Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club

Head Coach 11-1: Christopher Strok
Assistant Coach 15-4
Christopher has been involved with the sport of volleyball over six years. He attended Western Michigan University where he played on the Men's Volleyball Team, while also earning his degree in Recreation.
Outside of volleyball he has also spent an extensive amount of time working with children, traveling across the country and speaking to kids at various events, camps and assemblies.  Having recently moved into the area, Christopher is very excited about the opportunity to continue to develop the sport of volleyball in Northwest Arkansas! This will be his first year coaching for the Ozark Juniors volleyball program.

Co-Head Coach 11-1: Sean Goldberg
Assistant Coach 14-2
Sean Goldberg interest in volleyball began many years ago as a young adult playing in a recreational league. He has coached volleyball for 5 years with the Benton County Boys & Girls Club where his teams have won the Sportsmanship Award for the last 2 years, both age groups – 4/5 grade & 6/7 grade. His goal as a coach is to develop solid fundamentals that will stay with a player for their lifetime. This is Sean's 2nd year of coaching with Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Head Coach: Jenny Kirk
Jenny Kirk is a former Arkansas Razorback. Kirk played for Arkansas in 2000-01, leading the Razorbacks to 37 wins and the NCAA Tournament as the team’s setter.  She finished her career with 1968 career assists, a mark that ranks fourth all-time for the Razorbacks. In addition, Kirk’s name is splashed throughout the record books as she holds the career record for assists in a match with 88 against Tennessee in 2000. Kirk earned her bachelors degree in education from Arkansas in 2002 and masters in Sport Management in 2004, Evgeniya “Jenny” Rangelova Kirk returned to the Arkansas fold as a volunteer assistant coach for the Razorbacks in 2008. She is now the Director of Volleyball Operations for the Razorbacks volleyball team. During her high school career she was 3 time gold medal winner at the Junior National Championships at her home country Bulgaria. Jenny was also was a member of the Junior National Team of Bulgaria. Jenny  has been coaching with Ozark Volleyball Clubsince 2000. She has been Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club Director since 2004.

Assistant Coach: Stacey Powell

Head Coach: Michelle Smith
Michelle Coens Smith is a former Arkansas Razorbacks player. She completed her bachelor’s in education in 2003 and earned her master’s degree in teaching in 2004. She began her professional career as a teacher and coach in Springdale, Ark., at George Junior High. Since then, Smith has coached and taught at Springdale High and is now in her fourth year at Bentonville High where she teaches physical education and coaches. Smith's Bentonville team is the back-to-back 7A State Champions. This is Michelle's 6th year at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Assistant Coach: Caley Carpenter
Caley is currently a studen at the University of Arkansas. This is Caley's 1st year of coaching for Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club

Head Coach 12-3: Kirsten Lee
Assistant Coach 14-1
Kirsten Lee is a former Ozark Juniors Volleyball Player. She just graduated from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, AR where she played volleyball as an outside hitter for the Golden Eagles. She is currently substitute teaching at the Springdale School system and coaching our Volleyball School Program. This is Kirsten's 1st year at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Stacie Johnson enters her second season at the helm of the JBU volleyball program. In her first season with the Lady Eagles, Johnson led the program to an 18-17 record.
Johnson returned to the Golden Eagles program after graduating from JBU magna cum laude with a degree in accounting and a minor in journalism in 1991. As a student-athlete, she competed during the 1989-1991 seasons and returned as an assistant coach from 1993-1996.
Prior to returning to JBU, Johnson served as varsity and junior varsity volleyball head coach of Fred J. Page High School in Franklin, Tennessee. During the 2009 season, she led Page to a 45-9 record, which included winning the district championship, conference championship, sub-state championship, and a runner-up finish in the AA State Finals.
Johnson, who is IMPACT certified, also spent two years (2008-2009) coaching an Elite Team for the largest club in Tennessee - Alliance Volleyball Club.
Before joining the ranks of head coach, Johnson worked in the accounting field for six years followed by spending the next few years as a stay at home mom and doing volunteer work.
This is Stacie Johnson's 2nd year of coaching at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club

Assistant Coach: Staci Williamson
Staci Williamson is a former Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club player. She is currently a attending John Brown University and is playing volleyball for the Golden Eagles as an outside hitter. As a freshman Staci She is majoring in Exercise Studies. Staci Williamson led the team in aces as a freshman with 54 total on the season. This is Staci's 2nd year of coaching with Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

 

Head Coach: Heather Whitam
Heather Witham enters her first season as the assistant coach of the Lady Eagles. Before coming to JBU, Witham toured with Athletes in Action competing throughout Sao Paulo, Brazil. Prior to this, she was the assistant coach for the Wichita (Kan.) Defenders and helped her team take home first place in their division at the 2010 National Home School Championship in Omaha, Nebraska. Witham, who is IMPACT certified, has also coached at the club level. Witham spent her collegiate career at Tabor (Kan.), where she earned all-conference honors before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and minor in painting in 2009.  This is Heather's 1st year at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Assistant Coach: Brandi Price
This is Brandi's 2nd year at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Amanda Anderson emerged as an impact player for the Razorbacks in 2009. In her first season she led the team in hitting percentage and earning a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team for her performance during the season. Two years in a row Anderson  was named to the all-tournament team at the Arkansas Invitational Tournament. For her hard work in the classroom, Anderson earned spots on the 2010 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll and Arkansas Athletic Department Honor Roll.
Prior to Arkansas, Anderson was a middle hitter for Colleyville Heritage High School in Euless, Texas, and played for the Texas Advantage club team. Anderson was a three-time all-district selection during her prep career and set school records for kills in a season (778), kills per set (5.68) and single-season kills in district play (289). She helped lead Texas Advantage to 23rd place at USA Nationals as a sophomore and a third-place showing at the USA Open Nationals as a junior. Anderson was also part of the TAV 18 Asics team that finished ninth at Nations in the open division in 2009. This is Amanda's 1st year at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Assistant Coach 13-3: Allison Woodworth
Assistant Coach 15-6

Head Coach: Giedre Tarnauskaite
"G" is originally from Kaunas, Lithuania. She started playing volleyball at the age of 8, and she was chosen to compete for the women’s team in her home town at the age of 16. In addition to her indoor experience, G played at Europe’s Junior Beach Volleyball Championship in the 2000 and took 7th place with her partner. She was also a member of Lithuania’s Juniors National Team. She came to the United States to play volleyball on a full scholarship in 2001 at Jefferson Junior College in Missouri. In 2003 she was recruited by Arkansas State University as an Outside Hitter, where in 2004 "G" was named Sun-Belt Conference Player of the Year. During her career at Arkansas State, Giedre also earned several times Sun Belt payer of the Week honor. In her junior year she was selected on the 2nd team All-Sun Belt Conference. During her senior year, she added another recognition under her belt as she was chosen in the 1st team All- Sun Belt Conference. This will be Giedre's 7th year as a coach at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Head Coach: Denise Bonanno
Denise Bonanno is entering her 6th Year with Ozark Juniors as a National Team Coach. Prior to Ozark, Denise spent a total of 3 years as an Assistant Volleyball Coach at Briar Cliff University (IA). She also was the Head Coach Bancroft-Rosalie High School (NE). As a player she earned Nebraska All-State Volleyball Recognition in High School, broke the Nebraska Assist Record both Season and Career during her senior season for Class D1.  She continued her playing career as a setter at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, IA.

Assistant Coach: Mike Seyfarth

Head Coach: Martha Swearingen
Martha Swearingen is a former Ozark Juniors Volleyball Player. As a player Martha was two times MVP at Central Junior High School. She achieved Conference Chamipons and Regional Runner-Up in 2006 with her team. In high school Martha was a starter at Har-Ber High School where she played as a Setter and Middle Blocker for the team. In 2007 Martha was named State All - Tournament Team as a sophmore. In 2008 she was placed on the AAO Top 25 Team in the state of Arkansas. During her club volleyball career, Martha was selected on the USA Volleyball A1 Developmental Camp.
Currently Martha is working on her double major at the University of Arkansas (accounting and journalism). In addition, she is a sports writer for the Arkansas Traveler and OnCampusSports.com. Martha also is an intern at the Sports Talk High School Show, Hog Sports Radio, and a volunteer at UATV. This is Martha's 2nd year of coaching at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Team.

Assistant Coach: Haley Martin

Head Coach: Janete Ferreira
Janete is originally from San Paulo, Brazil. She came to the United States in 2005 to play for Seward County Community College. After she completed her Juniors College career, Janete was recruited to play for Oral Roberts University where she played from 2007 to 2009. As a player at Oral Roberts she earned Summit Conference Second Team Honor and was named couple time Summit Conference Defensive Player of the Week. As a freshman and sophomore, she holds the all-time school record in Seward County for single season kills with 667. She also received numerous honors at her Junior College. This is Janete's 2nd year of coaching for Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Head Coach: Katie Eskridge
Katie is originally from  Dallas, Texas. She moved  to Fayetteville to attend the University of Arkansas. Katie is Kinesiology K-12 major and wants to become a teacher and a volleyball coach. Katie will graduate with her degree in 2013. 
Eskridge began playing volleyball at the age of 11 competitively for Dallas Summit, and once into 7th and 8th grade she began playing for her middle school. Katie continued her volleyball career playing in High School as the starting setter her freshman year, but was only able to continue to play throughout her sophomore year. Unfortunately, Katie had to retire from volleyball during High School due to a bad knee and back injury. During her High School career, Katie was announced MVP both years, and team captain her sophomore year of playing. During High School, Katie also played competitevely for Texas Assault as well as Dallas Skyline Volleyball Clubs. This is Katie's 1st year of coaching for Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.

Head Coach: Adriana Vazquez
Vazquez just finished her senior year with the University of Arkansas Volleyball Team as a defensive specialist for the team. She was a part of the Razorback team for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Vazquez joined Arkansas during 2010 Spring semester after spending the first two seasons of her collegiate career as a member of the Hampton University volleyball team. The Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, native played all the way around for the Pirates. During the 2009 season, Vazquez was third on the Hampton squad with 1.90 digs per set. She also posted 1.16 kills per set. As a sophomore, she earned all-tournament honors at the James Madison Invitational, Georgetown Classic and South Carolina State Spikefest. Vazquez was named to the All-Tiny L. Laster Memorial Tournament team during her first year at Hampton. In Puerto Rico, Vazquez was a member of the Arsel club team, which captured two league championships during her time on the squad. A two-time captain, she also earned two MVP awards and an AAU All-American selection. Adriana is finishing up her senior year at the University of Arkansas majoring in psychology.

Head Coach: James Collins
James is entering his 13th year of coaching volleyball and his 2nd year for Ozark Juniors as a National Team Coach. James formally served as the director for the Fort Smith Junior's Volleyball Club where he aided in the frowth of the club to over 160 members. James currently serves as the Vice-Commissioner for the Delta Region. James has also served as the regions High Performance Director in which over 100 young athletes participated in 2011. James enjoys watching many young players develop into college athletes as well with over 12 young ladies joining these ranks. James is a graduate from Arkansas Tech University.

Head Coach: Nathan Bodenstein
Nathan Bodenstein graduated from Shiloh Christian School in Springdale in 2005.  He went on to attend college at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.  While there, he was the manager for the Lady Razorback Basketball team.  He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2009 with a Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology: K-12.  He is currently the assistant volleyball coach at Bentonville High School, who were the 2010 and 2011 7A State Champions. Before coming to Bentonville, he coached at Shiloh Christian School in Springdale for five years.  He also teaches Health and Resource Algebra I at BHS.  This is his 4th year to be coaching for Ozark Juniors. 

Head Coach: Jenny Kirk
Jenny Kirk is a former Arkansas Razorback. Kirk played for Arkansas in 2000-01, leading the Razorbacks to 37 wins and the NCAA Tournament as the team’s setter.  She finished her career with 1968 career assists, a mark that ranks fourth all-time for the Razorbacks. In addition, Kirk’s name is splashed throughout the record books as she holds the career record for assists in a match with 88 against Tennessee in 2000. Kirk earned her bachelors degree in education from Arkansas in 2002 and masters in Sport Management in 2004, Evgeniya “Jenny” Rangelova Kirk returned to the Arkansas fold as a volunteer assistant coach for the Razorbacks in 2008. She is now the Director of Volleyball Operations for the Razorbacks volleyball team. During her high school career she was 3 time gold medal winner at the Junior National Championships at her home country Bulgaria. Jenny was also was a member of the Junior National Team of Bulgaria. Jenny  has been coaching with Ozark Volleyball Clubsince 2000. She has been Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club Director since 2004.

Head Coach: Ryan Meek
Ryan Meek began his first season at the helm of the Hendrix College volleyball program after being hired August 1, 2011. Prior to joining the Warrior staff, Meek spent two seasons at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin. He was the top assistant for the Lions and was named interim head coach in February 2011. While at MSSU, Meek helped the Lions to their first regional ranking since 2006 and he coached four All-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association players. Meek served as a volunteer assistant for the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville from January 2007-July 2008 where he coached on All-Southeastern Conference selection and one All-SEC Freshman Team performer. From 2004-06, Meek was the head girls’ varsity coach and assistant boy's coach for Simi Valley High School in California. He led the SVHS girls to three consecutive top five regional rankings and the state playoffs for the first time in school history. The boy's squad received a national ranking and Meek coached 10 future collegiate players. Meek was the starting setter for Quincy University in Illinois in 2003, where he led the Hawks in assists and finished third in the league in assists per set. In 2002, Meek led Moorpark College and the state of California in assists, while finishing second on the team in digs. He also set the Moorpark single season assists record. Meek was a three-year letterman at opposite and outside hitter at Simi Valley High. He led the team in kills and digs for two seasons and helped SVHS to a top 10 national ranking as a senior in 2000. Meek received his B.A. in Public Administration from
Arkansas in 2008. This is Ryan’s 5^th year coaching for Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club.