Smack Volleyball Club Coaches
2009
Ali Oliver - Club Director, 18 Black Head Coach & 14 Black Head Coach
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In addition to her duties as club director, Ali
Oliver will be coaching the 18 Black team for the 4th year in a row and the 14 Black team for the second year in a row. As well
as running the Smack volleyball club, Ali is in her 2nd season as the head
coach of the women’s volleyball team at Whittier College. An accomplished volleyball player and now coach, Oliver played for
Cerritos College from 1996-97 and led them to a share of the South Coast Conference
title as a sophomore. She was a two-time 1st Team All-South Coast Conference
selection, while earning All-Southern California honors as a sophomore and
was the state’s top-ranked hitter her freshman season. Oliver then received
a full scholarship to Southeastern Louisiana University and finished third
among all NCAA Division I players in service aces as a junior. She then
transferred to Sonoma State University and was named their Most Valuable
Player and Team Captain as a senior.
A graduate of San Gabriel High School, Oliver started her career by being
a four-time 1st Team All-Almont League selection, while earning the league’s
Most Valuable Player honors two consecutive seasons. Oliver completed her
playing career with the European Exposure Tour during the summer of 2003
and winter of 2004 and is currently an AA-rated beach volleyball player.
Oliver’s coaching career started in 1997-98 when she was the head coach
of a 14 and under team for the Huntington Beach Volleyball Club and has
coached all levels of volleyball since then. She served as the coach at
Holy Ghost (LA) Junior High (1998), Redwood High (Marin County) Junior Varsity
girls and Varsity boys (2000-02), Marin Juniors Volleyball Club 16’s (2000-01)
and 18’s (2001-02), Creekside Middle School (2001-02), Napa Valley College
assistant coach (2002-03), Napa Sonoma Volleyball Club girls and boys 18’s
(2002-03), Cypress College assistant coach (2003), Beach Cities Volleyball
Club 15’s (2004), Cerritos College Women's co-head coach (2005 - 2006) and Cerritos College Men's club head coach (2005 - 2006).
Oliver moonlights as a beach volleyball trainer, running classes in Manhattan
and Hermosa Beach. Ali has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and a Master’s
Degree in Education with an Emphasis in Kinesiology. She hopes to continue
her coaching and teaching career for as long as possible and work on a Doctorate
in Sports Psychology.
