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National Coach/Age Group
Coach: Lindsey
Hood (Zerr) - A well known coach in the Kansas City Area.
Lindsey has 9 years coaching experience; 7 years club, currently
the JV coach as Staley High School, 3 years Oak Park High
School, 1 year collegiate (Colgate). During the 2008 season,
Lindsey's team won Regionals and competed at Nationals in
Texas. Lindsey attained numerous honors in both high school
and collegiate. We are excited to have Lindsey in our program.
She brings tons of volleyball knowledge, as well as experience.
lhood@nkcsd.k12.mo.us
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National Asst. Coach: Boomie
Williams ~ We are excited to have Boomie join the North
Stars coaching staff. Boomie is currently attending Rockhurst
University, where she is playing volleyball. Boomie received
many different honors during her high school career including:
Lettered four years in volleyball and softball ... Named
All-League four times and All-State and All-Sun three
times in volleyball ... Named All-League and All-Sun three
times in softball three times ... EKL Scholar Athlete
in volleyball and softball. williamsrr@rockhurst.edu
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Regional Coach: Marissa
Hanneman ~ bio to come mizzoumarv@hotmail.com |
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Regional Coach: Derick White ~This is Derick's
second year with the North Stars. Derick currently is a
assistant coach with the UMKC volleyball program. Derek
has been coaching since 2004. Derick has coached at the
collegiate level, as well as high school and club. Derick
graduated from Missouri Southern State University where
he played baseball. Derick will graduate in December from
UMKC with a master's degree in curriculum and instructional
leadership. djwrkf@umkc.edu
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National Coach: Richard Bridges ~ This is Richard·s
11th year with the club. He has coached the 15, 16, 17,
and 18 teams. Richard and his teams have had many accomplishments,
including partipating in Nationals three times. Richard
has 12 years of playing experience in club ball and A Division
as an outside hitter/defense 4sports@kc.rr.com |
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National Coach: Phil Klassen (Board Member)
- This is Phil's 7th year with the club. Phil helped coach
a team to Nationals last season. Phil has coached developmental
volleyball for 9 years. Phil has received many different
coaching awards including, Assistant Coach of the year
('03-04) and North Stars Award for Coaching Excellence
('04-05 & '06-07). Klassens5@aol.com
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National Coach: Laura
Tomney (Board Member) · Laura has been coaching with
our club for 15 years. She has coached the 13, 14, 16, 17
and 18 teams with much success. Over the past 8 years, Laura
has qualified and taken a team to Nationals 6 times. She
has had many other team accomplishments including: 3rd place
Regionals ('05), 2nd place Regionals ('04), competed in
the Vegas Invitational ('04), 2nd place Sport 2 Sport BIG
('04), 2nd place Regionals (·03), 5th place Crossroads
Qualifier (·01), 2nd place Regionals (·01),
3rd place Northern Lights Qualifier (·99), 3rd place
Minnesota Festival (·99), 8th place Asics Nationals
(·99), 1st place Regional Champs (·97), 1st
place March Madness (·97). Laura has received many
coaching awards within our club including the North Stars
Award for Coaching Excellence, as well as Coach of the Year.
Laura has a passion for coaching and is instrumental in
the business aspect of the club. Laura has a wonderful full
time job ~ being a mom to daughter's Bailee (6) and Chloe
(3) and son, Ian (1). lrtomney@aol.com
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National Coach: Missy Larson - Missy has been
a coach with our Club since the beginning. During that time
she has coached the 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 teams. Her coaching
honors include 1995-96 & 1999-00 Coach of the Year,
1996 Regional Champions - HOA (18), 1996-97 Most Valuable
Coach, 2001 1st Place Silver at the Northeast Qualifier
in Baltimore (14). Missy also has playing experience for
the University of Missouri. During her four years at MU
she received All Big 8 Team and Team Captain honors. CoachNrthstrs@aol.com |
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National Coach:Deanna Koehly - This is Deanna's
second year with the club. She grew up in Lemont, Illinois
and played volleyball throughout her high school career.
She played for numerous club teams in the Chicagoland area
including Express and Unlimited, VBC. After graduating from
high school Deanna played briefly at University of Central
Missouri State. She has continued to play recreationally
and loves coaching. She believes it is important to give
back like so many of her coaches did, and to help young
woman achieve success both on and off the court. dkoehl2@hallmark.com |
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Regional Coach: Andrea
Crutcher - We are excited to have Andrea join our club.
Andrea graduated from Park Hill High School where she was
part of the 1997 State Volleyball Championship team. She
attended Fort Hays State University where she played volleyball
all four years. Andrea has coached club for different clubs
in Fort Hays Kansas and mostly recently in Oklahoma. She
has also helped run camps at both the high school and collegiate
level. Andrea currently works for the Independence School
District as a Speech Language Pathologist.
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National Coach: Mindi
Shupe-This is Mindi's 3rd year coaching, but she been playing
volleyball since high school. She currently manages a women's
HOA team and have done so for about 6 years. Mindi played
basketball, volleyball, track and softball in high school
lettering in all 4 all 4 years. She ran track at Northeast
Missouri State University. Mindi is an occupational therapist
and work for a home health company. Mindi lives in Parkville,
but is originally from Iowa (GO HAWKS!!) mindishupe@kc.rr.com |
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National Asst Coach: Derick
Shupe ~ This is Dericks second year with the club.
Growing up in a small town in Kansas, Derick participated
in four sports all four years of high school and went to
Baker University on a track scholarship all three years
in college. Derick enjoyed coaching both basketball and
baseball for young kids for three years and is bringing
his love for coaching to volleyball. He strongly believes
in teaching fundamentals, stressing the importance of having
a great attitude, and playing with passion for the game.
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Regional Coach: Tracy Wiesehan - This
is Tracy's third year with the North Stars VBC. She has
been playing volleyball for the past nine years, and currently
enjoys playing. Tracy graduated from Rockhurst College this
past Spring, where she majored in Psychology. Tracy currently
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Regional Coach: Mandy
Bonino ~ Mandy has been associated with the club not only
as a player but a coach as well. For the past eleven years
she has coached the 12, 13, & 14 age groups. In her
first year as a coach she received the Rookie of the Year
award. Mandy played volleyball at Benedictine College as
a defense specialist and setter. mandyvb7@yahoo.com |
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National Coach: Meaghan Healy ~ This is Meaghan's
second year coaching with the North Stars. She also coaches
in the Parochial league. Meaghan played for North Stars
and is excited to be back! Meaghan is a Supportive Home
Care Provider and is pursuing a career in Youth Ministry.
meaghan.healy@gmail.com
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National Coach:
Peg
Clarke
- Peg has been
coaching with the North Stars over the past 9 years.
She has been running the parochial
league since 1990. Peg has had great success with her teams
in the past. Her teams have finished in the top 5 in the
region the past several years. clarkept@att.net |
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Regional Coach: Joy Isaacs ~ Coach Joy is eager
to begin coaching with the North Stars! She just finished
up her second year of coaching middle-school girls at Barstow.
Born and raised in Topeka, Kansas, Joy played club volleyball
growing up as well as playing both volleyball and softball
in high school. Joy's coaching philosophy is one consisting
of hard work and enthusiasm. She believes that if you work
hard and have fun, winning is a natural byproduct. Joy considers
teamwork and communication to be two of the most important
aspects of the sport, and skills that players will need
to learn and use throughout their lives. She works full-time
in accounting at a commodities brokerage firm, and is also
currently finishing up her Political Science degree at KU.
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Regional Coach: Jake Isaacs ~ Jake is excited
to be joining the North Stars family for the first time
this year. Jake recently finished up his first season
as head coach for a middle school team at a local private
school in the Kansas City area. While attending college
at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Jake
volunteered as the strength and conditioning coach for
the women's volleyball program and played for the Haskell
baseball team. This season Jake wants to build on the
fundamentals of the game, and provide a solid foundation
in order to help make the girls successful at the next
level of volleyball. jake.c.isaacs@gmail.com
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Strength
and Conditioning Coach:
Debbie Smith ~ She has over 20 years of coaching experience
that she brings with her to the North Stars VBC. Debbie
has coached at many different levels, including parachial
league, club, and high school. Debbie enjoys working with
the ladies, watching them improve and then following their
careers. Debbie is also the Strength and Conditioning coach
for the club. dsmithvill@aol.com |
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Strength
and Conditioning Coach:
Greg Smith ~Greg has been with the club for four years.
He has been in or around the volleyball community over the
past 20 years. He has coached in the parochial league, parks
and rec, juniors and high school (most recently at Smithville
High School). smtyjo@aol.com |