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Volleyball CoachesSusie Morasci Susie grew up in Half Moon Bay and currently resides there. She played her high school career at Half Moon Bay High School. After high school she attended Foothill College where she played Middle Hitter for the Owls for two years before transferring to Sacramento State University. At Sacramento State she graduated with a BA in Psychology. Susie currently works for a corporate law firm and is directing the volleyball programs at Burlingame Sports Center. This is Susie’s second season with BSC, last year she coached the 13 Power girls to a strong finish in the 13s division of the NCVA. Previously she coached 4 years at Peninsula Juniors Volleyball Club as a head coach for teams ranging from 12-16 years old. She coached for 2 years at San Mateo High School as the F/S Co-Head Coach, and Varsity Assistant. She also coached boys club for Peninsula Tribe for 2 years and at both Palo Alto and Half Moon Bay High Schools over the years. Susie is IMPACT certified through the USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program, is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. When Susie in not in the gym sharing her knowledge of volleyball with young players she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She enjoys going to the beach, collecting sea glass, riding her cruiser along the Coastside trail and will be taking surfing lessons, thanks to the 2009 13 Power Team!! Karsen Halai Karsen grew up in Belmont and attended Notre Dame High School where she played on the Varsity volleyball team all four years as an Outside Hitter and enjoyed the extremely competitive play. During club season she played for San Francisco Juniors for 6 years where she attended the Junior Olympics and moved on to play at San Francisco State University as a Gator! For the past 5 years, Karsen has coached at the Varsity and Frosh Soph levels at San Mateo High School. She coached at Peninsula Juniors for the last 5 years from ages 13-18, and is excited to join the BSC family as the head 14 Power coach! Karsen also runs numerous summer camps including the 2009 summer camps at BSC and “Fire It Up” volleyball camps for the past 4 years. She is also an experienced PPSL volleyball referee. While Karsen isn’t playing, coaching or dreaming about volleyball, she enjoys spending time with her husband and newborn son. She also enjoys traveling, shopping, joking around and hanging with her close family and friends. She would love to go to New Zealand and Tonga someday! Alisa Ruiz-Johnson Alisa Ruiz-Johnson is very excited to coach the 11U team as Assistant Coach with Teresa Garrett. She coached volleyball for two years at St. Matthew’s Catholic and for two years at BIS. Alisa brings excitement and energy to this youngest age group. Bea Pascual Beatrice currently lives in Foster City with her parents and younger brother. She is a senior at San Mateo High School. She has been playing volleyball since the fourth grade. She played two years on frosh soph and two years on varsity at San Mateo. Beatrice has played 3 years of club too, 1 year at Quake City, and 2 years at Peninsula Juniors. This is her first year coaching club, and is super excited. She has worked at a number of volleyball camps, both in Foster City and at Burlingame Sports Center. Besides playing volleyball, Beatrice enjoys shopping, hanging out with her friends, and dancing jazz tap and Tahitian. Bryan Gillmore Bryan Gilmore, is 25 years old, and has been playing volleyball for about 11 years. He played in high school and then in various clubs and adult leagues. Bryan loves coaching this game so he can pass on my knowledge and passion to others. He’s been coaching for a couple years now, he first started off assistant coaching the JV boys team at Saint Ignatius, then a couple years later he became the Head Coach for the freshman girls team at Mercy Burlingame. Last year Bryan joined Mr. Spray to assist him at PJV where they coached the 16 area team. His coaching style is for the girls to have as much fun as possible because in the end this is a game. This doesn’t mean that he’s not competitive though. Bryan will push the players to play to their full potential and then try to go even further. Bryan wants his players to know that they don’t have to play in fear of messing up. He wants them to know that if they make a mistake it’s ok, they just need to make sure they learn from them and move on. Bryan feels that if a player is afraid to make a mistake, they will. Respect is also very important to Coach Spray and Bryan. Respect is a two way street and should be given to all players and coaches equally. Back in the real world Bryan is an EMT for American Medical Response (AMR). He works 24 hr shifts and put in about 2-3 days a week. He is also back in school trying to get into nursing school. He has a busy life but can always find time to come in and coach because it makes him happy. Bryan is very excited for the season to start and can’t wait to meet you all in try-outs! The best of luck to you all Cathy Gerona Cathy grew up in San Francisco, she attended St. John’s elementary school where she learned volleyball in the third grade. She played volleyball all throughout elementary and middle school. She loved volleyball so much she played on the team at Balboa High School. She then took advance volleyball classes at San Francisco State University to enhance her skills more. While taking the class she met new friends and joined club volleyball at San Francisco State University. She is currently a Head Coach for 4th, 5th, and 8th grade girls at Holy Angels School. She has been coaching volleyball for three years now. Chelsea Muth Chelsea grew up in Half Moon Bay and attended Half Moon Bay High School where she played Softball and was on the Varsity Volleyball team all four years as a Defense Specialist as well as Middle and Outside Hitter. During High School she played for both Quake City’s and Fog City’s Power Club teams. She attended California Lutheran University where she earned a degree in Business Administration, emphasizing on Management and Marketing. While at Cal Lutheran, she was the catcher for their intercollegiate softball team for all 4 years. Her team was league champions in 2003 and still holds the record for best post season in Cal Lutheran History. In her spare time, she continued to play volleyball through club leagues and open gyms. In the past, she was the assistant coach for the 16 Power Team at Peninsula Juniors Volleyball Club. This will be her first year with BSC and she is excited to join the organization! For Chelsea, playing club volleyball was a fantastic experience. She can’t wait to share her volleyball knowledge and skills with up and coming volleyball lovers like herself! Chris Tigno Chris Tigno just completed his third year as Head Varsity coach of the San Mateo High School, which this year advanced to the quarterfinal round of CCS Division III playoffs. During his tenure at San Mateo, the Bearcats have tabbed a 52-38 record, achieved a league championship (with a 16-0 league record), and have made two appearances in the CCS playoffs. Prior to taking the San Mateo Varsity position, Chris was at Notre Dame Belmont, as assistant Frosh Coach (2005) and head Frosh Coach (2006). For the last four club seasons, Chris has coached 14U and 15U club teams with Peninsula Juniors. Last season, Chris coached the PJV 15 Gold power team, 7th in Junior Far Westerns in Reno, and second in the Silver Division in NCVA Regionals. Chris was a long-time adult club volleyball player as a lefty setter, middle blocker and opposite, and participated in USAV Club Nationals in the Senior Division in 2001. His coaching philosophy for high school age players is to focus on improving a player’s ability to think and make decisions on the court for herself, and to give attention to refining basic skills to improve a player’s consistency and execution. Chris holds a USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Level I certification. By day, Chris is a corporate lawyer who works in Burlingame. Chris grew up in the Bay Area, and holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and a law degree from Cal (but still roots for Stanford in the Big Game!). Gina Massetani Gina is currently a Freshman at Santa Clara University. She graduated with honors from Saint Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco. She grew up in Burlingame where she started her volleyball career at Our Lady of Angels. She then returned to OLA to coach the school’s volleyball teams. Gina played at St. Ignatius and has played on area and power club teams since the 7th grade. She was the libero on the Northern California’s #1 16’s team and the # 3 18’s teams in back to back years. This is Gina’s second year coaching for BSC. Gina is also a great softball player, playing Varsity all four years at St. Ignatius. She won the prestigious Wildcat Award and made WCAL First Team All League. If she finds any free time she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Giovanna Fraone Family and friends know her as “Gianni’. She is seventeen years old, and live at home with her parents and older sister. She’s a whopping 5 ft 2 inches tall and considers herself to be athletic and enjoys many outdoor sports such as boating, wakeboarding, skiing, basketball and soccer. Volleyball, however, has evolved as the main sport she finds herself playing almost year round. Gianni first was introduced to volleyball at grammar school. She attended St. Pius Catholic School from Kindergarten until eighth grade graduation. Volleyball was first introduced to her in the fourth grade. Although not very tall and many times overlooked for volleyball, she continued to play in grammar school and through high school. She is currently a senior at Woodside High School, and has played volleyball all four years. She played two years on the Junior Varsity Team, and was called up to play as a Libero for the Varsity Team during the CCS championship. Her junior and senior years have been spent playing as the first string Libero. The Woodside High School Team has been to the CCS championship two times as well as the team winner of the PAL division for our high school twice as well. When not representing my respective school teams, she has enjoyed playing for several club teams. Gianni first started playing club in 7th grade. She played for; Monsoon, Peninsula Juniors, and for City Beach. As a City Beach player, she was able to have numerous private lessons from coaches who have played for places such as Stanford and Santa Clara University. Her focus has always been as a Defensive Specialist and Libero; however it was and is important to her to be an “all around” solid player. She is looking forward to passing on her knowledge BSC club players!! James Spray James Spray has been coaching for the past eleven years at the Junior High School and High School levels. He is currently in his third year as the head coach of the JV team at Mercy High School in Burlingame. The previous three years has been fairly successful with PJV: 14-3 Area team finished 11th out of 150 teams. This will be James’ fifth year coaching club volleyball. His passion for the game began on the asphalt courts and sandlots of Hawaii. He has played since the fifth grade for the St. Augustine Surfers, then he set for the St. Louis High School Crusaders, and lastly with the College of Notre Dame Argonauts traveling club team. His balance of discipline and compassion starts with the first day of practice and emulates through out the season. James feels truly blessed in his marriage of twenty-one years, his two beautiful children, and for the opportunities to teach and coach. This is his eleventh year of teaching the fifth grade at St. Gregory School in San Mateo and each day feels like the first. Aloha!!! Joshua Freud Josh started playing volleyball at the age of 12 attending various summer camps and classes in the South Bay until he was old enough to compete in 2 man grass and sand tournaments through the NCVA. After moving to Sunnyvale, CA to finish high school in 1997 he played 2 years of varsity volleyball with Fremont High School as an outside hitter and as a setter in a 5-1 offense. Josh now lives in San Mateo and enjoys playing volleyball recreationally both in and outdoors in a variety of formats. While not playing volleyball Josh is an avid reader and cook; he also enjoys hiking and backpacking. This will be his first year coaching at Burlingame Sports Center. Karina Salazar Karolina Michniewicz Karolina started her volleyball career in high school in Columbia, Maryland. She was recruited to Fairleigh Dickinson University (Division 1, NEC) as a middle hitter. In college also played right side and outside. After using up 4 years of NCAA eligibility, Karolina transferred to U of MD and played club volleyball for the Terrapins. After graduating from U of MD, was assistant coach to U of MD’s club volleyball program. After moving to San Francisco Karolina coached JV and Freshmen levels at St. Ignatius College Prep for last 4 years. She continues to play volleyball myself for various adult leagues around San Francisco. When Karolina is not playing volleyball, she enjoys skiing and swimming. Keith Martin Playing Experience:
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Kris Nodar Kris is joining BSC after coaching from 2003 – 2008 with Peninsula Juniors Volleyball Club. She coached players ages 12 and under through 18 and under. Kris’ PJV teams continuously finished in the top of the NCVA Area leagues, and her 13 and under team was a Bronze medalist at the 2006 Far Western’s tournament. Kris has also coached a number of different camps and clinics including all the clinics at St. Catherine of Siena School from 2005 to present. Kris’ playing career included playing 3 years of high school varsity volleyball at Immaculate Conception Academy in San Francisco and college volleyball at Notre Dame de Namur University for 4 years and she continues to play recreationally. Laura Getzler Laura is currently a senior at Burlingame High School and going on her 2nd year playing for their Varsity team. Laura enjoys participating in school clubs and activities, and hanging out with friends and family. She has been playing volleyball since the 3rd grade and has been a part of club teams such as XLVB, PJVC, and Tandem. After playing club for 7 years she decided to see what it’s like on the flip-side. She’s excited to see what coaching will be like and can’t wait to help out. Megan O’Leary Megan lives in Burlingame with her family. She has played volleyball since 4th grade Megan has also played club volleyball for 6 years, as well as playing for her high school, Notre Dame Belmont, where she is currently a Junior. This is her first time coaching for a club, but she has coached at the grammar school level. This is Megan’s second year coaching at BSC, and she is excited to be a part of the BSC Coaching Team. She is looking forward to the experience of seeing what it is like on the other side! When not involved with volleyball, Megan also plays basketball. She enjoys being with her friends and family, reading, going to the movies and just enjoying life. Meghan Denton Meghan Denton is a fresh twenty-two years old and is right on the brink of graduating from Cal State East Bay with a Bachelors in Communication. Currently she is also a waitress at Baywatch Restaurant in Burlingame, right around the Corner from Burlingame Sports Center. She has been playing volleyball since fourth grade in club and in school and has had the best coaches throughout her experience. It is for this reason that when she had her fourth shoulder surgery she knew that playing was not in her future as much as coaching. She has assisted many coaches in the past with practices and clinics and last club season took on her own 14s area team at PJV. This year she will be assisting Coach Spray and Coach Bryan. This will be a fabulous trio of fun, knowledge, and hard work! Her goal as a coach is to give the young women reason to believe nothing is too far out of reach. If they have a yearning to improve on the court or off, as a coach she will help in any way possible. Volleyball at this level is very competitive and at times the conditioning will be intense but if the players maintain a fun mindset and good attitude it will follow the players for the rest of their lives. Meghan is very excited for this season to start and can’t wait for the first day of practice. Ricky Villareal Ricky is a long time resident of the bay area and sports enthusiast. He is currently the head volleyball coach at Hillsdale High School where they are having a very successful season. He is former Peninsula Juniors head coach for 14s and 16s teams. He has over 10 seasons of volleyball coaching experience both at the high school and club level. He also has coached youth soccer and basketball on the peninsula. Ricky is IMPACT certified, by the USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program, is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association and has taken a number of the Positive Coaching Alliance courses. When Ricky is not in the gym tossing balls and instructing volleyball he works for the San Mateo Credit Union teaching financial education to local schools and community organizations. Ricky enjoys spending time with his family, traveling and supporting one another in their sports adventures. He also enjoys outrigger canoe paddling competitions and enjoys playing tennis. Ricky is looking forward to the inaugural season at BSC! Teresa Garrett Teresa Garrett is starting her first season at BSC as the 11’s head coach. She coached at Quake City for the previous three seasons as the 13-1 power coach and the 12-2 area coach. She has 16+ years coaching experience at the grammar, middle and high school levels. She has coached: 6A, 8A and 8B at Our Lady of Angels; 7A and 8A at Burlingame Intermediate School; Head Girls’ JV, Head Boys’ JV, and four years as Head Varsity Coach at St. Ignatius College Preparatory. She also ran the SI summer volleyball camps for students ages 8-13 while serving as Head Coach. She presently coaches private and semi-private lessons. She played competitively in high school – 3 years Varsity at Conard High School in CT; college – 4 years at NCAA Div.II Central Connecticut State University and adult – 5 years AA NCVA in San Francisco. Teresa is certified as a double-goal coach with the Positive Coaching Alliance and is IMPACT certified. Vicky Camilleri Vicky was born and raised in Half Moon Bay and has lived in San Mateo for the past 14 years. She attended San Jose State University where she received a BS in Nursing and currently works as a Pediatric Charge Nurse for the San Mateo County Medical Center. Growing up, Vicky enjoyed playing volleyball and now shares that love with her two daughters. Vicky started assistant coaching 5 years ago at St. Gregory’s school with the 5th grade and has continued assisting and head coaching 6th, 7th and 8th grade teams. Vicky is passionate about coaching and enjoys working with youth. Vicky is IMPACT certified and looking forward to her second season at BSC. When not coaching or watching youth volleyball, Vicky loves spending time camping, water skiing and just hanging out with family and friends. |
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