Neuqua Valley Men's Volleyball
2018 2nd in State!
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Tryouts are March 4,5, and 6, times tbd
google classroom code - werp5ys
History
’07 – regional champions, sectional champions, 3rd place in state
’08 – regional champions, sectional champions, 3rd place in state
’09 – regional champions, sectional champions, state qualifier
’10 – regional champions
’11 – regional champions, sectional finals
’13 – regional champions, sectional finals
’16 – regional champions, sectional semis
’17 – regional champions, sectional semis
'18 - regional champions, sectional champions, 2nd in state
'19 - regional champions, sectional semis
Coaching staff
Varsity - Erich Mendoza
Welcome players and parents. I've been teaching science and coaching volleyball at Neuqua for the past 22 years, the last 14 of which I've been the varsity coach. I've been teaching science and coaching volleyball for a total of 25 years. I originally got into volleyball by playing at Downers Grove South High School before boy's volleyball became an IHSA sport. I then played club volleyball at DePaul University. My wife Sara and I have 2 boys, Owen and Emerson. We have 2 dogs as well. We live in Naperville in district 203. I'm looking forward to another great season. Go Wildcats!
Varsity Assistant - Andrew Schlegel
Junior Varsity - Bryan Jenkins
I am a physical education/health teacher at Crone Middle School. I have been coaching boys high school volleyball for 12 years. I have been the JV coach for the past 8 years at Neuqua. I also coached girls volleyball at Crone for 10 years and boys high school club for 4 years. I played high school volleyball for Lyons Township for four years and was a part of a team that placed 4th in state. My wife and I have two boys, Declan and Jax. Declan is 2 and Jax is 6 months old. For our second year in the DVC lets work towards taking home another conference championship.
Freshmen A - Christine Klingler
Freshmen B - Kristen Kinell
Notable Alumni
Ryan Kwiatkowski - George Mason University
Derek Menendez - Ball State
Matt Wallace - Carthage
Aaron Lauth - Carthage
Jon Storm - Carthage
Griffin Shields - Carthage
Alex Coyne - Dominican University
Jeremy Royko - Dominican University
Austin Neace - IPFW
Brett Kliegl - Augustana College
AJ Housholder - Augustana College
Jake Blackman - Naperville Sun Player of the year
Rob Bauer - Naperville Sun Player of the year
Francisco Comas - McKendree University
Kevin Kauling - Lewis University
Jeremy Cardenas - NCC
Gavin O'Brien - Loyola University