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Sunsetters Coach Profiles:
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Bob Finlayson:
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Bob started the Sunsetters Volleyball Club 15 years ago and has seen it grow from 1 team to 10+. As our club director he is able to draw from his years of experence as an avid player along with his many years of experience coaching sucessful 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.
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Bonnie (Bremner) Pettigrew
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Bonnie is a former Penn State 4 time All-American setter, USA National Team player and US Professional VB Chicago Thunder player. Bonnie has run over 50 camps in IL, MI, Or and AL and offers private lessons in all skills. This will be her second year overseeing the Setters Practices for our club. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the game to our club.
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Leah Smith:
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Leah played club volleyball for 6 years at Up and Over, Sports Performance and Sunsetters as a setter and right side. She is
currently an assistant coach at St. Joseph School in Downers Grove and plays in an adult volleyball league. This is Leah's first year coaching with Sunsetters having recently graduated from University of Iowa. She is very familiar with the Sunsetters organization and we look forward to bringing her on to our team.
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Jim LeBan:
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Jim has coached at Sunsetters for the past 9 years in the 14/15/16's
age group. Most recently he has coached the 14 Black team and will continue with the 2006 season. Jim also coached for 5 years at St. Joseph school in Downers Grove.
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Dan Crane
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Dan has been with Sunsetters for 2 years now. He started out an assistant coach for 14 White team in 2004 and took over the 16 White team for the 2005 season along with his sister, Krissy, who also played at the High School, Club and college level. He will be coaching the 16 White team once again for the 2006 season. Dan has an extensive, hands-on background in volleyball: 7 years USVBA - A, AA (USVBA Nationals All American 1996, 1997). 3 years College Mens Club- Illinois State University
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Lisa Kasper:
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I am a graduate of Downers Grove North where I played all four years. I played at George Williams College 1983-1985 and graduated from Benedictine University. I have coached at Sunsetters since 1993 and have coached all levels from 14's to 18's. My 16's team qualified for Nationals in 1996. I am also a coach at Rosary High School in Aurora, where I have coached since 1994. I coached sophomores until 1999. Since 1999, I have been the varsity coach. Rosary has won four consecutive Regional Class AA titles. Last season, Rosary won the Suburban Catholic
Conference for the first time ever and we posted a 32-5 record overall, the school's best. The past two high school seasons, I was named one of the top three coaches in the tri-city
(Aurora, Batavia, Geneva) area by the Daily Herald.
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Marissa Herald:
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Marissa Herald played outside hitter with Up and Over, Sports Performance and Sunsetters. After high school she played for COD and was named 1st Team NJCAA All American and 2nd Team AVCA All American, and All Conference. Marissa was assistant coach for Downers Grove North Varsity in 2001 and Freshman coach in 2005. She is currently a student at UIC pursuing a degree in Movement Sciences.
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Tina Fischer:
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Tina started playing VB 20 some years ago. As her VB career progressed into high-school she played on the freshman and JV teams and varsity team for the remaining two years. On the varsity team, she played middle and 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 state. After high school she spent a short time assisting a
Chicago land volleyball club team, then went to Triton College and was an outside hitter for a team that won the conference championship. For the next three summers she coached a volleyball camp for 5-8th graders, and finished her organized VB career at St. Norbert College where she primarily played back row on a team that also won the conference championship. As an adult, Tina has continued to play in local volleyball leagues. This will be Tina's third season with Sunsetters VBC where she coaches the 15 Black team.
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Brian Donda:
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Brian has been a 15/16 and under coach at Sunsetters for the past 3 seasons. He played 4 years at Downers Grove North High School and Sports Performance Volleyball Club, and continues to play league volleyball in spare time.
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Brian Johnstone:
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This is Brian's second season with Sunsetters. He was an assistant coach with Brian and Brian Donda last season. This year he will coach at the 15's level. He has been a coach for St. Alexander for the past 3 years and the volleyball coordinator for the last 2 years. He has also played in a volleyball league in past years.
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