MEET OUR COACHES

Ashley Walker

Club Director
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Coach Ashley has grown up in Lakeland and attended Lake Gibson High School where she played volleyball for 4 years. She played for Polk State. She has been coaching since 1999 and has been the assistant varsity volleyball coach at Lake Gibson High School for 6 years. Ashley is married and has a daughter who currently plays volleyball in Ohio. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family

Jessie Hopkins

Club Director
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Coach Jessie has grown up in Lakeland and attended Lakeland Christian High School where she played volleyball for 6 years. She played for Warner Southern, Polk State, and Florida College where her team won a National Championship in 2007. She has been coaching since she was 19 and has been the head volleyball coach at Lake Gibson High School for 6 years. She is married and has two children.

Damaris Flores

20+ Juniors Coaching USAV & AAU Experience:

2020 Lakeland High School Beach Volleyball Coach

2019 16 under Head Coach Southern Select VB Club

2018 16 under Head Coach Top Select VB Club

2018 Polk State College Assistant Coach & Strength/Conditioning Coach

2013-2017 Winter Haven High School Head Coach

2000-2007 Florida Southern College Assistant Coach

Former Puertorrican National League Professional Player

Former Puertorrican National Team Indoors & Beach Volleyball Player

Katelynn Morris

This is Katelynn's 3rd year coaching with Warrior Athletics. She is a graduate from Lake Gibson High School and has played with Warriors for 2 years. She was offered a scholarship to play in college and is now pursuing a nursing degree

Madison Barton

Coach Madison was born and raised in Baker County Florida. She has been playing volleyball since she was 16, and now currently she plays volleyball at Florida Southern. She’s has been coaching since 19 when Covid took her own season, she decided to be the head JV coach and assistant Varsity coach at her old high school. I am currently back at Florida Southern, and pursuing a bachelors in exercise science!

Emma Shaddix

Coach Emma is from Jupiter Florida. She is currently a senior at Florida Southern College where she plays indoor volleyball. Coach Emma is currently pursuing a degree in Exercise Science and a Master's in Business Administration. Coach Emma has previously coached at FSC for summer camps, volunteer at Palm Beach Juniors Club volleyball, and volunteer at Jupiter Christian School.

Michelle McElwaney

Coach Mac grew up in Lakeview, Michigan where she played four years of varsity volleyball. She went on and played one year of college basketball and four years of college softball at Spring Arbor University. After graduating she coached freshmen volleyball for two years at her alma mater. She is a Physical Education teacher at Lake Gibson High School. She has been on the volleyball coaching staff at Lake Gibson since 2017. Coach Mac is married and has a daughter.

Emma Anderson

Emma Anderson is from Lakeland, Florida. She has played volleyball since the sixth grade. She played for Lake Gibson High School indoor and beach volleyball team throughout her four years of high school, while playing club volleyball for Lakeland Volleyball Academy and Warrior Athletics. She went on to play volleyball for Polk State College while earning her Bachelors degree in Business Administration: Supervision and Management.

Mariah Farmer

Mariah was born and raised in Winter Haven, FL. Started playing volleyball in sixth grade and played at Auburndale High School as well as Lakeland Volleyball Academy for AAU. After I graduated, I helped alongside the Auburndale coaches for 2 years then eventually went on to be an Assistant Coach at Tenoroc High School for 1 year. Currently in school getting Bachelors in Mathematics.

Megan Carron

Megan was born in St. Louis, MO and has a younger sister named Mallory. She has been playing volleyball for 12 years at High Performance STL Volleyball Club. She is currently a sophomore at Florida Souther College. Megan has been coaching the last two years at her former club High Performance STL and Ace Performance Lab.

Valaria DeJesus

Valeria de Jesús was born and raised in Puerto Rico where she was first introduced to volleyball at the age of 9 . Coach Val has 14 years of volleyball experience as a player and 3 ongoing years of coaching

Zoe Lowe

Zoe Lowe is from Bristol CT, she has 3 younger siblings and 1 older. Zoe has been playing volleyball for 8 years and is currently a sophomore at Florida Southern College. She has play on the volleyball team as an outside hitter and has been coaching the past two years. She is presently working on my degree in teaching

Mackenzie Peterman

Mackenzie Petermann is currently a junior volleyball player at Florida Southern College. She is from Pooler, Georgia. MacKenzie is currently majoring in Sports Business Management with a minor in communication and marketing. She has also been playing volleyball for almost 10 years now and have coached for 5 years.

Rayna Durden

Rayna Durden is from Jacksonville Fl, she has 5 siblings 3 older 2 younger. She has been playing volleyball for 5 years. This will be her second year coaching for the Warriors. She is attending Polk State College majoring in criminal Justice.

Madi Fowler

Coach Madi grew up in Michigan and moved to Florida in 7th grade and attended a sports boarding school. She has done various sports all her life. She has 2 older brothers and an older sister. She is currently a junior middle blocker on Florida Southerns volleyball team, where she is majoring in Criminology. This will be her first year coaching with the Warriors.

KIERSTEN KRAUS

Coach Kiersten will be entering her junior year at Florida Southern College, where she is pursuing a Business Administration degree and playing volleyball. She was born and raised in Neenah Wisconsin. For many years, she has run camps and practices for all age levels. She also has 8 years of playing experience. Kiersten is excited for her first season with Warrior Athletics.

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