CAMP DETAILS
UTAH | BOSTON COLLEGE | SEATTLE PACIFIC | ARCADIA | STEPHENS COLLEGE
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Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022
Where: Mountain Amercia Expo Center Age: All players 14u - 18u Cost: $175 per player Players will receive instruction from all four coaches during the 1.5 hour session. All players will receive a camp t-shirt. Camp check-in will be located in Hall 3 of Mountain America Expo Center. Follow signs to check-in which will be located next to the main tournament desk. Player check-in will take place the 30 minute window before your specific camp starts. Players don't need a wristband to enter Mountain America Expo Center. |
SESSION #1 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
SESSION #2 5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Parents must have a tournament wristband in order to enter the check-in space and they aren't allowed on courts during the camps.
PARENTS/SPECTATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WATCH CAMPS ON THE COURTS
(The College Coaches have requested this)
(The College Coaches have requested this)
COLLEGE COACHES
Meet the coaches running the camp:
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UTAH
Assistant Coach: Will Stanley Wil Stanley, a two-time All-American setter, is in his first season with the Utah volleyball program in the fall of 2021. Stanley will serve as the program’s volunteer assistant coach.
Stanley was a standout at BYU where he played from 2017-2021. The Honolulu, Hawaii native ranked No. 3 in the MPSF and No. 9 in the NCAA in assists per set in 2021, leading the Cougars with 790 assists. He was a first-team All-American selection and first-team MPSF honoree. Additionally, Stanley was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team after guiding BYU to the championship match. Stanley earned his first All-American honor after an exceptional senior season in 2020 despite the year being cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak. He earned first team All-American honors and All-MPSF honors after posting a team-high 655 assists and finishing second on the squad with 107 digs. Stanley ranked third among all setters in the NCAA at 10.74 assists per set. He was a back-to-back MPSF Defensive Player of the Week selection and recorded three double-doubles on the year. Stanley started 17 of the 18 matches after returning from a season-ending injury as a junior. |
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BOSTON COLLEGE
Head Coach: Jason Kennedy Jason Kennedy is in his fifth year as head coach of the Boston College volleyball program, arriving at The Heights in January of 2018. Through his first four seasons, Kennedy became the fastest coach in program history to 50 wins with a 3-1 victory over Fordham on September 11, 2021. In 2021, the Eagles captured their first postseason victory with a 3-0 win in the first round of the NIVC. Kennedy led the Eagles to 20 wins in 2019 - its most in program history - highlighted by a 5-0 start to Atlantic Coast Conference play and breaking a program record with 11 ACC victories in a single season. Amaka Chukwujekwu earned All-ACC honors in 2019 and 2020 becoming the first Eagle to earn conference honors since 2015. In his first four seasons, Kennedy has led the team to 3 seasons of .500 or better volleyball. In 2018 in his first season, Kennedy achieved that mark for just the first time since 2003.
Boston College made its second postseason appearance in three years in 2021; earning hosting position for the first two rounds of the NIVC. The Eagles hosted postseason play for the first time in program history. BC finished the year 17-17 overall; its third year at or above .500 in Kennedy's first four years. Kennedy comes to Boston College after spending the previous three seasons as a member of the USC women’s volleyball staff, the last two as the team’s associate head coach. Over the past three seasons at USC, the women’s volleyball program compiled a record of 75-25 and made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In his final season on staff at USC, Kennedy and the Women of Troy advanced to the NCAA regional final. It marked the program’s 27th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and the 35th all-time. In 2015, Kennedy helped guide the Women of Troy to the 2015 NCAA regional final while playing a key role in the recruitment and development of AVCA National Player of the Year Samantha Bricio. Away from the college ranks, Kennedy served as the highly successful head coach of the Club Troy 17’s squad that captured the bronze medal at the 2014 Junior National Championships and led Los Altos High School to four consecutive California Interscholastic Federation playoff appearances from 2007-10. A native of Honolulu, Kennedy has a strong Jesuit educational background. He was the setter and team captain at Santa Clara from 2004-07, where he received bachelor’s degrees in biology and psychology. In 2009, Kennedy earned his master's degree in sport management from the University of San Francisco. |
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SEATTLE PACIFIC
Head Coach: Jason Rhine Jason Rhine, after spending the past seven seasons at Colorado Christian University, has been named the new head coach at Seattle Pacific.
Rhine joined Colorado Christian as an assistant coach in July 2015 and was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2020-21 season. He spent four years as the setting and offensive coordinator, and three years as the defensive coordinator. He also was the program's recruiting director. At Seattle Pacific, he takes over a team that went 15-10 overall last fall, including 11-7 to tie for fourth place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Prior to his seven years at Colorado Christian, Rhine was an assistant coach for three seasons at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois (where he earned his master of divinity degree), and two seasons as the lead assistant at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He has two bachelor degrees from Wheaton College: one in computer science, and one in Biblical and theological studies. |
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ARCADIA
Head Coach: Nikki Binetti Binetti arrives in Glenside after completing her third season as an assistant coach for Gettysburg College's women's volleyball program. She also served as the recruiting and academic coordinator during her time with the Bullets and assisted with the social media and strength and conditioning needs for the women's volleyball program.
Binetti helped lead the Bullets to a 15-9 record during the 2021 season - culminating in the program's first Centennial Conference Tournament appearance since 2014. Gettysburg, the tournament's fifth-seed, fell to No. 1 Johns Hopkins in five sets in the semifinal round. At season's end, Zanze Kuba-McCoy - one of Binetti's student-athletes - earned First-team All-Centennial Conference honors in addition to earning AVCA All-Region and All-American accolades. Binetti began her coaching career in 2015 as a graduate assistant coach at LaGrange College before taking over as the interim head coach for the 2016 season. She led the Panthers to a 22-14 record that season - marking the program's first winning season since 2011 and best win total since 2005 - while reaching the USA South Tournament semifinals. Prior to starting her coaching career, Binetti played collegiate volleyball at two NCAA Division III institutions, first competing at Rowan University from 2010-12 before transferring to Salisbury University for the final two seasons of her eligibility. Binetti was a second-team All-New Jersey Athletic Conference selection after leading Rowan to a 22-9 record in 2012. She was a two-year starter at Salisbury and helped the Sea Gulls reach the NCAA Tournament in 2013 while contributing to a 51-16 record during her tenure. |
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STEPHENS COLLEGE
Head Coach: Mikayla Ell The Stephens College Athletic Department has announced Mikayla Ell as its newest Head Volleyball Coach. Coach Ell comes to Stephens College with great volleyball experience as both player and coach.
Ell has coached volleyball the past five years, beginning her career as a Student Coach at St. Olaf College before moving on to Bethlehem Academy High School where she served as the varsity assistant coach and the c-squad head coach. Further, she also coached club volleyball for one of the most respected programs, Northern Lights, for one season. Ell and her husband, Kyle, then moved to Missouri where she began coaching club for Missouri Juniors. Last season, her 15s club team with Missouri Juniors finished their season ranked 7th in the region while also winning the Northern Lights Qualifier, which earned them a bid to compete at the 2021 USAV National Tournament. It was at USAV Nationals where the team earned a bronze championship finish, securing them a spot amongst some of the best teams in the country. This past fall, Ell spent time as the varsity assistant coach and junior varsity head coach at Hallsville High School, helping the varsity team to their first ever district championship. She also spent time helping at Stephens, serving as a volunteer assistant coach in her free time. |
FACILITY
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Mountain America Expo Center
9575 State St. Sandy, UT 84070 |
REFUND POLICY
NO REFUNDS
NO TRANSFERS
NO TRANSFERS
