2012 Vision Volleyball Staff

Club Director:	Joe Ripp
18 Gold:	Jason Mansfield (Head Coach) - Jason will be starting his 16th year of coaching club volleyball, where his teams have finished 5th place or better 11 times at the Junior Olympics. Jason has coached his team to Bronze Medal finishes in the 18 Open Division the past four consecutive seasons. His 2003 team won a Silver Medal in the 18 Open Division and in 1997 his team won a Gold Medal in 18 Club Division. Jason has coached 23 Junior Olympic All Tournament selections. He is in his 10th season as an Assistant Coach at Stanford University, where he has helped coach the team to 5 Final Fours and a National Championship (2004). Jason has coached 25 AVCA All-Americans and 3 AVCA National Players-of-the-Year. Shelby Edwards (Assistant Coach) - Shelby Edwards returns to Vision where she previously coached with Vision's 18's and 17's teams. She is a former player who competed locally at Los Gatos High School and won a State Championship under Vision's 16 Gold Head Coach Joe Ripp. Shelby played collegiately at the University of Oregon. She is the Athletic Director at Los Gatos High School and is also a math teacher. Matt Hoffman (Assistant Coach) - Matt coached Vision's 14 Blue team in 2011, and assisted last season's 18 Gold team which earned a Bronze Medal at the Junior Nationals. He is currently a Volunteer Assistant Coach for Stanford University. Matt has coached several levels of junior volleyball, and was an assistant for Vision's 12 Gold in 2010. He formerly was the Head Coach at Homestead High School. His 2007 and 2008 teams won the CCS title, with his 2008 team winning the Northern California Championship, and was the CIF State Runner-up. He was the boys volleyball coach at Homestead High School from 2005-2009, winning 4 consecutive league titles.
18 Blue:	Jeff Kim (Head Coach) - Jeff coaches the 18 Blue after a trip to the Junior Nationals with the 2012 team. It will be his third season with Vision and he an extensive resume of coaching experience. In his first season with Vision he coached the 16 White team to the JO's and a 9th place finish in the region, this after starting the season seeded at 100. He is the Head Varsity Coach at Notre Dame Belmont. Prior to Vision he was a Head Coach for highly regarded Encinitas Wave Volleyball Club in Southern California. During his time in Southern California, he also coached at The Bishop's School in La Jolla as the Junior Varsity Head Coach and Varsity Assistant. Christine Dion (Assistant Coach) - Christine will coach with Jeff for the third consecutive season, after helping the 2011 18 Blue team, and the 16 White team to JO bids. She competed as a player in 2004 and 2005 for Vision's 18 Blue team and played at the collegiate level at Willamette University. She then began her coaching career at Ferris High School in Washington. As a junior player, before competing with Vision, she earned medals at the 14's and 15's level at City Beach. She played all four seasons in High School at Presentation, San Jose. Fletcher Anderson (Assistant Coach) - Fletcher returns to Vision after coaching with the 18 Blue team in 2011. He is a former player at Long Beach State where he was First Team All-Conference in 2005. As a junior player at Los Gatos High School, he was First Team All-League three consecutive seasons from 2002-2004. In 2004, he was named the San Jose Mercury News Player-of-the-Year, and was named as a Volleyball Magazine "Fab 50" recruit. He competed on the USA Junior National Training Team in 2005.
17 Gold:	Will Yuen (Head Coach) - Will returns to Vision after leading the 2011 team to a 5th place finish at the Junior Nationals. His 2010 and 2009 Vision 17 Gold teams won Bronze Medals. He will be in his fifth consecutive season coaching the 17 Gold team. Prior to coaching at the 17's level, he coached the Vision 16 Gold team, and has coached several age levels. He has been involved locally in junior volleyball for fourteen seasons. Will is currently in his seventh season as an Assistant Coach at Santa Clara University. He began his career as a volunteer and is now in his fifth season as a full-time assistant. He helped lead Santa Clara to the NCAA Final Four in 2005. Lauren Jaeckel (Assistant Coach) - Lauren had a successful playing career at Saint Marys College as an outside hitter. She started her coaching career at Saint Marys and the University of Florida coaching summer camps. She coached two years at Norcal Volleyball Club and has worked several high school clinics as well as conducting private lessons. Eric Rowell (Assistant Coach) - Eric is in his second year with Vision, and will be coaching at the collegiate level next season. He was formerly the JV coach at San Lorenzo, and has coached the 17's and 18's level of club volleyball with Bay-to-Bay Boys. As a player he was a 4-year starter and 1st Team All-American at UCSC. During his career they made three consecutive Final Four appearances. He is the brother of Vision's 14 Blue Coach Katie Rowell.
17 Blue:	Tait Rafat (Head Coach) - Tait is in his sixth season as the Head Coach for Vision's 17 Blue team. His 2010 and 2009 teams earned bids to the Junior Olympics. Tait is also in his sixth season as the Head Coach at San Jose City College. Prior to San Jose City, Tait served as an Assistant at Nevada-Reno, and coached 16's for Sierra Nevada Volleyball Club. That season, his team moved up fifty spots from their original ranking during the league season. Tait grew up in Alaska before going to school at UNLV. He has both an undergraduate degree and masters, is CAP I certified by USA Volleyball, and is a certified volleyball conditioning specialist. Tait now resides in the Bay Area with his wife of ten years and their two children. Stephanie Loller (Assistant Coach) - Stephanie returns to Vision for her ninth season and coached with Tait in 2011. In 2010, she helped lead the Vision 15 Blue team to a JO bid. She has coached several different age groups with Vision. Her playing career started at Los Gatos High School and continued at the University of Pennsylvania. She helped lead her UPenn teams to two Ivy League titles. She is a dentist, practicing locally in San Jose.
16 Gold:	Joe Ripp (Co-Head Coach) - Joe returns to the 16's age level for the fourth consecutive season after leading the 2010 and 2009 16 Gold team's to JO bids. In 2009, the team earned a fifth place finish at the JO's in Miami. Previously, he coached the 18 Blue team for two seasons. His 2007 team won a Bronze Medal in the 18 Club Division of the Junior Nationals. In 2005, Joe guided the Vision 17 Gold team to the silver medal in the 17 Open Division of the Junior Nationals. Joe retired from Los Gatos High School after a 14-year coaching career. His high school teams won three CCS championships, three Nor-Cal championships and one California State Championship. He is the founder of Vision Volleyball Club. Ron Whitmill (Co-Head Coach) - Ron coached both the 16 Gold and 15 Gold teams in 2012. Previously he coached the 18 Blue team for three seasons. His 2010 and 2009 teams earned bids to the JO's, with the 2009 earning an Open bid, giving Vision two teams in the division, and the first time in the 28-team format that a club has sent two teams to 18 Open. He has a lengthy coaching and playing resume. He spent seven years with City Beach as a Head Coach, and was the Head Coach for the San Jose State Men's program. As a player, Ron participated in the 1989 JO's and has been part of a team which finished first in the NCVA AA seven times. Monica Marcuson (Assistant Coach) - Monica is entering her ninth season with Vision Volleyball Club. All eight of her previous teams have qualified for the Junior Nationals. She returns to the 16's level this season after coaching the 15 Gold team in 2011, earning a bid to the Junior Nationals in Atlanta. In 2007, she coached the Vision 16 Gold team to a fifth place finish at the Junior Nationals. Monica is a former Head Coach at Notre Dame Belmont, and is now an Assistant Athletic Director at Archbishop Mitty . Prior to Notre Dame, Monica established the program at Canada Community College. Monica played collegiate volleyball at Notre Dame de Namur (formerly Notre Dame Belmont) for four years.
16 Blue:	Jeanine Haldi (Head Coach) - Jeanine returns to Vision after coaching the 16 Blue team in 2011, earning a trip to the Junior Nationals. She is in her sixth season as an Assistant Coach with San Jose State. She coached club for eight seasons, and also at the high school and community college level. As a junior player, she played her senior season for Vision's 18 Gold Head Coach, Jason Mansfield and was an All-American at the Junior Nationals. She played for SJSU from 1999-2002, and finished her career ranking sixth all-time in digs. She was a three-time Scholar-Athlete, and graduated in 2003 with a degree in Kinesiology. She earned her Masters Degree in Sport Management from USF in 2006. Kylie Miraldi (Assistant Coach) - Kylie is a senior middle blocker and team captain at San Jose State University, where she is a 3-Time Scholar-Athlete. Kylie had a successful junior career for Force Volleyball Club, and played High School at Nevada Union. She was a two-year letter winner and helped the 2007 team to a second place finish at the CIF State Championships.
15 Gold:	Brooke Chan (Co-Head Coach) - Brooke is in her ninth season with Vision Volleyball Club. The last two seasons she led Vision's 13 Gold and 15 Blue teams to JO bids. In 2009 and 2008, she led the 13 Gold teams to a Bronze Medal and fifth place finish respectively at the Junior Olympics. The two previous seasons her 12 Gold teams earned a spot at the Junior Nationals. She has both junior college and high school coaching experience. In 2007, she took over as Head Coach at West Valley Junior College after working as an assistant for one season. As a player, she competed for Vision throughout her junior career, and was a defensive specialist at San Jose State. Danny Chan (Co-Head Coach) - Danny returns to coach with Brooke after helping lead the 13 Gold team to the Junior Nationals in 2011. He coached Vision's 16 Blue in 2010 and was one of three Vision 16's teams to make the Junior Olympics. In 2009, he helped lead the 13 Gold team to a Bronze medal finish at the Junior Olympics in Miami. In his previous seasons, he coached with the 13 Gold and the 12 Gold teams. He has collegiate experience as the former Head Coach at West Valley Junior College. He has also coached at Homestead High School, Evergreen Valley High School, and Club Yahoo, where in 2006 he helped Yahoo's 17's team earn a bid to the Junior Olympics.
15 Blue:	Lexie Bothman (Head Coach) - Lexie returns to Vision for a third consecutive, and sixth season, after taking a break to earn her Master's degree as a Graduate Assistant at Hawaii Pacific University. She is currently an Assistant Coach for Presentation High School. As a player, Lexie competed for Vision Volleyball Club and for Archbishop Mitty. She was a member of Archbishop Mitty's 2001 State Championship team. She than played at the collegiate level for Santa Clara University, where she was part of their 2005 team that reached the NCAA Final Four. Katie Rowell (Assistant Coach) - Katie returns Vision after coaching in the 12's age level for five seasons. Her 2010 and 2009 teams earned bids to the Junior Nationals. As a junior player, Katie played for Los Gatos High School and for Vision. She played on Vision 17 Gold which qualified for the Junior Nationals in the 17 Open Division in 2003. She played at the collegiate level at Foothill Community College. Katie graduated this past spring from San Jose State University.
14 Gold:	Bret Almazan-Cezar (Head Coach) - Bret is in his twelfth season as Head Varsity Coach for Archbishop Mitty High School. In 2010 he was named the AVCA National Coach-of-the-Year, and his 2010 team completed an undefeated season. His Monarch teams have won five state championships and made ten appearances in the NorCal Championship match. Bret is also in his twelfth season with Vision. At the Junior Nationals in 2007, his team earned a Bronze medal. In 2006, his Vision 14 Gold team finished fifth and in 2002, his 14 Gold team won the Silver medal. Prior to joining Vision, in 2000, Bret led Delta Valley to a Gold Medal Championship in the 18 Open Junior National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Chi Chui (Assistant Coach) - Chi is in his fifteenth season as an assistant coach at Archbishop Mitty, and has coached club volleyball for over 20 seasons. He has coached teams that have achieved the highest levels in winning state championships and Junior National medals. In 2007, he helped lead his 14 Gold team to a Bronze medal at the Junior Olympics. In 2003 he help Archbishop Mitty High School win the Division II state championship. In 2002, he helped guide the Vision 14 Gold to a Silver Medal at the Junior National Championships.
14 Blue:	Emily Burke (Head Coach) - Emily returns for her fifth season with Vision after serving as an Assistant with the 17 Gold team team for four seasons. She helped lead the 2011 17 Gold team to a fifth place, and the 2010 and 2009 teams to Bronze Medals at the Junior Nationals. She completed her second season in 2011 as a setter at Santa Clara University. She was the setter for the Vision 18 Gold team in 2007 and helped lead that team to a fifth place finish at the Junior Nationals. Her club career included six seasons with Vision, and her high school career included two trips to the CA State Championship with Archbishop Mitty. Brittany Julian (Assistant Coach) - Brittany is in her fourth season at Archbishop Mitty, coaching with the Junior Varsity program for both the girls and boys programs. She also coached in Northern California with Mountain View Volleyball Club and Point Break Volleyball Club. She spent a season coaching in Southern California, after she completed a playing career. As a player, she was a Fab 50 Freshman-of-the-Year, and 4-time All-League player with Harvard-Westlake. She played a season collegiately at San Jose State University.
13 Gold:	Matt Hoffman (Head Coach) - Matt coached Vision's 14 Blue team in 2011, and assisted last season's 18 Gold team which earned a Bronze Medal at the Junior Nationals. He is currently a Volunteer Assistant Coach for Stanford University. Matt has coached several levels of junior volleyball, and was an assistant for Vision's 12 Gold in 2010. He formerly was the Head Coach at Homestead High School. His 2007 and 2008 teams won the CCS title, with his 2008 team winning the Northern California Championship, and was the CIF State Runner-up. He was the boys volleyball coach at Homestead High School from 2005-2009, winning 4 consecutive league titles. Nicole Payne (Assistant Coach) - Nicole is a former Vision player, who also competed at Archbishop Mitty High School, playing for 14 Gold Head Coach Bret Almazan-Cezar. She played at the collegiate level at UCSC and was a starter during her tenure. She has coached both boys and girls volleyball. She has coached club volleyball for Main Beach, and High School at Archbishop Mitty, where she coached for four seasons. She is the boys coach for Mountain View Volleyball Club's 16-1 team.
13 Blue:	Ekavir Casino (Head Coach) - Ekavir returns for his fourth season as the 13 Blue Head Coach. In all three previous seasons with Vision, his teams have finished in top 10 in the NCVA 13s division and brought the 2009 and 2010 teams to Jr. Nationals. Players from 2008 and 2009 Vision teams are now playing on varsity teams at their respective high schools as sophomores and freshmen. Ekavir has been the Head Coach for 10 years at Mountain View Academy High School, and he was the recipient of the National "Double Goal Coach" Award by the Positive Coaching Alliance in 2004. Asia Casino (Assistant Coach) - Asia is currently in her third season as a setter at San Jose State University. She is a former Vision player, having competed with the Bronze-winning 18 Gold team in 2007, coached by current 18 Gold coach Jason Mansfield. She competed as a junior player at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View and was a 3-year letter winner, and earned honors as a member of the First Team All-West Catholic Athletic League. Asia started her junior coaching career with Davis Volleyball Club.
12 Gold:	Crystal Matich (Head Coach) - Crystal returns to Vision where she previously coached both 17's (with current 17 Gold Head Coach Will Yuen) and 13's teams. She has had an outstanding playing career including a trip to the NCAA Final Four as the starting setter for Santa Clara University. She was named the WCC Player-of-the-Year in 2007. After completing her collegiate playing career, Crystal trained with the USA National Team and went on to play professionally for four seasons. She competed in Switzerland, Puerto Rico, the Canary Islands, and Azerbaijan. Erin Downey (Assistant Coach) - Erin is a former Vision player who played collegiately at Loyola Marymount University. She had a very successful playing career locally at Archbishop Mitty where she helped her team win three CIF State Championships. In 2003, she helped her Vision 18 Gold team win a Silver Medal when coached by current 18 Gold Head Coach Jason Mansfield. She played both outside hitter and middle blocker during her career.
12 Blue:	Noel Kwalick (Co-Head Coach) - Noel is a former Vision player and currently competes for Foothill Community College for Head Coach Katy Ripp (wife of Vision's Club Director, Joe Ripp). In addition to playing club, she competed for at Santa Clara High School. She has coached with Vision's Futures program and helped coach boys volleyball at Santa Clara High School. Angie Larsen (Co-Head Coach) - Angie is a former player at Menlo College and Foothill Community College. She played five years of junior volleyball with Utah Valley Volleyball Club and Club Utah. She competed in high school at Timpanogos in Orem, Utah. Last season she coached with Core Volleyball Club in the East Bay, coaching with their 16-White team.