Metro American Volleyball

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Mike Petock has been with Metro American Volleyball Club since 2007. He has coached with our 17 Travel team and our 18 South team. Over the past 3 seasons Mike has taken over the role as the Southern Region Director.  We at MAVBC are very excited about the progress and success the Southern Region has shown in that time.

Outside of MAVBC, Mike has an impressive list of coaching and overall volleyball experience. Currently, he is a high school volleyball referee for the Quantico Volleyball Officials Association in Northern Virginia.  Mike successfully completed a 3-year run as the head coach of Episcopal High School in 2010. Prior to that, he was also an Assistant Coach at American University, a Head Coach with Clash Volleyball Club, and a Head Coach at Woodbridge Senior High School. In 2001/2002, Mike was also one of two head coaches for a DC Pro Women’s Volleyball Tour.

Mike began his volleyball career at Kenmore West Senior High School in New York. During that time, Mike was also an outside hitter for the Western NY high school All-Star team that competed and won the Empire State Games Gold Medal. He then went on to play for the University of Pittsburgh Men’s Volleyball team. He was a setter and an outside hitter for the team, of which he captained, that reached a National Top 20 Ranking.

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Ricky's coaching experience in volleyball includes two seasons with the Academy of the Holy Cross (2002-2004) as the head coach, where they were the semi finalist and finalist in 2004. He then started coaching with MAVBC in 2004 and is now in his 9th season. Last year, he coached our top 16s regional team (2010-2011). He has coached our top 13s regional team (2005-2006) and 15s regional team (2006-2009), where he has lead his teams to second place finishes in the Regionals and South Atlantic Championships. He also coached middle school with the Fairfax Police Youth Club in 2009.

His philosophy of coaching volleyball is to give his players the opportunity to be successful, provide players with a positive and challenge experience while playing volleyball and to help players maximize their potential.

He has completed numerous coaching courses over the years (Sports Performance Volleyball, GMU Winng Edge Volleyball). He is USAV IMPACT certified and USAV CAP I & II certified.

Ricky's volleyball career began in 1993 with the Tidewater Volleyball. He then went on to play for the Old Dominion University Men's Club Volleyball as a setter (1996-2000) where he was the team captain. At Old Dominion University, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science. He is an active competitive indoor volleyball player.

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Jerry is in his fifth year with Metro American VBC. He has been involved with volleyball for over 10 years and has a great passion for the sport. 

Jerry's goals are to help players improve their basic skills, challenge and promote sportsmanship, and develop self-confidence to play the next level.  

He started by playing volleyball during high school. While attending the University of Maryland, he was an assistant coach at Oxon Hill High School, who made the playoffs every year. He has been involved with the USAV adult club volleyball and has played with the famous "Wicked Carrots" team. Jerry is IMPACT and CAP I certified.

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Metro American Volleyball Club is excited to announce John Wilson as a new South Regional Coach.  John has coached for several different clubs over the years: Metro American, Franconia and NVVA.  He was the head JV coach at Robert E. Lee High School for one year and the head JV coach at Woodbridge High School for two years.  John also plays volleyball on leagues in the area.

John completed two tours in Germany where he accomplished 5 boarded tours.  He was present at the disabling of the Iron curtain and fought in Desert Storm Desert Shield.  John currently works for Lockheed Martin, where he never forgets who he’s working for.

Shantelle Campbell is in her third year with Metro American Volleyball.  She started at Metro as the assistant coach for 16 North and then served as the head coach for 12 South while also serving as the assistant coach for 16 South.

Shantelle began her volleyball career at Gwynn Park High School where she was 2^nd team All County and Female Athlete of the Year.  She also played club with Outsiders Club Volleyball and Metro American Volleyball Club. 

She then went on to play volleyball for Shepherd University where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation/Sports Management. Shanelle is currently work for SoBran inc.

Metro American Volleyball Club is excited to announce Ashlei Brathwaite as our new 15/16 Assistant Coach for our South region.

Ashlei began her volleyball career at Gwynn Park High School where she played three years, missing out on her sophomore year due to an injury.  She played intramural and club ball while attending Drexel University, until a car accident in 2007 ended her ability to play any further.  So in 2010, she decided to use her love of the game in a coaching capacity. After serving one year as JV head coach, she is now the Varsity Coach at Lackey High School.

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Bill Locke started coaching with Metro American Volleyball Club in 2005 and has coached 14, 15, and 16 South teams over the years.  Bill has many other coaching experiences.  He was the Head JV Coach and Assistant Varsity Coach with the Academy of the Holy Cross, the Assistant Varsity Coach with Montrose Christian Academy, and Assistant Varsity Coach and Assistant JV Coach with Holton-Arms School.  Bill was also a Middle School Head Coach at Holton-Arms.  He is also a certified volleyball official working high school games in DC and Maryland.

Bill attended the University of MD – College Park where he earned a BS in Accounting.

Currently, he is a Transportation Security Officer at Reagan National Airport.  Bill is married and has two girls. 

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This will be Nancy Nixon’s second year with Metro American Volleyball Club.  She began her coaching experience as an assistant coach with a BRYC League team in 2009.  Nancy coaches at our American University Camps and also at various clinics through MAVBC.  In addition, she recently received her CAP I coaching certification.  In addition to her coaching accomplishments, Nancy brings incredible leadership skills as she volunteers in a multitude of roles within her community.

Nancy began her volleyball career at Glenelg High School where she was selected to play for the first Juniors USVBA team in Columbia, MD. 

She then went on to play volleyball for American University, where she earned her B.S.B.A in International Business and Finance. 

Nancy has played USAV for 15 years and has played in countless volleyball leagues around the DC metro area where she has won multiple league championships.  

Nancy is married to Steve and has two girls, Sydney and Tessa.

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John Shultis has coached volleyball for the past fourteen years.  Hoping to get his daughters involved in this intriguing sport, he helped to start the Braddock Road Youth Club (BRYC) girls' house league in 1998 and began introducing elementary and middle school girls to volleyball.  He later coached at the Club level with Metro American, coaching a mix of 14s, 15s, and 16s teams for four years.  Last year, he returned to BRYC and helped the club develop a boys program so that his son could play the game.  While maintaining that BRYC affiliation and support for his son's efforts, John also hankers to coach the girls game, and especially to introduce the youngest players to the sport he loves.  So, hat in hand, he has come back to Metro in search of the Dream Team.

John has been a member of USA Volleyball's Chesapeake Region going on six years now, and has been a member of the American Volleyball Coaches' Association during that same period.  John is IMPACT and CAP I certified, and has taken the classes for CAP level II.  Further, he has completed levels 1 and 2 of the renowned Gold Medal Squared coaches clinics.  John also frequently assists Olympic Gold Medalist Pat Powers when Pat conducts clinics in the Northern Virginia area.

John's three daughters all played in the BRYC house league and in high school.  His younger two daughters played travel volleyball for Metro American, and now both play in college, one at Marymount University, the other at Howard University.  John is happily married and hopelessly in love with his lovely wife of 25+ years, Gretchen.

The Metro American Volleyball Club is excited to add Shaleyna Harper to our South Regional Coaching ranks for the 2012 season.  Shaleyna is also the assistant coach for the Woodbridge Senior High School freshman volleyball team.

Shaleyna began her volleyball career at Woodbridge Senior High School where she was a four year varsity player and captain during her junior and senior years.  She was awarded with Second Team All District her last three years of high school and Most Valuable Player her senior year.  Shaleyna played club volleyball for Clash Volleyball Club for 5 years and Metro Virginia for a year, until an unfortunate ACL injury ended her chances of playing any further in college.   

Shaleyna went on to attend Virginia Commonwealth University where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.   She currently works as a Registered Nurse at George Washington University Hospital in the Intensive Care Unit.