Alabama Juniors Volleyball Club: 2013 Coaching Staff

2013 Coaching Staff 

  

12-1: Tonnie & Brett Glover
Tonnie and Brett will be entering their 11th year of coaching for Alabama Juniors. Tonnie has been coaching volleyball for 14 years. She played her high school volleyball at Thompson High School. She played club ball from the age of 12, and received a full volleyball scholarship to play college ball at Samford University as an outside hitter. Brett was a multi-sport athlete, and they have enjoyed the opportunity to coach together throughout the years. They teach camps, clinics, and private lessons for both individuals and schools around the city. They thoroughly enjoy working with younger players
and teaching foundational volleyball. They take their job very seriously, and see every year as an opportunity to impact, motivate, and inspire young girls to love the sport of volleyball. Their desire is not to just create a love for the sport but to build character, good self confidence, and to help the girls reach their full potential in both volleyball and their everyday lives.
12-2 Carol Nelson Bolton and Jenna McAnnally
Carol has twenty-two years of coaching experience (beginner to high school level) and has coached for Alabama Jrs. for 7 years (ages 12-15). She attended North Side High School in Ft. Wayne, IN where she was a three sport student athlete, earning ten (10) varsity athletic awards (2 in volleyball, 4 in basketball and 4 in track & field). Played middle hitter/blocker for Coach Ry Taliaferro, lead team in blocks her junior and senior year and to a #3 state ranking. Competed in AAU Junior Olympic Track & Field Nationals four years in the 400 & 1600 meter relays and long jump. Played college basketball for Indiana-Purdue at Ft. Wayne. Works
as a volleyball and basketball camp instructor for various schools and colleges. Head volleyball coach at Bumpus Middle School in Hoover for twelve years-won five 7th/8th grade Metro Championships. Varsity assistant girl's basketball coach at Spain Park High School. Carol is married to Rev. Jerry Bolton and has twin stepsons, Jeremy & Jared, who are in their 2nd year of college in Mississippi. Carol's Alabama Juniors 12-1 Squard won the Southern Region Volleyball Association's Club Championships in 2011.
 
Jenna first started club volleyball at the age of 8 and continued to play volleyball all the way through college. She played four years of Division 1 volleyball at South Carolina Upstate. She has played every single position on the volleyball court and enjoys each one. She spent most years as a right side hitter and defensive specialist. She has been on a club team that went to the Junior Olympics six years in a row. Jenna and Chris share a passion to play volleyball in their spare time and teach the fundamentals to others. Jenna and her husband Chris will be entering their second year with Alabama Juniors.
12-3 Beverly Bean & Kady Curl
Beverly has been teaching at Simmions Middle School for the past 19 years and has been the 7th grade volleyball coach for the past 10 years and the softball coach for 9 years.
 
Kady is from Cumming, Georgia and went to North Forysth High School. She started playing volleyball as a freshmen in high school and played Varsity all four years. In the process, she won All-County in 2007, 2008, and 2009. She played for A5 volleyball club out of Atlanta for two years, both years for the 18-2's team. In 2009, her team placed 5th in the USAV Southern Region and received an American Bid to USAV National Championships in Miami. And in 2010, her team received an American Bid to Nationals in Reno. Kady committed to Montevallo February of her junior year of high school and never looked back! She is a right-side hitter by
trade, but has played just about every position on the front row. She is currently a junior studying Kinesiology and hopes to go to Physical Therapy school.
13-1: Kellyanne Gandy & Stephanie Sansing
Kelleyanne is the head volleyball coach at Thompson High School. (more info coming soon)
13-2: Bianca Hill and Chris McAnnally
 
  Bianca played volleyball in high school at Coffee High (Florence, AL) and Jefferson Davis High in Montgomery. She played for the University of North Alabama for one year and choose to play tennis for the rest of her college career. She previously coached volleyball at Bradshaw High in Florence, and she has been coaching with Alabama Juniors for 7 years.
 
  Chris has played volleyball since he was in high school. He enjoys studying the game of volleyball, as well as the physical conditioning required to be successful. Chris has a passion for sharing the game with others. This is his second year with Alabama juniors. Chris and his wife Jenna will be entering their second year with Alabama Juniors.
141: Ellen Fleisher and Alex Martinez
  Ellen is currently a coach for Briarwood Christian. She will be entering her 6th season with Alabama Juniors and her 11th season to coach volleyball. Before coaching at Briarwood, she coached at Thompson High School for 4yrs and coached club ball in Tuscaloosa. She runs fundamental volleyball camps and sessions during the summer for 7th &-8th grade players. Ellen played collegiate volleyball at UAB on a full scholarship and played at Pelham High School where she broke the state record for kills in a season. She is dedicated to the fundamental skill development of her players both on and off the floor and in building self-confidence of her athletes.
 
  Alex is entering his fourth year at AL Juniors. He has a well rounded knowledge of playing and coaching the sport of volleyball. Alex has a level II Coaching Certification from FPVB (Puerto Rican Federation of Volleyball given by Humberto Rodriguez coach of the Puerto Rican National Team). Alex completed a Plyometrics Certification by NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association). He is a Physical Education Teacher with a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Teaching of Physical Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
142: Valeria Hackett & Andrea Thames
Valeria is in her 16th year of coaching and teaching. She played high school volleyball at Chelsea High School and played on the Club Team, Sojourners, which is now the Alabama Juniors. She earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Montevallo to play volleyball under former coach Judy Green. Valeria returned to Montevallo to head coach the Falcons but after starting a family she returned to the high school level and even helped start the volleyball program at Oak Mountain H.S., where she led the program to several appearances at the State Finals. Coach Hackett has coached club off and on over the years and she currently
teaches at Chelsea Park and helps out with Chelsea High School’s varsity program. Coach Hackett lives in the Chelsea area and is married to Rob Hackett and has two children Taylor 13 and Brett 5.
 
Andrea is entering her 7th year with Alabama Juniors. She is originally from Indiana where she played club ball for KJVA. She attended the University of Montevallo on a volleyball scholarship where she played for Judy Green. She is married and has one daughter who plays for ALJRS. Andrea has a passion for the game that she hopes to share with young athletes for years to come.
151: Ellen Rehme and Grace Burgess
Ellen played volleyball at the University of Florida for two years before transferring to TCU in Ft. Worth, Texas. She also played volleyball at TCU, twice being named team MVP honors as well as earning her bachelor's degree. She continued her volleyball career professionally overseas in Cyprus, where her team finished first in the league and second in the tournament. Rehme then returned to TCU as graduate assistant in the weight room while earning her master's degree. Following her stint at TCU, Ellen took a position at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., where she was responsible for all aspects of strength
and conditioning for soccer, volleyball, women's basketball, and the throwers for the track team. Ellen Rehme joined the University of North Carolina Olympic sports strength and conditioning staff in 2010. She is responsible for developing and implementing strength and conditioning programs for swimming, cross country, rowing, fencing and cheerleading teams, and for the throwers on the track and field team. This will be Ellen's third year with Alabama Juniors.
152: Nevena Stefanov and Rachel Wotitzky
Nevena started playing volleyball when she was 11 years old. She played for the Junior National Team in Serbia which won the Balkan championship as a setter when she was 15. She played club in Belgrade, Serbia until age 18, and then received a scholarship for UAB and moved to Alabama. During her four year career, she started every match and holds second place in school history in assists. She was team captain all four years while playing for UAB. By the end of her college career she was awarded: 1st Team All-C-USA Volleyball Team, 2007, 2008; All-C-USA Tournament Team, 2007, 2008; Conference Setter of the Year 2008 award; 7 times
C-USA Volleyball Player of the Week, 2005 – present ; 1st C-USA Tournament Title in School History, 2006; NCAA Tournament appearance, 2006; 2nd round of NCAA 2008; All-Midwest Region Team 2008; All-America Honorable Mention 2008; Lillian Fahy Post-Eligibility Scholarship 2008. Nevena holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Masters of Science in Clinical Nutrition. She has worked the past four years as a volleyball coach, certified personal trainer, certified group fitness instructor, and strength and wellness coach. She coached at Team Sting for three years and is excited for her first season with Alabama Juniors.
 
Rachel is returning to coach again this year with Juniors. She played volleyball at Charlotte High School and played club for six years. She played collegiate volleyball at the University of Montevallo.
161: Samantha-Anne Horwitch and Maureen Esler
Samantha-Anne (Samm) played high school volleyball at The John Cooper School in The Woodlands, Texas. She played club volleyball for two years at Willowbrook Juniors, one year at Hit-Away Volleyball Academy and two years at Club Texas in Houston, Texas. In college, she played middle blocker for Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey from 2005-2009, where she was captain and achieved MAC All-Academic Team honors for all 4 years. While attending FDU, she also was a member of the swim team. Samantha has a Bachelor of the Arts degree in History and Political Science and is currently in her final year at the
Cumberland School of Law. Previously, she has coached for the Central Jersey Volleyball Academy, Team Sting Volleyball Club and is in her first year with Alabama Juniors.
 
Maureen first started playing volleyball when she was 10 years old. She played as an outside hitter for 4 years for Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia. She played club for one year at Cobb Atlanta Juniors, one year at Atlanta Juniors, and three years at A5 in Atlanta. She currently attends the University of Montevallo, and received a scholarship to play volleyball her first 2 years as a libero. She is returning for her 5th year coaching for Alabama Juniors.
181: Sean Clemmensen and Judy Green
Sean is an assistant coach with the University of Montevallo volleyball team. He spent the 2011 season as an Assistant Coach at Berry after serving as a graduate assistant during the two previous seasons. During his tenure, he assisted in recruiting, strength and conditioning and on-floor coaching. Prior to Berry, he had served four years as a student assistant at Coastal Carolina University, where the team finished 27-9 in his senior year and tied for first place in the Big South Conference regular season and were runners-up in the Big South Tournament. In addition, he has also served as a head coach at the juniors' level. He is a 2008
graduate of Coastal Carolina University with a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and earned his Master's in Business Administration from Berry in 2011. An involved student, Clemmensen was the founder and president of the Coastal Carolina men's volleyball club team. He also served as the volunteer coach for both the men's and women's club volleyball teams.
 
Judy Green was named Head Coach of Birmingham-Southern College's volleyball program on November 30, 2010. Green came to the Hilltop after 15 years as Head Coach at the University of Alabama, where she amassed a 237-234 record. Prior to the 2010 season, she announced her retirement from the program. At Alabama, Green's first recruiting class posted a 22-8 record as seniors en route to the program's first-ever SEC Western Division title in 2000. Her team won a second SEC West title in 2004, and saw three consecutive NCAA Championship appearances, including the program's first in 2005, followed by berths in 2006 and 2007.
In 2008, Green collected her 600th career victory, ranking her 16th among active coaches for all-time wins. Green, a native of Lake Junaluska, N.C., is a 1984 Western Carolina graduate, where she played volleyball, basketball, and softball, and is the only athlete, male or female, in WCU history to earn 12 letters. She also received numerous honors during her playing career. For volleyball, she was named First-Team All-Southern Conference, MVP of the 1983 Southern Conference Tournament, and Southern Conference Volleyball Player of the Decade for the 1980s. As a basketball player, she scored more than 1,000 career points, and is still one of WCU's top-20 career scorers. She was a member of the team voted the Southern Conference Basketball Team of the Decade for the 1980s. In softball, Green was an AIAW All-American at shortstop and became the first female student-athlete at WCU to be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. She was also named Female Athlete of the Decade for the 1980s by Western Carolina. After earning her bachelor's and Master's degrees in physical education from Western Carolina, Green started her first coaching job as an assistant volleyball coach with WCU during the 1984 season. In 1985, she served as assistant coach for the softball team and was also the women's cross country head coach. In 1986, Green landed her first head coaching position at the University of Montevallo, where she took the Falcons to 10 straight NAIA national tournament appearances, including a fourth-place finish in 1988 and a fifth-place finish in 1994 with a 50-5 record. While at Montevallo, Green was named 1993 National Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, and was also named NAIA South Region Coach of the Year and Southeast Region Coach of the Year during her tenure. She coached 26 NAIA/AVCA All-Americans, 38 NAIA All-District players, 11 NAIA All Southeast Region players, and eight NAIA District Player of the Year at Montevallo.