KCVA - Kroc Center Volleyball Academy

2nd place finish today for our 17 Black team . Way to kick off the season. Good job!

KCVA - Kroc Center Volleyball Academy updated their phone number.

KCVA - Kroc Center Volleyball Academy updated their phone number.

Water on 3!

First official practice for our 12 Red team and they came ready to work with smiles on their faces! KCVA 12 Red.

Missed tryouts? We have 2 spots available on our 12U teams and a few spots available on our 14U teams.

Our player registration will be paperless again this year. You can register for tryouts using the following link. All required paperwork can be found on the AZ Region website.

https://form.jotform.com/213046454670150

Coach Alan Rascon has been with KCVA since 2016. Has been coaching volleyball for the past 8 years.

Coached at NFL YET College Prep for 6 years where he was named the 1A South Coach of the Year in 2018. Had back to back to back region championships and 4 state tournament appearances 2 of the which ended in a semi final run.

Currently coaching at Glenview College Prep High School and is excited to start building the volleyball program on campus for both Men and Women.

In addition to coaching, Alan loves to spend time with his 2 year old baby girl Alanis and wife, playing competitive volleyball with friends and doing tons of DIYs.

KCVA Coaching Spotlight:

Doug Kiefer,
Hometown, Chester, Iowa

Played some HS football, basketball & baseball. As a HS sophomore in 1977, I organized a 3 class + faculty VB tourney. My soph team won.😃

Played mens collegiate club at Iowa State, Arizona State & Baylor.

HS Coach for 21 years in AZ, 11 state tourney appearances, 2 Region titles, Coach of Year 2006 at Sandra Day O'Connor. Coached 45 All-Region, 5 All-State players.

Club coach 20+ years with 2 Regional Finalists; 1 Nationals Runnerup, a 3rd place and a Silver Division Championship.

Has coached and help nearly 70 players earn college scholarships to NCAA Div I & II, NAIA & NJCAA Institutions.

Women's & Men's College VB Official since 1994.

KCVA would like to welcome Alumni Tyasia McGruder to our coaching staff.

Tyasia was a part of the 2017 KCVA National team. She also was a part of several other club teams that qualified for the USAVB Jr National in 2014, 2015, and 2018.

Tyasia attended Sunnyslope High School and was a part of the 2018 State Champion team and the 2017 State Runner Up team. Tyasia was also named to the All- Region and All-Conference team.

Tyasia attends Henderson State where she is a senior on their volleyball team. In 2018 her team was the Conference runner ups.

Tyasia will be graduating in December. She is majoring in Psychology with a double minor in criminal justice and sociology.

Welcome back to the KCVA family Tyasia!

Meet our Club Director:

Coach September Lopez has been with KCVA since it’s 1st season in 2014, she is entering her 6th season as Club Director. In 2017 she coached the KCVA 18 National team that earned an American bid at the USAVB Jr. Nationals.

She has been a volleyball coach for the past 16 years at both the High School and Club level. September started off as a volunteer club coach to give back and provide an opportunity for girls in the South Phoenix community.

In 2010 she won the CAA High school State Championship at NFL Y.E.T. Academy. She is currently the Head Coach at St. Mary’s HS and was named the 4A Skyline Region Coach of the year in 2019.

Besides coaching volleyball September enjoys spending time with her husband ,3 boys, watching sports, and exploring AZ.

Coaching Spotlight:

Coach Destiny Ramirez has been coaching club volleyball for 5 years and is in her second year with St. Mary’s.

Destiny played indoor and sand volleyball for Benedictine University. She ended her volleyball career as beach caption and played in the California Pacific Conference Championship. Destiny is also KCVA alumni.

She recently graduated with her Bachelors in Criminal Justice and a minor in Political Science. Destiny plans on getting her masters and growing more as a coach.

Coach Cindy Kirk is a native of Arizona. She grew up in Scottsdale and attended Phoenix College. She then graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a BA in Biblical Theology. She returned home to Arizona and graduated from Arizona State University and graduated with a BA in Secondary Education.

She has taught for 36 years and has coached volleyball for all those 36 years. She has coached club volleyball for 23 years. During her career as a teacher, she graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity.

She started coaching at the Kroc Center in 2016 and absolutely loves it. Coach Kirk has a desire to mentor others in the coaching world while teaching and coaching young athletes.

Her life goal is to live by the following quote:
“It is better to be kind than right.
It is better to be authentic and get it right.”
Kirk

Coach Marcus is a Maryland native "Go Ravens" went to school in Ohio Central State to play football. Moved to Arizona in 1994. In 1996 became a personal trainer training multiple high level athletes. Coach Marcus has been married for 15 years and has 3 children 2 that have played volleyball at the Kroc and now one plays at the collegiate level.

Coach Marcus started volunteer coaching as a strength and conditioning coach. After 2 years joined the coaching staff as a 14N assistant coach.

We would like to welcome coach James “Jimmy” White to our coaching staff.

This will be Jimmy’s first year with the club. Jimmy has coached with Club One AZ since 2013, and his 17 Platinum squad in 2014-15 was COV’s first 17’s team to earn a bid to the USAV Girls Junior National Championships.

Jimmy joined the COV staff after moving to Arizona from Illinois, where he attended Southern Illinois University and earned a M.S. in Sports Administration. While in Illinois, he built up a notable foundation in volleyball coaching:
-student assistant for the SIU volleyball team from 2007-2011
-head coach for several age groups with Southern Illinois Select Volleyball Club from 2008-2013
-JV head coach/varsity assistant at Murphysboro High School
-assistant coach at John A. Logan College from 2011 until his move to AZ

At SIU, Jimmy was an assistant for the women’s program, coached and played on the men’s team, and coached a girls’ club team, all concurrently - a testament to his love of the game!

Jimmy is married and has two twin daughters.

We are excited to have you.

After a very short retirement 😂…
KCVA would like to welcome back Coach Harold.

Coach Harold is a Texas Native “Go Cowboys!”. He moved to Arizona to play collegiate football at Arizona State University. He also served in the United States Marine Corps. Harold has been married for 25 years, and has three daughters that all play volleyball, two of them are currently playing at the collegiate level.

Coach Harold started coaching volleyball by volunteering to help one of his daughter’s teams. He was a part of the coaching staff for the KCVA 18U team that went to the USAVB National Championships. Being a parent of the sport he started to learn about the recruiting process, and played a major role in getting both of his daughters recruited.

He has been coaching for 8 years at both the club and HS level.

We are excited to have you back.

KCVA - Kroc Center Volleyball Academy updated their website address.

KCVA - Kroc Center Volleyball Academy updated their website address.

KCVA would like to welcome Coach Eric Hodgson to our coaching staff. Players and coaches are in for a treat with this one. Eric has been coaching volleyball for over 25 years. He has worked with the AZ Region for the past 25 years and is currently the Director of Outreach. He has his CAP III certification and is a USAVB Education Cadre. He has ran coaching clinics abroad for FIVB and US sports. This year for KCVA he will focus on our coaching development as well as coaching our 12U team. Welcome Eric we are excited to have you!

Club Season is almost here!

Club Season is almost here!

Check Out Leilani’s interview... link in post below! ❤️🏐🖤

Congrats to Leilani for signing onto the South Mountain College Volleyball Program! You have been a dominant player at KCVA and we will miss you! Best of luck in your collegiate career!⁠
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xben80jt0&feature=youtu.be⁠
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Signing Day... Congrats to KCVA 18 Black player Leilani Clark who will continue her volleyball career at South Mountain CC next year.

KCVA 18 Black had fun night of scrimmaging with Next Lvl Vball club! Thank you guys for coming out.

1st place finish today for our 14 Black team! Good job team. ❤️🤍🏐

Congrats to our 16 Black team, 1st place finish in Championship #2 today. Great Job Team!

Congratulations to KCVA 18N player Cassidy Clifford for officially committing to Providence Christian College (CA)

It’s going to be cold this weekend for Open #2...good thing our 17 Black team made these warm and comfy blankets during their team bonding activity!

“If you can be great teammates, you have a chance to be a great team.” -Diana Taurasi

TOMORROW our 17 Black team will have a fundraiser at Chipotle on Central and Camelback from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. This is one of our regional teams that is fundraising to pay for a traveling tournament. Please share this post and stop by to help them out.