OK PREMIER 2020-2021
Coaching staff & partners
Central Coaches
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West Coaches
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Check out their Bios below
OK Premier Coaching Staff
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Coach Madison Barbee - 16 West Purple
This will be my second year coaching with Premier. I am mostly excited to see how much my girls from last year have improved. My main goal is to focus on positivity and improving each player’s confidence throughout the season. |
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Coach Stephanie Barbee -
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Coach Erin Baker - 17 Diamonds
This is Erin’s first 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.
Coach Alicia Britt - 14 Purple Assitant
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.
Over the past 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.
Over the past 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 Brooklyn Byrd - 14 Purple
This will be my first year coaching at Premier! I am looking forward to working with the Premier coaches and I can't wait to start an awesome season with my team. I have played volleyball since middle school and all the way up to now, playing club in highschool and rec teams in college. I am a sophomore in college majoring in Public Health and on track for Pre-Dental. I can't wait to start coaching champions!
Coach Katelynn Caldwell - 12 West Purple
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This is my first year coaching for Premier but my fourth year coaching. 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 Hannah Cerne - 14 West Purple
Hannah has coached volleyball at El Reno Junior High for three years. Hannah graduated from El Reno High School where she was an All-State volleyball player as a Libero/DS. She was also an All-Conference team player for three years in a row and received the Tournament Player of the Day award five times throughout her high school career. She was a Varsity player at El Reno for all four years of High School. Hannah played competitive club volleyball throughout her junior high and high school years. Hannah received 7 college scholarships when she graduated one of which was full ride at Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri. Hannah is currently attending the University of Central Oklahoma where she is receiving her bachelor's degree in Arts Administrative. This will be Hannah’s second year coaching at OK Premier. Hannah continues to coach to empower young girls and push them to be the best versions of themselves, on and off the court!
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Coach Steve Coffelt - 15 National & 14 National AssistantSteve started coaching at the YMCA to spend time with his kids. He coached 6 seasons at the YMCA before making his way into school ball. Steve coached 7th and 8th grade volleyball at Moore West/Brink Junior High. After the school season he went into club ball and was a 14’s coach for OK Storm. Steve coached the Freshman and JV teams at Moore High School, as well as, assisting the high school coach with the Varsity for two seasons before going to all club teams. He has been with Premier since 2017. Steve has coached multiple teams each season because he enjoys working with the athletes on improving their skills to play at the next level. He teaches the athletes not only the game of volleyball, but lessons in life through the game of volleyball. Volleyball is a sport Steve enjoys playing/coaching and is excited to be part of the Premier family!
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Coach Brittany Crook - 12 National
I've been coaching school volleyball for four seasons and this is my second 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 Tom Dillard - 13 West Purple This is Tom's fourth season with OK Premier. He has lived in Yukon since 2008 when he relocated from Kansas. He enjoys hunting, fishing, kayaking and of course volleyball. Tom previously served as the head volleyball coach at Mustang North Middle school for seven years. He now coaches at Yukon Middle School, where he also serves as a 7th grade social studies teacher. Tom is certified in Impact, SafeSport and Concussion in Sports. You can contact Coach Dillard at okpremierwest@gmail.com
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Coach Jason Hammett - 15 West PurpleJason grew up in Beamsville, ONT Canada. He has been active in sports his whole life playing hockey, basketball, baseball and volleyball, along with many other leisure sports like golf and badminton. He and his wife of 19 years, Jalaina, have lived in Oklahoma for 17 years. Their children, Evelyn, Sawyer, Thaddeus and Roman are all Oklahoma born. They currently reside in Yukon where Jason has been a science teacher at Yukon Middle School for 5 years. He was the Head Middle School Volleyball Coach for years and is currently the Assistant Coach at Yukon High School. Jason’s philosophy as a coach is that it is more important to focus on the long term development of the individual as a person while cultivating an athlete in the process. “If an athlete of mine can leave my team with the skills necessary to succeed in life as a good person with integrity and a hard work ethic, then I have accomplished my goal as a coach”. This will be Coach Hammett’s second year with Premier. |
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Coach Lydia Joseph - 15 Purple Lydia grew up in Toledo, OH and moved to Moore three years ago with her husband. Lydia works as an ophthalmic technician at Dean McGee. She’s played volleyball for eight years as a setter/defensive player. This will be her third season at Premier. Lydia’s goal this season is to teach the girls how to become their best selves on and off the court.
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Coach Melia Kane - 13 West Purple & 17 National
The very first time I passed a volleyball I knew I had found my passion! I have been playing since I was 11 years old. I played for different clubs all over OKC which landed me a scholarship to The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma after graduating from Yukon High School in 2017. At USAO I played for 2 years as a defensive specialist and setter. While at USAO I pursued my passion of physical education with an emphasis in kinesiology. I also found the thing that makes me just as happy as volleyball did, teaching and coaching! In 2019 I started my my first head coaching job as a 12’s-1 coach. After graduating from USAO in April of 2020 I found my way back to Yukon to teach middle science at Yukon Middle School! I am an assistant volleyball coach at YMS and a tennis coach! I love volleyball for more than just the sport, volleyball teaches so many life lessons and helped form me into the person I am today! |
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Coach Chrissy Marsee - 15 Diamonds
Chrissy 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 and Premier 17 Diamonds in 2015. She is in her third year as the 15 Diamonds coach. Chrissy graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2004 with a degree in psychology and criminology and is in her ninth year teaching in Noble. She has been married to the love of her life for 22 years and has three daughters in college. 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 Sarah Maynord - 12 PurpleThis is Sarah's third year to coach with OK Premier. She was born and raised in Midwest City and attended Destiny Christian School. She has played volleyball since she was 13 and helped lead her team to several state championships and one tri-state championship. She was offered a scholarship to play for Southwest Christian University as a libero, but she turned it down to attend a different school. She recently worked as a youth coordinator for a local christian church and loves working with and mentoring students. She now lives in Norman and works at a sorority house. Sarah is working towards getting her master's degree in psychology.
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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
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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 NationalPaul is married to Terry Page and has two daughters. His youngest, Brooke, plays club and high school volleyball. 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 & 17 National
Brooke has been playing volleyball since she was 9 years old. She played club for 8 years. For the past 3 years, she has coached at Premier Sportsplex for their volleyball youth leagues ages 6-17. She will be pursuing her elementary education degree at Mid-America Christian University in OKC. She has previously attended mission trips with her church, as well as, helping out at her vacation bible school in the summers. This season will be her first season as a head coach. Before this season, she co-coached with her dad with his club teams for the 12s and 13s age divisions at Premier! 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 9 years old. She played club for 8 years. For the past 3 years, she has coached at Premier Sportsplex for their volleyball youth leagues ages 6-17. She will be pursuing her elementary education degree at Mid-America Christian University in OKC. She has previously attended mission trips with her church, as well as, helping out at her vacation bible school in the summers. This season will be her first season as a head coach. Before this season, she co-coached with her dad with his club teams for the 12s and 13s age divisions at Premier! She has a huge passion for coaching and is super excited to get started with this season!
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Coach Rachel Perkins - 13 DiamondsRachel 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.
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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 - 16 NationalWe are excited to start our fourth 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 24 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 several sports at the YMCA before moving over to the club world. They love sports in general and spending time together as a family. |
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Coach Nichole Powell - 12 DiamondsNichole 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!
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Coach Devynn Sloan - 16 West Purple Assistant
I'm Devynn Sloan, this will be my first year helping with club. I will be assisting Madison Barbee so I can one day coach my own team. I want to help develop our players and help set an example for players not only on the court but off the court.
Coach Katelin Shay - 12 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. |
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Coach Tyler Walker - 14 PurpleTyler 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 - 14 National & 15 National AssistantKaylie 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 Blayne White - 14 Diamonds Assistant
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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 - 14 DiamondsBrandy has been married to Wes White for 18 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, serving more than 100 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, 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 one was an AAU Academic All American. Brandy has competed in the USAV Girls Junior National Tournaments and the AAU National Tournaments every year. 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.
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Coach Kacera Yoes - 14 West PurpleKacera was born in rural Oklahoma but moved to Tulsa in her early teens. Once there, she was introduced to volleyball and fell in love with the sport. She played school and recreational volleyball for more than eight years. She has coached for three years at Yukon Middle School. She has a holistic style of coaching, believing that players are not only working on skills to help excel in volleyball, but also to excel in life. Kacera graduated from high school in Tulsa and continued her education at Oklahoma State University.
After graduating from OSU with a bachelor's degree in secondary education with a focus in biology, she moved to Oklahoma City to pursue a teaching career. Kacera lives in Oklahoma City with her partner, Michael. They both enjoyed playing sports growing up. They love to hike and work out in their spare time. Volleyball is a passion of Kacera's, and she is honored to have the opportunity to help OK Premier players and this amazing sport grow! |
Coach Miranda Zawisza -13 Purple
This season will be my second 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
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