MEET OUR 2023 SUMMER COACHES! (2024 coming soon)
Our incredibly knowledgeable and passionate coaching staff has represented all levels of collegiate, club, and high school volleyball. In past years, this list has included coaches from NCAA Divisions I, II, and III from such conferences as the NESCAC, NEWMAC, Little East, CAA, CCC, UAA, NE-10, America East, Patriot League, and the Ivy League. This past summer, we welcomed coaches from the CC, MAC, ODAC, SUNYAC, A10, MAAC, MIAA, CCIW, Atlantic 10, Empire 8, and the NAIA conference WHAC!
This 2024 summer will be no exception as many of our previous coaches will return along with a few wonderful new additions. Please check out the 2023 list of our great staff members below, their institutions as well as their complete and impressive bios. As more coaches are confirmed for the summer of 2024, we will update this list. In addition to this wonderful group below, multiple current and former college players have assisted us in our efforts to provide the best experience for all. We are honored that so many of them will come back to work with us during the spring and summer as they are the ultimate keys to our success in running some of the best technical clinics in New England! On behalf of all of the aspiring and talented players who come through our courts in the JumboDome, we are grateful for their time and effort.
Final Staffing Note: Due to the fact that we run 11 different clinics, we truly appreciate the help of our peers and their players over a stretched-out period of time. Our 2024 staff will come together quickly as so many are ready to get back on the court. If they are listed below, it means they were confirmed to coach at least one clinic and sometimes as many as six, and every option in between! The clinic directors will lecture/coach at every summer session. However, the rest of the staff will vary by clinic throughout July based on their summer schedules. Once the 2024 JVBC Staff is announced, if there is a particular coach with whom you are interested in working, please e-mail us so that we can let you know the exact dates a specific coach has committed to. *Please keep in mind that WE CAN NOT GUARANTEE THAT EVERY PLAYER WILL GET TO WORK WITH EVERY COACH, but our clinics are small in nature so it is very likely you will meet all of our staff members at some point. We appreciate your understanding in advance.
Tufts University Head Coach, Cora Thompson, has enthusiastically guided the Jumbos to their current place among the region and country’s best. Since her first season in 2002, Tufts has compiled an outstanding 438-144 record for a .753 winning percentage. Also in that span, the Jumbos have posted a 153-37 record (for a .805 winning percentage) in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) regular season play, have competed in the conference playoffs 21 straight seasons, have earned 12 NCAA Tournament berths (including five "Sweet 16" & three "Elite 8" Appearances) in the last 14 years, and have been ranked the #1 Division III team in New England during seven of the last eleven seasons. In 2021, Tufts finished with a Final AVCA national ranking of 10th in the country only to follow it up with another outstanding high ranking of 13th in 2022 out of 400+ teams overall.
Thompson has coached 60+ players to All- NESCAC honors including 3 Players of the Year, 4 Rookies of the Year, and a Defensive Player of the Year. On the regional level, she has coached 50+ players to All-New England honors including 2 All New England Players of the Year and 2 All New England Rookies of the Year, 45+ AVCA All New England Regional honorees as well as two 1st Team All American hitters, a 2nd Team All American setter, and multiple honorable mention All Americans. Most importantly, she has coached 65+ All-Academic players who successfully earned a 3.5+ GPA while competing in the incredibly demanding NESCAC.
Thompson has earned NESCAC Coach of the Year honors in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, & 2022. Thompson was honored most recently for her efforts at the helm of the Jumbos during their incredible 23-6 run which saw her 2022 squad finish a nearly perfect 9-1 during the regular season NESCAC play. Despite a final ranking of #1 in New England, her 2nd place regular season squad got on the road and headed into the NESCAC Championship with some scores to settle. They convincingly battled to their way into their 9th NESCAC Championship final match where they earned their 2nd conference championship in 3 years! As a result, the Jumbos stayed on top of the New England NCAA regional poll earning additional hosting honors for the 2022 NCAA Regional tournament where they came up just short of their goal to return to the NCAA "Elite 8".
After a year away from collegiate play due to the pandemic, Coach Thompson's 2021 team returned to the court, picking up right where they left off in 2019 and then some. During their 2021 campaign, the Jumbos compiled an impressive 21-6 record with convincing wins over previously #1 and #2 ranked teams in the country, Johns Hopkins & Trinity of Texas, respectively. As a direct result of her team's incredible effort and the work of her amazing staff, the team advanced to their 4th NCAA "Sweet 16" as the #3 seed at the Johns Hopkins NCAA Regional site. There they upset the #1 seed and hosts, Johns Hopkins, and earned the right to continue on to the NCAA D3 National Championship "Elite 8" round in St. Louis where their 2021 campaign came to an end across the net from the eventual National Champions, Wisconsin Eau-Clair.
Thompson was also named New England Coach of the Year (2008, 2016 & 2019) as well as AVCA Regional Coach of the Year 3 times in 4 years (2016, 2017 & 2019). She has also previously been tagged as ECAC Coach of the Year in 2014.
Coach Resa Provanzano is entering her 4th season this fall as the 1st assistant for Tufts University Volleyball program. Shortly after Coach Resa officially joined the Tufts staff in March of 2019, she helped the Jumbos achieve great success as they went on their incredible 28-2 run in the fall of 2019. She was instrumental in helping the squad finish a perfect 10-0 again for the 3rd time in just 4 years during regular season NESCAC play. For the 6th time in 12 years, the Jumbos finished #1 in the NESCAC earning hosting rights which gave them the opportunity to earn the title of 2019 NESCAC Champions in front of their home crowd. As a result, the Jumbos stayed on top of the New England NCAA regional poll earning additional hosting honors as the #1 seed for the 2019 NCAA Regional tournament. Unfortunately, they came up just short of their goal to return to the NCAA "Elite 8" for the first time since 2016. However, as a direct result of her incredible effort during her inaugural season, Coach Resa and the Tufts volleyball staff were named the 2019 NESCAC Staff of the Year, the 2019 New England Staff of the Year (previously earned in 2008 & 2016) as well as AVCA Regional Staff of the Year for the 3rd time in 4 years (previously earned in 2016 & 2017.
Prior to arriving at Tufts, Coach Resa racked up14 years of incredible coaching and recruiting experience to our courts, most recently coming off 5 seasons as the Head Coach of the UMASS Lowell River Hawk women's volleyball program the fall of 2018. She was named head coach of the program on February 11, 2014. Provanzano was charged with helping the DIV II program transition to DIV I in the America East Conference and guided them to a program-best conference win total in the 2018 season. The team was one of five America East teams to win the AVCA Team All-Academic Award as the River Hawks registered a 3.43 team GPA in 2016 & 2017 academic year, which was the second-highest of any River Hawk female team over the two semesters.
The River Hawks posted a 4-29 overall record (111 AE) in her first season as head coach (2014), including the team's first ever Div. I victory on September 3rd at Quinnipiac and UMass Lowell's first America East win on November 14th vs. Stony Brook (32) at Costello Athletic Center.
Previously, Provanzano spent six years (2008 - 2013) as an assistant coach at Northeastern University under head coach Ken Nichols in the Colonial Athletic Association. While with the Huskies, she helped the team to an impressive 113-58 overall record (.661 winning pct.), three CAA Championship Game appearances, two CAA regular season titles in 2008 and 2011 and two 20-win seasons.
Provanzano served as recruiting coordinator for the Huskies and assisted in the day to day operations of the program, which included practice plans, scheduling, scouting, budget management and team travel.
She has amassed an overall record of 185-89 with nine straight winning seasons as an assistant coach at the Division I level. Provanzano has trained 24 All-Conference selections, including three Conference Players of the Year, five Rookie of the Year athletes and one two time Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
Prior to Northeastern, Provanzano was an assistant for two seasons (2006-07) at Alabama Birmingham where she helped lead the Blazers to a 51-20 record in a two year span. In 2006, the school captured its first Conference USA championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. The Blazers followed that up with a second place finish in the Conference USA Tournament in 2007. In her two seasons, Provanzano coached three All Conference USA selections as well as two Conference USA Newcomers of the Year. Provanzano used her playing experience as a defensive specialist and outside hitter to coach UAB’s single season record holder for digs.
Prior to her stint at UAB, Provanzano spent the 2005 season as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern, where she served as the recruiting coordinator. She helped lead the Eagles to a 21-11 record and coached a first team All Southern Conference selection.
A 2005 graduate of Georgia, Provanzano was a four year letter winner and two year captain for the Bulldogs. She led Georgia in digs from 2000-02 and finished her career fifth all time in school history in digs. The Bulldogs reached the SEC Tournament semifinals twice while she was playing. In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Provanzano was given the Georgia Athletics Sportsmanship Award in 2002 and was named to the SEC Good Works team in 2003.
With a vast resume of playing and coaching experience, Terry Condon officially joined the Tufts University volleyball staff in the Fall of 2017 and is going on her 7th season with the Jumbos. She has been instrumental in helping the Jumbos remain a top program in New England while breaking into the top 10 nationally! Condon entered her 5th Hall of Fame when the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Association inducted her in the Spring of 2021. In 2015, Condon was enshrined in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame for her outstanding contributions as both a coach and a player as well!
She most recently coached at UMass-Boston, successfully turning the Beacons into one of the most recognizable programs in Division III women’s volleyball. During her 11 seasons in Boston, Condon led the Beacons to unprecedented success, including seven straight Little East Conference regular-season and six tournament championships, as well as three NCAA Division III Regional crowns, which the Beacons brought home in 2010, 2012, and 2013.
Coach Condon's student-athletes earned multiple All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American honors. During the Condon era, a total of five players were named AVCA All-Americans. Another eight earned AVCA / New England Women's Volleyball Association (NEWVA) All-Region honors, including two Rookies of the Year. In the Little East Conference, 15 of her players were named to either the first or second team, and UMass had seven different players nab Rookie of the Year while four others were named Players of the Year. Condon was conference Coach of the Year twice, and was selected as the top coach in the region twice. UMass achieved their highest national ranking ever on the AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll at 16th under Coach Condon.
The former UCLA standout is considered one of the greatest players to ever step on the floor for the Bruins, having been named to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. She was the first female athlete to receive this honor, and was also honored as one of the 25 greatest players in UCLA history. Her number 34 was retired by the Bruins as well. During her career the Bruins had an 89-12 record, which included a pair of national titles in 1974 and 1975 and a national runner-up placing in 1976.
She made her mark on the world stage as well, playing for the United States Volleyball National Team throughout the 1970s. She was a five-time member of the USA Women's National team, including the 1970 World Championship team and the Pan American Games teams of 1971 and 1975. Her accomplishments were recognized by her selection to the USA Volleyball 75th Anniversary Women's All-Era Team (1949-77) and her honor as an All-Time Great Female Player by the United States Volleyball Association in 1983.
Following two years as the Head Coach of California State University at Bakersfield, she took over the reigns at Texas A&M University and in six years led the Aggies to three NCAA Tournament appearances. She coached the squad to a 180-101 mark for a .641 winning percentage. She still holds the Aggies' coaching standard for highest winning percentage in a single-season with her 33-4 (.892) mark for the 1984 campaign.
She returned to her alma mater as an Associate Athletic Director for UCLA from 1986-1994 and received three Achievement Awards. She remained in Athletic Administration when she became a Senior Associate Athletic Director at Northeastern University in Boston in 1994 and remained with the Huskies until 1998. Condon's selection as UMass Boston Head Women's Volleyball Coach was in addition to a position that she already held as Senior Associate Athletic Director for the school, which she started as in February 2006.
Highly respected for her contributions to women's athletics, Condon was inducted into the New Agenda: Northeast Women's Hall of Fame to recognize her coaching and teaching accomplishments within the community and the college arena.
Condon graduated from UCLA in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology and currently resides in Rowley.
We welcome Grace back to our JVBC staff in 2022! Grace most recently served as a volunteer assistant coach at Boston College. Previously, Grace Krumpack coached for two seasons as an assistant coach with the Judges of Brandeis University. She is a 2018 Brandeis graduate, having played both outside hitter and libero for the Judges in her career.
Since her graduation, Krumpack has served as a strength and conditioning coach at Brandeis and at our very own JVBC clinics. Krumpack completed a three-month strength and conditioning internship at IFAST (Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training), one of the top gyms in the country for athletic performance, development, and movement science. In 2021, started her own personal training company, Revive X Grace LCC in 2021.
We are thrilled to announce Coach Cailyn Straubel's return to our courts this summer of 2023! Coach Cailyn has been actively coaching and handling JVBC operations for Jumbo Volleyball Clinics since the Spring of 2018 and is looking forward to a 4th full summer in the JumboDome which she knows well both as a coach and a player. We couldn't do what we do without her help all year round and are very pleased to have her back for another year.
Coach Straubel enters her second season as the Head Women's Volleyball Coach for Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). In her first season at WPI, she led Coach Straubel arrived at WPI after coaching both women's and men's volleyball at Colby-Swayer, where she guided the women's program back to the court after the worst of the pandemic and then proceeded to do the same for their men's team shortly thereafter.
Straubel joined the Chargers after spending the previous three seasons at Brandeis University.. She was acting head coach at Brandeis University during the Covid-19 pandemic, assuming all head coaching responsibilities during the spring semester. Prior to being named acting head coach, Straubel was an assistant at Brandeis for three seasons. During the 2018 season, the Brandeis staff was named UAA Coaching Staff of the Year after bringing Brandeis to its best season in school history. Before coaching in Waltham, Straubel was an assistant at Williams College. With the Ephs, she assisted with practice and player development for the women's team. While in Williamstown, she also was the head coach of the Williams College men's club volleyball team.
As a four-year starter at Connecticut College, Straubel was named a captain for her junior and senior seasons. In 2012 she helped the Camels finish with their best record in school history, which included the number one seed in the New England regional, a NESCAC regular season Championship, and a visit to the second round of the Division III NCAA tournament. Straubel graduated Cum Laude with Distinction from Connecticut College with a degree in Human Development. A defensive specialist, Straubel was a three-time Academic All-NESCAC selection, earning four Dean’s List honors in her career. She is currently pursuing an MBA with a concentration in Sports Management.
We are thrilled to welcome Coach Keelin Severtson back to New England for her 3rd summer with JVBC! Coach Severtson joins us from Michigan where she joined the Albion volleyball team in 2020 after serving as an assistant coach for two seasons at UMass Boston.
Prior to her tenure with the Beacons, Severtson was an assistant coach with the Palm Beach Juniors Volleyball Club in Lake Worth, Florida for three years where she was named the 2017 Assistant Coach of the Year. She guided the 14 Elite team to a National Bid and helped the 16 team to a USA bid to the USAV Junior Nationals. She worked with all aspects of the club teams, including implementing practice and game plans for the competitive programs.
She also spent time as an assistant coach with the Lake Worth Christian volleyball team and an assistant coach and counselor for the University of New Hampshire volleyball camp.
Severtson played for four years at Division I University of New Hampshire where she led the Wildcats to four America East Conference championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances. She earned America East Conference Tournament MVP honors in 2016 and was a two-time conference Setter of the Year and First Team All-Conference selection. Severtson was named team captain for the fall of 2016 and the spring of 2017.
Severtson graduated from UNH in 2017, earning a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology. She went on to earn her master's in Exercise Health Sciences in 2020 from UMass Boston. Welcome back, Keelin!
Leah Good will join the JVBC staff for the first time in the summer of 2023! Named Head Coach at Alma College in December 2022, Good spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Hiram women's volleyball program. She joined Hiram from the Ohio Valley Volleyball Academy, where she served as the volleyball coordinator and a coach for two years.
Prior to her time with the Ohio Valley Volleyball Academy, Good also worked as an administrative assistant and coach with the Pittsburgh Magic Volleyball Club for three years.
Good graduated from Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia in 2021. While there Good was a four-year member of the women's volleyball team, helping the Bison to the 2018 Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship, and serving as a team captain her senior year.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Good earned her bachelor's degree in finance from Bethany College in May of 2021 and is currently pursuing her master's degree in interdisciplinary studies at Hiram College. Welcome, Coach Good!
We are thrilled to have Coach Pacis return to the JVBC coaching staff in 2023!
Joey Pacis is in his tenth year as head women's volleyball coach at Bentley University after previously filling the same role at Merrimack College. He came to Bentley in 2013 as an assistant to the legendary Sandy Hoffman and took over as head coach when she stepped aside for health reasons prior to the 2014 season. During his eight seasons at the helm, Pacis has posted a 119-86 record, including 68-28 in Northeast-10 contests.
The 2019 season was the Falcons' most successful thus far during Pacis' tenure. Bentley captured both the regular season and tournament championships in the Northeast-10 Conference before gaining the number two seed in the NCAA Division II East Regional. Bentley's 26-6 record was the program's best since 2002 and included a 16-match winning streak. Pacis received the Sandy Hoffman Northeast-10 Coach of the Year award and was also cited as the AVCA Division II East Region Coach of the Year.
Pacis was previously cited as the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year in 2014 after directing the Falcons to a 19-12 record, a share of the Northeast-10 regular-season title, a berth in the NE-10 championship match, and the semifinals of the NCAA Division II East Regional.
The 1995 University of Illinois graduate was the head coach of the Warriors for eight years, from 2003-2010. He’s the winningest coach in Merrimack’s volleyball history, with a career record of 117-116, and guided his team to the program’s first two NCAA tournament berths, in 2007 and 2008.
Pacis was the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year in both of those seasons, and his team twice had the highest cumulative GPA among Merrimack’s varsity teams (2007, 2008). His 2009 team set a school record for wins with 21.
Prior to being named the head coach in February 2003, Pacis served as an assistant with the Merrimack program for three years.
Pacis was an outstanding player for the University of Illinois, serving as the team’s starting setter for four years. In 1994, he helped the Fighting Illini win its first Big Ten men’s volleyball championship and earned second team All-Tournament honors. Illinois finished No. 17 in the nation his senior year. While attending Illinois, Pacis volunteered as a student coach for the women’s Division I volleyball program under the direction of Mike Hebert, and also coached at the Fighting Illini summer volleyball camps.
A native of Southern California, Pacis graduated from Illinois in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in General Engineering. He resides in Watertown with his wife, Holly, their son, Ryan (15), and their 8-year old chocolate lab, Jack.
We are beyond thrilled to welcome back Coach Erin Cady this summer for the 8th time! Since being named head coach of the Bowdoin volleyball program in 2015, Erin Cady has guided the Polar Bears to unprecedented heights and established her team as one of the finest in the region and as a player on the NCAA Division III scene.
Cady made an immediate impact in her first season as head coach of the Polar Bears in the fall of 2015, leading the team to the greatest season in program history. Bowdoin captured the NESCAC Championship and advanced to its first-ever NCAA Quarterfinal after defeating host MIT in the New England Regional. Since then, Bowdoin has won two more NESCAC titles (2018, '21), qualified for three more NCAA Tournaments, and returned to the NCAA Quarterfinals in 2019. Cady has twice been named the NESCAC Coach of the Year and was named the AVCA Regional Coach of the Year in 2018. In her time at Bowdoin, she has led numerous All-NESCAC, All-Region and All-American players, coached three NESCAC Players of the Year, three NESCAC Defensive Players of the Year and won over 75% of her matches overall.
Upon her hiring in 2015, Cady commented: "I am honored and thankful for this the opportunity to join the Bowdoin family. The strong sense of community, supportive environment and overall wonderful people attracted me to this position. It is clear that Bowdoin truly embraces 'the way life should be.'"
Prior to Bowdoin, Cady was named the head coach at Holy Cross in 2011 following a year as an assistant coach with the program. In two of her four seasons at the helm, she tied the program record for Patriot League wins (six) while matching the team's best-ever finish in the league standings (fifth). The team earned the AVCA's Team Academic Award for the first time in program history in 2013-14 and Holy Cross placed two members on the Patriot League's seven-player All-Academic Team.
A 2006 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Cady had an outstanding playing career for the Wildcats. She was a three-time All-America East Conference selection and was twice named a team captain. She was the fourth player in school history to eclipse 1,000 kills and helped lead the Wildcats to a pair of America East titles and two trips to the NCAA Tournament. Cady was also an Academic Scholar Athlete and a member of the Dean’s List in every season. Following graduation, Cady played professional volleyball for the SWE-Volley Team in Erfurt, Germany.
Cady earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and justice studies from UNH in 2006 and a master’s degree in Kinesiology and sports studies in 2010. Cady and her husband, Stuart, were married in 2012, and have a son Wynn.
We are so excited to welcome back Coach Taylor Stevens to our JVBC staff for her 3rd summer in the JumboDome! Taylor joined Bowdoin as assistant coach of the volleyball program in the summer of 2019 and has helped Coach Cady coach them to some of their best seasons in program history. In 2021, they won the NESCAC championship for the 2nd time in 3 years!
A graduate of Stonehill College, where she was the primary setter her junior and senior seasons, Stevens was most recently an assistant coach at Wheaton College, where the Lyons enjoyed the two finest seasons in program history. She also served as head boy’s volleyball coach at Norton High School and at the Lockdown Volleyball Club.
Prior to her collegiate playing career at Stonehill, Stevens was the Rhode Island High School Gatorade player of the year while attending Ponaganset High School. She was named to the Rhode Island All-State team during both her junior and senior seasons. Welcome back, Taylor!
Alesia Vaccari Bennett enters her 11th summer as part of the Jumbo Volleyball Clinics staff. In the spring of 2014, Bennett was named the new Head Coach of the Brandeis University volleyball program and will be entering her 9th season in the fall of 2023. In 2018, Coach Bennett and her Judges had a record-breaking season, posting their best UAA post-season performance in a decade. Due to her efforts, Coach Bennett and her staff earned UAA Coaching Staff of the Year honors and was the 1st ever Brandeis volleyball coach to do so!
Prior to being hired at Brandeis, Bennett was the Head Coach at Simmons College for three seasons. During her time with the Sharks, Bennett was named Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2011, her first season as a head coach. In 2011, she led the Sharks to the GNAC Semifinals for the first time in program history, finishing with a 20-10 overall record and 9-4 in conference play. In 2012, she took the program back to the semi-finals with an equally impressive record. Under her direction, the Sharks more than doubled their win percentage from the 2010 season without any additions to the roster.
Prior to joining the Sharks, Bennett coached at Clarkson University serving as their assistant coach for two years. In 2009, Bennett helped lead the Golden Knights to their first Liberty League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance as Clarkson went 28-7, the top winning percentage in program history.
Coach Bennett, a 2006 graduate of Springfield College with a degree in Athletic Training, was just honored as a Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee for her incredible college career. She was a two-time All-American for the Springfield Pride in 2003 and 2004, two seasons in which her team reached the NCAA Tournament. The 2004 NEWMAC Player of the Year as well, Vaccari Bennett is Springfield's all-time leader in assists (5,196) and aces (321) while ranking eighth in digs (1,196). When she was a Junior Olympic volleyball player, she was named the 2001 Connecticut High School Player of the Year.
We are thrilled to welcome back Coach Cohen to the JVBC coaching staff in 2023 for second time! Natalie Cohen joined the Carnegie Mellon University volleyball staff as a full-time assistant coach in August 2019. Cohen came to Pittsburgh after serving as the head men's and women's volleyball coach at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts.
Cohen's first season on the sidelines for the Tartans witnessed a 22-8 season with the program's fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Championship tournament. The Tartans had two different win streaks of six and a season-opening win streak of seven, topped three nationally-ranked teams, and finished the regular season ranked 22nd in the nation.
Cohen's second season was stripped to just four matches, all played in the spring, because of COVID-19 canceling the fall season. The Tartans went 3-1 in those matches with the lone loss coming on the road to a Division II program.
In 2021, the Tartans finished with a 14-14 mark, placed fourth in the UAA, and had five players earn All-Association recognition.
Cohen was hired at Dean in 2015 and launched both the men's and women's programs the following year. In the inaugural season with the Bulldogs, the women's program recorded eight wins before producing 32 victories in her three seasons at the helm. Cohen led the Bulldogs men's program to a third-place finish in the New England Collegiate Conference in 2018 after compiling a 15-10 mark and was a nominee for Coach of the Year.
In addition to her coaching responsibilities at Dean, Cohen served as the Director of Equipment Operations and was the Deputy Title IX Coordinator for the athletics department her last year.
Prior to her arrival at Dean, Cohen was a volunteer assistant at her alma mater, Bridgewater State University, for one season. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education in 2011 from Bridgewater State.
During her time as a Bear, she was a three-year captain and ended her career ranked seventh on the school's all-time assists list with 1,847. She helped guide the Bears to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Tournament championship and the NCAA Tournament during her sophomore campaign. That same season, she was named MASCAC First Team and then received second team honors the following season.
Cohen is currently pursuing a master's of sport coaching from West Virginia University. Welcome back, Coach Natalie!
We are excited to welcome Coach Broccoli to our courts for the first time this summer as the Head Coach of Drew University! Broccoli was chosen as Drew University's first-ever director of volleyball and head women's volleyball coach in December of 2019, three months after it was announced the Rangers were adding varsity men's and women's volleyball in the 2021-22 school year.
In her first two seasons at the helm, Broccoli has guided Drew Volleyball to a successful start. As head coach of the women's team, she has helped direct the Rangers to a 36-21 record. During the team's inaugural season in 2021, Drew finished an impressive 19-9 and won a pair of Landmark Conference matches. For her efforts, she was honored as the Landmark Conference Coach of the Year. One year later, the Rangers again assembled a winning season, finishing with a 17-12 mark while recording two more Landmark Conference victories.
Broccoli has also coached her women's team to individual success. One of her student-athletes - outside hitter Andrea Camacho Tenreiro C'25 - captured the Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year award while also gaining First-Team All-Landmark Conference honors during the team's inaugural 2021 season, when she finished fourth in Division III in kills per set (4.51). Camacho-Tenreiro earned First-Team All-Landmark Conference recognition in 2022 as well, when she led the Landmark Conference in kills for the second year in a row.
On the men's side, the Rangers finished with nine victories in their inaugural season while competing as an independent. The team finished with eight sweeps while also posting a 5-3 home record in their debut campaign. The team would equal their wins mark with another nine victories during their second season in 2023.
Broccoli came to the Forest following a highly-successful four-year run as the head women's volleyball coach at Hunter College, where she directed the Hawks to four consecutive City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) titles and four NCAA Division III tournament appearances. She also served as assistant athletic director at Hunter.
Broccoli arrived at Hunter in 2016 and promptly led the Hawks to a perfect 8-0 record in the CUNYAC. Her team would go on to win the conference title to earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament. She was honored as the CUNYAC Coach of the Year and had a conference-leading five players named to the CUNYAC All-Star Team, including the player of the year.
Under Broccoli's watch, the Hawks would capture three more conference titles and NCAA tournament appearances. Her 2017 squad posted a record-breaking campaign, finishing 27-5 overall while tying the program record for most victories and finishing the season ranked seventh in the New York region. Broccoli's athletes garnered a slew of awards, including an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, two AVCA All-Region selections, five CUNYAC All-Stars, and the CUNYAC Rookie of the Year.
Broccoli guided the Purple and Gold to another tremendous season in 2018, as the Hawks assembled a 24-9 record and again achieved a No. 7 regional ranking. Her team received five CUNYAC All-Star selections, one AVCA All-Region pick, the CUNYAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, and had an NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. Broccoli earned her second CUNYAC Coach of the Year honor and was a recipient of the AVCA Thirty Under 30 award.
In 2019, Broccoli steered Hunter to its fourth-straight conference title and five CUNYAC All-Star selections, including four first-team picks, and the libero of the year. In total, Hunter posted a stellar record of 85-47 (.644) under Broccoli while finishing an unblemished 39-0 versus CUNYAC opponents, counting postseason play.
Away from the court, Broccoli performed numerous duties in her role as assistant athletic director. She assisted the compliance officer by overseeing all processes, procedures and systems necessary to direct the athletic department in complying with NCAA, CUNYAC and Hunter College rules and regulations for 18 varsity sports. She provided NCAA and CUNYAC rules, education, and interpretation for student-athletes, administrators, coaches, and support staff. She also planned, directed, and administered athletic competitions and events such as Homecoming, Division III week, National Girls & Women in Sports Day, and the annual athletic banquet.
Prior to Hunter, Broccoli was an assistant women's volleyball coach at Brandeis University during the 2015 season. She also served as a graduate assistant at UMass-Boston in 2014, helping lead the Beacons to the Little East Conference regular-season championship. She began her career as a college volleyball coach at SUNY New Paltz, where she worked as an assistant women's coach during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. She helped lead the Hawks to the finals of two NCAA regional tournaments and one State University of New York Athletic Conference regular-season championship.
Broccoli also boasts several years of experience as a volleyball coach at the high-school level, spending 2011 as an assistant at Pine Bush High School, while leading the Hudson Valley Alliance Volleyball Club as the head coach from 2010 to 2014.
As a three-year member of the women's volleyball team at The College of Saint Rose, Broccoli also participated in the NCAA Division II Leadership Academy and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In 2009 she studied at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, competing on the women's indoor and beach volleyball squads.
Broccoli graduated from Saint Rose in 2010 with a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Sport Management.
Coach Pam is one of our favorites and enters her 9th summer of coaching as part of the Jumbo Volleyball Clinics staff this summer of 2023. She currently is the head coach at Essex Tech High School. Her overall coaching experience includes serving as the assistant coach of both boys and girls varsity teams at Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois (1994-2000); Head Varsity Girls Coach and Assistant Boys Coach at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2000-2002); Assistant Women's Coach at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts (2006-2012). During her time at Endicott, Coach Leete was primarily responsible for training the team defense which included coaching two Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Libero of the Year winners in Brittany Nolan (2008) and Ashley Norley (2012). Coach Leete was a graduate of The College of the Holy Cross in 1993.
We are excited to welcome Coach Parkhurst to the JVBC Coaching herd for the 2023 Summer Clinic season! Parkhurst comes to Medford as an assistant coach at William Smith; Coach Emma joined the William Smith volleyball staff prior to the start of the 2022 season.
Parkhurst comes to Geneva after spending the last season at the University of Southern Maine as an assistant coach. She helped the Huskies to a 13-win season and played a role in the development of practice plans, assisting with skills coaching and facilitating mental strength training activities to optimize players’ mindsets on and off the court. Parkhurst helped mentor six Little East Conference All-Academic selections and one All-LEC Sportsmanship team pick.
While in Gorham, Maine, Parkhurst also coached the Maine Juniors Volleyball Club where she was a head coach for a U18 travel team. She also served as a head coach for Elevation Volleyball Club, providing instruction to younger players in a development league.
Parkhurst graduated from Hamilton College with a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience. She was a three-year starter as a setter on the Continentals volleyball team, tallying over 1,000 career assists. Parkhurst also played outside hitter. She was a captain for her final three years at Hamilton. In addition, Parkhurst was the president of Hamilton’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during her junior and senior years.
Coach Houlihan is BACK this summer! He has been one of our favorite coaches for over 10 years and we are thrilled to announce he is back on court with us. Coach Michael Houlihan assumed the reigns of the Johnson & Wales (RI) University women’s volleyball program in August, 2022.
Houlihan arrives at JWU following 13 seasons at UMass Boston, the last eight as head coach. In 12 seasons on the UMB coaching staff, the Beacons compiled a record of 251-132 (.655 winning pct.) – including a 76-11 mark in Little East Conference (LEC) play – along with 10 LEC Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances, and three trips to the NCAA Elite 8 (2010, 2012, 2013). Last fall, Houlihan guided the Beacons to a 14-13 mark (5-3 LEC) and identical 3-2 wins over Keene State and Eastern Connecticut State in the LEC playoffs to capture their conference-record 10th championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Overall, Houlihan coached a total of 47 all-conference student-athletes at UMass Boston, including eight who were named LEC Offensive Player of the Year, five LEC Rookie of the Year winners, and four who received Defensive Player of the Year honors. Twenty went on to garner all-region accolades while 14 garnered All-America honors.
Houlihan – who was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s (AVCA) ‘Thirty Under 30’ list in 2013 – has been employed by the New England Region Volleyball Association since 2017, first as a head coach (2017-18) and currently as the co-Director. He helps train and prepare the most elite athletes in the New England region for the international tournament hosted by USA Volleyball High Performance.
The Shoreham, New York native cut his teeth in the collegiate coaching ranks at Newbury College, where he worked as an assistant coach during the 2010 campaign. Houlihan has worked numerous camps throughout his career, including stops at the University of Delaware and the University of New Hampshire, and speaks annually at the New England Region Volleyball Association workshop.
A 2009 graduate of Nazareth College with a B.S. in Business Administration, Houlihan was a four-year member of the men’s volleyball program who went on to earn his Masters of Business Administration from UMass Boston in 2012.
Coach Dill will enter his 28th season at the helm of the MIT program in the fall of 2023. Going into 2023, MIT is coming off back-to-back Elite 8 appearances! In 2022, MIT won the NEWMAC Championship, NCAA Regional Final, and Dill and his staff were awarded NEWMAC Coaching Staff of the Year for their efforts. Dill is currently ranked 10th out of over 400 active Division III coaches in the nation in overall winning percentage (.760), averaging 27 wins and single-digit losses per season during his career. He has never collected fewer than 20 wins in a season and has five 30-win seasons under his belt, lifting his career record to 672-204. A three-time AVCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year, Dill has also been named the NEWVA Coach of the Year three times. He also collected NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2002, 2016, and again for his team's performance in 2017. He has also guided the Engineers to 10 NCAA post-season bids, two ECAC Championships and three NEWMAC titles (2012, 2016, and 2022).
Dill began duplicating this success with the MIT men’s team after being summoned to take over the reins of the program in 2004. In his 14 seasons at the helm, he led the men’s program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014 and an overall record of 328-132. Before coaching the MIT men’s squad, Dill directed the Emmanuel College men’s squad to a 12-8 record in its first season of varsity competition.
He also co-coached the England Women’s Junior National Team for four years and was an assistant coach for a Division I National League women’s club team in the English Volleyball Association.
Other experience includes coaching the University of Connecticut men’s volleyball club team while earning his MBA, serving as the manager of the Bates College women’s team as an undergraduate, and coaching the men’s open division of the Bay State Games.
We are so excited to have Coach Davis return to the JVBC coaching staff in 2023. Danielle Davis will be entering her eighth season as Head Coach of the RWU Women’s Volleyball team in 2023.
After another strong season in 2016, Davis led the Hawks to the 2017 CCC Championship Match and was named 2017 CCC Coach of the Year after leading the Hawks to a perfect 8-0 Commonwealth Coast Conference regular season record. She coached five players to All-CCC recognition, including CCC Libero of the Year Meghan Chartier. She also coached two All-New England players in Lara LoIacono and Molly Quilty, while Quilty was named an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention and finished the year as the NCAA Division III Statistical Champion in blocks per set.
In her first season at RWU, Davis led RWU to a 19-12 overall record en route to winning the program’s 7th straight Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship and 7th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Five of Davis’ student-athletes earned spots on the All-CCC team including freshman Molly Quilty, who was honored as CCC Rookie of the Year. In addition, two student-athletes received All-New England honors for RWU and six were selected to the Fall CCC All-Academic Team.
Davis came to Roger Williams University after spending the 2014 season as the Head Coach at Simmons College in Boston.
Davis was honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as a recipient of the Thirty Under 30 Award. The honor is bestowed upon thirty of the up-and-coming volleyball coaches under 30 years old in the sport at all levels of the game. In 2013, she was also honored by the AVCA after receiving the Coaches 4 Coaches Scholarship Award.
Prior to her arrival at Simmons, Davis enjoyed two successful seasons as an assistant coach at Springfield College. Over her two season with the Pride, she helped guide Springfield to a 53-14 record that included a pair of appearances in the NCAA Regional Tournament semifinals as well as a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship in 2013.
Davis also has experience coaching at the club and camp level, with coaching stints at the Premier Volleyball Academy and at Club O.N.E. in Ohio as well as stops at the Youngstown State University Youth Camp, the Dearing Volleyball School and the University of Connecticut Volleyball camp.
A Howell, Michigan native, Davis was a four-year letterwinner at Division I Youngstown State, where she was a team captain and starred for the Penguins during her junior campaign. The setter was the only player on the squad to see action in all 97 sets and started every match, while leading the Penguins with a .240 attack mark to go with 7.23 assists per set. She also served as the team’s representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Davis graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services from Youngstown State and later earned a Master of Science degree in Physical Science from Springfield College. Welcome back, Coach Davis!
We are excited to welcome Coach Nikki Binetti back to our courts for her 3rd JVBC summer as she enters her 2nd year as the Head Coach at Salisbury University, her alma mater. In her first year at Salisbury, she led the Seagulls to a 21-9 record, including an NCAA Tournament Appearance and first-round win and a C2C Championship appearance. She coached the C2C player of the year, and an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention and All-Region Honoree.
Prior to Salisbury, Binetti served as the Head Coach at Arcadia University & previously she was the assistant volleyball coach at Gettysburg College for 3 years. Binetti worked with Head Coach Leah Bernier in managing the volleyball team in the fall and during spring's non-traditional season, while also providing support to Head Equipment Manager Kelly Jones throughout the year.
Binetti played collegiate volleyball at two institutions, first competing at Rowan University from 2010-12 before transferring to Salisbury University and playing for two years. Binetti was a second-team All-New Jersey Athletic Conference selection after leading Rowan to a 22-9 record in 2012. She was a two-year starter at Salisbury and helped the Sea Gulls make the NCAA Tournament in 2013 and post a 51-16 record during her tenure.
After graduating from Salisbury with a degree in health and physical education, Binetti served as the graduate assistant and later interim head coach at LaGrange College. She helped recruit the largest class in program history and finished the 2016 season as the interim head coach. She led the team to a 22-14 record in 2016, marking the program's first winning season since 2011 and best win total since 2005. Binetti graduated from LaGrange with a master's in education.
Binetti spent 2017-18 as the full-time assistant coach at Illinois College. She helped the program post a nine-win improvement from her first campaign to her last, culminating in a 22-9 record in 2018. She served as the junior varsity coach and assisted the head coach in all aspects of the program from recruiting to practice planning to scouting. Binetti also designed a curriculum and taught at the Illinois College Athletic Leadership Academy. Since 2012, Binetti has served as a coach on six different club teams for girls 13-18 in five different states. Welcome back, Coach Binetti!
We are so excited to welcome Coach Patrick Helmas back to the JVBC courts this summer for the 5th summer. Coach Helmas enters his second year as head volleyball coach at Simmons University after being named on June 24, 2022.
A well-respected coach within the volleyball community, Helmas brings a lot of knowledge and experience to Simmons following an eight-year stint as an assistant coach at Babson College. In nearly a decade at Babson, he helped turn the Beavers into a powerhouse and nationally ranked program. Helping to lead Babson to a 177-60 overall record over eight years, Helmas was present for four NEWMAC Championships (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019), including three regular season titles (2014, 2019, 2021). Additionally, he developed five AVCA All-Americans, nine All-New England selections and 18 All-NEWMAC recipients.
In 2018, Helmas helped guide the Beavers to program history. With a 26-9 overall record, Babson reached the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time, knocking of nationally-ranked Bowdoin College in three sets to claim the Babson Park Regional Title. A week later, the Beavers earned their first national ranking in program history, finishing 20th in the final AVCA Division III Poll.
The Beavers success continued the following the year, claiming their second regular season title and fourth NEWMAC Championships with a program-best 33-2 record. This past fall season, 2021, Babson won its third regular season crown with a 23-8 mark and claimed as high as 20th in the national rankings.
Prior to joining the Babson coaching staff, Helmas spent two years as an assistant coach at Lesley University, helping the Lynx to back-to-back fifth place finishes in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC). In addition, he has extensive familiarity at the high school level. Helmas coached the junior varsity programs at Concord-Carlisle High School and Needham High School. During his time at Needham High School, he played a pivotal role in helping the Rockets improve their techniques and become one of the strongest high school programs in the state.
Aside from his intercollegiate and interscholastic coaching, Helmas has a vast amount of experience at the club level. He founded and co-owns PHD Volleyball, while also serving as the Associate Boys Club Director with SMASH Volleyball.
A native of Norwood, Massachusetts, Helmas graduated from Bryant University with a Bachelor of Science in management. While at Bryant, he was a four-year member of the Bulldogs club volleyball program
Craig Martin joins us again in the Summer of 2023 from Stonehill College, after successfully transitioning the Skyhawks from Division II to Division I in the fall of 2022.
In June of 2019, Coach Martin was named the 13th Head Coach in program history. Martin led the 2019 team to its best record since the 2014 season. The Skyhawks went 17-10 overall and 9-4 in Conference play making it to the NE10 Semifinal round for the second time in three years. Sophia Poveda '21 was named to the NE10 All-Conference first team after a great year of leading the Skyhawks with her 2.88 kills per set and ranking seventh in the NE10. Rachel Dunlavy '20 led the way with her 4.52 digs per set and sat seventh in the NE10, as she reached a career total 1,181 digs to sit seventh in program history. She was also named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District I first team for the second time in her career and was named Stonehill's first NE10 Elite 24 Award winner for the highest GPA in the volleyball tournament final four.
Martin, a 2007 graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, where he was a member of the men’s volleyball club, will bring a range of knowledge as he has worked with NCAA Division I and III programs around New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He takes over as the 13th head coach in the Stonehill volleyball program’s 40-year history after Kathleen Colpoys recently took over as head coach at her alma mater, College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts after four years in Easton. Martin comes to Stonehill after spending the 2018 season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Martin assisted head coach Resa Provanzano (now Associate Head Coach of the Jumbos!) with training middle hitters and all blockers, as well as scouting and match preparation, practice planning and implementation, community and alumni engagement, and student-athlete welfare.
Prior to working with the River Hawks, Martin spent seven years as the head coach of the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts, also serving as the intramural director. He led the women’s program to 78 wins and three Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament appearances in his time.
During his time as an undergraduate at Southern New Hampshire University, Martin assisted the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Rivier University from 2005 to 2011. At Rivier, Martin assisted the team to six GNAC championships - four with the men and two with the women. Welcome back, Coach Martin!
We are beyond excited to welcome back Coach Colleen Stengel for her 3rd JVBC Summer! Coach Stengel will be entering her sixth season with the Cortland women’s volleyball staff in 2023 with the newly appointed title of Associate Head Coach. Previously, she helped Coach Glickert coach the Red Dragons into back-to-back appearances in the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2021 and 2022. Additionally in 2022, SUNY Cortland won the SUNYAC tournament crown and regular-season title.
Coach Stengel previously coached the girls’ GPS Crush volleyball club in Chalfont, Pa., and the girls’ Cherry Hill volleyball club in Cherry Hill, N.J.
Stengel graduated from Arcadia University in May 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She was a four-year member of the volleyball team and a three-time team captain. Stengel became just the seventh player in program history to reach 1,000 career assists, set the school record for most career sets played, and received the Award of Merit for outstanding attitude, work ethic, leadership, teamwork and sportsmanship.
A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Stengel graduated from Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls in 2014. She competed in volleyball for four years and softball for two years. Welcome back, Coach Stengel!
We are ecstatic to welcome Coach Stacy Cheney back to the JVBC courts for the 4th summer in 2023! A JVBC veteran, Coach Cheney is entering her first seaon at UMass Boston in the Fall of 2023 after serving as the associate head coach at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) for 13 years.
While at UNH, Cheney helped lead the Wildcats to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013, 2014, 2015, to 2016. During that time, the Wildcats also won four America East Regular Season Championships and four America East Conference Tournament Championships.
In addition to her coaching duties at UNH, Cheney also served as the recruiting coordinator for the program. Under her watch, the Wildcats recruited and developed four America East Player of Year award recipients, four America East Setter of the Year award recipients, and two America East Defensive Player of the Year Award recipients.
Cheney was recognized along with the rest of the UNH coaching staff by their peers in the America East as Coaching Staff of the Year in 2013 and 2014.
Cheney earned her B.A. from UNH and a master's degree from the University of Delaware. Welcome back, Coach Cheney!
We are very excited to have Coach Annie DeLoid join us for the second time this summer! Coach Deliod was named the Head Coach at Union College in Schenectady, NY in Spring 2022. DeLoid made an immediate impact in her first season as head coach, winning her first four matches of the year, more than doubling the team's win total from the previous season, and seeing marked improvement in all facets of the program. She helped guide the team to its first Liberty League Tournament appearance since 2016 and the team made its presence known, becoming the first volleyball sixth seed to knock off a third seed (and just the second sixth seed to win against a third seed in any Liberty League sport) with a thrilling 3-2 win on the road at William Smith. First-year Shannon McGrath was named to the All-Liberty League second team following a season in which she earned four weekly conference awards, including the only rookie to be named conference Player of the Week.
Prior to Union, Deloid coached at Stevens Institute of Technology as the program's first official full-time assistant in March 2019, following a stint as a graduate assistant coach for Averett University.
In her first season as a part of the Stevens' women's volleyball coaching staff, DeLoid helped Stevens win the MAC Freedom Regular Season and Tournament titles and advance to the NCAA Regional Semifinals for the first time since 2016.
During DeLoid's time in Danville, the Cougars amassed 48 victories and made two trips to the USA South Conference tournament. During her two seasons with the Cougars, a pair of student-athletes were named American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Americans, two earned Google Cloud Academic All-America honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America and seven players received All-USA South recognition.
In addition to her duties with the women's volleyball team, DeLoid is also the 17 Red Head Coach as well as the Recruiting Director of the DIGS volleyball club. She has also coached elite camps at Endicott, Rutgers and Columbia University.
Before joining the sidelines at Averett, the Plymouth, Massachusetts native played four years at Framingham State University, totaling 461 kills and 179 blocks as a middle hitter. As a student-athlete, DeLoid made three trips to the NCAA Tournament and was named Second Team All-Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, before spending one season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Rams in 2016.
DeLoid received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Framingham State in 2016 and completed her Master's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in leadership from Averett in August of 2019.
Welcome back to the JVBC Summer staff, Coach Annie!
Alex O’Keefe has been a member of the Tufts Strength and Conditioning staff since 2012. A 2008 graduate of Springfield College, his coaching experience includes time at Auburn University, the University of South Carolina as well as Athletic Evolution. Throughout his career, he has been fortunate to work with a wide variety of athletes, including those at the youth, collegiate, professional and Olympic levels.
Alex works directly with and writes programs for the Baseball team, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Men’s Track and Field, the Golf team. He also assists with the Football team, Softball, Men’s Lacrosse, and Ice Hockey, His unique approach allows him to develop a great connection with the athletes, which leads to their success not only in the weight room, but also on and off the field.
O’Keefe has a degree in Applied Exercise Science from Springfield College as well as his NSCA CSCS.
Charlotte Anderson started working as an athletic trainer at Tufts University in the sports medicine department in February 2022.
Anderson had spent two years prior working at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Billerica, Massachusetts as their head athletic trainer.
She graduated from Endicott College in 2020 with a B.S. in Athletic Training. While a student at Endicott, she was a student athletic trainer at Tufts working predominantly with the football team. She was the President of Life Choices, a program that provided people with altered abilities to engage in physical and recreational activities.
Charlotte is a member of the National Athletic Training Association and is a Licensed Athletic Trainer by the Massachusetts Board of Health Professions.
Elise Fengler joined the Tufts University Sports Medicine staff in 2022 and is the Athletic Trainer for the Tufts Volleyball team.
She graduated from The University of Pittsburgh in 2016 with her B.S in Athletic Training and earned her Masters in Exercise Science at Syracuse University in 2018. Her Master’s thesis, “The Influence of Exercise and Exercise Duration of Salivary miRNA in Professional Male Soccer Players”, explored salivary miRNA as a non-invasive method of collecting objective data on exercise responses and concussion diagnosis which was used to co-author 2 articles, “Refinement of Saliva microRNA Biomarkers for Sports-Related Concussion” and “Saliva microRNA Biomarkers of Cumulative Concussion.
While at Syracuse she worked as an Athletic Trainer for Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists with various local high schools and colleges (SUNY ESF, LeMoyne, Cazenovia, and Bryant and Stratton).
Most recently she worked at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia primarily working with Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball, and Baseball
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