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 Kelly Richardson - Kelly is in her 2nd year as Head Volleyball Coach at Southwest Baptist University. They were ranked in the top 10 Regional poll which is the 1st time in school history that they were ranked in a national poll. She coached at Republic High School in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 Republic won their first District and Sectional Title in school history, and place 3rd in the Class 3 Missouri State Championships. Kelly was a four year started for Willard High School, played Club Bear in 1998 (won regionals and went to Nationals) and 2000 (went to Nationals). Kelly was All State, All Ozarks, and All Conference in 1998 & 1999. Kelly played as SMS (Missouri State University) in 2000 before transferring to Evangel University in 2001. While at Evangel Kelly was named All Conference, All Region and All American in 2002 & 2003. She was National Player of the Week 4 times in her 3 years at Evangel. This will be Kelly's 7th year with Springfield Junior Volleyball Club. In 2005 she took 16 blue team to nationals in Salt Lake City, Utah and in 2006 stepped in and took the 17 blue team to nationals in Atlanta, Georgia. Her 2008 team was first on the list of 17s for Nationals (after traveling to KC for a Playoff match on a May Sunday afternoon), but the bid didn’t materialize. Kelly took her team to AAU Nationals in Florida where they finished in 9th place. Kelly is coaching our 18s.
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 Joanna Hayes - Joanna played at Missouri Southern State College 4 years, earning All-Conference and All District honors and at Central High School (took 2nd at State Championships). She received ‘player- coach of the year’ in 1984. She got to play with “the worlds best setter” (at that time), Debbie Green, in 1984, was the Head Volleyball coach at Central High School for 12 years, Monett 7 years and is currently the Freshman Coach at Ozark High School. The freshmen team under Joanna has accumulated a 140-5 record the last five years (54-0 the last three). Joanna played USAV for 17 years. She has two daughters playing SJVC, Aleah 18’s and Jade 17’s. Joanna is in her eighth year with us, having taken 13Blue to Nationals in Salt Lake City, Utah 2005, 14Blue to Nationals Atlanta, Georgia 2006, 15Blue to Nationals in Minneapolis, Minnesota 2007. She has attended many coaching clinics (USA, High performance, Nebraska, etc). It seems to have been a good investment. Joanna’s team finished in 5th place in Indianapolis, AAU Nationals in Orlando, 2008 finishing 17th of 94 teams. She is coaching 17Blue team.
 April DeCoste - April played at Georgia State University, where she broke the school assist record, and is an NCAA Individual Record Holder - 2nd Player in NCAA 30 point era to reach 5000-1000 assist, digs mark. In high school, playing for Scarborough Titans Volleyball Club, she was chosen to represent Ontario at Canadian Nationals as the starting Libero. She competed in six Canadian Nationals and was five time MVP of her team. April earned her Master of Business Administration at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and was Head Coach two years, and taught Physical Education there. April was Assistant Women’s Coach at North Atlanta Volleyball Club, Head Women’s Coach at Scarborough Titans Volleyball Club. April is coaching our 17Red team.
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Lori (Endicott) Vandersnick - Our Head Coach - Lori played for the USAV National Team for eight years and in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, the USA women finished third, and Lori was named the BEST SETTER in the world. Lori played six years for the Willard Schools, Springfield Junior Volleyball Club in 1984 and 1985, and continued her volleyball career at the University of Nebraska before trying out for the Olympic team. Within weeks she was the starting setter for the National Team. During her freshman year at Nebraska, Lori broke the service, ace and kill percentage records. Lori is a tremendous competitor with outstanding volleyball skills. She was voted USA Volleyball All-Era Team and the 2005 Flo Hyman All Time Great Player Award. Lori traveled to Minneapolis for the 2007 National Championships to watch Springfield 15Blue (placed 9th) and 14Blue (placed 11th) play. Lori had coached most all of them in the CODP (Community Olympic Development Program) over the past couple of years. In her tenth year with SJVC, she is coaching 16Blue. Lori is available for private lessons.
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15s
Becky Lipasek - NFHS 2006 Coach of the Year in Missouri Volleyball; MHSVBCA Class 2
Coach of the Year 1999 & 2005. Currently the Head Coach at Reeds Spring High School-2006 Third Place in Class 3A and a share of the COC title while finishing 4th in 2007 and winning the COC title entirely. Becky spent 15 years as the Head Coach at El Dorado Springs with four appearances in the State Championship Match in Class 2-1st Place in 1999, 2005; 2nd Place 1998, 2000. She has a Career Varsity Record: 367-119-30, and a total of 16 All State selections for her players while at the two schools. Becky is a Graduate of Missouri Valley College where she was HAAC All Conference her senior season. She is married to Mike-assisting 12Blue, proud mother of three daughters: Kinsey-20, a sophomore volleyball player at SBU, Kyleigh-10, and Kellyn-7. Becky coached 14Blue, 2008 and they had a great year finishing 2nd in line for a bid to Nationals. In the 2008 school season she picked up her 400th career win. Becky is coaching our 15Blue team.
 Kinsey Palmer - Kinsey is a Junior outside hitter, three year starter at Southwest Baptist University, and has been named to multiple All-Tournament teams. She is the daughter of, and played for Becky Lipasek (currently at Reed's Spring) at El Dorado Springs. She finished her 4-year varsity career there as a 4 time 1st Team All-District and All-Region selection, 2 time All-Ozark, 3 time All-State selection, and finished her senior year with a State Title in 2005. She played club for Club Bear, 417 (Midwest Xplosion), and SJVC. This is her third year of coaching club, the first two with Club Adidav, which was highlighted with a 1st place finish with a 17's team at Silver Regionals. Kinsey is coaching our 15Red team.
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14s
 Susan Patterson - Susan has 20 years coaching experience, having coached at all levels, 6th grade through varsity, has been involved in volleyball as a player for 33 years, attended College of the Ozarks receiving all-conference, all-district, and Academic-Volleyball All-American awards. Susan coached for Lebanon for 13 years (3 at the Junior High and 10 at the High School). During that time Lebanon won 10 District Titles, 6 Conference Titles, 2 Sectional Titles along with two appearances at the Final Four at the MSHSAA State Championships. After coaching in Oregon for two years, Susan is back at Lebanon as the Varsity Coach, where her team has won two District titles, with one of them resulting in being state quarter finalists and one Sectional title in the past three years with an overall record 74-23. Susan coached 15Blue to 1st in Regionals and 9th overall (1st in Silver) at Nationals 2008 season. She is coaching our 14Blue team.
Krystal Glessner –Krystal is a sophomore at Drury University and played libero this year, played outside hitter as a freshman. She started playing Volleyball in 4th grade, continued at Republic, where her high school team took 3rd at the State Volleyball Championships her senior year. She also played on Republic’s Basketball team that placed 1st at the State Championships her sophomore year. Krystal’s major is computer information systems. She is coaching two 7th grade recreational teams at Republic. Krystal, in her first year with SJVC, was a floater coach for us this year. This year she is coaching our 14Red team.
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13s
Ryan Lacson - Ryan played four years of high school ball for Marquette in Chesterfield, MO, as well as club ball for Express VBC and Missouri Thunder VBC. He restarted the SMS Men's Volleyball team for which he played and coached four years, and also played for SWAT VBC. This is Ryan's 8th year coaching juniors, and his fourth year with SJVC. He is currently the JV coach at Republic High School. Ryan is also a USAV CAP-II certified coach who has been published in both USA Volleyball Magazine and the AVCA's Coaching Volleyball Magazine. In addition to his involvement as a coach and player, Ryan is a PAVO Referee and a USAV Regional Referee, and also serves on the Heart of America Board of Directors as the Associate Director of Junior Development in Missouri. Ryan is also heavily involved with improving the level of men's volleyball in Southwest Missouri; he has worked with the Springfield Park Board to run it's first successful indoor men's volleyball league, and is active with CODP and the Springfield Park Board in running the area's first junior boys volleyball clinics, which will hopefully lead to the area's first long-term boys volleyball team. This year, Ryan is coaching the 13Blue team.
 Kailey Hall - Kailey has taken over coaching 13Red. Kailey is the 8th grade coach at Republic Middle School. She coached for Midwest Explosion last year as an assistant after coaching two years for Club Bear.
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12s
Jessica Smythe - Jessica is a freshman at Evangel University and plays right side. She attended Reeds Spring High School, and her senior year was on the first school team ever to go to the State Volleyball Championships, where they finished 3rd. Jessica has been playing volleyball since 5th grade and wants to teach two very important things: teamwork and communication! Jessica coached our 11s team, 2008. She is coaching our 12s this year.
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11s
 Brandi Bockman - Brandi played four years of varsity for Liberty High School in Mountain View, MO as Middle Hitter. She received All-District Honorable Mention and 2nd team All-Conference in 2001, 1st team All-District and 1st team All-Conference in 2002. She broke the school record for most blocks and most kills her Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Years. Brandi started playing juniors in the 6th grade for the Grizzlies in West Plains and continued through her junior year of high school. She also played in college for Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO as middle and outside. She coached elementary volleyball in high school and juniors for the Tri-County Talons 11’s last year. Brandi is coaching our 11s.
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Other Staff
 Sandi Podorski - Sandi is the Club Director for SJVC. She has been affiliated with Springfield Juniors since its inception in 1984, and has served as Club Director since 1987. Sandi is a long-time volleyball referee and keeps score for several of the area colleges during the college volleyball season. She is also a long-time player and continues to play on women's teams in the Springfield area. Sandi works tirelessly recruiting coaches, players, and courts for Junior Volleyball. Her dedication and efforts to always act in the best interests of the players have made a positive difference in the lives of countless young women. You'll see Sandi at all SJVC's home tournaments (look her up and say "hi"), and at many other volleyball functions around the state.
 Mike Lipasek - Mike played on a men’s USAV team in 1994 in the KC area. Coached the for the El Dorado Rockets for two years before becoming an assistant coach at El Dorado Springs High School. Mike also coached a 12-under team for Nevada Juniors in 2005. He has been on the coaching staff of six Final Four teams, including the past two years by Reeds Spring in 2006 and 2007. He is a graduate of Pittsburg State University (’94) and is married to Becky Lipasek (14Blue). They have three daughters: Kinsey-20, sophomore volleyball player at SBU, Kyleigh-10, a member of the SJVC 12Blue team, and Kellyn-7. Mike coached 11Blue to 1st at Regionals 2007. Mike’s 12Blue team finished 1st in Silver Regionals in an all SJVC finals. Mike is helping with the 12s when he is available.
Brooke Harvill - Being involved with volleyball is a true passion for Brooke, having been a player or coach the last 15 years. After playing high school at Marshfield and Central her volleyball took her to Missouri State University, West Plains, nationally ranked #8, for two years. She finished up her college at Redlands, nationally ranked # 11, in Oklahoma. Brooke’s 12Red team finished 2nd at Silver Regionals in an all SJVC finals. Brooke coached Nixa freshman this past season to a record this year of 19-1-1. Her job is taking her away from coaching club for a while, but she will be back.
Kelley Albers - Kelley is a senior at Missouri State University. She has played volleyball 14 years and is very excited to get back into the volleyball scene to pass along everything she has learned about the sport. Kelley played club ball starting in 7th grade Midwest Select and ending and her club experience with Rockwood Thunder. She played Varsity 3 years at John F. Kennedy High School in St. Louis, and volunteered in many summer camps. Kelley is serving as a helper and assistant to the club.
Amanda Smith - Amanda played Volleyball for College of the Ozarks, graduated in 2002 with a degree in Administrative Justice, played Marshfield 4 years and Strafford 2 years where she was All State, All Conference, All District. She is currently working on a Masters Degree in Criminal
Justice. She has been employed with The Department of Homeland Security for over 5 years. Amanda assists the club when needed.
 Sarah Marshall - Sarah played volleyball four years at Willard High School, and two years at MSU. Sarah serves as a substitute coach for SJVC when needed. She is in charge of our referee and scorekeeper clinics; Sarah is a (former) Jr. National, and current college and high school referee. She assists with administrative tasks and serves as a Court Manager at SJVC home tournaments. Sarah is also our webmaster.
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