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Ashley Lee-Maldonado

All Skills, All Levels

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Volleyball Career:

  • Long Beach State VB '07-'11

  • Uni. of Hawaii Beach VB '11-'12

  • Professional NUC Switzerland '13-'14

  • Mater Dei VB Coach '14-present

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Accolades:

  • Big West Champions '07-'11

  • Big West All Freshman

  • Quadruple Double '10

    • 50 assists, 13 digs, 10 kills, 10 block assists

  • Joined Misty May as the only 49er setter ever to have over 2,000 assists, 1,000 digs, and 500 kills

  • Ranked tenth all-time in school history with 1,404 career assists

  • USA Beach

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meet
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Shelby Young

All Skills, All Levels

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • 12+ years of coaching

  • Whitney High School

  • Hofstra University

  • American River College

  • Southern Oregon University

  • University of Arizona

  • Head Coach at Sage Hill Boys Program

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Accolades:

  • '07-'09 First Team All League

  • '08-'09 Team MVP

  • '09 San Joaquin All-Star First Team

  • '24 CIF-SS Champion Coach

  • '24 CIF-SS D5 Coach of the Year

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Hitting/Passing Specialist

  • Libero/DS Specialist

  • Mentality Training, Masters in Sports Performance Psychology

  • Right Handed

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coach

Kai Mazuronis

All Skills

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Weber International University

  • Westcliff University

  • Forza1 VB Club

  • Indoor, Beach, & Grass VB

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  • Coming Soon​

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, High Level Athletes

  • Passing Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Left Handed

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Cassie Smits

All Skills, All Levels

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Coastal Carolina University

  • Professional Hungary Team

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Accolades:

  • 1st Time All Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada)

  • Honor Roll at Coastal Carolina

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Setting Specialist

  • Right Handed

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coach

Taylor Richter

All Skills, All Levels

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:​​

  • 6+ years of playing club

  • 3+ years of coaching club

  • '18 La Habra HS Assist. Varsity Coach

  • Head Frosh Coach at Fullerton HS

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Accolades:

  • First Team All League

  • 2x CIF Appearances

  • 1x CIF Appearance Assist. Coach

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Right Handed

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coach

Bailey Olbur

Middle Specialist

Active Coach until 4/30

Volleyball Career:​

  • Vanguard University 

  • 11+ years of playing

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Accolades:

  • ‘19 State Runner Up at Durango HS

  • ‘19 Conference Runner Up at Durango

  • ‘23 GSAC Champion at Vanguard

  • ‘23 Honorable Mention All-American

  • AVCA All Tournament Team

  • ‘23 All GSAC Team ‘23 Scholar Athlete

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Specialty:

  • Middle Specialist

  • Hitting/Blocking Specialist

  • Fundamentals/Basics

  • Right Handed

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coach

Jenny Leitman

Defense Specialist

Active Coach until 6/29

Volleyball Career:​​

  • Woodbridge HS

  • Momentous VB Club

  • '19-'23 Providence College VB

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Accolades:

  • '19 Big East All-Freshman Team

  • 4 Year Varsity HS

  • 2x Conference HS MVP

  • '16-'18 First-Team League

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Specialty:

  • Passing Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Defense/Serve Receive

  • Right Handed

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coach

Brendan Grier

Hitting/Blocking Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:​​​

  • Trabuco Hills HS

  • Laguna Beach VB Club

  • St. Anne Middle School VB Coach

  • Trabuco Hills HS VB Coach

  • Laguna Beach VB Club Coach

  • Indoor & Beach VB​​​​​

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Accolades:

  • 2x 8-0 Varsity Team

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Hitting/Blocking Specialist

  • Right Handed

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coach

Allie Cook

Libero/DS Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:​​

  • OCVBC

  • Edison High School

  • Irvine Valley College

  • University of Arizona (full ride)

  • Indoor & Beach VB

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Accolades:

  • Ranked #7 Most Kills (indoor) at IVC

  • Ranked #6 Highest Total Kills at IVC

  • #1 Beach Team at IVC

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Specialty:

  • Libero/DS Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Right Handed

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Ofure Iselen

All Skills, All Levels

Active Coach until 5/28

Volleyball Career:

  • University of California Irvine

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Accolades:

  • '23 All Big West All Academic Team

  • '23 Adidas/UCI Invitational All Tournament Team

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Specialty:

  • All Skills, All Levels

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Blocking Specialist

  • Right Handed

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Brooklyn Kostoff

Setting Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • El Toro High School

  • Santa Margarita Catholic School

  • Azusa Pacific University

  • RÄKI Alum (since middle school!)

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Accolades:

  • CIF Division III Champ

  • All CIF Setter

  • x2 2nd Team All-League

  • Top Assist Holder (Trinity League)

  • Top 10 Assist Holder CIF

  • 2nd Team All- League Beach

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Specialty:​

  • Digging Specialist

  • Setting Specialist

  • Right Handed

Libero/DS Specialist

Active Coach

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Noelani Soma

Libero/Hitting Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Volunteer Coach at OCVC VBC '16

  • El Toro High School

  • Seal Beach VBS

  • University of LaVerne

  • 11+ years of playing

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Accolades:​

  • 1st Team All League '19

  • Team MVP Nike Tournament of Champions Phoenix, Arizona '19

  • 1st in Nike Tournament of Champions Phoenix, Arizona '19

  • Gold Medal Las Vegas Class Open Elite Division '19

  • Silver Medal Denver Crossroads Junior Nationals Qualifier Open Division '19

  • Bronze Medal Philadelphia Junior Nationals Qualifier '19

  • Silver Medal Beast of the Southeast Junior Nationals Qualifier '20

  • Scholar Athlete '20, '21, '22, '23, '24

  • 1x Division 3 Women's Volleyball Championship Appearance (Top 16) '23

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Specialty:

  • Libero/DS Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Right Handed

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coach

Beverly Braun

DS/Hitting Specialist

Active Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Woodbridge High School

  • Frostburg State University

  • 13+ years of playing

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Accolades:

  • ’20-’21 All-MEC freshman team, MEC honorable mention

  • ’21 First Team All-MEC

  • ’22 Second Team All-MEC

  • ’23 Surpassed 1000 kills and 1000 digs in career. Second Team All-MEC, College Sport Communicators Academic All-District, All-MEC academic team

  • 7th all time Frostburg State kills leader

  • 5x MEC player of the week throughout career

  • 3x All-Tournament Team throughout career

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Specialty:

  • DS Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Right Handed

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Seasonal
Coaches

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seasonal coach

Laine Briggs

Libero/DS Specialist

Summer 2025 Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Pepperdine University

  • Newport Harbor HS

  • Balboa Bay VB Club

  • RAKI Alum, trained under Ashley

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Accolades:

  • '22 All County First Team

  • '22 All Sunset League Team

  • '23 Daily Pilot Girls Dream Team

  • '23 WCC All Freshman Team

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Specialty:​

  • Passing/Digging Specialist

  • Serve/Receive Specialist

  • Right Handed

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seasonal coach

Meg Brown

Hitting/Middle Specialist

Summer 2025 Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Mater Dei HS

  • Pepperdine University

  • Kansas State University

  • RAKI Alum, trained under Ashley

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Accolades:

  • '17 & '18 CIF Championship Titles

  • Under Armour Third Team All American honors

  • 1st Team All-State

  • '20 WCC Freshman of the Year

  • '23 US Women's Collegiate National Team

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Specialty:​

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Blocking Specialist

  • Oppo/RS Specialist

  • Right Handed

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Seasonal coach

Tessa Marocco

All Skills

Summer 2025 Coach

Volleyball Career:

  • Mater Dei HS

  • Irvine Valley College

  • University of Hawaii​

  • Surfside VB Club

  • Indoor & Beach VB

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Accolades:

  • 4x Trinity League Champion​

  • 1st Team All-Conference

  • 2x All-Conference and All-Region Pick

  • '22 Conference MVP

  • 2x State Player of the Week

  • '23 State Semifinalist

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Specialty:​

  • Setting Specialist

  • Hitting Specialist

  • Right Handed

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