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Elite Black (Edmonds) - Focal:
Tonya
Bedell |
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Tony Miranda
Head Coach
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Tony will lead the 17 Elite Black
team for the 2010 season. As the club's recruiting
coordinator, he will also offer his assistance to players in preparing for
college and act as a liaison between the players and recruiters.
Tony has extensive college coaching experience, having spent five
years at
Edmonds Community College (3 NWAACC Tournament appearances
and a 3rd place in 2008); four years at Bellevue College (finished
his career there with a record of 39-9 in the North Division and 124
– 76 overall, was voted coach of the year in the Northern Division
in 2001 & 2002, and in 2002 was voted all-NWAACC coach of the year);
and Two years as assistant coach at Seattle Pacific University in
1999 & 2000. Tony has taken four separate juniors teams to YJOV
National Championship events.
He began his coaching career in 1989 for Northwest Juniors. |
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Vettiar Chup
Assistant Coach
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2008 & 2009 Graduate Assistant Coach at
Edmonds Community College. Has played beach several years and is in his second
year of coaching college volleyball. "V" was the head coach of a
very successful 15 Heat team last year and a very popular coach at
the Edmonds club. He plays indoor and outdoor volleyball and
brings great youth and enthusiasm to the staff. He is a
patient and knowledgeable coach with a great understanding of the
game. |
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16 Elite Gold (Eastside) - Focal:
Kate Pinkleman |
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Cy Klein
Head Coach
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Cy has played
volleyball for six years. Two of those years were with the
University of Idaho Men's Club Program and for the past four years,
he has played indoor and outdoor adult leagues and tournaments. |
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Amanda Crank
Assistant Coach
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Amanda is an
alumni of Bellevue College and 2006
alumni of Issaquah High School (3rd place at State 3A in 2005).
For the 2007 college season, she was named to the Northern Region
second team, and to the Sophomore All-Star team. She has been
a part of Northwest Juniors (on a National team) since her days as a
14 Storm Player. She is a DS/Libero at BCC and was honored as
a 2006 Honorable Mention as a member of the Seattle Times 3A
All-State team. She also coached at NW Juniors volleyball
camps the past 2 summers. In 2006 she was the assistant coach
for the 14 Storm Team. Amanda is currently the assistant coach at
Bellevue College. |
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Wes Flowers
Setter Coach
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Wes is an
alumni of the University of Idaho where he played club volleyball
for 3 years. As a setter Wes was a leader on and off the court and
he was the elected club team captain his junior and senior year.
This will be Wes’s first year coaching club and he is excited to
share his experience as a setter. |
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15 Elite Gold (Eastside) - Focal:
Debbie Britten |
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Andrew
McAllister
Head Coach
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Andrew is a graduate Student at
the University of Washington and a current
Assistant coach at Bellevue College. Before his move to Seattle,
he was the Varsity coach at Lakeland Christian School (FL), spent 7+ years coaching
club, worked several years as a lead camp coach for the NBC camps
for several years, and has worked the Northwest Juniors Camps and
All Star Volleyball Academy Camps this past summer. Andrew is
also a Certified Fitness Trainer. In 2009, he
was the head coach of the 16 Storm team. |
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Caroline Thompson
Assistant Coach
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Caroline
started playing volleyball the summer before 8th grade. Her
volleyball career included playing all through high school and 3
years of club ball. When she was a junior in high school, she
played for the Wisconsin Juniors 17-1's team. It was this team that
won the National Qualifier in Tampa, FL which qualified them to go
to the Junior Olympics in Houston in June of 2004. Here her team
placed 3rd and was awarded the bronze medal. She continued on to
start as an OH on the University of Iowa's women's club team as a
freshman, after which she retired from her volleyball playing
career. This is her first year coaching and is really excited to
pass her knowledge of the game onto younger players |
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15 Elite Black (Edmonds) - Focal:
Tina
Fischer |
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Emily Price
Assistant Coach
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Emily assisted her sister Lindsey
on the 16 Blizzard team in 2009 and returns in that capacity this
season. She is a
sophomore and the starting setter for the Edmonds Community College volleyball team. She
played three seasons with NW Juniors and Juanita HS before joining
the EdCC team. She is a setter for the Tritons and has
extensive
coaching experience assisting club teams and working summer camps. |
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Lindsey Price
Assistant Coach
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Lindsey was the head coach of the
NW Juniors 16 Blizzard team in 2009 and led them to a very
successful season. She began as staff coach for NW Juniors in
2005 as an assistant coach for our 13 Thunder Team and has coached
with NW Juniors for several years, coaching 18's, 16's and 13's on
separate occasions. She is a graduate of Juanita HS and also
assisted there after graduation. |
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14 Elite Black (Edmonds) - Focal:
Renee
Werth |
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Dorina Goetz
Assistant Coach
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Dorina coached in 2009 for Tidewater
Volleyball Association, in Virginia Beach and is a new transplant to the
Seattle area. She is stationed at the US Coast Guard Training
Center in Yorktown and is relocating to Seattle with her husband.
Originally from Romania, she grew up in Portland playing volleyball
since the age of 12. Her career with Westside Volleyball Club in Oregon
and Varsity High School Volleyball was capitalized by being named to the
All-Metro Team as a defensive specialist. During college, she assisted
for the Sunset High School Varsity Volleyball Team in Portland which
perpetuated her love for coaching. In Virginia, she competed in
indoor and beach volleyball at the Women's AA/Open level. She also
played libero for the 2009 All Navy Team. While
with Tidewater, she coached 16's in 2008 and 12's in 2009. She was
also the Head Coach of the Norfolk Christian Varsity Girl's Volleyball
Team. Her enthusiasm, knowledge of the defensive game, and passion for
volleyball make her a great addition to NW Juniors Elite and perfect for
our U14's Elite Program. |
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Meagan Foote
Assistant Coach
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Meagan is currently a Freshman DS at
Edmonds Community College. She went to Kings High School, where she
won a state championship her senior year. She has coached
summer camps and youth volleyball for Boys and Girls Clubs. |
