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Mindy started playing volleyball in the sixth grade in Cedar Falls, Iowa and was a starting setter on her JV, Varsity and college teams. Throughout junior high and high school, Mindy played Club and Junior Olympic Volleyball and attended numerous Olympic Development Camps. She moved to Anderson, SC before the start of her junior year in high school and immediately made an impact for T.L. Hanna High School bringing the program to a competitive level. As a senior, she was voted to the All-State team and selected to play in the state All-Star tournament. She excelled as a defensive specialist and setter and attended Anderson College on a dual volleyball/softball scholarship. After college she earned a Pharmacy degree from MUSC and is the pharmacy manager at the Bishop Gadsden Retirement Community. She currently lives on James Island with her husband, Joe and two sons, Andrew and Hayward. Mindy is the head coach for the sixth grade volleyball team at Fort Johnson Middle School. She is also active in coaching other sports for the James Island Recreation Dept and serves as Vice President of the James Island Coaches Athletic Program. Her focus is on fundamentals, sportsmanship and learning to love the game. This will be Mindy's 2nd year coaching with the Carolina Islanders. |
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Mindy Helmly
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Dr. Darren Alexander was born in Los Angeles California, but moved to the Charleston area due to his father’s military career over 20 years ago. He attended college at Lander University, Clemson University and Webster University where he received his Bachelors Degree in Psychology/Criminal Justice and his Masters Degree in Counseling. He continued his education at Walden University and International University where he received his Doctorate Degree in Psychotherapy and Sports Psychology. Dr. Alexander worked in law enforcement as a special agent for the state and federal government for several years before making the transition to work in Berkeley County School District as a Behavior Specialist. He also works at a private practice providing counseling services to college athletes and judicial referrals in the areas of problem solving, conflict resolution, stress mgmt, social skills, anger mgmt, and drug education. Dr. Alexander has been playing indoor and outdoor volleyball for over 15 years; and he is currently coaching and playing in the Bethany Power League in Summerville. His team has won 5 Championship titles in the power league and has played in the men’s USAV A and open division. As a coach and player, Dr. Alexander focuses on the mental and physical toughness of the game. His motto is: “We play best, with less stress”. He promotes care, welfare, safety, and security for all his players. Set Soft and Hammer Down!!!!! He believes in spending time with his family and doing missionary work for his church. He attends The Net International Ministries in Summerville and gives back to the community by providing free counseling services for adults and children at his church. This is Dr. Alexander’s 1st year coaching with the Islanders. |
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Darren Alexander
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Curry brings a wealth of experience to the Carolina Islanders as being the head middle school coach of four years at Charleston Day School and her 13 years experience teaching early childhood being a certified teacher by the State of SC (K-8). Curry attended and played varsity volleyball for both Ashley Hall and Bishop England in the 90's and also a former member of USA Volleyball team through college. She has a strong passion for the sport and is looking forward to improving the skills of our young players and taking them to the next level at Carolina Islanders.
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Curry Smoak
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Caitlyn Horton
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Leah Kettelson
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Mim, born and raised in Charleston, SC brings years of coaching experience to the Carolina Islanders and the girls across the Low County. Coaching high school and at the club level, Mim was honored with the SCISA Coach of the Year honors as well as coaching the All Star Team in 1990. She also has been instrumental in coaching and developing young players from various ages(12-14 year olds) at the National and Club level in the Palmetto Region. Mim attended Bishop England High School and garnered All-Conference and All State honors. She earned a college scholarship and played for the Coker College Cobras, a Division II school from 1982-1986. Mim, playing as outside hitter at Coker, lead her team and tallied the most kills her freshman year. Mim is the head JV and Varsity coach for James Island Christian Academy. Mim currently is the Vice President of a shipping company in Charleston and a licensed customs broker. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys. We are excited that Mim has decided to join the Carolina Islanders coaching staff.
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Mim Pruett
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Heather is from Pique, Ohio and attended Lehman Catholic High School and lettered 4 years in volleyball. As setter she lead her team to a state championship in 2001 with a season record of 30-0 and earning 1st team All-Ohio as well as playing in the All State Tournaments each year. Heather extended her level of play and played club volleyball with Western Ohio Volleyball Club and Team Atlantis Volleyball Club. She continued playing earning a 4 yr scholarship to Wheeling Jesuit University Division 2 school from 2001-2003 and then transferred to High Point University, a Division I from 2003-2005. At High Point she was honored with the HPU Millis Scholar Athlete Award. After college, Heather coached varsity volleyball at West Chester Country Day School in North Carolina and is now very instrumental in building the middle school programs at Charleston Day school coaching both 7th and 8th grade. This will be Heather's first year coaching with the Carolina Islanders. |
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Heather Butt
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Pam brings over 15 years of coaching experience to the Carolina Islanders. She has been instrumental in teaching the fundamentals of many players in the Low Country, who have excelled in their middle, high school and college programs. Pam is the head coach at Christ Our King Middle School and in 6 years she has led her teams to SIX championship titles as well as other state and region titles for SCISA and two coach of the year honors. Pam runs one of the best summer volleyball camps at Christ Our King for rising 5th graders to the high school levels. This year there were over 140 participants in attendance. She has been recognized by the Town of Mount Pleasant as their Volunteer Coach of the Year, for her time, dedication, and commitment to the youth volleyball programs in the area. You can spot some of her players by the excellent skills and fundamentals they showcase on the court. This year her teams at Christ Our King(6th, 7th and 8th grade)have had only one loss total for all three teams in their school season as well as coaching her 8th grade team to another championship title now totaling 6 consecutive titles in the competitive Low Country Volleyball League in Mt. Pleasant. |
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Pam Cenkner
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Katie Cummings was born and raised in the Charleston area. She graduated from Bishop England High School in May of 2010. She played Varsity volleyball team for four years, leading her team to four consecutive state championships for AA. Katie played club volleyball for six years on a national team. Katie was CAWS all state player for 2007, 2008, and 2009. She was also chosen for CAWS all-star player in 2009. She was captain her junior and senior year. Katie made the all-tournament team for the Dorman tournament in 2008 and 2009, for the Lady Gamecock Spike Off tournament in 2009, and for the Wando invitational for 2007, 2008, 2009 as well as Wando Invitational MVP in 2009. Katie was chosen for Optimist all-Star volleyball team and 6 AA player of the year in 2009. She is currently in her sophomore year at the College of Charleston, where she majors in Biology with plans to attend Medical School. She coaches the seventh grade JV team at Mason Prep, which is number one in their division. This will be Katie’s first year coaching with Carolina Islanders. |
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Katie Cummings
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Cara, a native of Allentown, Pa., played 4 years at Allentown Central Catholic High School. During that 4 years she led her 3A school to a State Championship in 2001, State Runner-Ups in 2002 and 2003. Cara earned MVP, All District and State Team while also serving as Captain in 2004. During high school she played club for 7 years with Club Lahigh, Tenacity and Court Authority. Transitioning from high school to college Cara continued her career earning a scholarship at NCAA Division ll Newberry College where she was teammates with coach Alicia Khoury. During her tenure there Cara received and earned many accolades leading her team as captain in 2006, 2007 and 2008. She was named to the 2007 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District III College Division volleyball honors. Her senior year she broke the school's all-time kills record and is now the College's only member of the 1,000-kill club team, selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Cara received All-South Atlantic Conference(SAC) Freshman Team in 2004 , All SAC Pre-Season 2nd Team, in 2006, All SAC 2nd Team in 2005 as well as Pre-Season in that same year. Cara previously coached club volleyball in 2009-2010 for SC Juniors in Columbia and led her 16 National Team to a 3rd place finish at the Monument City Classic and a 9th place finish at the Shamrock Festival. Cara has also coached at the high school level with Cardinal Newman. This will be Cara's 2ndyear coaching with the Carolina Islanders. |
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Lauren moved to Charleston 2 year ago and is oringinally from Cleveland, Ohio. She attended high school and played volleyball at Mentor High school and was a four-year letter winner. Lauren attended Kent State University and studied fashion merchandising and lead her Collegiate Club Volleyball team to three National appearances. Lauren also helped coach Hanahan High School Program for one season. Lauren enjoys spending time with her new family, her beautiful little girl who is almost six months old as well as playing on a co-ed volleyball league at Bethany Methodist Church. This will be Lauren's first year coaching with the Carolina Islanders.
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Lauren Walden
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Candice grew up in Mechanicsville, MD and played HS volleyball for Chopticon High School and club volleyball for Southern Maryland Juniors. Candice was a three year starter at Chopticon High School (Varsity). Earned first-team all-county honors as a junior and senior, and was named Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete junior and senior year. Earned First Team All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference and Washington Post All-Extra honors as a senior. Also garnered honorable-mention all-metro, team captain and MVP recognition senior season. Named Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete senior year. Earned second-team all-conference honors and Washington Post All-Extra honors as a junior. Named Most Improved player and second-team all-county honors as a sophomore. She went on to play collegiate volleyball for Division I Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, FL from 2001-2005 and earned her BS in Sports Administration and also received the Sports Administration Student of the Year Award in 2004-2005. In 2004 Candice lead her team in the Atlantic Sun Conference and was granted a berth in the NCAA tournament. Candice was a standout hitter for JU playing middle her freshman year, then moving to right side and outside her sophomore to senior year. Candice coached 5 years at the National and Regional level with the Jacksonville Juniors as well coaching many camps at Choptican High, Florida Community College, University of North Florida and the YMCA. Candice's young team won the silver open division at the Palmetto Region Championships in Charlotte, NC. This will be Candice's 3rd year coaching with the Carolina Islanders. |
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Candice Rose
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Bubby played 4 years of Varsity Volleyball as a setter for Bowsher High School in her hometown of Toledo, Ohio. While at Bowsher, she earned All-City honors her sophomore, junior and senior years as well as all district honors. She was also the team captain. Bubby then went to Ownes Community College and continued her career as a setter for the Division II school. She was the team captain and earned 1st team all state honors. Bubby then transferred to Newberry College in South Carolina and finished her career there. While at Newberry, she served as team captain and broke the school record for "most assists." Bubby moved to Charleston upon graduating from Newberry in 2006 and has resided here ever since. While living in Charleston, Bubby was the Assistant coach at Bishop England High School for 2 years. Bubby had 4 players on her 2010 Islanders 18's team to earn college scholarships. Bubby resides in downtown Charleston and works in Advertising for the Charleston City Paper. This will be Bubby's 6th year coaching with the Carolina Islanders |
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Alicia "Bubby" Khoury
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Jay, a native of Charleston, South Carolina attending Goose Creek High School. During high school Jay was instramental in the Soccer program for the Goose Creek Gators, 3 year letter winner and was named to the All-Region team his junior and senior year garnering the MVP award and team captain honors. After high school Jay continued his soccer career at North Greenville Univeristy, Division II and earned a spot on the NCCAA All-Region team as well as leading his team to a NCCAA National Championship. During Jay's 4 years at NCU he became interested in volleyball and played on the Collegiate Intramural men's team and fell in love with the sport. Upon graduating from College, Jay moved back to Charleston and is currently teaching Social Studies at Goose Creek High School. He has been instramental in coaching the Goose Creek High School volleyball teams for the past 5 years improving their former records from 2-15 to a 20-13 finish last year and spot in the 2nd round of the AAAA State Playoffs. This will be Jay's first year coaching with the Carolina Islanders. |
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Jay Watterworth
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Jennifer played 5 years Varsity volleyball at Wando High School under Alexis Glover as a setter/outside hitter. Earned All Conference, All State her Junior and Senior year as well as earning Wando's High School Athlete of the year in 1991. Transitioning from high school to college, Jennifer earned a athletic scholarship to the University of South Carolina - Aiken where she graduated with honors in 1995. After graduation of USC Aiken she then moved and back to Mt. Pleasant to begin her teaching career. For the past 15 years she has been the Physical Education and Fitness instructor at Moultrie Middle School in Mt. Pleasant, while also being instrumental in coaching middle school volleyball there for the past two seasons. This will be Jennifer's 2nd season coaching with the Carolina Islanders. Jennifer resides in Mt. Pleasant with her two sons. |
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Chelsea Lee graduated from AC Flora High School earning many accolades! She was team captain in 2005 and 2006, broke school record of over 500 kills in 2006, 3A Player of the Year in 2005, 3A All State and All Region Team of SC CAWS in 2003-2005, earned MVP award 2005 and Best Defensive player 2002-2004. Through high school Chelsea-Lee played club volleyball with Magnum, SC Plex, Carpe Diem and Lexington Juniors. At 16 years of age Chelsea became the youngest player ever to win a National Championship for Adult USA Volleyball in the Women's Open Division, including beating out the USA National Team. Chelsea was looking forward to playing at the collegiate level for University of Florida or the University of Hawaii, both Divison I schools until getting diagnosed with two herniated discs in her lower spine. Ending her indoor volleyball career Chelsea-Lee refused to give up the sport and is now having success playing on the beach. She is a currently a member and competitor of AVP Next, a division of AVP Crocs Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Chelsea is in her senior year at the College of Charleston. This will be Chelsea-Lee's 3nd year coaching with the Carolina Islanders. |
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David Seith was born in Arlington, VA but moved to Charleston at the age of two where he has been living for the past 42 years. Along with Bob and Jane Morgan, David was instrumental in the founding and success of the Charleston Juniors Volleyball Club which has been active in the Charleston area for over fifteen years. As a player David was a member of a men's USAV travel team for over 15 years. In 1995, David's team qualified to play in the men's USAV National Championships, held in Holyoke, MA which finished in the Open Silver Division. In 1996, David made the transition from indoor to outdoor and was invited to play in a test beach tournament for the first ever Beach Olympics in Atlanta, GA. David continued to play indoor while playing triples for Grass tournaments and Beach doubles. He now enjoys playing with his co-ed league at Bethany United Methodist Church. This will be David's 2nd year coaching with the Carolina Islanders. |
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Doug Dodson was born and raised in the Orlando, Florida area where he lived until moving to Charleston to attend the Citadel. After graduating in 1982 Doug continued living in Charleston where he began playing indoor. Throughout his career Doug has competed in the Men's A and Open Divisions for Palmetto Region and USAV where he specialized as a right side hitter. He is an AVP Next member and has also been extensively involved in playing grass triples and beach doubles throughout the southeast. Doug currently resides in Monks Corner, SC and works as an engineer with Santee Cooper on electric and water utility. He also is a third year assistant coach for the Berkeley High School volleyball program. This will be Doug's 2nd year coaching with the Carolina Islanders. |
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