2011 Apple Valley Juniors Volleyball Coaches
AVVB is pleased to announce the selection of their coaches for the 2011 season. While some coaches have been assigned to specific teams, most do not have specific assignments yet. Assignment of coaches to teams will depend on the number of players and the composition of the teams at each age-level. Assignment of coaches to teams will be posted as soon as it is available.
Sarah Ohme
Coach AVVB 17s
Sarah returns to coach for AVVB.
Becky Polster
Coach AVVB 17s
Becky returns to coach for AVVB.
Elissa "E" Cramer
Coach AVVB 16s
Elissa played volleyball through high school and played club volleyball at club Tonka. She then played at Waldorf College for 2 years and then played in Austin, Minnesota for a college for a year. Elissa is currently coaching the junior varsity team at Armstrong High School in New Hope and has been there for 2 years now. She also coached with their JO program last year.
Katie Tikalsky
Coach AVVB 15s
Katie was a 3 year starter for New Prague High School. She played JO's for Northern Lights for 5 years. She has played all positions on the court from being a setter for a season in high school, to being a libero for Northern Lights; however, her main position was a hitter- right side. Katie went on to play volleyball in college at Augsburg. She also had the opportunity to study abroad where she played volleyball in Australia for a semester which was a great experience. Since college Katie has played in a few leagues here and there just for fun and now she is excited to turn over from playing to a new role in coaching. Katie's coaching history starts at New Prague. She helped with various summer leagues throughout high school/college. She also coached the varsity team for two years in their summer leagues. Katie graduated last March from Augsburg with a degree in Marketing and Business Administration and a minor in Accounting. She is currently working as a Senior Business Development Representative for Epicor Software in Golden Valley.
Jen Moore
Coach AVVB 14-1s
Jen played volleyball through high school and at the University of MN, Morris. She has coached for over 10 years with several different programs as she moved to different parts of the city. Starting as a junior in college she coached the St Francis 10th grade team. Then she spent 4 years coaching freshman and some 17U juniors with Rosemount. Since then she has spent the last few years coaching juniors as a group of girls have moved from 12U up to 14U.
Kelley Gowling
Coach AVVB 14-2s
Kelley was new to Apple Valley this fall season when she coached JV, but has joined our own Gowling family (Jill Gowling Award) and understands the deep history and tradition of Eagle Volleyball. Kelley has NCAA Division III experience as both a head coach (Washington College, Chestertown, MD) and assistant coach. She's also planned, organized, and ran volleyball camps and clinics at the Naval Academy, University of Connecticut, and Delaware. Kelley also has a background in strength/conditioning and nutrition and will manage our conditioning program.
Meaghan Martin
Coach AVVB 14-3s
Meaghan currently works full time at Nordstrom in the ICT and stock departments, along with a part time job at Palomino Pet Hospital in Apple Valley, where she is a veterinarian and kennel assistant. This is her first year coaching youth volleyball. This fall she coached one of the four middle school teams for Apple Valley Volleyball Club. Meaghan started playing school volleyball in fourth grade and quickly moved into the world of traveling volleyball. She played club ball in Oregon through elementary school and then her family moved to Florida. In Florida she found herself fully embracing the setting position and started playing for Club 4 - U, where they attended multiple regional championships and Junior Olympics. As a sophomore, Meaghan headed off to boarding school and led her team to the New England Championships three years in a row. She attended Denison University in Granville, OH and helped start the school's club team her junior year. Along with playing on the club team, she also participated in both sand and indoor co-ed intramurals. Meaghan currently plays recreation volleyball through Apple Valley Rec.
Alexandra Schendel Anderson 
Coach AVVB 13s
Alexandra comes to us from Hamline University and prior to that Minneapolis South High School. She has played volleyball since 6th grade and is very excited to bring her experience to our players. She has coached juniors and volleyball camps for the past couple of years.
Lynne Chung
Coach AVVB 12s
Lynne is a full time student in her second year at Hamline University. She is an English major and secondary education minor. Lynne graduated from Apollo High School. Lynne has been playing volleyball since sixth grade. She played four years of Junior Olympic volleyball for Granite City and is currently playing volleyball at Hamline University. Lynne has worked at the Hamline Volleyball camp and had also assisted in the Kaboom VolleyballCamp for junior high students in her hometown of St. Cloud. She has also assisted in coaching on a couple Granite City JO teams.