COACHES | NAVC 2022

Meet our COACHES

U16 BOYS APEX COACH
U15 GIRLS ACES COACH
Coached elementary school volleyball for over 25 years.
Coached travel club volleyball for 3 years.
Head Coach in 2021-2022 year of U13 boys team that placed Tier 1 & 4th in province at Ontario Championship.
Placed 5th in all Ontario School Provincials Championships in 2018
Convened and organized volleyball leagues and tournaments for 25 years at the DSBN.

U15 GIRLS ACES ASSISTANT COACH
HOUSE LEAGUE PROGRAM
Darby played for Brock University women's volleyball where they got OUA Silver.
OUA All Star after transferring back to Canada from Siena College where she played D1 NCAA volleyball where she held the All Rookie Team honours.
Darby won OFSSA and OVA professionals.
Won Beach Nationals
She recently returned from 2 years in Austria where she played professional volleyball.
She transitioned into coaching due to injury, where she lead her team to a league championship in her first year as a head coach.
She helped multiple athletes pursue their dreams of playing post secondary volleyball in North America.

HOUSE LEAGUE PROGRAM
PLYOMETRICS
Played for Brock University where he collected several All-Star honours.
recently retired from professional volleyball in Europe where he won the Austrian National Championship Cup & also competed in the CEV Cup.
Peter learned volleybal in his home country Germany
he played for youth provincial and national teams.
Peter also competed in the U19 World Championship

U14 GIRLS ATOMICS COACH
Christine began coaching at a high level while attending Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne Indidana.
She spent time as a head coach with the Pineapple Volleyball Club Regional A team in 2013 and became the U17 National B team in 2014.
After graduating from Indiana Tech with a bachelor in business Management in 2015, Christine became an assistant coach with Smash Volleyball Club.
Christine also coached for the Halton Region Volleyball Club from 2016 to 2018.
She was a star outside hitter with the Worries.
She was named to the WHAC Honourable Mention All-Conference team.
Along with conference First Team, 3 years in a row from 2013 to 2015.

U14 GIRLS ATOMIC ASSISTANT COACH
Ashley started playing volleyball at the age of 12 years old.
She still participates in recreational/competitive league for over 10 years now.
She received athlete of the year twice in high school.
Ashley plays beach volleyball in the summer time.
She lives and breathes Volleyball and thrives on sharing her love and experiences for the sport with youths who have the same passion.

U16 BOYS APEX ASSISTANT COACH

Pasi is of Finnish heritage & started his volleyball career at 14 years of age playing with his mom on the Toronto Sisu Athletic Club Women's "C" Division OVA team.
He earned Volleyball team MVP in High school
He earned athlete of the year twice in high school
He is a member of Boys and MEN's OVA indoor Club teams for 10 years as a starting middle/power player
Pasi started his beach volleyball career in Labatt Blue (BVP) and OVA sanctioned amateur events across Ontario in the early 90s.
Qualified for and spent 8 years on the Professional Beach tour (BVP) and was ranked 8th entering National Championships with partner and Olympian Marc Dunn.
2 times AA OVA Men's Senior Club team champion with the Scarborough Solars
Runner up at the Canadian Nationals
1 year of High School Varsity Coaching experience,

U14 BOYS ASSISTANT COACH
A life-long fan, player, and student of volleyball, with a passion for sharing what he’s learned.
Spent 20 years playing in various competitive co-ed and men’s volleyball leagues in the Greater Toronto Area
Played in dozens of competitive co-ed and men’s volleyball tournaments, including 6's, reverse 6's, and pairs formats.
Coached various youth sports including Flag Football and High School Volleyball.