Alexandra Worthy: 16Region & 18Region Coach
Alex played volleyball for a total of 8 years and 6 years of club, one of which was the opening year for AZVC. She attended Sunrise Mountain High School, where she was a 3-year varsity starter. Alex received 1st team All Region honors and All State Honorable Mention while playing at Sunrise. She played for the 5A All Area All-Star volleyball team in 2006. Alex also played varsity softball and ran track while in high school. She is a Senior at Arizona State University graduating in May 2011 with a degree in Kinesiology. This is her first year assistant coaching and she can't wait to share her passion, competitive drive, and knowledge of the game with the players.

Bob Levardo: 14 Region & 16's Travel Coach

Bob has been a stand out coach in Arizona for many years.  He has coached 7+ seasons of High School Volleyball, is the current Varisty Coach at Millennium High School and has coached 10+ seasons Club Volleyball.  He is CAP Certified.  Bob enjoys playing and coaching.  His philosophies are to teach volleyball skills, a competitive spirit, sportsmanship and team spirit.   He believes in giving players the most positive experience at the same time as teaching them important life skills about communication and responsibility.

Cindy Hostetler: 12 Region Coach
  Cindy Hostetler has been involved with volleyball as a player, a coach and a parent of players for the past 35 years.  She began playing in junior high school and finished her high school career as All State Player in Nebraska. She was chosen to play on one of the first USVBA junior club volleyball teams through the University of Nebraska. She then played collegiately in Indiana, while attending nursing school. She was named All-NAIA for three of the four years of her college career. During college, she helped start a Men’s club team and coached for a year, also assisting her college team after graduation. In addition to starting her nursing career, she was hired as the Head Coach at Elkhart Memorial High School in Indiana and also worked as a referee for city adult leagues.In the 90’s she was hired as the Varsity High School coach at Dysart High School, where she coached for several years. During her time there, she was able to take the team to their first appearance in the 3A state tournament.  Later, she began coaching club when her oldest daughter became interested in the game.During the past 10 years, she has coached four of those years with two local clubs working with the 12-14 age groups.Cindy is married and has three daughters, 22, 16 and 12. She also works as a school nurse at a local high school. She is looking forward to coaching club again and especially enjoys introducing and teaching young players the love for the game.

Dale Jones: 14's Travel Coach

Dale has been associated with Club volleyball for the past 10+ years.  He is impact certified and has coached teams from the 13's to 16's age groups.  In 2004 his 16's club team won the AA division at Regionals.  Dale has also coached at the High School level as an assistant Varsity coach and as the Head Freshman coach at Sunrise Mountain High School for four years.  His record of 55 wins and only 4 losses (2004 season went undefeated) in three years shows his dedication to volleyball and the girls that have played for him. Dale’s 14-1's team from AZVC placed in 3rd in the AZ region in 2007 and placed 8th in the AZ Region in 2011.

Davina Barrett: Uniforms & Apparel
In 2001, Davina founded First Impression apparel and uniforms.   Her company supplies several volleyball clubs and school teams with uniforms and apparel. First Impression also does screen printing and embroidery for businesses and schools as well.   Davina is the best at what she does and we are so happy that she handles all our uniform and apparel ordering.  If you have any questions please contact her at Davina.FI@cox.net .

Janet Greene: 18 Travel  Coach
Janet got CUT from the 7th grade volleyball team at her small Christian School in Hesperia, CA.  Despite the initial set back, she went on to play volleyball from 8th grade through college.  In high school she played 3 years on varsity going to State Finals her Junior year as a starting outside hitter.  Following high school, Janet went on to play at Bethany College in Santa Cruz, CA.  After 4 years starting middle and receiving her degree in psychology, she went on to try her hand at beach volleyball as well as coach both club and private lessons in California.  In 2006 Janet and her husband moved out to Arizona and despite missing the beautiful ocean, Janet still keeps her love of volleyball alive.  She has a strong passion for the game and her goals as a coach are to challenge her athletes both in their volleyball skills and thought processes to improve their level of play while building lasting friendships and making unforgettable memories.

Julia Hunter: 18Travel & 15 Travel Coach
& Competitive Edge Training Founder
Julia played two years of volleyball at Scottsdale Community College where she helped lead the team to a 2nd place National finish her sophomore year.  She also was named first team all region, first team all conference and first team All American during her sophomore year.  She then went on to play Division I volleyball at University of Texas-San Antonio where she contributed to a second place finish in the regional tournament and was named first team all Regional Tournament.  Julia earned her degree at UTSA in kinesiology.  She currently works at Athletes' Performance in Tempe.  She coaches high school athletes and works in the nutrition department helping professional, semi-professional and college athletes with their performance nutrition plans.  Julia cooks for the athletes and helps to show them how to eat appropriately to better enhance their performance.  She has coached club volleyball for four years and looks forward to coaching more.  Julia is currently working on her Master's Degree in Education and hopes to eventually teach health sciences and coach volleyball at the high school level.

Rachael Thompson: Club Director & Coach

Rachael has played competitive volleyball since she was eleven years old.  Rachael played three years of Varsity Volleyball at Centennial High School as the starting setter and received many Region and State honors.  She played three season's of Club volleyball in high school.  Rachael also played Basketball and ran Track in high school as well.  Rachael has coached club volleyball in Arizona for the past 12 seasons. With a competitive spirit and passion for the game, Rachael has led many teams to successful seasons. Her focus is on fundamentals, technique, and bringing out the best in each player.  In 2006, Rachael opened AZVC with a comitment to help each player achieve their goals in volleyball and provide an all encompassing competitive club.  

Taylor Beilmann: 16 Region & 18 Region Coach

Taylor has been playing volleyball for over ten years. She has played six seasons of club one of which she played the opening year for AZVC. She attended Sunrise Mountain High School where she played two years of varsity and then continued playing at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona. After her freshman year of college Taylor moved back to the Glendale area and played for the Gauchos this past season at Glendale Community College. Her team ended up with a 17-1 season in which they also won their entire division and junior college conference. Next year Taylor hopes to play university volleyball and earn a degree in secondary education at a university nearby. This will be Taylor’s first season coaching and she can’t wait to share her knowledge and love of the game with other players.

 
If you are interested in coaching for Arizona Volleyball Club please email your coaching resume to AZVC@cox.net .