OK PREMIER 2022-2023
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OK Premier Coaching Staff
All OK Premier coaches are listed in alphabetical order below
Coach Erin Baker - 12 Diamonds
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This is Erin’s second year coaching for Premier. She is a Nebraska native and recently moved to Norman in 2019. Before her coaching career, Erin was a setter and libero for York College (NE). During her time at York, Erin was a four time MCAC All-Conference athlete and three year captain. She began coaching at York College as an assistant following her playing career. After 2 seasons as an assistant coach, Erin accepted the head coaching job at Southeastern Community College (IA). Outside of coaching at the college level, she has spent several seasons coaching club and high school teams. Erin and her husband, John, and their daughter, Alaia, currently live in Norman.
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Coach Brandon Battle - 14 Purple
Brandon has spent most of his time with the Premier Youth League, coaching various teams from Prep
to Power. Before his time at Premier, he played co-ed indoor volleyball in leagues and tournaments, and
pick up sand volleyball since high school. He also spent time coaching volleyball at the Earlywine Park
YMCA. Brandon is passionate about helping others succeed and growing the love of volleyball in every
child.
Brandon has a diversified heritage, being half Filipino and a proud Cherokee Nation Citizen and has lived
his entire life in the OKC metro area. Brandon is married to Andrea Battle and together they raise 4
school-aged children in Choctaw, OK. Outside of volleyball, he runs a team of network engineers at a
local IT firm and has spent over 20 years in IT, works with the Choctaw High School Band Boosters,
enjoys playing piano and working with various other crafts.
to Power. Before his time at Premier, he played co-ed indoor volleyball in leagues and tournaments, and
pick up sand volleyball since high school. He also spent time coaching volleyball at the Earlywine Park
YMCA. Brandon is passionate about helping others succeed and growing the love of volleyball in every
child.
Brandon has a diversified heritage, being half Filipino and a proud Cherokee Nation Citizen and has lived
his entire life in the OKC metro area. Brandon is married to Andrea Battle and together they raise 4
school-aged children in Choctaw, OK. Outside of volleyball, he runs a team of network engineers at a
local IT firm and has spent over 20 years in IT, works with the Choctaw High School Band Boosters,
enjoys playing piano and working with various other crafts.
Coach Amelia Beste - 15 Diamonds Assistant
Coach Alicia Britt - 14 National Assistant
Alicia Robinett Britt has been involved with volleyball since she was in junior high school. Her playing career culminated as a member of the varsity volleyball team at James Martin HS in Arlington, TX.
For over 10 years, Alicia has served as an assistant coach in Plano, TX at the Plano Sports Authority and as head coach in Norman, OK as part of the Norman Junior Jammers Volleyball league.
Alicia is passionate about helping young women learn important life skills through volleyball (teamwork, persistence, poise, and communication). Additionally, she emphasizes developing strong fundamental volleyball skills while learning the value of positive competition and teamwork. Alicia enjoys finding new ways to work on these skills and sharing them with her players.
For over 10 years, Alicia has served as an assistant coach in Plano, TX at the Plano Sports Authority and as head coach in Norman, OK as part of the Norman Junior Jammers Volleyball league.
Alicia is passionate about helping young women learn important life skills through volleyball (teamwork, persistence, poise, and communication). Additionally, she emphasizes developing strong fundamental volleyball skills while learning the value of positive competition and teamwork. Alicia enjoys finding new ways to work on these skills and sharing them with her players.
Coach Katelynn Caldwell - 14 National West
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This is my third year coaching for OK Premier. I have played volleyball for 10 years including two years of college volleyball. I just graduated with my bachelors in Kinesiology and plan to continue my education to get my masters in Occupational Therapy.
I am so pumped to be coaching for such an awesome group of coaches and players. I look forward to creating memories and experiences with each and every person I come in contact with through the great sport that we all love. Volleyball isn’t about the wins and losses but about the way God’s light shines through on and off the court. “When you’re all in, there is no limit to what God can accomplish through you.” |
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Coach Brittany Crook - 14 Purple
I've been coaching school volleyball for five seasons and this is my third season coaching at Premier. I am currently a middle school reading and English Teacher in Moore. I love to work out, hang out with my many nieces and nephews and of course mentor my students and players. I enjoy seeing the growth and progression in my girls each season. |
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Coach Leslie Evens: 16 National |
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Coach Angelique Houston- 13 PurpleCoach Angelique goes by Angie and is no stranger to OK Premier Volleyball. She grew up playing volleyball and Norman High and also in our very own gym. She has continued her love for the game by committing to play for Rose State College. She looks forward to this season!!
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Coach Angela Madory- 18 Diamonds
Coach Madory is a long time resident of Oklahoma raising her 3 amazing kids and coaching volleyball all around the state. Coach Madory holds one of the highest honors in volleyball with a High School State Title. She not only coached in High School but she went on to coach in college at Seminole State and 2 years internationally. She started it all spending 16 years with junior high. In addition to volleyball Coach Madory has ran High School and JR High Soccer programs. She has a passion for recruitment and can't wait to help guide these girls right into college.
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Coach Chrissy MarseeChrissy Marsee is head coach at Noble High School and previously was head coach at Noble Middle School for eight years. In her first season as head coach, the Noble Lady Bears moved up 11 spots from the pre-season OSSAA rankings ending as No. 12 in the state for 5A. She is Impact, SafeSport, CAP 1 and CAP 11 certified. She coached the 15's team for Oklahoma Charge in 2013 and assisted for the 15 Rox team in 2014, Premier 17 Diamonds in 2015, and Premier 15 Diamonds for 6 years. This season she is excited to be coaching the 16 Diamonds. Chrissy graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2004 with a degree in psychology and criminology and is in her 13th year teaching in Noble. She has been married to the love of her life for 27 years and has three daughters. While she loves teaching, coaching girls volleyball is her passion. Chrissy's philosophy of coaching is to not only teach volleyball skills but to nurture the needs of the whole player and to develop strong youth both on and off the court. She is excited to be coaching with OK Premier again this season!
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Coach Faith Medley: 14 PurpleFaith Medley is a defensive specialist currently at Rose State College. Faith is a great leader and that is why she is currently holding the title of team captain for her college team. She has spent 4 years as an assistant coach on a club team and has spent many years coaching in youth programs. She loves playing the guitar in her spare time. She really looks forward to helping players grow in their mindset and skill.
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Coach Markus Mills
Markus has been active in sports all of his life. He has played golf, basketball and baseball throughout middle school and high school. Markus attended Norman North High School and graduated in 2013. He has been an assistant coach for our National teams during the 2011-2017 seasons. He played men's volleyball for Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis, Missouri. Markus is Impact, SafeSport, CAP 1 and CAP 11 certified. He officiates volleyball for the middle schools in Norman. He is excited to be assisting with the National teams again this season.
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Coach Patty Mills
Patty is Impact, Beach and SafeSport certified. She has been around volleyball since 1992 when she married her husband, Pete Mills. She has assisted with many of his teams, including the Boys Junior Olympic teams and girls teams of all levels. She is one of the proud owners of OK Premier and has been a primary hand in the development of our club and the Crosspointe youth leagues. In addition to her volleyball experience, she grew up in El Reno and graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in elementary education. She served for 13 years as the children's director at Goodrich Memorial United Methodist Church. She has two boys, one of which played volleyball in college at MBU, and one who proudly serves our country and is married to her sweet daughter-in-law with their very precious first grandson! Patty's most current coaching position was at Longfellow Middle School as their assistant coach.
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Coach Peter MillsPete is a 1977 graduate of Norman High School and has been involved in community sports and recreation for more than 30 years. After graduation, Pete worked for the Norman Parks and Recreation Department, Norman Public Schools and as a volunteer for the Norman Optimist Club, where he coached and played the usual baseball, basketball, softball and the unusual World Freestyle Frisbee and Team Handball. In 1984, Pete started part time for United Parcel Service and has been full time since June 1986. In 1985-1986 while coaching 7th grade boys basketball at Whittier, Pete was asked to coach 7th grade girls volleyball. The Whittier girls team was undefeated, and the nucleus of this Whittier team, as seniors at Norman High School, won a state 5A High School championship, a perfect 51-0.
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Pete met his wife Patty in 1991. Patty adopted the 11 boys on the club team and planned their wedding and honeymoon around volleyball tournaments, practices and a trip to Chicago for an AAU tournament. Married 29 years, they have two sons — Jace, who lives in Ft. Polk, Louisiana, with his wife Kelly, and Markus, a 2013 graduate from Norman North High School and was a manager for Norman North girls volleyball team and on the boys golf team.
Pete is a member of USAV, CAP 1, Beach IMPACT and SafeSport Certified, member AVCA and JVA.
Volleyball Highlights:
2013 USAV Girls Nationals with OKPremier 12s and 14s teams
2014 USAV GJNC 15s,
2014 AAU 13s,14s,15s
Playing club ball at OU for coach Tom Hilbert, now the head coach at Colorado State
Two trips to USA Jr. Nationals with 14s and 18s boys.
One trip to AAU Nationals with 18s boys in1992
Co-founder with Brandy White of the Crosspointe Winter Youth League
President/Co-founder of Oklahoma Premier Volleyball Club
Pete is a member of USAV, CAP 1, Beach IMPACT and SafeSport Certified, member AVCA and JVA.
Volleyball Highlights:
2013 USAV Girls Nationals with OKPremier 12s and 14s teams
2014 USAV GJNC 15s,
2014 AAU 13s,14s,15s
Playing club ball at OU for coach Tom Hilbert, now the head coach at Colorado State
Two trips to USA Jr. Nationals with 14s and 18s boys.
One trip to AAU Nationals with 18s boys in1992
Co-founder with Brandy White of the Crosspointe Winter Youth League
President/Co-founder of Oklahoma Premier Volleyball Club
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Coach Paul Page - 13 DiamondsPaul is married to Terry Page and has two daughters. He enjoys working as a Project Manager and doing Networking and Software support for FISERV, where he has worked for the past 13 years. He has played volleyball for more than 35 years, both indoor and sand. He also has participated in adult tournaments in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Tulsa and Oklahoma City areas. Paul is certified in Impact, SafeSport and Concussion in Sports. Last year, he coached at Stingray Volleyball Club, taking the 12 Regional team to a 9th place finish and never placing lower than 2nd in Silver throughout the 2017-2018 season. He hopes to instill in his players a passion for the game and push them to their full potential, whether that may be playing for years to come or even coaching the game in years to come. His coaching philosophy is best expressed with this: “It is teamwork that gives us the ultimate competitive advantage in sports and in life.”
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Coach Brooke Page - 11 Diamonds
Brooke has been playing volleyball since she was about 9 years old. She graduated from Westmoore High School, lettering all four years. She was awarded a number of varsity awards during her high school career. For the past four years, Brooke has coached our Youth Leauge and is still currently coaching it. She is the head JV and Freshman coach and assistant Varsity coach for CCS in Norman. This will be her 3rd season as head 11 Diamonds coach. Last season, she led her 11s to a 3rd place finish at Regionals and had a fantastic showing at Nationals- placing top 25 out of 60 teams. She currently attends MACU in hopes to be a 7th grade teacher in a couple years.
Brooke is certified in Impact Sports, Bullying/Inappropriate behaviors, cardiac arrest, concussion in sports, and heat illness. She has a huge passion for coaching and is super excited to get started with this season!
Brooke has been playing volleyball since she was about 9 years old. She graduated from Westmoore High School, lettering all four years. She was awarded a number of varsity awards during her high school career. For the past four years, Brooke has coached our Youth Leauge and is still currently coaching it. She is the head JV and Freshman coach and assistant Varsity coach for CCS in Norman. This will be her 3rd season as head 11 Diamonds coach. Last season, she led her 11s to a 3rd place finish at Regionals and had a fantastic showing at Nationals- placing top 25 out of 60 teams. She currently attends MACU in hopes to be a 7th grade teacher in a couple years.
Brooke is certified in Impact Sports, Bullying/Inappropriate behaviors, cardiac arrest, concussion in sports, and heat illness. She has a huge passion for coaching and is super excited to get started with this season!
Coach Rachel Perkins - 14 Diamonds
Rachel is from Norman. She specialized as a back row defensive player throughout high school and college. Rachel received a scholarship to Southwestern Christian University and was starting libero from 2010-2012. She was recognized as team captain throughout high school and during her sophomore year at SCU. In 2011, Rachel was ranked 3rd in the NAIA for Division I in digs per game and 22nd overall for total digs. She was awarded Outstanding Defensive Player in 2011 and Performance of the Year in 2012 to close out her collegiate career at SCU. Rachel transferred to Oklahoma City Community College, where she graduated with a degree as an occupational therapy assistant. Rachel accepted a head coaching position at Norman North for the freshman team during the 2013 season.
She has been a part of the OK Premier family since 2012 and started out coaching the 12's National Team from 2012-2015. During the 2012-2013 season, the team took 2nd in the Region and then
She has been a part of the OK Premier family since 2012 and started out coaching the 12's National Team from 2012-2015. During the 2012-2013 season, the team took 2nd in the Region and then
received a National bid to the 2013 USAV Junior National Tournament. Rachel coached the 14's National Team from 2018-2019, where they finished 6th out of 157, and she coached 13's in 2016, when they finished 57th out of 125 teams in Orlando at the AAU Junior National Tournament. This is her 8th year coaching our National Teams. Rachel is Impact certified, Care and Prevention certified, CPR/FirstAid certified, Beach Impact and SafeSport certified.
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Coach Mel and Trey Potts - 17 DiamondsWe are excited to start our sixth year coaching at OK Premier. Premier has become part of our family and we are grateful for this opportunity to coach at Premier. We believe in developing players who improve their game season after season but also develop core guidelines that will help them from now and into adulthood. Volleyball is more than just a sport, volleyball (and sports in general) can teach us so many life lessons.
Trey and Mel Potts have been married for 26 years and have three children. They have played on several co-ed volleyball leagues, and Mel played volleyball in high school. Together they have coached sports at the YMCA before moving over to the club world. They love sports in general and enjoy spending time with friends and family. Let's goooooo!!! Trey and Mell are Impact certified, Care and Prevention certified, CPR/FirstAid certified, and SafeSport certified as well as members of USAV. |
Coach Nichole Powell
Nichole is a 2011 graduate from Noble High School. She has played volleyball since she was in 6th grade and club throughout high school. Nichole then played two years of college volleyball at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She now attends the University of Oklahoma in pursuit of a degree in physical therapy. In addition, she is a volunteer coach for the Curtis Inge Middle School volleyball teams. She is Impact and SafeSport Certified. Nichole coached the 16s for two years and has been with the 12 Diamonds for the past two years. She enjoys taking her experience of the game and technique and pushing the girls to be the best they can be!
Coach Katelin Shay - 15 Diamonds
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Katelin Shay is from Choctaw, OK, where she graduated from Choctaw High School and played on the varsity volleyball team. She was a key player in building the volleyball program and leading the Yellowjackets to the Sweet 16. She was a Big Ten Conference player and set the Choctaw High School record for the most aces on serves with more than 280 in one season. She was also voted the Game Changer of the Year her freshman year, Sophomore of the Year, MVP her junior year and Player of the Year her senior year. She has played club ball all throughout her junior high and high school career. She was recruited out of high school to play for Division 2 Henderson State University in Arkansas, where she played OH and DS.
She has now returned to Oklahoma to finish her degree as an education major and to teach biology and coach volleyball. In April of 2020, she had the opportunity to start the volleyball program at Rose State College where she is currently the Head Coach. She has previously coached at Mount Saint Mary High School as well as OK Premier VBC. She has witnessed the values that these organizations place on building athletes but also building women of character and is excited to grow that culture in the Rose State Volleyball program and OK Premier for years to come. |
Coach Taylor Turner - 13 Purple
Coach Stacey Upchurch - 13 Nationals
Stacey Upchurch has coached and shared the love of volleyball to student-athletes for more than 20 years. She has coached all age groups but has found a real niche for the middle-school age. Her specialty was a setting coach for years but has taken on head coach positions the last few years. Her focus for every team she coaches is to bring discipline, skill, and love for the sport back to the game.
Outside of volleyball, she is a wife and a mother to four girls which she has homeschooled the last 14 years. She has had the privilege of coaching all four of her girls, watching one of them go on to the collegiate level, and is now coaching herself.
She is self-employed as a holistic practitioner, which is her other passion. She knows the abundant privilege of being able to coach and mentor young athletes. It is a joy to be able to work with tomorrow’s future leaders.
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Coach Sophia Walker - 14 Diamond Assistant
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Coach Tyler Walker - 14 National
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Tyler is a native Oklahoma, having lived most of his life in Norman. He always has enjoyed the game of volleyball and had the pleasure of being coached by Pete Mills in 1991-1992. Tyler is a devoted husband and a loving father of two. He began his coaching in 2017 as an assistant for the 12 Silver team. His desire to coach continued when he took the position as the head volleyball coach for Longfellow Middle School, followed by a teaching position with the school in 2018. His passion to teach drives him to help others see their full potential. With patience, hard work and dedication, Tyler longs to help everyone to be their best on and off the court.
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Coach Kaylie Walker - 15 NationalKaylie Walker graduated from Moore High School and is attending college at OCCC. She played volleyball for 11 years and played on varsity all through high school. Kaylie played club for Oklahoma Elite, OK Premier Volleyball and Kaizen. She is so excited to start her third year of coaching at OK Premier and watch all these young girls grow through the season and watch their love of the game grow as well!
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Coach Karyn Walker - 15 National Assistant
Brooklynne Wernke - 12 Purple
Coach Blayne White
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My families love for volleyball and passion to develop their own club has left me sleeping under Ref stands as a young child and had me turning into your ultimate gym rat. Growing up around volleyball, I have developed a deep respect for teaching proper technique and understanding the complexity of the strategy behind the game. I have had the opportunity to learn from some of the best coaches and being able to absorb their knowledge of the game. I have assisted 3 years and am excited to continue learning and developing as a coach myself.
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Coach Brandy White - 16 DiamondsBrandy has been married to Wes White for 20 years and is the proud mother of four children. In addition to that, Brandy is one of the owners of Premier Sportsplex, following her dream to grow the game of volleyball and mentoring through sports and fitness. She was the director of CrossPointe Community Center for six years. She grew up in Noble and played volleyball there, graduating in 2000. Brandy received a volleyball scholarship to Redlands Community College and played there in 2000-2001. In 2002, she was offered the Freshman coaching job at Noble and assisted Darla Smith with the JV and Varsity. Brandy's first coaching job with club was in 2002. She is the co-founder of the CrossPointe Winter Youth League and Premier Youth League, serving more than 1500 girls and boys grades K-12 a year. In addition to being the Co-Founder of OK Premier Volleyball, she also serves on the board as the Vice President, Treasure and Coaching Director.
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Brandy has coached the 11's, 13's, 14's, 15's, 16's, 17's & 18's National teams over the past years, placing 2nd at Nationals, winning the Regional bid with her 15's and 18's, placing third at the ShowMe National Qualifier with her 14's, and 9th at Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier with her 13's and has never placed lower than third in our State's Regional Competition. All of her 18's received scholarships to go on and play volleyball in college. She has had many of her players make the OK HP teams and had the 15s MVP of the Regional Tournament. Her players have made National A2 Teams and A3 National Teams, and one player made one of the eight spots available on the JVA National Team. Two of her players received the JVA National College Scouting Athletes Leadership grant, and three received the JVA Leadership award. Seven of her players have been on the JVA watch List, and 7 was AAU Academic All Americans. Brandy has competed in the USAV Girls Junior National Tournaments and the AAU National Tournaments every year placing 2nd at Nationals out of 200 teams. Brandy also enjoys working the National HP Tryouts and has enjoyed the opportunities training with and learning from Coach Miles Pabst, former OU head Volleyball Coach. Another highlight was meeting Coach Russ Rose of Penn State, NCAA Women’s Volleyball National Champions, when he visited CrossPointe. Brandy has certifications in the following: Impact, CAP 1, CAP 11, SafeSport, Youth and Adolescents fitness and nutrition, CPR and First Aid and also a member of USAV, JVA and AVCA.
Coach Hailey Wilson - 12 Nationals
Hailey Wilson has been coaching for four years. She has experience coaching 11s through 15s. She recently moved from DFW where she coached the Freshmen and JV teams at Pantego Christian Academy and assisted the state runner-up Varsity Team. Hailey played for Monahan's High School as a DS, where she helped lead her team to 2 District Championships and the Sweet 16 back-to-back years. Hailey has her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma, as well as, her Master's Degree in Counseling from WTAMU. She believes that if an athlete feels safe, cared for, and appreciated then they are able to play to the best of their ability. Hailey values discipline, clear expectations, communication when it comes to coaching, and feels that it is important to train athletes mentally, as well as, physically.
Coach Miranda Zawisza -14 Purple
This season will be my third year as a club coach at Premier. I started out as an assistant for the youth league and fell in love with coaching. Coaching has always been a dream of mine and I’m so happy to help these girls pursue their goals in becoming a better player on and off the court as well as them helping me be a better coach. I have coached Premier’s youth league for two years now. I have played volleyball, school ball and club, for 10 years as a setter. I started at Premier when I was 16 years old playing on the 17s team and continued to play for the 18s the following year.
While coaching youth league, I graduated from OSU-OKC with an associate’s degree in general sciences. I am now going in a completely different direction to further my career as an interior designer. I cant wait for this new season with all new and familiar faces!
While coaching youth league, I graduated from OSU-OKC with an associate’s degree in general sciences. I am now going in a completely different direction to further my career as an interior designer. I cant wait for this new season with all new and familiar faces!
If you are interested in coaching for OK Premier,
contact us at okpremier@gmail.com for more information.
OK Premier Board of Directors
President/Club Director: Peter Mills
Vice-President/Treasurer: Brandy White
Secretary/Club Administrator: Patty Mills
Parent Liaison: Laura Thompson
Facility & Equipment Coord.: Wes White
Public Relations: Rob Thompson
Director of Coaching: Brandy White
Team and Tournament Coord: Patty Mills
Vice-President/Treasurer: Brandy White
Secretary/Club Administrator: Patty Mills
Parent Liaison: Laura Thompson
Facility & Equipment Coord.: Wes White
Public Relations: Rob Thompson
Director of Coaching: Brandy White
Team and Tournament Coord: Patty Mills