJVA, his National Program sent two teams to the USAV National Tournament.  Adis, has been coaching for our National program for four years. His extensive resume includes playing experience in Boznia and Germany and assistant coaching experience at Northern Iowa University, the University of North Florida and FCCJ. In addition he manages leagues, clinics and camps for the JJVA. .

Adis is an accomplished player, teacher, coach and director. He has played on the JJVA Men's team which has qualified for the USAV Nationals. He has served as the Head Coach for the US Navy team which competes in the National All-Sevice Championships. He has also been selected several years to coach with the Floirida Region High Performance Progam and coached in the HP National Championships. In addition he has coached club teams to the USAV National Championships.

Adis is a recognized leader of the local, regional and national volleyball communities and he has been instrumental in leading all JJVA programs to a high level of education, instruction and competition. Adis has recieved several region honors including "Director of the Year" awarded by the USAV. 

Enrico Discacciati

Enrico, has coached for JJVA for over 16 years and  helped, as First Assistant Coach at Nease H.S, win the 2008 FHSAA 4A State Championship. Enrico also was selected to be a Florida Region High Performance Coach for the 'Select' age group at the USAV High Performance International Tournament in Ft Lauderdale, FL in July of 2008. Enrico coached for 14 years with Mary Andrew at Florida Community College Jacksonville.  He has been an Assistant Coach for Orange County (CA) Juniors Boys U16 and U14 teams at the USAV Boys Junior Olympic Tournament.

CJ Sherman

A graduate of Covenant College CJ earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She began her collegiate volleyball career earning NAIA All Conference and All Region honors as a player. Her successful collegiate head coaching career includes Palm Beach Atlantic University (88-94), University of South Carolina Aiken (94-98), and University of Montevallo (99-04). With an overall record of 337 wins/188 losses, she has also accomplished two back-to-back 30 win seasons, 7 times Coach of the Year, 34 All-Conference players, 21 Academic All Conference players, 3 Conference Players of the Year, and 5 All-Americans. She has also won 8 Conference Championships, and 5 Regional appearances, and 2 National appearances. Over 18 of her former collegiate players coach high school, club or at college level.

CJ is currently the Head Coach at Nease High School, a Natioanl Team coach for JJVA and the JJVA recruiting coordinator. CJ has coached for the JJVA National Program since 2004 and is also currently also working for Bring it USA Promotions where she handles international volleyball tours for NCAA, II, III, NAIA, NJCAA and Junior Clubs.  She has served as a coach for the 17U National team which qualified for the USAV Nationals in 2009. Cj's experience and expertise bring tremendous benefits to the JJVA programs.

Janice Pressley

2001-present

Janice just completed her 1st season as Assistant coach at Florida State College at Jacksonville.  Prior to FSCJ, she was the Assistant coach at the University of North Florida for two years; In addition to UNF, She also was the head coach at Bartram Trail High School for 2 years.  A graduate of FCCJ ('03) and Georgia Southern ('05). The Orange Park, Fla., native was a middle blocker for Georgia Southern from 2003-05, where she recorded 467 career kills and 179 total blocks. In 2003, she helped lead the Eagles to a Southern Conference Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to eventual runner-up Florida in the first round.  Before attending GSU, she played at FCCJ from 2001-03. In 2002, Pressley earned  all-conference honors after recording 410 kills and 153 blocks while helping lead FCCJ to a 30-6 record and No. 13 national ranking. Janice holds a  Bachelors degree in General Studies with emphasis in Health/PE & Psychology. 

Rob Holley

Rob Holley was most recently the Head Boy's Volleyball coach at The Bolles School.  Before starting the boys program in 2004 at Bolles he was an Assistant Volleyball Coach at Florida Southern University for two seasons. He served as the Interim Head Volleyball Coach at the University of North Florida, and was the Assistant Volleyball Coach at UNF for two seasons, helping lead the team to 2 Peach Belt Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships, advancing to the NCAA Tournament both years.  Rob also served from 1992-98 as head coach of the University of Kentucky's men's volleyball club, which was nationally ranked all seven years. The team also finished in the Elite Eight at the NIRSA National Championships in 1999, in the top twenty in 1992, 1995, & 1998, and were the SEC Conference Champions in 1993.   His coaching experience also includes technical advisor for the All Air Force Team and head coach for several club teams.  Rob had been a USAV Regional Referee, FIVB Line Judge, and State Rated College Referee.  

Rob's coaching career began as an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky University, where he earned his bachelor's degree.  As a former indoor player he played USAV at the Level AA/ Open for various clubs as a setter and rightside. On the beach player he competed on the EVA, Molson, and AVP Qualifying Tours. 

John McCallum

John has coached the JJVA 13 and 14 Regional Teams and 14 N and 15 N teams as an assistant. He is currently an Assistant Coach with the   Jacksonville University Women’s Volleyball Team. He was an assistant coach at Nease HS having coached the 2008 4-A State High School Championship team with Head Coach C.J. Sherman and Rico Discacciati, and the following two years with CJ and Miriam Roehrs. John began his coaching career in 1973 in Ocala where he taught P.E. and coached JHS Football and Boys & Girls Basketball and Volleyball. In 1986 he coached the USA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team, representing the USA in International competition in Spain and England. John earned his B.S. in Education from Southern Illinois University and an M.S. in Psychology/Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University. He recently retired from the  Duval County Public Schools. He is a USA Volleyball CAP II certified coach, a certified NFHS Volleyball Coach, and holds a Florida Education Athletic Coaching Certificate K-12.

Pete Sproules

1990-present  
Pete is one of the veteran coaches of JJVA. He has been with the club since 1990 and has coached teams at all levels. Pete is currently the National 18U coach for the club and has served in this capapcitty for several years. He is an extremely talented coach witha passion for the game and many of his players go on to play on college. 

Last season Pete was also a coach at the USAV High Performance International Volleyball Tournament in Tucson, AZ.  where he served as an assistant to the Florida Region High Performance Select Blue Team.  Pete has coached for the past five seasons at Episcopal High School and prior to that engagement he coached at Bishop Kenny High School. 

Pete is USAV certified coach and is also a NCAA National Level Referee.  Pete has played with the JJVA Men's team which won win the Florida Region Mens Regional Championship last year. Pete's experience as a player, official and coach speak to his dedication to the sport of volleyball and to JJVA.  

Jennifer Randall

Jennifer was born and raised in Long Beach , California where she was a distinguished high school and club player. She played collegiate volleyball on scholarship at Georgia Tech 2002- 2005, where she was a defensive specialist and libero. During her career the Jackets reached the elite eight in the NCAA tournament and were ranked as high #4 in the country.  She graduated Tech with a Bachelors degree in business management. 
Her coaching experience includes serving as an assistant for two years with A5 volleyball club and the JV head coach at Marist School in Atlanta before hitting the college ranks as a coach at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2007 Jennifer joined the JJVA coaching staff and served as the head coach of one of our 16-Regional teams. This is going to be here 3rd year coaching with the national teams.  Her competitive experience and knowledge of the game have been a welcome addition to the JJVA coaching staff.
Jen moved to Jacksonville to be near family and is currently pursuing a second degree, this time in the field of nursing.

Samantha Giudici

Sam , as she is called, was an outside hitter for 4 years at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. After graduating from ASU as a political science major, she moved to Jacksonville to attend Florida Coastal School of Law.  Sam graduated from FCSL in May 2008, and is currently practicing labor and employment law as an Associate Attorney at Harper Gerlach, PL.

Sam joined the JJVA coaching staff last season as an assistant coach in the Regional 16U program. Her talents as a player and her skills as an analytical thinker have made her a welcome addition to the JJVA coaching staff.   

Magen Wood

Magen graduated from the University of North Florida with a degree in Elementary Education and currently teaches first grade at R. L. Brown Elementary School in Jacksonville. While at UNF Magen played volleyball for 2 years for Coach Bryan Bunn and prior to her two years at UNF Magen played for the University of Akron in Ohio.

Magen is a USAV certified coach and has served as an assistant coach for the JJVA National program in the14U and 18U divisions. Her playing experience and skills as a teacher are an exciting addition to the JJVA coaching staff.

The Ohio native now resides in Jacksonville and is the proud owner of two great dogs, Cooper and Charlie.

Mike Abinsay

Mike returned to volleyball coaching this year when he joined JJVA as an assistant coach on the 12-Regional team. Previously he coached 3 years with Sandalwood HS in Jacksonville, FL.

Katie Evans

Katie graduated from Pedro Menendez High School in St. Augustine in 2007 and played club volleyball for four years. She then attended FCCJ where she played on the women's volleyball team and distinguished herself academically.

She is currently working towards her bachelors degree in accounting at UNF and also works in the JJVA Volleyabll Center office as a staff member. Last year Katie joined the JJVA coaching staff as an assistant coach for the regional program. Katie's experience also includes several years as a league and camp coach.
 

Jonathan Pennington

Jonathan has coached for 8 years for the Providence Volleyball program. The past three seasons on the varsity team full-time. Last season he help the Stallions to a 23-6 record and a top 25 ranking in the state among all classes.

He began his volleyball career as a player at Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida. As a player he was awarded All-Conference 1st team honors his senior season and All-Conference 2nd team his junior season as a setter and outside hitter. He led the Seminole Athletic Conference in digs and was top 5 in kills, aces and serving percentage during his senior season.

After high school Jonathan attended FCCJ (1998-1999) and ran track on a full scholarship. Afterwards he went on to play 5 years of Rugby for the Jacksonville Rugby Football Club helping them win Florida State titles in 2004 and 2005. Then was selected to play for the Florida Select-Side team in 2005.

John Alipio

John played high school volleyball in Italy then was a student assistant coach at Fletcher HS in Jacksonville, FL. He was a trainer for Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) for 2 seasons and also supported many summer camps. This is the 4th JJVA team that John has coached, 3rd as head coach.  John played for First Coast Volleyball in Jacksonville for 8 years.  John has a total of 20 years of playing and coaching experience.

Miriam Roehrs

Miriam, is coaching her 4th year with JJVA as the head coach of the 14R team. She graduated from Newberry College with a B.S. in Elementary Education and Special Education Learning Disabilities and a Masters of Education in Divergent Learning from Columbia College. Miriam was a varsity head coach in South Carolina for 5 years. She is currently teaching Inclusion Math at Ridgeview High School in Orange Park.

Linda White

Linda has been the head coach of the Providence varsity volleyball team since 1998, the year the program began. Since then she has led Providence to 5 straight district titles. Winning at least 20 matches every year since 2006 and seven of the last eight years. Before her time at Providence she began her coaching career at Seacoast Christian Academy. This will be her second year coaching at JJVA.

Patti Reed

Patti joined the JJVA staff this year to manage the Pro Shop.  When not in the Pro Shop she is a Sr. Executive Assistant at Chase Bank where she has worked for the last 10 years.

Patti is also the Education & Certification Chair of the First Coast Chapter of IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professional) where she holds her CAP (Certified Administrative Professional) Certification.  Patti also dabbles as the Chapter’s Webmaster.

 James, her husband of 18 years, as well as her daughter Jamie; who plays on a 16 R team, also help out in the Pro Shop. We are very excited to be part of the JJVA Family.

Christina Hovestadt

Christina is from Jacksonville, Florida and played volleyball at Florida Community College at Jacksonville from 2006-2008 as a defensive specialist and libero. Prior to playing for FCCJ, Christina played for JJVA for three years. During her tenure at FCCJ, she earned a spot on the 2008 honorable mention Mid-Florida Conference team.
 
Christina has been coaching volleyball camps and clinics around Jacksonville since 2005. She has also served as an assistant volleyball coach for Darnell Cookman Middle School. This is her first year coaching JJVA.
 
If you haven’t met Christina, you’ve probably seen her on commercials for First Coast News, as she currently freelances there. She also covers the Jacksonville Jaguars as a contributing writer for Scout.com. Christina has much experience in the sports field as she has worked or interned for many sports organizations throughout Jacksonville including JagNation.com, Velocity Sports Performance, Diamond Baseball Training, The Jimmy Smith Foundation and Atlas Sports Medicine.

Anna Renton

Anna is originally from Baton Rouge, LA and earned a scholarship to the University of West Georgia where she held the role of starting libero for a year before transferring and finishing her career at the University of Tennessee at Martin in the same position. During that time she spent her summers working a variety of team camps around the southeast.  After graduating with a Health and Human Performance degree in the area of K-12 Licensure, she attended the University of Memphis, earning a Master’s degree in Sports Commerce and Leisure.  Anna coached for Memphis Metro Volleyball Club during her two year stay in Memphis.  In her first year with Metro, Anna coached 3 travel teams: 11 and under, 12 and under, and 14 and under, and followed that with a stint as 15’s national team coach the next club season.
      Anna now lives in the Jacksonville area and is the head coach at St. Augustine High School.  During her three years at JJVA she has worked with the 12 and under and 13 and under teams.

Tangela Ennis

1995 - present
After graduating from East Bay Senior High School in Gibsonton, FL, Tangela traveled to the highest of seven hills in Tallahassee, FL to joint the Lady Rattlerette Volleyball Team.  She was a member of FAMU's 1995 & 1996 MEAC Championship Teams.  Her coaching career began in 1998, but she left in 2001 to follow her dreams of working in professional sports.  Her true passion for teaching (and especially coaching) prompted Tangela to leave the Heat Group (owners of the Miami Heat & formerly Miami Sol) and return to coaching. Tangela is now in her 3rd season with JJVA (last year she was the Head Coach of one of the 16R teams) and looks forward to a long future together.

Casey Benner

Casey graduated from West Branch High School in Beloit, Ohio in 2006 as a four year letter-winner in volleyball and track. She also participated in club volleyball from 2000-2006 for Mizuno Elite. She accepted a scholarship to West Virginia Wesleyan then transfered to the University of North Florida where she completed her degree in PreK-Primary Education. This is her 3rd year coaching for JJVA in the 14 regional division.

Jesse Newton

Jesse is excited to be on the  JJVA team for her third season.  Jesse is originally from Delray Beach, Florida and has 15 years total of volleyball experience as a player and a coach. She attended Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. Jesse was on the Faulkner University women’s volleyball team where she was the Lady Eagles libero/ds for her four years there. She received NAIA- GACC Defensive Specialist of the Year in 2001 and won two conference championships with the Lady Eagles. She earned both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Criminal Justice from Faulkner University and is currently enrolled at Florida Coastal School of Law here in Jacksonville, emphasizing in Sports Law.

Olivia Snipes

I am originally from Easley, South Carolina. I am a Senior at Flagler College majoring in Elementary Education with a minor in History. I am a member of 3 National Honor Societies; Alpha Chi, Kappa Delta Pi, and Omicron Delta Kappa. I am also the President of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee for Flagler as well as the Corresponding Secretary for Alpha Chi Honor Society. I just finished my last season as a setter for the Flagler Saints. Throughout my volleyball career with Flagler, I was fortunate enough to have contributed to 3 Consecutive Peach Belt Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships, 2 Southeast Regional Championships, and 2 Division II National Tournament appearances in 2009, making it to the Final Four, and 2011, making it to the Elite Eight.
Individually, I am a 3 time member of the Peach Belt Academic Team and Athletic Directors Association Academic Team. This season in 2011, I was named a 3 time PBC Specialist of the Week, named PBC Setter of the Year and PBC Tournament Most Valuable Player. I was the first athlete in Flagler Volleyball history to be named the Division II National Player of the Week on Oct. 4th. I was selected as a member of the PBC First Team All-Conference, AVCA First Team All-Southeast Region and was selected as a member to the Southeast Regional Championship Tournament Team. I was also the first player in Flagler volleyball history to be selected as a Division II Third Team All-American. This 2011 season I also broke Flagler College's single season assist record.

Melissa Merchant

Melissa Merchant returns to JJVA for her second year having been the assistant for the 15-1 team last year.  Previous to JJVA Melissa coached with local club BCVC for two years after graduating from Jacksonville University where she finished her collegiate career. Melissa transferred to JU after playing for two years at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. A native of California, Melissa played both high school and club volleyball before entering the collegiate circuit.
Since graduating with a Bachelors of Science in both political science and sociology, Melissa has attended the Art Institute of Jacksonville, obtaining a culinary skills diploma. She loves to bake and does specialty cake/pastry catering. Currently Melissa works as a fitness consultant for Bailey’s Powerhouse Gym.

Christa Zielinski

A native of Long Island, NY, Christa fully immersed herself in the sport of volleyball and was playing or assisting all year long at an early age.  She was a 3 year starter in high school and played with a regional club program.  All her hard work and continuous playing earned her a full scholarship to University of Rhode Island.  Known as a utility player, Christa earned all conference honors while leading her team to two conference championships, and NCAA appearances.  She continued to play after college in USAV, beach, & grass tournaments and earned several medals in the Empire State Games. 
    Her coaching experience includes JV boys team, regional & national girls club programs, and an assistant coach at NYU.  While at NYU she helped earn the Coaching Staff of the Year award for their conference.
    Christa has a BSN from URI and a Masters in Midwifery from NYU.  She works PRN as a nurse at Flagler hospital.  Christa, her husband Brian, and two little girls moved to Florida in 2010.  Last season she was an assistant coach with St. Augustine Volleyball Club.  She is looking forward to her first season with JJVA and sharing her 27 years of experience in volleyball.

Melissa Cariatti

Melissa graduated from Ridgeview High School in Orange Park, Florida in 2010 as a four year letter-winner in volleyball and basketball. She also participated in club volleyball from 2008-2010 for BCVC. She is currently a sophomore playing at Florida State College at Jacksonville under Coach Mary Andrew. This will be her second season coaching with JJVA as a 16 local team.

Austin Lanteigne

Austin has been involved in the game of volleyball since 2000. He started all 4 years for Kellam High School in Virginia Beach, VA as an Outside Hitter and earned All-District, All-Region, and All-State honors his junior and senior year. He played club volleyball for Coastal Virginia Volleyball Club and was selected to USAV High Performance Camp his junior year. In college, Austin played club volleyball for the United States Naval Academy. He was selected as EIVA Player of the year and named Honorable Mention All-American his senior season.
 Austin served as a student-assistant coach at New Mexico Military Institute in 2004 and worked the Navy Volleyball Camps from 2007-2009. Austin was also the JV Head Coach and Varsity Assistant Coach at Escambia High School in Pensacola, FL in 2009. Austin is serving his second year as a head coach with JJVA after coaching in the 16L division in 2011. He continues to play in Open level beach tournaments and trains and competes with the All-Navy men’s volleyball program. Austin earned a B.S. in Political Science from the United States Naval Academy and currently works as a Naval Flight Officer at NAS Jacksonville.

Kara Gonzalez

From St. Augustine, Florida. Played volleyball for St. Augustine High School. Played for JJVA two years before going to play at The University of West Florida. While there West Florida went to the NCAA tournament 4 times, reaching sweet 16 twice. Highest ranking while there was 15th. While in Pensacola for college she coached for The Pensacola Lizards volleyball club for 3 years. Is IMPACT certified. Graduated from the University of West Florida in August with a bachelors degree in Exercise Science. Moved back to St. Augustine to be close to family and to go back to school. Coaches the 17 national Rico team with head coach Rico!

Matthew R. Heffner

Matt recently moved to the Jacksonville area from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.  Matt played club volleyball for seven years for the Red Rose Club making three trips to the USA Juniors nationals.  He played four years of varsity volleyball in high school winning two straight county championships and qualifying for the state playoffs his senior year.  He graduated from Millersville University in 2008 where he played four years of club volleyball winning the division two years and placing 5^th at the NIRSA championships for DII schools.  Matt coached one year at Millersville where he was the assistant coach. He spent last two season as the assistant coach at St. Augustine High School.

Jose Rivera

After coaching the 15 Regional team last season, Jose Rivera returns to JJVA as coordinator for the 16 and under JJVA league.  Jose has worked with JJVA for nine years since he moved to Jacksonville.   Jose brings over 20 years of coaching experience to JJVA ranging from juniors to Division-I college volleyball.  In addition to working as JJVA’s local coordinator, Jose assists Mary Andrew with the Florida State College volleyball program and is the Physical Education Specialist for Duval County Public Schools

Allie Reed

14L-Allie

Graduated from Century High School in Sykesville, Md....Lettered all four years in volleyball...Named Carroll County Player of the Year as a senior...A three-time All-County selection...A two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro selection...A two-time All-Monocacy Valley Athletic League first-team selection...Earned second-team honors as a freshman...As a junior and senior, led the team in assists and aces...Third on the team in blocks and kills both years...Was the Century High MVP in 2009 and 2010...Served as co-captain in 2009 and 2010...Served as floor captain for three years...Helped lead the Knights to their first-ever county championship, regional final and state quarterfinal...The Knights finished with a best-ever record of 15-2 in her senior season...Played for Head Coach Becky Trumbo... Freshman at Flagler College... Plays on the volleyball team as a middle hitter or setter.

Abby Meyers

14L-Abby

Graduated from O'Gorman High School in Sioux Falls, S.D. Lettered three years in volleyball, basketball and track. A first-team All-State selection in volleyball as a senior after recording 264 kills, 30 aces, 75 blocks and 137 digs. Also earned second-team All-State honors in basketball as a senior. A two-time All-Greater Dakota Conference selection in volleyball and basketball. Captained both volleyball and basketball teams. Played for Head Coach Renae Kuchta.
2010 (FRESHMAN): Attended Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. Played in 30 matches. Recorded 135 kills, hit .232, and collected 37 total blocks for the Mustangs. Tallied a season-high 13 kills and hit .722 vs. Augustana, S.D. (Oct. 8)...Had 11 kills, six assists and four total blocks vs. Tampa (Sept. 11). Recorded nine kills, hit .444 and added four blocks at Colorado Mines (Sept. 4). Helped lead the seventh-ranked Mustangs to a 27-4 overall record and an 18-2 record in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Earned Dean's List honors.
2011 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 28 matches with 20 starts. Recorded 217 kills (2.52/set). Hit .256. Recorded a season-high 17 kills at UNC Pembroke (Oct. 22). Hit a season-high .684 (14 kills, 1 error, 19 attempts) at Lander (Oct. 8).

Courtney Overstreet

Alexandra Sinden

16N-Janice_Rox (Assistant)

Born in St. Petersburg, FL - moved to Jacksonville in 2001. Played volleyball since 5th grade (1999), attended Bishop Kenny High School, played Varsity Volleyball at Kenny for 3 years in the SETTER position. Played JJVA all four years of HS. Was the Captain of my High School team my Junior and Senior year. I was the captain of all of my JJVA teams. I was the MVP of Bishop Kenny my Senior year. I was Bishop Kenny's Female Athlete of 2008, I was the Jacksonville Volleyball Player of the Year in 2008. I received full ride offers to play in college, I attended Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, FL. I played two years of college volleyball. I was on the ALL CONFERENCE and ALL STATE TEAM both years. I received the Coach's Award my freshman year in college and I was the MVP of the team my Sophomore year. I have coached club volleyball for 4 years, (two years for Palm Beach Jrs. and 2 years for JJVA).