2011 - 2012
Coaches Biography's
2011 - 2012
Coaches Biography's
Club Director - Amanda
Prows
- amanda.prows@yahoo.com
Amanda started playing volleyball when she was 13 years old, in North Carolina. She
went on to be the starting middle blocker on Varsity her Freshman year in which
her team won the North Carolina State Championships. She then moved to
California where she continued her high school and club career as a
middle, right, and an outside hitter. She placed 5th at the National Tournament
her Junior year, and won second in the state of California her Senior Year. She
was named MVP-Offense for three years, Most Inspirational one of the years.
Amanda earned a full scholarship to University of Oregon where she finished her
competitive indoor career and completed her degree in Sociology. Amanda went on
to compete in sand volleyball in Oregon and here she began her coaching career.
She has been a head coach for 5 years, coaching 14u through and 18u teams. She is a
positive and driven coach who is passionate about skill building and team
bonding. She is looking forward to her new roll as Club Director.
General Manager - David Anderson
- David@PDX-VB.com
David has been coaching and playing volleyball for the last 20 years. He started
playing volleyball at the Multnomah Athletic Club and was a Grass Doubles
champion in several local tournaments. He
started coaching in 2001 and has been an active coach ever since.
David started the Wilson-VB Volleyball Club in 2004 & PDX))VB in 2006
where he was the
director/coach. Because of his
passion for volleyball, he has taken extensive coaches training including, Terry
Liskevych's (current head coach at OSU) high performance coaching clinic. David is currently
the General Manager of PDX-VB Club.
Private
Lessons Coach
- Ashley Glisson
- coach.aglisson@gmail.com
Ashley has personally played competitive volleyball since the time she
was in 5th grade. She was
apart of a sister city team that traveled to Japan in 1997 and had all
conference as well as all state awards in high school.
Coach Glisson also played one year for
Coach - Brick Street
- brickst5@comcast.net
Brick has been playing volleyball most of his adult life as well as coaching
since 1985. Brick was the
Varsity Volleyball Coach at
Coach -
Andres Turvis
- turvispr@live.com
Andres
started playing volleyball when he was 10 years old. Played for a club called
Borinquen Coqui, in Puerto Rico as an opposite hitter. In his second season of
High School he lead his team to a 2nd place victory in the region. After
graduating from High School he went right into coaching Club and High School.
In 2007 the club team he was coaching (13u Fusion Volleyball Club) went to
the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) National tournament in Orlando and won the 3rd
place in the gold division. Andres has been working with volleyball players in
the community ever since he moved to Portland with high intensive skills
clinics, also coaching at Grant High School and Head
Coach at Benson High School. Loves everything about the game and
will always be involved in volleyball.
Coach - Erin Cole - erincole6@gmail.com
Erin
started playing volleyball when she was 12 years old; she played 4 years of
Varsity Volleyball at Lakeridge High School as an outside hitter, where she was
Team Captain. She played for both Trails End and Portland Volleyball Club
(PVC). Along with playing Volleyball all year round, Erin played on the
Varsity basketball team for 3 years and was the captain her Senior year.
During her High School career, Erin coached 7th and 8th
grade basketball and after graduating in 2001 began coaching as an assistant for
JV, as well as Varsity basketball. This will be her second year with
PDX)))VB and she is just finishing her first year coaching a Grant High
School. Erin went to University of
Oregon, where she was active in playing intramurals on campus (Go Ducks!).
Erin has a huge love for the game, understands the importance of team
sports for teens and is very excited to be playing and coaching volleyball.
Coach
- Mindy Buxton
- b_mindy_jo@hotmail.com
Mindy has been involved with all
aspects of volleyball her whole life. She played volleyball as a kid as
well as in high school. Since college she coached for 5 years, assistant
to Amanda Porter-Prows at, Webfoot Volleyball Club, Delta Valley Volleyball
Club, Nike Northwest Volleyball Club, Nafanua Volleyball Club, & two yeas
with PDX)))VB.. She is an
active member in the volleyball community, both indoor and sand. I am excited to
coaching my own team this year.
Coach
- Joe Ball - balljoseph@hotmail.com
Joe has played volleyball for 20+ years.
Competitively he competed in men's 2's and 6's tournaments at A/BB level. I now
enjoy playing recreationally and coaching. his focus on strong fundamentals and
developing a life long love for the game of volleyball. This is his second
year as a coach for PDX)))VB and he also coaches at Wilson High School.
Coach
- Keeley McAnnis-Entenman -
k.mcannisentenman@gmail.com
Keeley has been playing volleyball since she was thirteen and cannot
get enough of the game. In her first year at Grant High School she was the only
freshman to make the varsity team, and throughout her four years as middle
hitter at Grant Keeley received numerous city, state and school awards. She was
voted team captain by her peers her junior and senior years and her team made it
to the state playoffs three years in a row. Keeley then progressed to Division 3
Athletics at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana where she started as middle
blocker and played all around all four years. She currently holds the school
record for highest hitting percentage in a game and was awarded multiple
conference, college and regional awards, including Senior Woman Scholar Athlete
for the North Coast Athletic Conference, 2010. She looks to emphasize
dynamic player attributes as well as team building in her role as coach.
Coach -
Kristie Hopkins-Janssen -
kristie@injurylaworegon.com
Kristie has been playing volleyball since her freshman year at Franklin High
School. Her senior year, the volleyball team went to the State playoffs for the
first time in school history. Kristie also received 2nd team all city for
defensive specialist. Since high school, she has been playing for Portland
Volleyball Association with her team Floor Burn. She also have been coaching for
the past 11 years at Franklin. The last 6 has been as head coach. As well as
volleyball, she has also coached 4 years of softball at both Franklin and
Cleveland. Kristie believes her athletes should not only be volleyball players;
but amazing sportsman, dedicated students and team players. Kristie
coached for PDX)))VB several years ago and we welcome her back.
Coach -
Tiffanie Ollison - tiffanieollison@gmail.com
Tiffanie started playing volleyball at the age of 14. I played for the Tigard
Club Volleyball 14U team. she spend (4) years on the Tigard High School Varsity
team as an outside hitter. During that time she played for Rose City Volleyball
Club and (3) years at Nike NW Juniors. she earned a full scholarship to
University of Hawaii-Hilo as an outside hitter and left side defense player.
After college she came back to Oregon where she took up coaching and playing
beach volleyball. she spend about 4 years coaching a loved every moment of
it. She is looking forward to coaching for PDX)))VB.
Coach -
Jorden Weigel - jordens16@gmail.com
Jorden started playing volleyball in eighth grade and fell in love
with it. She has played every school and club season since. She has
recieved many awards, MVP-Defense, team-cheerleader and most inspirational
player to name a few. Now playing at Warner Pacific College she has started
coaching to encourage players, and help them develop skills on and off the
volleyball court. She is excited to be coaching and see her players grow as she
has throughout this sport.
Coach -
Ciarrah Schultz - schultzciarrah@yahoo.com
Ciarrah played volleyball since she was eight. She
played club volleyball for Nike, Cascade, and Alpine volleyball club. She I
played on Varsity all through High School and received 2nd team all state her
senior year, and was captain of the varsity squad. Volleyball is truly a
passion, and is excited to be working with PDX)))VB for her first year.
Coach -
Scott Shirkey - jshirlk5@aol.com
Scott has been playing sports his whole life, and started
coaching both volleyball and basketball when his son and daughter started to get
interested in the sports. Since then, Scott has been very involved in Portland
Parks & Rec. His daughter followed in his footsteps and is going to Franklin
and playing volleyball. Scott was asked in 2010 to be a volunteer coach and to
take the JV2 coaching position in 2011. He believes in hard work, discipline and
coming to practice with a positive attitude and drive. This is his first year
with PDX)))VB
Coach -
Ron Brown - ron@cjkkr.com
Ron played volleyball recreationally for many years, and always been a student
of the technical aspects of the game. He had the good fortune to play alongside
some very good and very generous players, and soak up as much advice. He wishes
volleyball was a boys sport here in Oregon. He coached players for 3
seasons now, and find it very rewarding every time the game starts to click for
a player, and he sees the "can't get enough of volleyball" spark. In
coaching he emphasize technique and strategy, and the unique aspects of this
team sport, where every player is necessary and success is as much about
dexterity, brains, and trust as it is about speed and brawn. this is his
first year as a coach for PDX)))VB.