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Head Coach: David Rawles (3rd Year)
Assistant Coach/Director of Volleyball Operations: Kari Rawles (3rd Year), Betsey Vander Meer (1st year)
2008 Record: 22-13 overall, 10-4 WHAC |
Day/Date |
Opponent |
Site |
Time |
Wed., Aug. 26 |
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Westville, Ind, |
7 p.m. |
Fri., Sat. Aug. 28-29 |
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Detroit, Mich. |
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Fri., Aug. 28 |
vs. Slippery Rock |
Detroit, Mich. |
10 a.m. |
Fri., Aug. 28 |
vs. West Liberty State |
Detroit, Mich. |
2 p.m. |
Sat., Aug. 29 |
vs. Wayne State |
Detroit, Mich. |
12 p.m. |
Sat., Aug. 29 |
vs. Urbana |
Detroit, Mich. |
5 p.m. |
Tues., Sept. 1 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Thur., Sept. 3 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Fri., Sat., Sept.4-5 |
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Chicago, Ill. |
7 p.m. |
Tues., Sept 15 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Thur., Sept. 17 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Tues., Sept. 22 |
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Fort Wayne, Ind , |
7 p.m. |
Thur., Sept. 24 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Tues., Sept 29 |
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Grand Rapids , Mich |
7 p.m. |
Thurs., Oct. 1 |
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Adrian, Mich |
7 p.m. |
Tues., Oct. 6 |
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Ann Arbor, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Thur., Oct. 8 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich |
6 p.m. |
Tues., Oct. 13 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Thur., Oct. 15 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Tues., Oct. 20 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Thur., Oct. 22 |
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Dearborn, Mich |
7 p.m. |
Sat., Oct. 24 |
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Romeoville, Ill. |
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Sat., Oct. 24 |
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Romeoville, Ill. |
2 p.m. |
Sat., Oct. 24 |
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Romeoville, Ill. |
4 p.m. |
Tues., Oct 27 |
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Livonia, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
Fri., Oct 30 |
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Whiting, Ind. |
7 p.m. |
Sat., Oct 31 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
1 p.m. |
Tues., Nov. 3 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7 p.m. |
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Photos |
Name |
Pos |
Yr |
Ht. |
Hometown/High School |
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Jessica Curtis |
OH |
FR |
5’9 |
North Branch/North Branch |
| 3 |
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Tayler Spellis |
DS |
FR |
5'6 |
Mason/Mason |
| 4 |
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Katie Vander Meer * |
S |
SO |
5’9 |
Kentwood/East Kentwood/Michigan State |
| 8 |
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Sarah LeClair |
DS |
FR |
5’6 |
Grand Haven/Grand Haven |
| 9 |
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Heather Becker* |
DS |
SR |
5-11 |
Lowel/Lowell |
| 10 |
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Mollie Lounds* |
MH |
SO |
6'0 |
Mason /Mason |
| 11 |
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Chelsea Phillips |
MB |
FR |
5’11 |
Holland/West Ottawa |
| 17 |
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Taylor Rudland |
OH |
FR |
5’9 |
Holland/West Ottawa |
| 18 |
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Laura Ballor |
MB/RS |
FR |
5’11 |
Pontiac/Notre Dame Preparatory |
* Denotes Captain
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| Coaches: |
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David Rawles - Head Coach
Coach Rawles enters his second season as head volleyball coach for Aquinas. This season will be the first recruiting class that Coach Rawles has signed at Aquinas. A volleyball enthusiast, Coach Rawles is very active in all facets of the game. Currently he is ranked in the top ten of the Midwest Professional Volleyball Association. While playing on the MPVA Tour he was named Rookie of the Year finalist during the 2002 season and garnered Most Improved Player accolades during the 2003 campaign. Coach Rawles spent the 2006 collegiate season as a volunteer assistant coach at Michigan State University. Prior to his stint in East Lansing, MI, Coach Rawles led the North Muskegon High School team to a Class C state championship in 2006. There he was also named All Area Coach of the Year for Class C-D and was also selected to coach the West Michigan All Area All-Star team in 2005 and 2006. Before his state championship run he coached the Grand Valley State University Women's Club team to a 9th place national finish in 2003 and then improved on that mark with a 3rd place finish in 2005.
Coach Rawles has spent the last six years as one of the top coaches for Inside Out Volleyball club program based out of Muskegon, MI, where he travels coaching the top 17 and 18 year olds in the state. This coming AAU season Coach Rawles will be starting his own AAU program called Saints Juniors. In addition to his responsibilities as a coach for Inside Out, he has been hired by Division I volleyball programs to help run camps and clinics, such as Michigan State University, University of Mississippi, and Notre Dame. Coach Rawles now resides in Norton Shores, MI. |
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Kari Rawles - Assistant Coach/Director of Volleyball Operations
Coach Kari joined the Aquinas Volleyball program in the 2007 season with Coach Rawles. This will be her second year as Director of Volleyball Operations (DOVO) and her first year as an assistant coach. In 2007 her time was also spent as the head JV volleyball coach for North Muskegon High School. And this past AAU season she was an assistant to Coach Rawles on the top 17’s team at Inside Out.
In 2002-2003 she was part of the Grand Valley State University Club team as a starting libero. Coach Kari resides in Norton Shores, MI
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Betsy Vander Meer - Assistant Coach
Betsy Vander Meer is no stranger to the volleyball program at Aquinas College. Betsy has been invested into the program from day one after her daughter, setter Katie Vander Meer, transferred from Michigan State University. This will be Betsy's first year as an assistant coach. This should be an easy transition for her and the team since Betsy has been around the team all spring season helping run drills and also looking for the right athletes for the AQ program. Betsy has over 10 years of coaching volleyball under her belt and 8 years of officiating volleyball. Her coaching experience ranges from coordinating & coaching young kids programs to JV at East Kentwood, and most recently Vander Meer has coached the Far Out Boys club team (ages 15-18) for the last 3 years. Betsy is also one of the top coaches for the Saints Juniors Volleyball Club program.
Betsy is married to Doug Vander Meer and has two children Katie and Matthew. Katie is a student athlete here at Aquinas and Matthew will be attending Michigan Sate University in the fall (2009) and will also be playing volleyball on the Men's team at MSU.
Betsy and Doug reside in Kentwood. |
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| 2009 Signings: |
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Aquinas is pleased to announce that Jenn Skinner of South Christian will be coming back home to Grand Rapids as a Saint by joining the volleyball program. Jen will be transferring in this coming semester from Iowa Western Communtiy College and will have 3 years of eligibility to compete for the Saints. |
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Coach Dave Rawles and Aquinas College are pleased to announce the signing of Emma Erickson.
"Emma brings a lot to the team. Erickson is very athletic and can play a multitude of positions for us." states Coach Rawles.
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The Saints volleyball program is pleased to announce that 6'1'' RH/MB Sam Hankinson of Spring Lake is going to continue her volleyball carrier at Aquinas College." Sam has a huge upside to her game. She has yet to come close to what she is capable of on and off the court. I look forward to working with Sam a.k.a. (Quite Thunder)." states Coach Rawles. |
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Lexi Jones of Forest Hills Northern may be the sleeper for my 2009 class. The sky is the limit for the 6' athlete. Lexi will be able to play all six rotations in college. Whether it be as an Out-side hitter or as the Right side hitter. Lexi will make an impact for our program as soon as the ink drys. On and off the court Miss Jones is what we are looking for in a student athlete here at Aquinas College. I am very excited to be able to work with Lexi. She has a lot of potential as a collegiate volleyball player.
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Coach David Rawles is pleased to announce that Jessica Bredeweg of South Christan has signed her Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Aquinas College. Jessica is a quick high energy player that will bring a toughness to the team. She was a State Champion along side of Jen Skinner in 2007. Jess was the starting setter at South last year. Here I see her roll mainly as a Defensive Specialist, one that hates to lose and see the ball hit the floor. Jessica is a perfect fit for our program here at Aquinas College. |
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