Mike Roberts Co-Director, Coach 18 National
Mike graduated from Great Bridge High School, but only attended his Senior Year there. Before moving to Virginia, he lived in Rota, Spain where he started his volleyball play and was selected as a member of the All-Spain Team, playing OH and MB. Mike continued his playing with beach volleyball during the off seasons. Other activities included football, soccer, baseball and basketball.
Both Mike and Kristen Roberts (proud parents of Kameron Isabelle born 7/13/2006) have been coaching at Tallwood High School since the 2005 school year and coached the Beach Girlz 17’s team during the 2005-2006 JO’s season.
Mike coached 16G in 2007 and 18G in 2008.
Cheryl Smith
Co-Director,
Coach 15 National
Cheryl has been coaching young athletes for more than 20 years. She began as a competitive swimmer in ODAC and continued her athletic career at JMU as an intercollegiate swimmer and volleyball player. She graduated with a Bachelors in Physical Education, a Minor in Coaching and a Masters Degree in Education. After college, Cheryl coached swim teams in the Chesapeake/Great Bridge area for 10 years.
She coached middle school volleyball at Great Bridge and Junior Olympic Volleyball at TVA, first with 13s, and then with 15s. Five of her teams placed first in the Old Dominon Region and qualified for Nationals. Currently, she is a Physical Education teacher in Chesapeake and coaches the girl's Volleyball team at Landstown High School. Cheryl is CAP I certified.
Cheryl coached 15G for the last 2 seasons.
Tonya Boser Coach 14 National
Tonya has been coaching swimming and volleyball for six years. She is a personal trainer and in the US Navy Reserves. Her husband, Chad, is a Navy Surface Warfare Officer. They have two daughters, Drew and Marti.
Tonya coached the 12G team in 2008.
Bill Gormsen Coach, 12 Regional
Bio coming soon.
Kristen Roberts Recruiting, Board Member
Kristen attended Amelia County High School where she played varsity volleyball and was a standout player in softball as a pitcher. Upon graduating she moved to the Tidewater Area and began the pursuit of degree in Education. She graduated from Old Dominion University with a Master’s in Education. She has been teaching at Tallwood High School for 3 years. Aside from coaching volleyball, Kristen has also been the JV Softball coach for 2 years.
This is Kristen's third year with the club.
Chris Smith Web, Board Member
Chris has been actively watching his wife's (Cheryl) and kids' (Patrick, Megan and Kelly) junior volleyball games for over 10 years. He has consistently placed in the top 12 in the Folding Court Chair competition and is ranked in the third quartile in the Run-real-quick-and-get-me-a-bottled-water-before-the-next-match event. As he has no coaching experience, he was given the task of creating and updating the web site so no player would ever have to learn the infamous Smith "Chicken Wing". Smith graduated from Virginia Tech where he quickly put his Biology degree to work as a restaurant manager. Continuing with his rich zoology tradition, he is currently a network engineer for a Navy contractor.
This is Chris' third year with the club.
Pat Troia Coach
Randy West Coach 13s National, Board Member
Randy West is the head volleyball coach at Landstown Middle School, in Virginia Beach, VA. He hails from Lincoln, Nebraska and is a 30 year Navy veteran. Coach West holds a Bachelor degree in Psychology from Saint Leo University as well as a Masters in Secondary Education from Old Dominion University. He has played competitive volleyball for over 20 years and is a National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) and Virginia High School League (VHSL) certified volleyball official. Randy has been a volunteer coach the past 4 seasons for the Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation’s Courthouse Association volleyball program. He coaches in the Pre-Teen (10-12) and Junior (13-14) girls programs. Coach West is certified through the American Sports Education Program (ASEP) and is a member of the Virginia Beach Coaches Association.
Randy coached the 15B team in the 2007 season and 14G in the 2008 season.