Sunshine Volleyball Club

Cari Klein is the Club Director for Sunshine Volleyball.  Cari graduated from Irvine High School where she played on Irvine’s State Championship volleyball team and was awarded California’s Most Valuable Player in 1988.  She went on to play at Pepperdine University.  She started Sunshine Volleyball Club in the Fall of 1998. The club has grown now to over 20 plus teams. Sunshine Volleyball has had over 100 bids to Junior Nationals and 18 top 5 finishes at Junior Nationals. Cari is also the Varsity Coach at Marymount where she has won numerous coaching awards, six State Championships, seven Southern CA Titles, and eight CIF Southern sections Titles.

• Cal State Long Beach Graduate '73 and Masters in Education '75
• Member of Championship volleyball team in '73 (first undefeated season ) and runner up in '72
• Member of 3rd place basketball team '72
• Hall of Fame for CSULB and El Camino College
• Member of Championship women's and coed volleyball team at El Camino and participated on basketball team
• High School volleyball Championship in '69 (most memorable championship)
• Member of the US World University Games volleyball team competed in Russia '73
• Member of the coaching staff for the US World University Games team participated in Bulgaria '77
• Club Volleyball (USVBA) 5 time all American and won the Nationals
• Coached men's and women's volleyball at Golden West College for 17 years also won the championship and later became the Athletic Director
• 10 years had a volleyball club in the South Bay then united with Sunshine
• 7th season with Sunshine: I love to be around people who LOVE volleyball and will make a difference in someone's life on and off the court.

• B.A. in journalism-  University of Oregon
• J.D. Law-  U.C.L.A
• Certified High School Coach and Certified Personal Trainer
• Coached Marymount H. S.  Frosh-Soph Volleyball team in 2009
• Coached Pony League baseball, Pop Warner Football and wrestling
• Coached 13-Elites last year to 3rd place finish in Colorado Qualifier
• Nothing would make me feel better than seeing Sunshine girls get stronger, faster and more agile.  We have an amazing bunch of girls and I love it when they achieve their goals through hard work.  I have T-shirts from so many colleges given to me by Sunshine girls that I need a bigger closet.  Go Sunshine

• Tuan's background in volleyball was limited due to the fact that his high school did not have a boys' team. Instead, he wrestled in high school and was captain of the team for 2 years, he qualified for CIF, was League Champion twice and placed 6th in CIF his senior year.
• Whenever he wasn't wrestling, he was helping the Girls Volleyball Team as a manager and eventually assistant coach.
• He graduated from UCLA with a double major in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.
• With a desire to play volleyball at the college level, he attended Santa Monica College for one year and played on the Men's Volleyball Team.
• Sunshine coach for 9 years
• Marymount coach for 9 years
• Won 2 State and 3 CIF championships as the Varsity assistant coach at Marymount
• Won Bronze and Silver medal at Jo's coaching with Sunshine

• 4 year Varsity volleyball athlete at Santa Monica High School
• Senior Year CIF Div. 3 Champion. Named MVP of CIF
• UCLA 2007-2011, Molecular Cell Developmental Biology major
• UCLA Men's Volleyball walk on at right side 2007-2008, 2011
• UCLA Women's Volleyball statistician/team manager 2007-2011
• 6th year coaching at Sunshine. I have coached all ages from 13’s-18’s, but now I focus primarily on 17-18’s age groups.
• Currently working full time at Molina Healthcare as a IT System Administrator
• Volleyball has always been a huge passion of mine and the sport has taught me many lessons on and off the court. This is something I strive to teach all players I coach.

 Favorite Quote:

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.”  -Vince Lombardi

• West Virginia University Rookie of the year 2007
• 3 Time WVU athlete of the month
• Top 3 in Big East Conference for total digs 2007-2010
• 2008-10 WVU Classic MVP
• 2009 Iron Mountaineer Award winner for excellence in the weight room between all WVU sports
• Broke WVU's Most Career Digs record in 2010 
• Set WVU's Most Career Digs Record in 2010 with 1,945 digs
• Started and played every set of every match during career, totaling 439 sets
• 2010 Summer Special Olympics coach
• 3rd year of coaching 13s, 14s, 15s, and 16s. 
• First year coaching for Sunshine VBC
• "The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender" -Vince Lombardi

• Recruited to UCLA as both a Setter and Libero
• 6th year coaching for Sunshine; has previously coached the 18's(3x), 17's(1x), 15's(1x), and 14's(4x) age groups
• Coaches the high school programs at both Palos Verdes HS and Windward HS. Previously coached seasons at Wildwood High School; Hamilton HS, and Notre Dame Academy; all of which had record seasons during his time there.
• Lettered 3 years in HS Volleyball at Camarillo HS, leading his team to its first undefeated season in school history while breaking 9 divisional, school, and county records in a single season. 1st Team All-CIF, 1st Team All-County, League MVP.
• Best Sunshine Moment:  Winning 7 of 8 regular season tournaments at the 14's level; setting a Sunshine record for most consecutive 1st place finishes (6).
• Loves playing and coaching volleyball and can't wait to pass on the appreciation and skill sets  of the sport to another generation of players
• Has worked with USA Volleyball High Performance camps as well as numerous local collegiate camps/programs. 

• Numerous all tournament player, MVP, and league MVP awards recipient.
• 2 city championship titles- Chatsworth High, 2004-2005
• Selected for JA2 Olympic training camp 2006
• All American, National freshman of the year Cal State Univ Northridge 07-08
• USA men's Olympic player/trainee 09- present, including multiple exhibition matches and international tournaments.
• Selected for 2011 Pan American games- Guadalajara Mexico.
• Coach of both women's and men's high school volleyball teams 2010- present.
• I am very excited to be apart of Sunshine Volleyball and to have the opportunity to help these players reach their full potential. I can't wait to get into the gym and have fun winning!
•  "The power that is available to me, needs to become mine." - my self motivator.

This will be Brennan's  fifth year coaching at Sunshine

• Played professionally in Almeria, Spain for Unicaja Almeria in 2005-2006
• Started on UCLA's 2005 NCAA Runner-up team. Three year letterman playing opposite at UCLA
• Played one year on the Varsity team at Punahou high school, where he graduated in 2000, and played club volleyball with Outrigger Canoe Club
• Outside of volleyball, he is currently living & working in Newport Beach as a Sr. Pricing Analyst for Statestreet IMS

• •All American at the University of Texas
• •2nd place finish in NCAA finals in 1998
• •AVP player for the last 10 years
• •Ranked in the top 10 for the last 6 years
• •Coached with Sunshine the last 6 years

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• 10^th year coaching fur Sunshine Volleyball Club
• MA Clinical Psychology
• BA UCLA- Sociology 2005
• Certified Sports Psychologist/ Marriage and Family Therapist
• 2- Time Junior Olympic Medaling Coach
• o   Bronze ‘06
• o   Silver ‘05
• Former Marymount High School Freshman Coach
• Former St. Monica’s Catholic High School Varsity Coach
• Lettered 4 years in HS Volleyball/Basketball at Quartz Hill High School in Quartz Hill, CA.  1^st Team All-CIF Volleyball and Basketball.
• Favorite Part of Coaching: Watching my players grow up from age 11 to graduating college, and still having that shared bond of teamwork, successes and failures.  I have grown up within this club as well! And of course- all the winning we do here at Sunshine!

• • 2010-Present  Private volleyball coaching of both amateur & professional players.
• Indoor & Beach.
• • 2011-Present  Marymount High School
• Head Coach - Freshman - Undefeated 2011 & Varsity Assistant Coach - CIF-
• SS Champions 2011
• • 2010-Present  Club Boys Volleyball - Manhattan Beach Surf
• 16’s: Holiday Classic Champions 2011 & 14’s
• • 2010-2012  Loyola High School
• Roving Assistant Coach -  Varsity / JV / Frosh-Soph
• • 1997-1999 Asst. Head Coach - Golden West College: State Champions 1998
• • 1990-1993 Asst. Varsity Head Coach & JV Head Coach - Newport Harbor High
• School: 3 JV League Championships & CIF Finalist 1991
• • 1986-1988 Asst. Head Coach - Golden West College
• • Volleyball Summer Camp Coach
• 2012 Stanford. 2010-2011 Rick McLaughlin UCSB. 1984-1988 Al Scates
• UCLA.

• Loyola Marymount outside Hitter (2008-2012)
• UK Invitational- All Tournament Team (2011)
• Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State Team (2007-2008)
• Sequin High School Varsity Volleyball- Captain and MVP (2006-2008)
• Previous Coaching Experience- LMU volleyball camps (2008-2012), Austin Juniors Volleyball Club (2011)
• First year at Sunshine!! I am so excited to coach the 16s, I can't wait to get in the gym, work hard, and watch each player reach their full potential! 
• "There's no "I" in TEAM"

• Shari has played and coached volleyball for the past 20 years.
• Played at Pierce College from ‘90-91
• Became assistant coach for the Women’s Pierce volleyball team in ‘92.
• Coached for volleyball clubs located in the San Fernando Valley, as well as in Ventura County ranging from 12’s, 14’s, 16’s, and 18’s age divisions. This will be her 3rd season at Sunshine Volleyball Club.
• For 12 years, Shari coached for both the girl’s and boy’s volleyball program at Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood. She currently heads up the volleyball program at Marlborough School in Los Angeles.
• Along with volleyball, Shari is also a teacher who works with kids with special needs. She graduated from California State University Northridge receiving a degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Science as well as teaching credentials in both PE and Adapted PE.
• Besides spending time with family, Shari enjoys seeing all kids succeed.

• Matt has been playing volleyball for 6 years, 3 years at a collegiate level
• Has coached high school volleyball over a span of 5 years at Simi Valley, Marlborough School and Harvard Westlake
• Along with coaching volleyball, Matt has been the strength and conditioning coach for Irvine Valley College men's volleyball team
• Matt graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis on Exercise Science
• Matt is also a certified personal trainer and a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
• Along with coaching volleyball, Matt owns and operates his own personal training company

• Played 3 years at UCLA
• Graduated with a Political Science Degree
• Went to La Costa Canyon and was a 2 time high school All-American
• Received a AAA rating from CBVA last year
• 2nd year as a Sunshine Coach
• Coached Wave Volleyball Club for 2 years

• Indiana University, 1992
• 4 year starter.  Played OH, MB and OPP. Still ranks among top 10 in career digs and top 15 in blocks
• AVP Top 10 player.  Highlights include: 2nd Place Manhattan Open,  2nd Place Hermosa Open, 2nd place Ft. Lauderdale, 2nd Place Tempe, 2nd Place San Diego, Most Improved Player Award
• Alternate for 2004 Olympic Beach Volleyball Team.  FIVB Highlights: Bronze Medal Fortaleza Open, Bronze Medal Milan Open, 4th Place Marsielle Grand Slam
• Mira Costa High School Girls Varsity.  CIF, State and National Champions 2007, CIF 2nd Place 2008
• I'm very excited to join the Sunshine program and looking forward to a successful season!
• Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time.

• Starting MB/OPP for New York University (1999-2002)
• All-American
• First Team All-EIVA (1999-2002)
• Team MVP (1999,2001)
• Coached Collegiately 9 years (NYU, Tennessee, Cal State Fullerton,
• University of Maryland)
• Coached Impact Volleyball Club for 3 years
• 1st year at Sunshine

• Aaron started his coaching career while attending & playing for the
• UCLA Bruins. There he proudly played for legendary coach Al Scates andin the summer coached kids attending the UCLA summer volleyball camp.
• After graduating, (’06) Aaron coached for Palisades VBC (14 2s) and Palisades High School, where he was head coach of the JV boys team(’07-08), and also assisted Chris Forrest with the Varsity team, who went on to win the city title. He then coached the 16-1s for the Sinjin Smith Volleyball Academy, taking his team from division 5 to division 1 and finishing 22nd overall (’08-09). Aaron is also a beach player with AVP experience, and is very passionate for the beach game.
• He now coaches privateclients on both the hard court and the sand, and is excited about coaching for Sunshine VBC. 

• Mike enters his second year with Sunshine and 9^th year of coaching girls volleyball
• He currently serves as second assistant at Cal State Fullerton helping with defense, passing, offensive systems, and recruiting.
• Coached at Golden Bear Volleyball Club for 7 years (ages 15-18) helping 10 different teams qualify for Junior Olympics
• Six top ten finishes, three in open
• 17 American Bronze medal, 18 National Silver medal
• 1^st Place Finish NCVA 18’s Div. Power League 2008
• Coached first-team All-American outside hitter Tarah Murrey
• Head Coach, Bishop O’Dowd High School 2008-2011
• Contra Costa Times East Bay Coach of the Year 2009-10
• CIF Norcal Runner-Up 2010
• Three consecutive undefeated seasons in Hayward Area Athletic League
• Three consecutive North Coast Section and HAAL titles
• Head Assistant Coach, Campolindo High School 2005-07
• CIF DIII State Champions 2006
• CIF DIII Norcal Champions 2006, Runner-Up 2005
• USA Volleyball Girls’ High Performance Program 2005-present
• Girls’ Youth National Team Technical Trainer 2010
• Girls’ Future Select A1 Head Coach 2012
• Girls’ Select A1/A2 Assistant Coach 2012
• Girls’ Youth A2 Assistant Coach 2009-11
• Youth Holiday Camp Assistant Coach 2006-07
• Lead Tryout Coach
• Director and lead camp coach, Mike Gee’s Volleyball Camp, august 2008-2010
• Guest Coach, Florida Volleyball Camps, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, July 2009
• Guest Coach, Mick Haley’s USC Girls Volleyball Camp, July 2007 and 2008
• Guest Coach, Cal Volleyball Camp, University of California at Berkeley, July 2007
• Beginner/Intermediate Gymnastics Coach, Golden Bear Elite Training Academy, 1998-99
• 3-year starter at Miramonte High School, NCS Champions in 2003
  
• Prior to volleyball, Mike competed in gymnastics for nine years at the regional, state, and national levels. He also played four years of basketball.

• Played varsity volleyball at Rosary High School from 2005-2009
• Played on the UCSB Women's Volleyball team from 2009-2010
• Played on the UCLA Women's Volleyball team from 2010-2011
• Third year coaching with Sunshine
• "Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be" - John Wooden

• Current Professional Beach Player
• Plaque on the Manhattan Beach Pier from winning the acclaimed Manhattan Beach Open
• Played Professionally indoors in Switzerland
• Attended Oregon State University, an all around player all four years.  Earned PAC-10 Honors and broke school kill records.
• Been coaching since 2005 both on the beach and indoors (group class and private lessons)  
• Very excited to be joining the Sunshine team, continuing the growth of volleyball and sharing my passion for the game.

• Played for Sunshine for 9 yrs. beginning in 4th grade. 
• Captain for Lighthouse Christian Academy earning Player of the Year 2005-2006 and All-CIF all four years
• Played two years for Cal State Fullerton (Big West Student Athlete Award)
• 3rd year coaching Sunshine, 6th year as a club coach
• "Take the risk to grow."

• High School:  Nikki attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Palos Verdes, Calif. ... was a two-time MVP for the Panthers ... named All-Area and All-Bay League as a junior and senior ... competed for the Mizuno Long Beach club program during her junior year of high school ... her U-17 Mizuno team earned the bronze medal in the 17 Open division at the 2004 JO's. 
• College: Nikki got a full scholarship to The University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA and appeared in 38 games as a serving specialist and backup setter. After one year at Pacific, Nikki transfered to UCLA and completed two years as back up setter to Nellie Spicer. 
• Coaching: This will be Nikki’s 5^th year coaching at Sunshine.(12-3 Crimson in 2007,  12-1 team in 2008, 13-1 team in 2009, and coached the 13-1 & 17-2 teams in 2010) Nikki also coached the Freshman team at Marymount High School in Los Angeles, CA in 2009. She has been a coach/Camp Couselor at the UCLA volleyball camps for 5 years.  Nikki volunteer coached at the George Washington University for their 2009 season and coached the 18-1’s team for NVVA in Virginia. Last year, Nikki coached at Laguna Beach Volleyball Club (15-2) and is excited to be back with Sunshine!!!!

• 4 year Varsity Volleyball player at Cathedral Catholic High School
• UCLA student from 2009-Present, 4^th year Sociology Major
• UCLA Men’s Volleyball walk-on Libero in 2009
• UCLA Men’s and Women’s Radio Broadcaster from 2009 season til Present
• 1^st year coach at Sunshine
• Coached at WAVE Volleyball Club for 5 years

• 2008-2011 Coached Gene's Team 15's. 2011 Gold division So Cal. 2009 15's third place at Soiree. 14's First place at Soiree.
• 2004-2007 Coached Reef's 18's and 15's. 
• 2003-2006 Coached Spectrum's boy's 16's. Made Gold division playoffs every year.
• 2001-2003 Coached Zuma Bay 15's.

• Played 8 years of sunshine volleyball ('00-'08)
• Played 6 years at Marlborough ('02-'04)
• Played four years at Brown ('08-'11) as a setter/libero
• Captain Brown volleyball
• Coached Sunshine firecrackers ('05)
• Coached Sunshine clinic ('07 and '08)
• Coached RI blast 12s ('10 and '11)
• Coaching Marlborough 8th grade and varsity (2012)

• Played four years as OH at Santa Monica High School, '02-'06
• Two time team MVP, coach's choice top senior athlete '06
• Played three years club team at San Diego State University, '06-'09
• B.A. Humanities, SDSU
• Coached sixth grade girls team, Wildwood School
• Taught private volleyball classes for Master Your Sports
• 1st year coaching for Sunshine..can't wait to hit the ground running!

• Outside hitter for Connecticut College (‘08-’11)
• Majored in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science
• Three-time Conference 1^st Team and Division III All-American (’09-’11)
• Played at Marymount High School
• 2^nd season coaching for Sunshine
• Current Marymount Freshman Coach

• Riptides Volleyball Club, owner/director/coach, established in 1999 – current.
• Riptides Volleyball Club has achieved tremendous success over past 12 years, winning countless titles both regionally and nationally. 
• West Torrance High School, girls junior varsity and boys frosh/soph volleyball head coach, 8 years – current.
• Adams Middle School, girls and boys varsity volleyball coach, 4 years – current.
• Prime Athletes, private volleyball trainer and team plyometric trainer.
• USA Volleyball Junior Beach Program, Tournament Coordinator, 2 years.
• Manhattan Beach Park and Rec adult beach volleyball instructor, 2 years.
• Redondo Union High School, girls frosh/soph head coach and varsity assistant volleyball coach, 5 years.
• After leaving Long Beach State, I worked in the aerospace industry for 10 years and owned/operated medical transcription service specializing in orthopaedics and neurosurgery for 15 years while I was raised my two sons. 
• I look forward to coaching our little Sunshine ladies who will develop their volleyball skills, knowledge, and love of the game.  We will create friendships that will enrich our lives in a positive way and learn the concept teamwork through our successes and failures.

• A defensive specialist for UCLA Women's Volleyball team
• Majored in Sociology with a minor in Spanish
• Played at El Dorado High School where she received All-League Honors
• This will be her fifth year with Sunshine coaching the 11-Hurricanes team.

• 7 years experience playing for Riptides Volleyball Club
• 4 years coaching for Riptides ages 12s-18s
• 4 years coaching for American Martyrs Girls and Boys 5th-8th grade
• 2nd year Coaching Freshman girls at West High School
• Director of Operations for AAU Beach Volleyball 4 years
• Played at Redondo Union High School, Alumni 2005
•  “play hard but have fun"

• Member of the first ever Sunshine Volleyball team (1999!).
• 4 year varsity setter at Lighthouse High School. 2005 and 2006 division champions.
• Awarded 2nd-Team all CIF (2005) and 1st-Team all CIF (2006).
• 4 year DS/Libero for Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL).
• Lighthouse High School varsity coach (2011). Led team to highest record in 5 years.
• Coached Pee Wees in 2007 and 2012. Super excited to be apart of Sunshine again!
• Enjoys coaching fundamentals to the pee-wees so they can go on to be Sunshine all-stars!

• 1972-1974 Played in three NCAA final four championship games for
• Ball State University Division I. Three years conference champions.
• Three years first team all conference player.
• 1973 Was United States Volleyball Association open division All
• American.
• 1974 Got Level Five Cap certification.
• 1974-1975 United States National Team player representing the U.S. in
• international tournaments.
• 1975–1976 Player in the first professional indoor volleyball league,
• The Los Angeles Feet. Won the league championship.
• 1977 United States Volleyball Association National Champions.
• 1974-1985 United States, international and AVP professional beach
• referee.
• Forty years of coaching beach and indoor volleyball for the following
• schools and organizations: Palisades High School, Crossroads High
• School, Santa Monica City College, Ball State University, Archer
• School and the YWCA Santa Monica.
• Clubs: Palisades Volleyball Club, Manhattan Beach Diggers and Santa
• Monica Volleyball Club.
• 1994-1998 Manhattan Beach Diggers participated in the Junior
• National Volleyball Division I championship and placed 2nd in 18 and
• under.
• 2nd year coaching Sunshine PeeWees and really enjoying it. It’s great
• working with the future players of Sunshine’s older teams.
• Every minute at Sunshine is inspiring. This is by far my favorite club
• experience.
• “When you’re out on the court, it’s no longer just about you but it’s
• all about the team and how well you work together”.

• Player for Sunshine Volleyball Club from 2001-2010
• Harvard Westlake High School 2006-2010
• UCLA Women’s Volleyball 2010-Present
• Finalist for 2007 State Division III Athlete of the Year
• State Finals MVP Division III 2007
• Top 25 National Sophomore Recruits
• CIF 1st Team 2008 and 2009
• All Area Player of the Year 2009
• All Area 1st Team 2008 and 2009
• Mission League MVP 2007, 2008, 2009
• Prepvolleyball.com Top 100 Recruit
• AAA beach rating 2008, 2009, 2010
• AA beach rating in 2011
• 2011 UCLA Pac 12 honorable mention all academic team
• 2011 UCLA NCAA National Champion
• “Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming” John Wooden