Volleyball Co-Head Coach
Stephen Valdez
This is my inaugural season with Cate and I'm so excited to be apart of your summer program family. I recently moved here from Texas. I work in PR and Marketing with a couple of clients in California and a majority of my clients in Texas. I also own The Volleyball Lab, which is a group training style for athletes of all ages that are interested in advancing their skills and knowledge of the game. I played college volleyball at Missouri Valley College and graduated in 2012. I have been coaching/training for 10 years and I truly enjoy helping athletes get to the “next level". After college I successfully competed in the AVP Next and North American Volleyball League. A vast majority of my previous athletes have already committed to colleges throughout the country. I'm excited to share my knowledge of volleyball fundamentals with Cate for the 2022 summer season. This summer your athletes will enjoy and improve their game through motivational leadership, team bonding, multiple skills assessments and defensive/offensive strategies.
Meaghan Wheeler
Meaghan Wheeler is a graduate of Chaminade College Preparatory of West Hills, CA, where she received a D1 collegiate scholarship to Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ. After competing for her 4 years, she holds numerous records in the program. Upon graduation, she moved back to her hometown of Chatsworth, CA, after being hired for the Club Director position of her previous club, Industry VBC. This also allowed her training possible as she pursued a professional beach volleyball career. She was the club director of Industry VBC from years 2013-2020 where she also headed up the 12U youth program along with assisted and head coached many of the travel teams during those 7 years. She ran a summer indoor and beach volleyball camps through Industry VBC every summer along with development recreational leagues aside from club. She also spent the year 2018-2019 as the Pierce Junior College Assistant coach and also assisted the Reseda HS program for both girls and boys 2017-2019. She currently coaches the U14 girls travel team at Santa Barbara Volleyball Club and does private lessons weekly. She has currently shifted her primary career focus in the last 2 years to body work and movement therapy. She studies resistance flexibility and fascia tissue regeneration through the Genius of Flexibility in Santa Barbara. Through this work she focuses on the manipulation of fascia tissue to relieve pain in the body and increase range of motion. Through this work, she is able to assist her volleyball knowledge with the movement of the body.