The American Volleyball Coaches Association is proud to recognize its 2023 Thirty Under 30 High School Awards recipients. AVCA’s Thirty Under 30 Awards Program, which was created in 2009 to honor up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels of the sport, was expanded in 2016 to include a category for high school coaches.
This year’s 30 high school recipients are a diverse group, representing 21 different states. They serve in a variety of roles, ranging from head and assistant coaches to varsity and JV coaches to girls and boys coaches.
In order to be considered for the honor, high school coaches meeting the proper age requirement must be an AVCA member and actively coaching high school/interscholastic girls and/or boys volleyball.
2023 AVCA Thirty Under 30 High School Awards Recipients
Mary Kate Beck
JV Head Coach Varsity Assistant
Wren High School (SC)
Destinee Briskey
Head Varsity Coach
Munford High School (AL – AHSVCA)
Stephanie Chenlo
Varsity Head Coach
Hudsonville High School (MI – MIVCA)
Courtney Collins
Head Coach
Cushing Academy (MA – MGVCA)
Jessica Dood
Varsity Volleyball
Grandville High School (MI – MIVCA)
Elizabeth Ferguson
Varsity Girls Head Coach
West Bloomfield High School and Lakeland High School (MI – MIVCA)
Olivia Garrett
Assistant Varsity Coach/Assistant JV Coach
Brandon High School (MS)
Ryan Gravlee
Head Coach
Gulf Shores High School (AL – AHSVCA)
Kaitlyn Hickey
Varsity Coach
Penn High School (IN – IHSVCA)
Kainan Hudson
Varsity Head Coach
George Rogers Clark High School (KY – KVCA)
Andrew Hummert
Head Boys Coach
Marquette (MO – MVBCA)
Tommy Jonas
Head Coach
Pewaukee High School (WI – WVCA)
Jessica Kirkendall
Head Coach
Lincoln Southwest High School (NE – NCA [Volleyball])
Emily Loftus Ewing
Head Coach
Dr. Phillips High School (FL)
Emily Logan
Varsity Head Coach
Priceville High School (AL – AHSVCA)
Michael Ma
Varsity Head Coach
St. Joseph High School (CA – CCA [Volleyball])
Kathleen Miller
Girls Varsity Volleyball Head Coach
Oak Lawn Community High School (IL – IVCA)
Claire Morgan
Head Coach
Mount Pisgah Christian School (GA – GVCA)
Cami Oelsligle
Head Volleyball Coach
Humphrey Public School (NE – NCA [Volleyball])
Austin Osborne
Head Coach
Service High School (AK)
Anna Palmer
Varsity Head Coach
Nelson County (KY – KVCA)
Courtney Perry
Head Coach
Fairview High School (TN)
Priscilla Petersen
Head Coach
Papillion-La Vista (NE – NCA [Volleyball])
Daniel Piwowarczyk
Head Girls Volleyball Coach
York Community High School (IL – IVCA)
Dean Ridge Porter
Head Boys Volleyball Coach
East Greenwich High School (RI)
Matthew Rivera
Assistant Varsity Coach
Immaculate Heart Academy (NJ)
Logan Smoak
Head Coach
Nacogdoches Central Heights (TX – THSCA)
Sydney Swann
Head Athletic Director
Morgan City High School (LA)
Ryan Webb
Head Coach
Pembroke Hill School (MO – MVBCA)
Lindsay Zych Franco
Head Volleyball Coach
Bishop Miege (KS – KVA)
