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Tina started playing VB 20 some years ago. As her VB career progressed into high-school she was a member of the freshman and JV teams and finished her remaining two years on varsity. While on the varsity team, she was a middle hitter. In her senior year the team posted many school records including a 35-4 overall record with the school’s first ever win over Mother McCauley to send them to the State Tournament. After high school she spent a short time assisting a Chicago land volleyball club, then continued her schooling at Triton College where she was an outside hitter for their team and helped them win the conference championship. For the next three summers, Tina coached at a local volleyball camp for 5-8th graders, and finished her organized VB career at St. Norbert College. During her time at St. Norbert she primarily played back row and enjoyed yet another conference championship. As an adult, Tina has continued to play in local volleyball leagues. This will be Tina's fifth season with Sunsetters VBC.

Bob started the Sunsetters Volleyball Club 19 years ago and has seen it grow from 1 team to 10+ teams. As our club director he is able to draw from his years of experience as an avid player along with his many years of experience coaching successful teams in almost every age level. He has seen many of his players go on to play at the college level and plans to help many more achieve their goal. Bob has the support of a strong coaching staff, many of whom have been with Sunsetters for 5+ years.

Marissa is entering into her 4rd season as a 16's coach at Sunsetters. Marissa was an outside hitter with Up and Over, Sports Performance and Sunsetters. After high school, she played for the College Of DuPage where she was received 1st and 2nd Team NJCAA All-American along with All-Conference. Marissa was assistant coach for Downers Grove North Varsity team in 2001 and Freshman coach in 2005 and 2006. Marissa is a graduate of UIC with a degree in Movement Science.

Jim is entering his 14^th year with Sunsetters. Throughout his career, he has coached in the 14,15,16 & under levels, as well as grade school age levels. For the past 5 years, Jim has coached the 14Black Team, and will continue to do so for the 2008/09 season. His 14 Black teams have consistently ranked in the Top 10 Great Lakes Region. In 2009, his 14 Black team qualified for the USA Volleyball Junior National Championship in Miami Beach; his 2008 his 14 Black team qualified for the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Nationals in Dallas and in 2001, his 14 Black team qualified for the USA Junior Olympic Volleyball Nationals in Salt Lake City. His 2003 team finished 5^th at the Junior Olympic Invitational in Phoenix. And in 2006, his 14 Black team took 3^rd place in the Great Lakes Power League. In addition, Jim has coached for 8 years at St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Downers Grove, bringing them 2 DPL Championships, and 2 CYO Championships, as well as being voted a CYO All-Star Coach.

Lisa is a graduate of Downers Grove North where she played volleyball all four years. She was also a student at George Williams College from 1983-1985 where she continued her volleyball career and is a graduate of Benedictine University. She has coached at Sunsetters since 1993 and has coached all levels from 14's to 18's. Her 1996 team qualified for Nationals in the 16 & under division. Lisa is also the head varsity coach at Rosary High School in Aurora, where she has coached since 1994. Prior to coaching the Varsity squad she coached the sophomore team for five years. Rosary has won four consecutive Regional Class AA titles including the Suburban Catholic Conference for the first time in school history and posted the schools best record of 32-5 overall. In the 2004 and 2005 high school seasons, Lisa was named as one of the top three coaches in the tri-city (Aurora, Batavia, Geneva) area by the Daily Herald.

This is Tricia's second season coaching for Sunsetters at the 15U age division. Prior to coaching at Sunsetters she coached club for 3 seasons at Illinois Juniors during college down at Illinois State University At ISU she majored in sports medicine and worked with the ISU volleyball team. Tricia played club volleyball for 5 years (13U-17U) and she played in high school at Spring Valley Hall (Varsity and Sophomore captain). When not coaching club volleyball, Tricia has coached at St. Pius the last 2 years (5th and 6th grade girls).

2009 Aurora Central Catholic Assistant Coach for Freshman, Sophomore and Varsity as well as the Setters Coach.

Lauren played for Sunsetters on their first 13 Black team. That team qualified for the 2002 Junior Olympic Invitational in Louisville, KY. She played on the 2003 team that finished 5th at the 2003 Junior Olympic Invitational in Phoenix and which was coached by Jim Leban. She continued to play for Sunsetters for a total of five years. For the 2007 season she was an assistant coach to the 13 Black team. In 2008, she coached the 13 White team and was an assistant coach for the freshman team at Rosary High School. Lauren also has been an assistant coach for a number of years in the DuPage Parochial League for St. Raphael. She played for Aurora University.