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F.M. Josue
Josue’s passion for volleyball began in 1981 when Maurice Shimabuku introduced him to the dynamic sport. Upon his graduation in 1985, his career in coaching began at Hueneme High School where he served as both JV head coach as well as Varsity assistant coach under his mentor, Head Coach Shimabuku. One of the highlights at Hueneme was winning the state championship in 1986 against heavily favored Mira Costa. He also coached for Carpinteria High School for two seasons (‘88 & ‘89) as both their JV and Varsity coach. Josue’s volleyball club career started in 1989 when he coached for the Ojai Volleyball Club. He then coached for Channel Islands Volleyball Club for 17 years for both girls’ and boys’ teams. His career with California Heat began in 2008 with the 16’s “FIRE” team. Josue was the Ventura College women’s volleyball assistant coach from 1990 thru the 2007 season. Josue was also involved with the United States Youth Volleyball League where he served as Head Clinician for the 2007 Fall season. He also served as an assistant coach to the 2008 High Performance Youth Blue Team / So Cal Section. Josue has a Level 1 & 2 CAP (Coaching Accreditation Program) Certification and is also Impact Certified. Josue’s playing career started at Santa Barbara City College and continued into beach volleyball and grass volleyball where he was champion in both Men’s Open and Reverse Co-Ed Open divisions at the annual CBVA “California Cup”. Josue has been most fortunate to have had volleyball legends such as Sharon McAlexander and Miki McFadden as his mentors. He owes much of his volleyball knowledge and passion for the sport to both of these women and also to “Uncle Mo” Shimabuku. Josue is blissfully married to Sue and has 4 children, Emarson, Darin, Ryder & Mika.
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Kristin Paris
Kristin has been involved in volleyball for over ten years. Kristin began playing volleyball competitively in the eight grade, at the age of 13. She played for Channel Islands Volleyball Club for four years. Kristin attended Buena High School where she played volleyball all four years and also ran track. She received a variety of volleyball awards including: Defensive Specialist Award, Steppin It Up, Scholar Award, and Top Ad Sales. During High School she was a coach for Anacapa Middle School for the City of Ventura’s Middle School Volleyball Program. Since working for the City of Ventura, Kristin worked with all ages of children in numerous programs and activities the City of Ventura offered. Since playing volleyball in high school, Kristin has participated in grass tournaments and in the City of Ventura Corporate Games. In Corporate Games Indoor Volleyball her team brought home the Bronze medal and the Gold medal for Beach Volleyball.
Coaching Experience:
Santa Clara High School Frosh/Soph Coach & Varsity Assistant – Fall 2007
California Heat Volleyball Club – 16-Fierce Head Coach – Spring 2008
California Heat Volleyball Club – 18-1s Assistant Coach – Spring 2009
Newbury Park High School JV & Varsity Assistant Coach – Fall 2009
California Heat Volleyball Club – 18-1s Assistant Coach – Spring 2010
California Heat Volleyball Club – 16-1s Assistant Coach – Spring 2010
Newbury Park High School JV & Varsity Assistant Coach – Fall 2010
California Heat Volleyball Club – 18-1s Assistant Coach – Spring 2011
California Heat Volleyball Club – 15-1s Co-Coach – Spring 2011
Educational Experience:
Associates Degree in General Liberal Arts & Sciences – Ventura Community College
Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration - CSU Channel Islands
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) - California Lutheran University
She is currently working on her Masters of Sports Science in Sports Management with an emphasis in Sports Psychology
While going to school full-time and coaching, Kristin manages a defense law firm. She currently resides in Ventura, California and will be getting married in August 2011.
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Aaron Hedland
Aaron has been involved with volleyball for 11 years. He began playing at Colina Middle School in Thousand Oaks and continued at Westlake High School, where he received All-Marmonte League, All-Ventura County, and All-Area honors in 2004 as Opposite for Westlake High's first CIF-finalist team in program history. Aaron played 3 seasons of club for Santa Monica Beach Club, peeking with a 9th-place finish at Junior Nationals in 2004. Aaron went on to play at Moorpark College from 2005-2007, earning 2nd team All-Western State Conference both seasons, and then at University of California, San Diego from 2007-2009. After graduating from UCSD with bachelor's degrees in History and Anthropology, Aaron has since been passing on his volleyball experience with coaching throughout the country with various clubs and volleyball training programs. Aaron is currently serving as a volunteer Assistant Coach for the women's program at Moorpark College and as the Head Coach of the boys 17-1s team for Beachbones VBC. He also works as a personal trainer.
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
Coaching Experience
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Head Coach – Riptides San Diego 18s, SCVA Boys, 2009-2010
•Head Coach – Riptides San Diego 17s, SCVA Boys, 2008-2009
•Travel Coach - Gold Medal Squared Summer Camps, Girls 6th-12th grade
o2010: Texas, Michigan, Kansas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
o2009: Indiana, Alaska, South Dakota
o2008: Arizona, Florida, Nevada
•Head Volleyball Coach – Westlake Sports Camp, Co-ed 6th-8th grade, 2007 & ‘08
•Volunteer Assistant Coach – Moorpark College Women’s Volleyball, 2006
Playing Experience
•Westlake High School – 2000-2004
oStarting Opposite for nationally-ranked 2004 CIF Finalists
oReceived All-League, All-Ventura County, All-Area honors
•Santa Monica Beach Club – 2001-2004
oQualified for Junior Olympics Open Division all 3 years, finishing 9th in 2004
•Moorpark College – 2005-2007
o2 year starter, 2007 Captain
oTwice received 2nd team All-Western State Conference
•University of California, San Diego – 2007-2009
oPlayed Outside Hitter, Opposite, and Serving Specialist
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Lindsey Terry
Lindsey Terry was born and raised in Ventura, California. An alumn of Buena High School, by her sophomore year, she was a starter on both Buena high school’s basketball and volleyball teams. She played her first year of club with Calabasas Renegades 16-1’s team, but moved up to their 18-1’s team to play in all of the major tournaments toward the end of the season. Ultimately Lindsey was a part of the team Renegades 18-1 team that came in 5th place at the Junior National tournament in New Orleans, LA. For her junior year at Buena, Lindsey chose to play for the #1 ranked volleyball club team in the nation for 2000, Asics Nova out of Long Beach, California. During her year with Asics Nova volleyball club, her team won the Las Vegas invitational tournament, came in second at the Crossroads Invitational tournament in Denver, Colorado, and among other tournament wins, received the Bronze Medal at the Junior National tournament in Louisville, KY. During the summer between her junior and senior year, Lindsey and her partner were California Open Grass Tournament Champions. Lindsey’s senior year was filled with many accomplishments at Buena such as volleyball CIF semi-finals, and homecoming princess, along being recruited by numerous colleges throughout the country for both basketball and volleyball. She chose to play for SportsShack Volleyball club in Los Angles, CA. Again, her team came in first at the Las Vegas Invitational tournament, and also came in third place at the Davis Volleyball Festival, the largest volleyball tournament in the Western Hemisphere, at the time. She chose to accept a full volleyball scholarship to California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo.
Lindsey was a starting middle blocker in her first season at Cal Poly, and helped her team advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time in two years. The Big West Conference voted her onto an All-Conference team that season also. Unfortunately, due to an injury, Lindsey was unable to compete the following years. This blessing in disguise helped her to accumulate valuable amount of experience as a volleyball coach. She was invited to assistant coach the Cal Poly’s Division I volleyball team for three years, Coaching under former Coach of the Year, Jon Stevenson. Lindsey also accepted a position as head coach Cal Poly’s college club volleyball team. She also coached multiple middle school volleyball teams while earning her degree in San Luis Obispo, and assisted in numerous volleyball clinics put on by Cal Poly throughout northern California. After finishing her bachelors degree in Kinesiology (similar to sports medicine) with a minor in psychology, she furthered her education and received a Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership and Administration.
Lindsey currently is a middle school teacher, middle school ASB advisor, high school varsity volleyball coach, and middle school/high school girls athletic director for Cornerstone Christian School in Camarillo, CA.
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Matt Dawson
Playing Career:
[2002-2005] ACHS (OH, Opp, DS)
[2003-2005] Shoten Volleyball Club (L)
[2009-present] Cal State Channel Islands Men’s Club (L, OH)
-Played mostly under Rob Vandermay, Ernest Rittenhouse, and Dan Ventura
-1st team all league as team captain
-CIF semifinalist in schools second best finish ever
-4 time recipient of CIF Character Is First award
-Scholar Athlete
-Member of CIF Academic Championship team
Coaching Career:
[2008] ACHS girls F/S head coach
[2009] ACHS boys F/S head coach
[2009] ACHS girls JV head coach
[2010] ACHS girls JV head coach
-In 4 seasons, combined record of 62-9 overall, 39-1 in league, with 2 tournament wins
[2008] Cal Heat 15-1 co-coach
[2009] Cal Heat 16-2 head coach
[2010] Cal Heat 16-1 head coach (current)
Matt is entering his third season with Cal Heat VBC. He is IMPACT certified and considers himself a positive coach, emphasizing defensive skills. He currently plays for the Mens' Volleyball Club team at Cal State Channel Islands, where he is finishing a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. He plans to continue at CSUCI with hopes of obtaining a master’s degree in math. His hobbies include music, video games, and food.
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Steve Yoshimoto
Steve was introduced to volleyball in 1984 while attending Pepperdine University, Malibu. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business. He is currently the assistant girls volleyball coach and assistant boys volleyball coach at Camarillo High School under the guidance of Coach Rob Vandermay. In his first season coaching at Camarillo High School, his Frosh/Soph Boys team won the Pacific View League Title. He has developed a strong passion for coaching indoor volleyball. Steve has a long time passion for beach volleyball. He played many years in the CBVA (California Beach Volleyball Association) tournaments. He is very excited about his first season with the California Heat VBC.
Steve resides at Silver Strand Beach in Oxnard. He is married to Dora, and has four children, Kenna, Evan, Owen, and Matt. Evan and Owen play on the Camarillo High School Boys team. He works as Realtor for Beach View Real Estate, specializing in the beach areas of Silver Strand, Hollywood Beach and Oxnard shores. When not coaching, Steve enjoys surfing, beach volleyball and spending time with his family.
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Jessica Mitchell
Jessica played her prep volleyball at Foothill High School in Henderson, Nevada as a four year varsity starter and captain. She won numerous awards during her high school career including: 2 time MVP, 1st team all-state her senior year, 2nd team all-state her junior year.
She began playing club at the age of 13 at AVVC and continued playing at Las Vegas Volleyball club throughout High School.
Jessica went on to play Collegiately at Moorpark College in 2006 as an opposite and setter.
She has been coaching at the club level for years. She has coached for Classic Volleyball Club working with girls at the 14s and 15s level as has also coached at Achieve Volleyball club working with girls 15s and 17s.
In 2009 She was the Frosh/Soph Coach for Simi Valley High School.
Although this is her first year coaching at Cal Heat she is excited to be here and cannot wait to begin leading her 17-1’s and 15-3’s teams to a successful season this year.
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Kassie Phillis
Kassie began her volleyball career in 9th grade playing for Moorpark High School. During her four years at Moorpark, she played two years as the starting Varsity middle blocker. She then continued her volleyball career by being the starting outside hitter for Moorpark College. It was at that point she began to assistant coach for Pacific Volleyball's 17 and under club team. After two years playing for Moorpark College and coaching at Pacific, Kassie transferred to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to continue her academic career. She played intramural volleyball while at Cal Poly and her team won the championship her senior year of college.
Kassie graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in March 2009 with a B.S. in mathematics. She then attended the teaching preparation program at Californian Lutheran University and graduated with her single subject teaching credential in mathematics in June 2010. This past season, Kassie was the Frosh/Soph coach at Moorpark High School. She is currently a math instructor at Newbury Park High School. She is looking forward to an amazing season of Club Volleyball.
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Alexis Manquen
Alexis starting playing volleyball at 4 years old at her families ranch where they played on a dirt court every weekend. She played on her middle school team and was introduced to club volleyball. She played at Newbury Park High School, and club Volleyball. Alexis was an assistant coach at Newbury Park High School. Alexis has coached for California Heat since thier first Season. She was the head coach for the 13's team the first year, and has assisted on the 18's and 15's teams since then. Alexis also is a Hair Stylist in Thousand Oaks at Hair Impressions.
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Erika Smith
Rachel Smith
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Jon Ballard
COACHING PHILOSOPHY
Teaching the game through setting goals, rising to challenges, learning skills, discipline and respecting others in the love of the game
COACHING EXPERIENCE
•Westlake High School-2004 Girls Frosh-Soph Coach
•Camarillo High School-2008 Girls JV asst. Coach
•Camarillo High School 2009-Present Boys JV Coach
•Camarillo High School 2009-Present Girls Frosh-Soph Coach
•Conejo Crush Club 2010-2011 16-2 team Coach
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Camarillo High School1998-2002
Varsity-two years 2001-2002 PVL League Champions
First team-All League
CO-MVP-JV San Marcos Tournament
Club Experience1999-2002
•Beulah
•Offshore
•Junior Olympics in 2001
Moorpark College2003
Men’s Semi-Finalist Team member
