Diamond Elite Fact Sheet:

							                         Diamond Elite Fact Sheet: 14U & 13U
                                   Website: www.diamondelitevba.com
                                   Email: diamond.elite@hotmail.com
                                          Phone: 219.613.3301

    Primary Practice Location: Wilbur Wright Middle School in Munster, IN
    Cost: $800 (plus tournament fee 0-$250) – ½ season will be about half cost. Fundraisers
     supplied for participants. Several players paid their entire club dues with fundraisers).
    Cost Includes: Cost is considered ALL-inclusive, though it does not include uniform
     costs & travel expenses. All costs & fees for coaches, tournaments, equipment,
     registration, insurance, and gym rental are included.
    Uniform Cost: Players keep their uniform; so they should be able to use the same
     uniform for multiple years and expected uniform costs are about $100.
    Planned Tournament Schedule 14U: Travel teams will play roughly 9-11 tournaments
     or 10-14 days of tournament play. They will likely have 1-2 overnight tourneys
     (depending on the team). 1-Day events are generally less than 60 minutes drive.
    Practice Schedule: Generally Mondays & Wednesdays for 2 hours between 5:30 and
     9:30 pm. The season will start in late November and progress through May.
    Practices include: individual “break out sessions” – instruction based on position, team
     instruction, & scrimmage time.

                               Some of the 13U and 14U coaches
Coach Tracy Afman’s Volleyball History:
    Munster High School: Varsity Head Coach (conference title, sectional title)
    Wilbur Wright Middle School: Volleyball Coach 5 years (57-14)
    Diamond Elite: Co-Director & Coached 16U, 15U, & 14U teams, winning records with
      all three
    4 year starter at Trinity Christian College & currently plays EVP beach volleyball

Coach Ryan Summers’ Volleyball History:
    Diamond Elite Volleyball Academy: Director
          o Coached teams at 18U, 16U, 15U, 14U, & 13U. Winning records with each team
    Top Spin volleyball club: Master coach, hitter specialty coach, setter specialty coach
    Illinois Great Lakes Region High-Performance: Head coach. (Olympic support program)
    Highland Varsity: Head coach - sectional final appearance every year & Conference title

Coach Bill Gray’s Volleyball History:
    Munster Varsity Coach: All area “coach of the year” 146-33 overall record, 4 conference
      championships, 4 sectional championships
    Lake Central Assistant Varsity Coach, 2 sectional titles, 1 regional runner up
    Kahler Middle School 8th grade coach
    Played for Indiana State U. as a Middle Hitter and a Setter



 Please see www.diamondelitevba.com for these coaches’ full bio’s, along with the rest of the Diamond Elite Staff.