2008 SELECT COACHES
NVVA’s commitment to Select Team players includes providing
outstanding, experienced head coaches, talented assistants,
and regularly-scheduled practice times and locations —
including an additional voluntary ‘third’ practice
a week for players to enhance specific skills.
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SELECT 13 — Laura Stevens (Head Coach)
Now entering her fifth year of coaching, Laura will be the
head coach of the NVVA Select 13 team. Laura is originally
from Michigan and brings with her a dedication and love for
playing and teaching the game of volleyball. She has over
14 years of volleyball experience as a player and a coach,
and has coached players ranging from twelve to seventeen years
of age. She was a two-year, all-conference setter in high
school and has a passion for working with setters. She is
Impact-certified. This is Laura's third season with NVVA.
Last year, she enjoyed a very successful year as head coach
of NVVA's Loudoun 14s Open team. She guided her team to multiple
silver and gold medals thoughout the season. In 2006, Laura
coached the Simpson Middle School Select team in the Loudoun
Youth Volleyball League and captured 2nd place at the League
Championship. Laura’s goals are to help young players
develop and improve their core volleyball techniques, increase
their volleyball IQ, have fun while they compete and get excited
about the game of volleyball. In addition to being a coach,
Laura is an avid player of the game. She plays in the Fairfax
Volleyball Club on Coed and Womens A teams and is always looking
for an opportunity to play. When Laura is not coaching or
playing volleyball, she works as a corporate trainer for a
government contractor. She lives in Ashburn and enjoys spending
time with her friends and family, playing the piano, shopping
at flea markets, and trying out new recipes.
SELECT 14 — Pat Smith (Head Coach)
Pat Smith grew up overseas spending her high school years
in the Philippines where she played four years of varsity
volleyball. At Virginia Tech, she played with the Men's Volleyball
Club (this was in the days before Title 9) and continued to
play in recreational leagues and on USA teams after getting
married and raising 3 children. Pat has coached four previous
NVVA teams (2 15s, 16s, 18s) and has served as the Junior
Director for NVVA. She is coaching the Varsity at Herndon
High School for the 8th season and Herndon finished 1st in
the Concorde District last year. Pat is Impact certified and
has attended coaching clinics at George Mason and Marymount
as well as clinics sponsored by Mason when not working at
her full time teaching job for Fairfax County Public Schools.
She teaches kindergarten at Clearview Elementary and has 20
years of teaching experience.
SELECT 15 — Michael Janowski (Head Coach)
Michael has 35 years of volleyball experience. He is a native
of Poland, a country with strong volleyball traditions and
practices. He began his volleyball career in high school and
played throughout college, and has competed all over Europe
as a member of several teams in the Polish Professional Premiere
Volleyball League. After coming to the United States in 1988,
Michael played with many USVBA men's teams. In 1993 and 1994,
he coached the Reston Volleyball Club men’s teams. The
team competed in the U.S. Open Volleyball Championship and
finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively, in the Gold
Division. Michael’s dream has always been to teach his
children the game of volleyball. With his many years of experience
he is delighted to share his love for the game with so many
developing volleyball players. He takes pride in seeing players
develop their skills and demonstrate growing enthusiasm for
the game. In 2005, he joined NVVA as head coach of the Loudoun
12J team. The 12J team earned a #2 ranking in the region and
won the Silver Division in the National Invitational Tournament.
In 2006, he continued as head coach of the Loudoun 13 Select
team. Once again, the 13J team earned a regional #2 ranking
and won the Silver Division in the National Invitational Tournament.
In 2007, Michael coached the NVVA Loudoun 14 Select team.
That squad was very competitive, winning several major East
Coast tournaments, including the MLK Classic in Philadelphia,
the Monument Classic in Richmond, the Shamrock Festival, and
the Regional Championship. Loudoun 14 Select was runner-up
at the East Coast Championship and had a very strong showing
at Nationals in Minneapolis, Minn. Each year Michael participates
in coaching clinics and seminars to ensure that he is able
to update his training program with new drills and teaching
tools, and he is IMPACT- and CAP-I certified. Michael's goal
is to provide players with the degree of developmental guidance
and technical instruction that will allow them to realize
their full competitive potential.
SELECT 16 — Jill Pearson (Head Coach)
Jill Pearson was a three-sport athlete (basketball, volleyball
and softball) while attending Loudoun County High School in
Leesburg, Virginia. She began her volleyball career in 1994,
which led her to earn a full scholarship at George Mason University.
As a George Mason Patriot, she played middle under Coach Pat
Kendrick for four years, while earning her degree in Health
and Physical Education. During her senior year with the Patriots
she assisted now head coach at Towson, Paul Koncir, with NOVA's
18-and-Under girls volleyball team. Jill ended up taking over
the 18-and-Under team, where she was head coach for three
years. After graduating in 2002, Jill began her teaching career
with Fairfax County Public Schools at Poe Middle School, while
assisting at Chantilly High School. In the fall of 2003, she
took over the program at Robinson, where she is now the head
volleyball coach as well as an eighth-grade health and physical
education teacher.
SELECT 17 — Dan Courain (Head Coach)
SELECT 18 — Ken Moser (Head Coach)
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