HV United VBC Bios Meet our staff Club Director: Shannon Loso Shannon Loso has extensive Volleyball coaching experience. For over 30 years she has coached youth programs, and competitive teams ages 12-18 in USA Volleyball (USAV) throughout the country. Shannon spent time at the Gateway Region Office in St. Louis, MO as the coach’s education coordinator, as well as handling all administrative duties including human resource development, accounting, and finance. Shannon has been awarded the USAV Female Coach of the Year, and the Gateway Region Meritorious Service Award. She has for several clubs in St. Louis as well as starting her own club in the HV community over the last 4 years, MOJO VBC. Shannon also spent time as a High School Volleyball coach, has organized and conducted numerous clinics and camps. She also spent many years refereeing USAV and HS Volleyball.Shannon Loso currently serves as the Director of Recreation & Community Education for Huron Valley Schools. Girls Program Coordinator: Meghan Polce Coach Polce is currently the Varsity Coach at Lakeland HS and a PE/Health Teacher at Lake Orion High School. Coach Polce has several years of experience coaching HS and AAU teams. We are excited to have Coach Polce on board to help train our coaches and players this season. Boys Program Coordinator: Bob Parsons Bob was a multi-sport athlete in high school and was an outside hitter on the University of Oklahoma Men’s Club Team. He has been playing recreational, intramural, and competitive indoor and sand volleyball in men and co-ed leagues for over 30 years. Bob has over 10 years’ experience coaching girls’ volleyball and softball, as well as boys' football, baseball and basketball. He is the Director of Technical Services and Business Development for an environmental construction company, has BS and MS degrees in Environmental and Civil Engineering, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in eight states. Bob and his wife Robin have five children and are active in their church, the community and HVS athletics. MEET OUR Coaches Boys Head Coach - Bob Parsons See above U10s Coach - Anne OlszewskiI'm from Trenton, MI "Downriver", started playing volleyball when I was in 7th grade and have loved the sport ever since. Since High School I have coached one sport or another. I live in Milford, have three daughters, and enjoy staying active. U11s Red Co-Coach: Stephanie Dix Coming Soon U11s Red Co-Coach: Devon Dobrin Coming Soon U12s Red Head Coach: Carey Abraham Carey is a passionate volleyball coach and loves playing and teaching this sport. She has played competitive indoor and sand volleyball for over 15 years and has been coaching girls recreational and club teams for the last 4 years. She also coaches a middle school volleyball team. She has also coached gymnastics for 10 years! She is passionate about coaching kids to their full potential. Professionally, Carey is a first grade teacher. She has both her undergrad and Masters Degree from Michigan State University. She also teaches group fitness classes to adults and has been teaching fitness for 25 years! Carey is married to her husband, Jim and they have two daughters. Outside of volleyball and teaching, Carey loves wakeboarding, snowboarding, spending time with family, faith, and community. U12s Red Asst Coach: Stephanie Brower Coming Soon U12s Red Asst Coach: Kyle Tenhuisen Kyle is a passionate volleyball coach and player. He has played competitive indoor and sand volleyball for the last 20 years and has been coaching girls recreational and club teams for the last 4 years. He incorporates a whole-athlete approach in his coaching style. Professionally, Kyle is a Managing Director and Valuation Practice Leader at Stout. Kyle is married to his high school sweetheart, Katie, and they have four daughters. Outside of volleyball and general athletics his passions and time are centered around faith, family, and community. U12s Blue Head Coach: Courtney Rudolph Hi, I’m coach Courtney. This is my second season with HV United VBC and I am Lakeland High Schools freshman coach. I work in the Huron Valley School District as a para education and a mother to 3 girls who all attend school is our district. My goal every season is to encourage and help develop young athletes in a fun and positive environment. I am so excited for this season and even more excited to coach your child. U12s Blue Asst Coach: Alice Montie Hi, I am Alice Montie. I have 4 children whom I encourage to be active in sports and the community - we are constantly doing something or going somewhere. I played volleyball and softball throughout highschool and continued to play for fun when I could. This is my first season coaching with HV United - I coached 5th/6th Fall/Spring HV Recreational Volleyball 22/23, honored to coach 3rd/4th grade & 5th/6th grade Fall HV Recreational Volleyball '23 and loved every minute of it. I enjoy coaching and working with children - I love encouraging them to be their best self on and off the court. U13s Red Head Coach: Sarah Stimbert This is her 3rd year coaching club. Mojos 14’s navy, HVU 12’s red/HVU 14’s, HVU 13’s red. Second year with Huron Valley United Volleyball Club. Currently the JV Volleyball Coach at Lakeland Highschool, with 1 year coaching middle school volleyball at white lake & 1 year coaching at Muir middle school. I have been involved with a variety of organizations in Huron valley district. I have been playing volleyball since I was 11 years old. I now play on adult teams and just have a blast playing the sport I love! I can’t wait to work with our team, and start helping them grow and excel. We will stress the importance of effort and attitude as we develop skills in our young athletes while maintaining an encouraging environment. We want our team to have fun and love the game of volleyball! U13s Red Assistant Coach: Erin Silverman Erin had a volleyball career for 11 years, starting from her local YMCA, moving on to club, and varsity in high school. She decided to leave her hometown in Florida to play D3 volleyball at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA. At Wilkes, she was a DS and setter. Erin credits much of her success to her high school and club coaches she had early on in her career. She continues to play in coed recreational leagues during the year and is excited to help other girls find a passion in the sport like she did. U13s Blue Head Coach: Melissa Dziak Hi! I am Melissa Dziak and this is my second year coaching with the HVU Volleyball Club. I am so excited to coach the 13u Blue team this year!!! I have played volleyball since I was a teenager and have coached several seasons at the AAU level. My daughter goes to Walled Lake Schools and also plays travel softball so we are a pretty busy family. When we aren't running around for sports we are enjoying time outside. My focus is to help the girls build/fine tune fundamental skills, build new friendships, and to HAVE FUN!! U13s Blue Assistant Coaches: Adam and Kim Zell Both Adam and Kim have coached HV Recreation and Community Ed volleyball for 3 seasons. This is their second season coaching HV United. Adam has coached a combination of rec and travel softball and baseball for 10yrs. Kim has played sand volleyball for 12yrs. Their goal is to make better players both on and off the court. Their kids have played competitive sports for the last several years and they are excited to start their second season with HV United! U14s Red Co-Coach: Emily Luttenbacher Emily has been married for 18 years to her husband, Adam, and they are raising 3 kids in the HVS district; Evan(HS), Olivia(MS) and Madelyn(Elementary). She is an active volunteer in the community, and especially enjoys being involved with the schools. She has coached 2 years of AAU volleyball (HV United 13 Red and MOJO 12 Navy) and has been coaching HV Rec volleyball for the past 4 years and is excited to continue her coaching career with United. Emily played volleyball in middle school and high school, as well as a few coed intramural and sand volleyball teams at the University of Michigan. She is excited to grow a supportive and inclusive culture with her team, while fostering a love of the game. Emily hopes to instill confidence in her team, both on and off the court. U14s Red Co-Coach: Michelle Wolcott Michelle is married and has 4 children. She has played volleyball throughout high school and college as a middle hitter. She has experience coaching a variety of sports teams including soccer, basketball and volleyball. Most recently, she coached for the MOJO volleyball club for 1 year and this will be her second year with HV United. She was also the Muir middle school 8th grade coach. Michelle is excited to embark on another season with HV United, focusing on refining specific vball skills as well as raising the level of competitive play that the team is used to. U14s Red Assistant Coach: Kaitlyn Hawke Coach Kait is from Highland, MI and went to Lakeland High School before leaving home to attend Point University in Georgia. At Point, she played volleyball all 4 years and got her Bachelors degree in Exercise Science. Coach Kait took on an assistant coaching role at PAC Volleyball Club out of Columbus, Georgia her last year in college; she is now in PTA School and excited to continue her coaching career! She continues to play in adult coed leagues throughout the year and is excited to grow further with the help of the coaching staff and her players this season!