Parents, players and fans, welcome to the 2012 Shanahan Volleyball Season.

Home of the 2009

PIAA AAA

State Champions!

Our goal is to pick up where we left off last year and compete at the highest level.  Our goal this year will to win our second State Championship!!  We also look to capture our third District title and capture our 8^th Ches-Mont title.  I have put together the toughest schedule possible for this season; including 3 time State Champion Hempfield, 2010 state Champion and 2011 runner-up.  We will also be playing the most dominate team in District 12; O'Hara.

Both Varsity & JV will be playing in three tournaments.

Volleyball is demanding physically, mentally and time consuming.  We expect that every player will remember that they are student-athletes and school comes first.  Everyone will be expected to stay on top of her schoolwork and not fall behind.  We don’t want volleyball to interfere with their studies, nor do we want them to be forced to choose between volleyball and studying. 

We are asking every player to make a commitment to becoming a better volleyball player and commit to challenging themselves every day at practice and in all matches.  We would also like every player make a commitment to themselves and the program that they are going to go the extra step in preparing themselves in the off season getting ready for the 2012 high school season.  Play lots of volleyball over the summer and go to camps/clinics and do workouts on your own or with a friend to be in shape and mentally ready to win our second State Championship!

This season all Ches-Mont matches will have the JV playing first(3:30 away & 3:45 home) with the varsity to follow.

REMEMBER the 1% RULE!!!

"Building Champions One Pass at a Time"

Believe!

Upcoming events

Good Luck with club seasons. 

2012 Gold Medal Team Camp is the week of

Monday July 30th - Thursday August 2nd

Please send deposit to reserve your spot by

March 15th!

More information can be found under the

2012 Camps and Clinics section! 

The Bishop Shanahan Girls'Volleyball team
reached another milestone and won their 
100th 
game in the Ches-mont League on Wednesday 
evening, September 28th.  Congratulations
to Coach Greg Ashman and the whole team!

2012 Gold Medal Team Camp

The 2012 Gold Medal Team camp will be held July 30th – August 2nd.

Results-Programs running GMS systems have won over 300 State Championships, Thousands of League, Regional, and District Championships, 11 NCAA Division I Championships, 12 Junior Olympic Championships, and 3 Olympic Gold Medals. We are the leader in training volleyball players/teams and we have the results to prove it. For the past eight seasons we have implemented the GM2 system and have accumulated a record of 159-28, Won 7 Ches-Mont league titles, 2 District 1 titles and 1 State Championship.

STAFF-The Gold Medal staff consists of current and former collegiate coaches and players. All of them are provided the best toolset possible: rigorous training, quality assurance reviews, and of course our coaching methodology and camp schedule. We are extremely proud of our staff - many of them have been with GM2 for over ten years. They are some of the best youth coaches in the country, and they love what they do - we’re sure you’ll love their work as well.  They all have trained under the best coaches in volleyball! 

The Advisory staff includes;

Carl McGown: Founder of Gold Medal Squared, 7 time Olympic Games coach, 2010 AVCA Hall Of Fame inductee

Doug Beal: 1984 Olympic Gold Medal Head Coach, current USAV CEO

Marv Dunphy: 1988 Olympic Gold Medal Head Coach, 5 NCAA Championships as Pepperdine’s Head Coach

Jim McLaughlin: Head Coach for the University of Washington Women, 2005 NCAA Champions

John Speraw: Head Coach for UC Irvine Men, 2009 and 2007 NCAAChampions, Assistant Coach for 2008 USA Olympic Gold Medal Team

Rob Browning: Head Coach for St. Mary’s Women. 2009 WCC Coachof the Year, Assistant Coach for 2008 USA Olympic Gold Medal Team

Ron Larsen: Head Coach for UC Riverside Women. 2008 FirstAssistant Coach for USA Men’s Olympic Gold Medal winning team We are hoping to continue our success again this season. 

We will have coaches from the Gold Medal Squared team with us in July/August;

they all were trained by the advisory staff. 

Camp this year will be Monday July 30th through Thursday August 2nd, 8:30am – 5:30pm. 

Cost of the camp will be $240 per player; cost includes all camp fees, and gym fees. (Attendance to the camp does not imply that your daughter will make the team) 

For more information please contact Coach Greg, whodat11665@yahoo.com. 

Deposits are now being accepted for this years camp.  Please make checks payable to Greg Ashman and they are needed by March 15th, 2012 to reserve your spot in the camp. 

Dig Pink - National Breast Cancer Awareness Rally.

This fall, hundreds of teams from around the country will be participating in the Dig Pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Rally.High School and College teams will be promoting Breast health education in the community as well as raising funds to help eradicate Breast Cancer.Dig Pink attendees will watch the girls compete on the court while contributing to breast health awareness by making a statement and wearing something PINK in the stands. The proceeds from all donations will benefit the Side-Out Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) located in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. 

The Bishop Shanahan High Volleyball team is one of hundreds of high school and college volleyball teams participating in the "Dig Pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Rally". The proceeds from all donations benefit the Side-Out Foundation. Bishop’s Shanahan thanks the community for enabling the team to raise more than $10,000 for the Side-Out Foundation in the past four years.  This year's event will be held on Wednesday October 10th when Shanahan will host the most dominate team from District 12; Cardinal O'Hara.  Set the date and come out for a night of great volleyball and fun!  Donations can be made though www.shanahan.org under Athletics - Volleyball – click on Dig Pink.

Thank you to all that help make this night a tremendous success. 

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Sunday, November 15

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STATE CHAMPIONS

By DENNY DYROFF, Staff Writer

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Photo by Ted Torrance Senior Amanda Nickels (7) and the rest of the Bishop Shanahan volleyball team celebrate after beating Allentown Central Catholic in three games to win the PIAA Class AAA title.

YORK — There were over three years of playing volleyball together pointing to this - more than 1,000 hours of time in a gym whacking away at a round white ball leading up to this - a full season of focused dedication and hard work culminating in this.

At 6:39 p.m. on Nov. 14 at Central York High's gymnasium, Bishop Shanahan setter Katie Pisano's serve dropped to the floor on Allentown Central Catholic's side of the net and the match was over. Bishop Shanahan had won the PIAA Class AAA Girls Volleyball championship.

The Eagles proved that they had the best team in the state - something they had known since back in August - by defeating Allentown Central Catholic 3-0. They accomplished the feat by playing 75 points of "Shanahan Volleyball."

Shanahan held off a late-game surge by the Vikettes to take the opening game of the best-of-five 25-23. The Eagles continued their strong play in the second game and posted a 25-17 victory. They were even more dominant in the third game and finished with a convincing 25-13 win.

It was supposed to be a state championship volleyball match. Instead, it was more like a Shanahan "Block Party" featuring Amanda Nickels, Maria Ficca, Susan Frick, Nicole Lott, Katie Pisano and Emily Carlin. Nickels led the way with 10 blocks followed by Ficca with nine and Lott with eight. The others all contributed blocks at key times throughout the state title match.

"We knew blocking would be the key - that as long as we got touches on the ball, it would be great," said Shanahan coach Greg Ashman. "And with the lineup we have, if they started shutting down any of our girls, we just move it around."

Pisano said, "I thought this match would come to five games. But once we got going, we didn't have any slumps. Our middle blockers were blocking so well and Nicole (Lott) did awesome."

The third game was competitive early in its early stages and still close at 8-8. A four-point service run by Ficca followed by a five-point run by Nickels put the Vikettes on the ropes. Pisano started her serve with Shanahan ahead 20-13, served four straight points and then delivered the message-sending, match-ending, head-spinning,

title-winning ace.

In the first two games, Shanahan held the lead for the majority of the time but ACC was always right there. But, almost every time the Vikettes threatened to snatch the lead or the momentum, they were put in their place by a decisive kill by either Ficca or Carlin.

"Before the match, Maria and I both said - this is it…this is our game…we are in control," said Carlin.

Ficca said, "Me and Emily - this was our match. There was no way we were going to let it slip away after getting this far. We came out so strong tonight. It was great."

Allentown Central Catholic coach Laurie Corcoran said, "Shanahan definitely outplayed us. They came at us really strong with their attack and had the momentum the entire match. I'm proud of our girls. We've accomplished a lot. This year's seniors have two state gold medals and two silver medals. But, Shanahan was the better team tonight."

In the morning semifinals, ACC defeated Hempfield 3-2 (22-25, 25-22, 26-24, 24-26, 16-14). In the other semifinal, a showdown between the teams ranked first and second in the state, Shanahan knocked off top-ranked Mount Lebanon 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-18).

"We came out slow in the first game," said Shanahan libero Julie Joyce. "Our passing wasn't where it should have been. Our whole offense was sloppy. In the second game, we picked up our passing. We were able to put the passes on Katie's forehead and run our offense really fast. In the third game, once we got our offense going and started playing 'Shanahan Volleyball', we had things under control."

Nickels said, "Mount Lebanon really reminded us of us. We play a very similar style. So, they did the same things we do and that made them really easy to read. And, we knew their middle hitter (Olivia Gratton) hurt her ankle Friday and was playing injured. We went after her because we knew she was weak."

Mount Lebanon coach Dawn Begor said, "Olivia bring hurt changed our team a bit. We had to run a different offense. Our options were limited so we became very predictable. We lost to a very good team. Shanahan is big and strong - like a lot of teams out west."

Carlin said, "We wanted it so much and we played with so much heart. We came out really strong and stayed strong. Everyone was on -- no one was off. The whole team played great."

NOTES: Carlin was named the MVP of this year's state championship tournament and Joyce was selected as the defensive MVP…Ficca and Pisano were named to the All-Tournament Team….The Eagles' history-making state championship roster also included Cait Watson, Allison Lott, Kristina Dale, Kelly Hutchison, Clare Keating, Summer Jaros, Gabriella Nagy, Nicki Ruszkay, Grace Capuzzi and Natalie Deritis along with assistant coaches Brian Smith, Mimi Deritis, Michelle Lott, Jackie Smith and Pat Rucker…Shanahan became the first team from District 1 other than Villa Maria Academy to win a Class AAA state title….The only other District 1 team to win a PIAA championship has been Merion Mercy Academy in Class AA…On Saturday, Merion Mercy captured its third straight Class AA title….Shananan finished the season with a 27-1 record and its only loss was a five-set nailbiter to Merion Mercy…At this year's Ford Tough Tournament at Haverford High, the Eagles defeated Allentown Central Catholic in the quarterfinals and Merion Mercy Academy in the semifinals…Shanahan pinned losses on three district champions at states this year - Mount Lebanon (District 7), Hempfield (District 3) and Allentown Central Catholic (District 11).

Tuesday, January 25
2010 Results

Sunday, August 15
2009 Results - State Champions!

Wednesday, August 27
2008 Results

Wednesday, November 28
2007 Results

Thursday, March 23
2006 Results

Tuesday, August 1
2005 Results

2004 Results

Follow our Alumni

Keep track of our alumni in their new careers in college volleyball!

 

2010 Alumni

Emily Carlin - Radford University 

Julie Joyce - Villanova University

Katie Pisano -  Millersville University

2007 Alumni

 

Kellie Conahan - Millersville University

Ali Huss - Millersville University

Erin Ficca - Arcadia University

Kristen Hughes - Denison University