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Thursday, December 21
Andy Edgren- 16 Club Team
Coach Edgren has been coaching volleyball for 13 years. He has coached at both public and private high schools. He also has experience coaching club volleyball, both for Carpe Diem in Columbia, and for Daytona Beach Club and Spruce Creek Juniors, in Daytona Beach, FL. He led the Ben Lippen Falcons to a "A" State Championship in the public high school league in 1995, and is currently coaching at Hammond Academy, where he has won 3 consecutive region titles and has finished in the top 5 teams in the state in SCISA for the past four years. He is also a multiple "Coach of the Year" award winner.
His playing career began in Pittsburgh, where he played middle hitter for Fox Chapel High in 1988 and 1989. He went on to play with Athletes in Action overseas, setting for a team that played in both Thailand and China. He set Coach Shick a lot because he crushes the ball. He now prefers to play beach and grass doubles tournaments, where he (along with Coach Shick in several instances) has won many outdoor open tournaments (they serve Coach Edgren all day long). His love for the sport of volleyball is exceeded only by his love for his wife and family, and most of all, for Christ.
Sunday, December 31
Amanda Holyfield- 16s
Coach Holyfield played both for the successful Brookland Cayce High School program and at Carpe Diem for several years, playing both right side hitter and setter. Most recently Coach Holyfield served as assistant coach at Hammond Academy, joining the most successful volleyball program of all private schools in the Columbia area. Her knowledge of the sport and of the Carpe Diem program make her a great asset as one of Carpe Diem's newest coaches.
Richard Creswell- 15 Club
Richard has been with Carpe Diem for 6 years. Richard has been playing volleyball since the age of 14. He was on the Marshall University Club team in Huntington, WV. Go Herd! He was the Assistant Mens/Womens Volleyball Coach at Lancaster Bible College (DIV. III) in Lancaster, Pa. Born and raised in Columbia he relocated back in 2002. He is a chemical sales rep for Chemstation of South Carolina.
His wife, Chrystal is also a coach and plans to help out when possible this year. They were recently married and now have a little girl, Eden Corinne.
They both enjoy playing ball whenever a net is set up, outdoor or indoor.
We are happy to have him as a coach.
Thursday, December 21
Bridget White- 14 Red team
Bridget White graduated from USC in May 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communications and is currently pursuing a Master of Art's in Teaching Elementary Education at USC.
Played volleyball for the University of South Carolina for two seasons (2001-2002) ending her career early due to a back injury. Team went 42-13 (.764) during her two years...member of two USC NCAA Tournament teams (2001, 2002)...Career stats: 218 digs, 1.82 digs per game. Attended St. Francis High School in Wheaton, Illinois...Chicago Sun-Times Top Defensive Specialist of the Year in the Area...member of high school team that placed second in state in 2000, reached sweet 16 in 1999, and finished third in 1998... member of Sports Performance Volleyball Club's 1999, 2000 and 2001 AAU Championship team.
Coached USC volleyball camps under Kim Hudson (2001-2004), ran Carpe Diem Volleyball Clinic in 2003 and coached Sports Performance Volleyball Club camps throughout high school.
Thursday, December 21
Lynae Vandenhull- 14 Red
Lynae is from Nebraska and is a senior player and captain at the University of South Carolina. She has played there for the past 5 years and has had a great career except for the fact that she has been plagued with knee injuries during her career. We are happy to have her assisting Bridgette this year.
Thursday, December 21
Dan Classen- 14 Blue
Dan Classen comes to us from St. Louis and California. He is a graduate of Yale where he played football and volleyball. He also is a great player on the outdoor scene in Columbia. He is currently a math teacher at White Knoll. This is his second year with Carpe Diem after coaching in Magnum for one year. He was also the assistant volleyball coach at Columbia College for one year.
Sunday, December 31
Bruce Butrym-14 Blue
Bruce has been involved in volleyball for many years. He has line judged for 6 years and officiated for 4 years.
Bruce has been an assistant coach for 3 years with both White Knoll Middle School and Lexington Middle School. He has attended many training clinics in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Toronto in the Canadian Volleyball Association.
He is a certified Level One Coach in the USAV and is CAP I certified.
He has two daughters- Courtney and Anna who are currently playing volleyball. Courtney is a senior setter for the Lady Cobras at Coker College and Anna plays at White Knoll HS and in Carpe Diem.
Thursday, December 21
Margaret Ann Dieckman- 13s
Margaret Ann played volleyball for Lexington High School for 4 years and went to upper state her junior and senior year. She played 4 club seasons in high school also with both Carpe Deim Juniors and Lexington Juniors. After gradutating high school she coached the C-Team at Lexington Middle school. Last season she just completed her first season as the JV head coach at Lexington High school with a record of 12-4 and won the region!
On a personal note, she is 20 years old and is currently finishing up school at Midlands Tech and will graduate at the end of the summer with my Associates in Science and a Chemical Technology Certificate. She has always had a passion for volleyball and she is looking forward to sharing that passion with her players.
Thursday, December 21
Beth Palfrey- 13s
Beth is from Easley, SC. She played as Defensive Specialist at Gardner-Webb University. She was a member of the 1999 team that went 42-4 overall and 16-0 in conference play to earn SAC title. She has coached 2 juniors teams (16s and 18s) and assisted with Shelby High School (Shelby, NC) varsity and JV. She currently resides in West Columbia with husband, Jason, and daughter, Taylor.
Thursday, December 21
Alexis Thompson- 12s
Thursday, December 21
Kristen Butler- 12s
Kristen is a senior setter at Lexington high school. She has been playing volleyball for many years. She has played for both Carpe Diem and Magnum Volleyball clubs. She has been coaching in the Carpe Diem youth league for 2 years and has been doing Carpe Deim Volleyball Camps during the summers.
More bios to come
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