EXACT Showcase Camps give athletes personal interaction & exposure to college coaches from top NCAA programs
A great showcase camp is more than just exposure.
There's exposure...and then there's real, personal connection. At EXACT, you meet with top coaches from the minute you arrive, making this the best place for aspiring college volleyball players. The college coaches work with you to evaluate your ability as a player and get to know you as an individual.
Get a digital evaluation from a college coach at the conclusion of camp. This shareable evaluation highlights your strengths and tells you exactly what you need to improve to get recruited.
Build skills for leadership, focus, and handling adversity on and off the court. Based on training used by hundreds of pro and college teams.
Get the tools and insights you need to stand out during recruitment.
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Coaches run drills similar to the sessions you would attend in their program. Experience first-hand which coaches you most connect with and what it's like to be on a college team.
Over 1,000 NCAA D1, D2, D3 and NAIA coaches in EXACT's network have access to your gameplay footage from camp. Video packages, including highlight reels, are available for campers.
Assistant Coach
graysont@tsu.edu
Texas Southern
Division 1
Coach Grayson going into her 10th year as a assistant coach at Texas Southern University. Grayson's duties include assisting the head coach with coaching student-athletes during practices, skill training and matches. Assist with the recruitment of student-athletes for the women's volleyball program. Assist in monitoring the academic progress of each student-athlete participating in the volleyball program. Evaluate opponent match video for game plan preparation. Assist with team travel planning and summer camps. Grayson is a native of Simonton, Texas and currently resides in Houston, Texas. She is a 1989 graduate of Brazos High School, where she played volleyball, basketball and ran track where she made school history running the 4x100 and 800 meter relay as a state finalist in 1986. Grayson earned an Associates of Arts Degree from Wharton Jr. College in 2008. She attended Prairie View A&M University and received her Bachelors and Masters degree from Texas Southern University (2012) Grayson holds Teaching Certifications in Physical Education(P.E.),Health and Special Education(SPED) - (K-12). Grayson currently teaches High school . Her resume also includes her studying abroad in Dubai, Tanzania Africa, and Zanzibar Africa in 2012. Her coaching history includes stints where she worked with Royal ISD, Houston ISD, and Bellaire Episcopal. Grayson is married to Vincent Grayson of Tupelo, Mississippi. They have two daughters Chelce (GSU) and Valencia (TSU) and two granddaughters Jaycee and Gracie.
Volunteer Coach
alexis.austin21@yahoo.com
Rice
Division 1
Former Colorado outside hitter Alexis Austin has joined the Rice volleyball staff as a volunteer assistant.
A 2015 standout graduate for the Buffs, Austin finished her career (2012-15) with 1,443 kills, which included a stellar senior campaign in which she totaled 498 kills (4.05 kills per set) and 561.0 points. She earned AVCA honorable mention All-America honors and was named to the AVCA All-Pacific South Region team and earned All-Pac-12 honors.
After her time at Colorado, the Houston native (Cypress Falls HS) played professionally in Poland as a member of PTPS.
In high school, Austin was named a top-25 volleyball player in the 2012 class by ESPN and earned a No. 26 ranking nationally by PrepVolleyball.com.
Assistant Coach
michelle.kuester@lamar.edu
Lamar
Division 1
Originally joining the team as an assistant coach on May 17, 2016, Michelle Kuester was named the interim head coach of the Lamar University volleyball team on November 28, 2017, and had the interim tag removed on November 14, 2018. She brings a vast amount of experience at the club level to the team and a familiarity with the Southland Conference landscape.
Kuester, a standout at New Mexico State, spent three seasons as an assistant and head coach in the club circuit, most recently as a head coach and assistant coach for the Oklahoma Edge in Moore, Okla. With the Edge, her primary focus was on the middles and outside hitters. She was also the lead recruiter for the organization, and helped network to provide communication for players to college coaches.
She also had experience in making travel arrangements, scheduling and camps.
Prior to moving to Oklahoma, where she earned her masters degree at the University of Oklahoma, she was an assistant coach at McNeese State for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. It was there that she helped the Cowgirls to a 10-win turnaround.
At McNeese, she was the recruiting coordinator and led training for middle blockers and outside hitters. With the 10-match turnaround, the Cowgirls made the league tournament for the first time in three seasons. She was also tasked with aiding in academic monitoring and team travel.
In her first season, she worked with middle Courtni Bauer, who was voted as the leagues Newcomer of the Year and honorable mention. That year Bauer averaged 2.00 kills per set and recorded a .304 attack percentage, second highest on the team. She also ranked second in blocks at 0.72 a set, 76 blocks overall.
In 2013, she worked with Malina Sanchez, who was as a second-team All-Southland Conference honoree. She was second in the league in kills at 3.68 per set and led the Cowgirls in digs at 304 and 18 service aces.
The Norfolk, Neb. native played two seasons at New Mexico State and one year at Texas Tech. She started her college career at Iowa Western Community College.
She led IWCC to a 52-4 record in 2008, where they finished fourth in the national at the National Junior College Association National Tournament. That season she totaled 217 blocks, which ranked her in the Top 10 in blocks in a single season. She recorded a .404 hitting percentage and earned the Presidential Scholar Award.
In one season at Texas Tech, Kuester racked up 20 kills in 50 attempts. She started the first 11 matches of the year, but fell to a season-ending shoulder injury. She moved on to play two seasons at New Mexico State and become and all-conference player and the 2011 team captain.
In 2010, she led the team with 127 total blocks and was third on the team with a .275 hitting percentage. Kuester was credited with 158 kills, 374 attempts, four assists, six service aces and 26 digs.
Kuester also has experience in camps. At McNeese, she coordinated summer camps that broke attendance records, and she was a camp coach at Norfolk Catholic High School- her alma mater- and Neligh HS.
jreber@mcneese.edu
McNeese State
Division 1
McNeese State University is a Division I program that is part of the Southland Conference, located in Lake Charles, LA. This is currently my first year as an assistant coach for this program, and am looking forward to my first season with the team as well.
Assistant Coach
blairag@sfasu.edu
Stephen F. Austin State
Division 1
On the heels of helping direct the SFA volleyball team to one of its greatest single seasons in the history of the program in 2019, assistant coach Alisa Blair is set to begin her third season on head coach Debbie Humphreys' staff during the 2020-21 campaign.
The Blair File
Hometown: Amarillo, Texas
High School: River Road High School
Colleges: Angelo State (2012 & 2016)
Playing Experience: Angelo State
Family: Craig (Husband)
Coaching Experience
2018- Present: SFA Assistant Coach
2017-2018: Central Oklahoma Assistant Coach
2014-2017: Hill College Head Coach
2013: Hill College Assistant Coach
Accomplishments
Consecutive 30+ win seasons at SFA, including consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances
2019 USA Volleyball HP Girls Selection 2nd place Finish Head Coach
2017 NCAA D2 Tournament Appearance
NJCAA District F Coach of the Year (2014, 2015, 2016)
NJCAA D1 Tournament Appearance (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
NJCAA NTJCAC Regional Champions (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
NJCAA NTJCAC Conference Champions (2013, 2015, 2016)
Lone Star Conference Regular Season Champion at Angelo State (2012)
Assistant Coach
justin.wong@tamucc.edu
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Division 1
Justin Wong comes to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi staff as an assistant coach with nearly a decade of collegiate coaching experience and over 15 years at the club level. He joins the Islanders out of Georgetown University, where he has served as the assistant coach since 2015.
With the Hoyas, Wong was instrumental in the development of Symone Speech and Alyssa Sinnette as the duo both reached the 1,000 kill milestone their junior year in 2017. In addition, GU posted its best start to a season since 2012 while Speech earned back-to-back All-BIG EAST accolades including the programs first AVCA All-Region and First Team All-BIG EAST selection since 2001.
In the two years prior to his time in Washington, D.C., Wong was a member of the Delaware State coaching staff. During his time with Delaware State, Wong was promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach. As the programs only assistant coach, Wong was involved in all aspects of managing the program. Inside the gym, he assisted in training all skills but his main focus was on the outside hitters. Besides training, Wong's responsibilities included video scouting & statistical analysis while also serving as the recruiting coordinator and assisting with the travel budget and logistics.
In his two seasons at Delaware State, the Hornets had five players named to all-tournament teams as well as three players earn Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Weekly Honors.
Wong spent 2012 at Ohio University as the volunteer assistant where he helped in player development, opponent scouting, practice planning and other administrative duties. The Bobcats achieved a final record of 21-10 and led the conference in six out of seven statistical categories which culminated in its ninth Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship.
Prior to Ohio, Wong started his collegiate coaching career at Miami University (of Ohio), where he served as volunteer assistant and was promoted to interim assistant coach in 2011. While on the RedHawks' coaching staff, he was responsible for video analysis and opponent scouting.
Outside of his collegiate coaching experience, he coached one of the top 15 open teams at Dallas Skyline Juniors in 2012 and then at Mintonette Sports in Columbus, Ohio. While at Mintonette, he helped lead the 17's team to a second place finish at USA Junior Nationals and a No. 40 ranking by PrepVolleyball.com among the top 17's national teams in the country. His most recent stop was with Metro Volleyball Club based in the Washington, DC area. He assisted 16 Travel his first year and then the following year was the head coach of the 14 Travel team that qualified in Open.
Wong played collegiately at Ohio State University on the men's club team as an outside hitter. He earned his bachelor's degree in Sports & Leisure studies: Coaching & Leisure Management and his master's degree in Sport Behavior & Performance at Miami University (of Ohio).
Head Coach
johnsonde@gram.edu
Grambling State
Division 1
Demetria Keys-Johnson is a former Head Coach with a total of over 20 years of coaching. She is very familiar with training athletes mentally and physically. She currently trains and conduct mental presentations to student-athletes. Her knowledge of what it takes to play at the next level is extensive. She is a former athlete and understands what it takes to be effective as an athlete. She is the owner of Love Sports, a company that trains athletes.
Coach Johnson knows and has experienced what it feels like to play and win in the SWAC. As a former player at Grambling, Johnson was part of the back to back to back championship teams back in the 90s (95, 96, and 97). She also had the experience of coaching some the best athletes in SWAC. As an assistant with the Lady Tigers in the early 2000s, she helped lead Grambling to two (04 and 05) runners-up finishes in the SWAC Volleyball Tournament.
She started her career in coaching while in high school in 1991 and has being coaching ever since. Since then, Johnson has had much success with her players athletically and academically. All of her former player have graduated and her working mainly in the fields of nursing or education; with 75% of them coaching. She loves the challenge of making players better- teaching them with mental toughness and confidence they can take their skills to the next level.
Coach Johnson continues to strive for excellence both academically and athletically with all her young ladies. She is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. During the summer months, Coach Johnson serves as a volleyball camp clinician. Coach Johnson is also a Mental Health professional and has served in this role for over 20 years.
Johnson was born in raised in Detroit, Michigan by her parents Mary and Charles Keys. She is the wife of Donald Johnson and they have two handsome sons together DeKetric and Donald and a grandson.
Assistant Coach
holtgeertsr@warhawks.ulm.edu
Louisiana-Monroe
Division 1
Becca is in her first season as a Graduate Assistant for volleyball and beach volleyball teams at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Prior to moving to Monroe, she was an assistant volleyball coach at Pacific Lutheran University, helping lead PLU to appearances in the NCAA tournament in 2017 and 2018. She has also coached at Lake Washington High School and Nevillizms Volleyball Coaching. Holtgeerts graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2014 with a degree in business and minors in both sport psychology and personal training.
Head Coach
brittany.salloum@lacollege.edu
Louisiana College
Division 3
Played four years at Messiah College (DIII) in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Assistant Coach (one year) at Williams College (DIII) in Williamstown, MA.
Graduate Assistant (two years) at Messiah College.
Head Women's Volleyball Coach (seven years) at Louisiana Christian University (NAIA) in Pineville, LA.
Assistant Coach/Recreation Coordinator
joseph.morales2@tamuk.edu
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Division 2
Morales will be entering his fifth season as the assistant volleyball coach for Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Morales has helped the Javelinas reach the Lone Star Conference Tournament from 2012-2015. His primary coaching role includes coaching setters and recruiting coordinator. In her first collegiate season, Casey Klobedans was named 2014 Lone Star Conference Setter of the year and All-LSC Honorable Mention after collecting 1,171 assists, the third most in school history. Last season, Klabedans made All-LSC First Team after rackng up 1,283 assists to move up in the schools all-time list to second and sixth in school history with 10.02 assists per set. Prior to Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Joe served as a volunteer assistant coach at Texas State University (2011) helping the Bobcats go 15-1 in conference and capturing the Southland Conference Championship and Southland Conference Tournament Championship finishing with an NCAA Tournament appearance losing to University of Texas in the first round. Before heading to Texas State, Joe started his collegiate career at Iowa Central Community College as the assistant coach in 2009. Joe graduated from Texas State University with a BA in Communications. While at Texas State, he was a member of the Texas State Mens Volleyball Club as a setter/RS. After graduating, he went on to receive his MA in Sports and Athletic Administration from Gonzaga University. Throughout his coaching career, Joe has worked various summer volleyball camps with Texas State University and The University of Texas working and learning under their coaching staff.
Head Coach
mcdanip@hsu.edu
Henderson State
Division 2
Phil McDaniel was hired as the Reddies' head coach in February of 2017 and begins his seventh season at the helm of the Henderson State volleyball program in the Fall of 2023.
In the final match of the 2022 season, McDaniel reached career win number 100 at Henderson with a 3-0 victory at Arkansas-Monticello, becoming the second HSU head coach to ever reach the century mark. In that same win over the Blossoms, McDaniel reached 50 GAC victories.
After the 2021 season, McDaniel had led HSU to three 20-win seasons in the last four seasons - the only GAC team to reach that feat during that time span. Additionally, his teams have earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award three consecutive years after having never won the award prior to 2019.
In his first year, McDaniel led the Reddies to 14 wins, their most in a single season since 2010, which included Henderson's first victory over Harding since 2009. In year two, Henderson took a huge step forward, and produced one of the finest seasons in school history. The Reddies won 28 matches, a school-record 13 Great American Conference contests, and reached the GAC Tournament Championship Final at the Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs. Henderson's 28 victories were the most for the program since 2001.
His third season saw another 20-win campaign, as the Reddies finished 21-12 overall and 11-5 in the GAC. COVID-19 shortened the 2020 campaign, which was played in the spring, but HSU finished third in the GAC Eastern Division and won its first round game in the GAC Tournament. In four years under McDaniel, Henderson has a winning percentage of .644.
Before coming to Arkadelphia, McDaniel built a long and impressive resume which included head coaching stops at Drake University and South Dakota State, as well as assistant coaching position at several top Division I and II institutions. His career also includes successful head coaching positions on the high school and club levels.
McDaniel spent the 2016 season as an assistant coach at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he was responsible for recruiting as well as working with the Wolves defensive play. NSU finished the season ranked No. 21 in the final AVCA Division II Top 25 Poll.
Prior to his stint at Northern State, McDaniel served as head coach at South Dakota State from 2011 to 2015. During his time in Brookings, South Dakota, he had two Jackrabbits earn First-Team All-Summit League honors, two named to the Summit League All-Freshman Team, and eight garnered Summit League Player of the Week accolades.
His teams at South Dakota State earned Academic All-American Volleyball Coaches Association honors all four years, by compiling a grade point average of 3.3 or better each year.
McDaniel's first DI head coaching job came at Drake University, where he rebuilt the Bulldog volleyball program which had tallied only seven wins in 2007.
With McDaniel at the helm, Drake reached numerous program milestones including qualifying for the Missouri Valley Tournament in 2009 and 2010, with a total of four players receiving all-conference honors, including the programs first First-Team MVC honoree in over a decade. In 2009, the Bulldogs registered a 22-12 record and followed with a 23-11 mark in 2010.
McDaniel served as an assistant coach at South Dakota State from 2005 to 2008. During his tenure at SDSU, he helped the Jackrabbits to the 2007 Summit League title and the schools first-ever Division I NCAA Tournament appearance.
While overseeing SDSUs recruiting efforts, McDaniel also monitored the academic progress for the Jackrabbits with the team earning the AVCA Academic Awards in 2005 and 2006.
Prior to his time at SDSU, McDaniel was an assistant coach at New Mexico State, where he helped lead the team to an 86-15 record and three straight Sun Belt Conference Championships. The Aggies also made two appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2003 and 2004.
McDaniel began his coaching career at J.H. Rose High School in Greenville, N.C., where he led the program to a 42-7 record and earned Big East Conference 4A Coach of the Year for two consecutive seasons (2000, 2001).
McDaniel earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Culver-Stockton College in 1996 and a master's degree in counselor education from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1998. He competed on both the soccer and tennis teams while at Culver-Stockton.
coriemcerda@gmail.com
EXACT
NCAA
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
Your camp footage will be accessible to the below colleges, who have participated in EXACT's events. Instructing coaches at camp are listed under Confirmed Coaches.
Assistant Coach
graysont@tsu.edu
Texas Southern
Division 1
Coach Grayson going into her 10th year as a assistant coach at Texas Southern University. Grayson's duties include assisting the head coach with coaching student-athletes during practices, skill training and matches. Assist with the recruitment of student-athletes for the women's volleyball program. Assist in monitoring the academic progress of each student-athlete participating in the volleyball program. Evaluate opponent match video for game plan preparation. Assist with team travel planning and summer camps. Grayson is a native of Simonton, Texas and currently resides in Houston, Texas. She is a 1989 graduate of Brazos High School, where she played volleyball, basketball and ran track where she made school history running the 4x100 and 800 meter relay as a state finalist in 1986. Grayson earned an Associates of Arts Degree from Wharton Jr. College in 2008. She attended Prairie View A&M University and received her Bachelors and Masters degree from Texas Southern University (2012) Grayson holds Teaching Certifications in Physical Education(P.E.),Health and Special Education(SPED) - (K-12). Grayson currently teaches High school . Her resume also includes her studying abroad in Dubai, Tanzania Africa, and Zanzibar Africa in 2012. Her coaching history includes stints where she worked with Royal ISD, Houston ISD, and Bellaire Episcopal. Grayson is married to Vincent Grayson of Tupelo, Mississippi. They have two daughters Chelce (GSU) and Valencia (TSU) and two granddaughters Jaycee and Gracie.
jaklanac@central.uh.edu
Houston
Assistant Coach
michelle.kuester@lamar.edu
Lamar
Division 1
Originally joining the team as an assistant coach on May 17, 2016, Michelle Kuester was named the interim head coach of the Lamar University volleyball team on November 28, 2017, and had the interim tag removed on November 14, 2018. She brings a vast amount of experience at the club level to the team and a familiarity with the Southland Conference landscape.
Kuester, a standout at New Mexico State, spent three seasons as an assistant and head coach in the club circuit, most recently as a head coach and assistant coach for the Oklahoma Edge in Moore, Okla. With the Edge, her primary focus was on the middles and outside hitters. She was also the lead recruiter for the organization, and helped network to provide communication for players to college coaches.
She also had experience in making travel arrangements, scheduling and camps.
Prior to moving to Oklahoma, where she earned her masters degree at the University of Oklahoma, she was an assistant coach at McNeese State for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. It was there that she helped the Cowgirls to a 10-win turnaround.
At McNeese, she was the recruiting coordinator and led training for middle blockers and outside hitters. With the 10-match turnaround, the Cowgirls made the league tournament for the first time in three seasons. She was also tasked with aiding in academic monitoring and team travel.
In her first season, she worked with middle Courtni Bauer, who was voted as the leagues Newcomer of the Year and honorable mention. That year Bauer averaged 2.00 kills per set and recorded a .304 attack percentage, second highest on the team. She also ranked second in blocks at 0.72 a set, 76 blocks overall.
In 2013, she worked with Malina Sanchez, who was as a second-team All-Southland Conference honoree. She was second in the league in kills at 3.68 per set and led the Cowgirls in digs at 304 and 18 service aces.
The Norfolk, Neb. native played two seasons at New Mexico State and one year at Texas Tech. She started her college career at Iowa Western Community College.
She led IWCC to a 52-4 record in 2008, where they finished fourth in the national at the National Junior College Association National Tournament. That season she totaled 217 blocks, which ranked her in the Top 10 in blocks in a single season. She recorded a .404 hitting percentage and earned the Presidential Scholar Award.
In one season at Texas Tech, Kuester racked up 20 kills in 50 attempts. She started the first 11 matches of the year, but fell to a season-ending shoulder injury. She moved on to play two seasons at New Mexico State and become and all-conference player and the 2011 team captain.
In 2010, she led the team with 127 total blocks and was third on the team with a .275 hitting percentage. Kuester was credited with 158 kills, 374 attempts, four assists, six service aces and 26 digs.
Kuester also has experience in camps. At McNeese, she coordinated summer camps that broke attendance records, and she was a camp coach at Norfolk Catholic High School- her alma mater- and Neligh HS.
Assistant Coach
kailee.may5@gmail.com
Stephen F. Austin State
Division 1
Following a debut season in which she helped lead the Ladyjacks back to the top of the Southland Conference, SFA assistant coach Kailee May begins her second year on head coach Debbie Humphreys staff in the 2018-19 academic year.
Upon arriving in Nacogdoches prior to the start of SFA's 2017 campaign, May started working with the Ladyjacks and helped turned the squad into one of the nation's most accurate attacking teams. SFA finished 2017 with a Southland Conference-leading hitting percentage of .253 which also stood as the 37th-best in the nation.
With May on their side, SFA posted a 27-8 record - good for the program's highest single-season win total in 10 years - and captured the Southland Conference regular season title for the ninth time in program history. Four Ladyjacks collected All-Southland Conference accolades at the conclusion of the year, too.
May began her assignment as one of the Ladyjacks' assistant coaches in July of 2017, signaling her return to the collegiate coaching ranks following an impressive six-year span as a head coach at the club level.
An individual who has familiarized herself with the club volleyball scene in the Dallas area, May's most recent stop was as the recruiting coordinator and head coach for the Tejas Volleyball Club's under-16 team. Beginning in 2014, May took charge of a group of 10 players who competed in tournaments around the nation at the highest level of club volleyball. Her 2017 club finished third in the nation at the Girls National Volleyball Championships in the under-16 division.
In addition to her coaching duties for Tejas, May signed on as the varsity volleyball coach at All Saints' Episcopal School in 2015 until the summer of 2017. During her first season at the helm of the program, she led her squad to a 31-11 record and a runner-up finish in the SPC.
May began her time as a coach at the club level in the summer of 2012 by taking command of the LoneStar Volleyball Club. Through her two years in charge of the program, LoneStar advanced to national qualifier championships and USA Junior National Championships.
As a student-athlete, May attended Fordham University in the Bronx, N.Y., and was a four-year letter winner on the Rams' volleyball team. An active member of Fordham's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, May earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 Conference's All-Rookie Team as a freshman and was named to no fewer than four different All-Tournament Teams throughout her collegiate career.
By the time her collegiate career was a matter of record, May had etched her name all over the Rams' record book. Currently, she still maintains a spot in many of the program's top-ten career statistical charts including kills, attack attempts, kills per set average, service aces, digs, sets played and matches played.
Upon graduating from Fordham in 2011, May relocated to Colby, Kan., for a short time and served as an assistant coach at Colby Community College. Before entering the club coaching circuit, May spent four months in Germany in early 2012 as an outside hitter and assistant coach for the Geraer Volleyball Club - a professional women's volleyball team.
Head Coach
johnsonde@gram.edu
Grambling State
Division 1
Demetria Keys-Johnson is a former Head Coach with a total of over 20 years of coaching. She is very familiar with training athletes mentally and physically. She currently trains and conduct mental presentations to student-athletes. Her knowledge of what it takes to play at the next level is extensive. She is a former athlete and understands what it takes to be effective as an athlete. She is the owner of Love Sports, a company that trains athletes.
Coach Johnson knows and has experienced what it feels like to play and win in the SWAC. As a former player at Grambling, Johnson was part of the back to back to back championship teams back in the 90s (95, 96, and 97). She also had the experience of coaching some the best athletes in SWAC. As an assistant with the Lady Tigers in the early 2000s, she helped lead Grambling to two (04 and 05) runners-up finishes in the SWAC Volleyball Tournament.
She started her career in coaching while in high school in 1991 and has being coaching ever since. Since then, Johnson has had much success with her players athletically and academically. All of her former player have graduated and her working mainly in the fields of nursing or education; with 75% of them coaching. She loves the challenge of making players better- teaching them with mental toughness and confidence they can take their skills to the next level.
Coach Johnson continues to strive for excellence both academically and athletically with all her young ladies. She is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. During the summer months, Coach Johnson serves as a volleyball camp clinician. Coach Johnson is also a Mental Health professional and has served in this role for over 20 years.
Johnson was born in raised in Detroit, Michigan by her parents Mary and Charles Keys. She is the wife of Donald Johnson and they have two handsome sons together DeKetric and Donald and a grandson.
Coaches Hired Weekly
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
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Official behavioral training partner of US Women's National Team.
The only camp staff that has expertise in developing athletes from high school to college to pro (we also work with over 60 pro teams).
The only exposure organization that blends the 4 pillars of development through our mental training expertise (EXACT is funded by the National Institutes of Health).
This is a sample schedule. Registered athletes will receive a final schedule prior to camp.