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Head Coach: David Rawles (3rd Year)
Assistant Coach: Betsy Vander Meer (1st year)
Director of Volleyball Operations: Kari Rawles (3rd Year)
Head Trainer: Matt McWilliams Student Trainer: Catherine Newman
Student Managers: Laura Ballor & Sam Connell
2009 Record: 26-6 overall, 11-3 WHAC |
Day/Date |
Opponent |
Site |
Time |
Wed., Aug. 26 |
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Westville, Ind, |
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Fri., Aug. 28 |
vs. Slippery Rock |
Detroit, Mich. |
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Fri., Aug. 28 |
vs. West Liberty State |
Detroit, Mich. |
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Sat., Aug. 29 |
vs. Wayne State |
Detroit, Mich. |
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Sat., Aug. 29 |
vs. Urbana |
Detroit, Mich. |
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Tues., Sept. 1 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Thur., Sept. 3 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Fri., Sept. 4 |
vs. Grace |
Chicago, Ill. |
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Fri., Sept. 4 |
vs. Trinity Christian |
Chicago, Ill. |
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Sat., Sept. 5 |
vs.William Penn |
Chicago, Ill. |
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Sat., Sept. 5 |
vs. St. Ambrose |
Chicago, Ill. |
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Tues., Sept 15 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
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Thur., Sept. 17 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Tues., Sept. 22 |
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Fort Wayne, Ind. |
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Thur., Sept. 24 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Tues., Sept 29 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich . (#) |
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Thurs., Oct. 1 |
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Adrian, Mich. |
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Tues., Oct. 6 |
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Ann Arbor, Mich. |
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Wed., Oct. 7 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. |
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Thurs., Oct. 8 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Sat., Oct. 10 |
@ Calumet College of St. Joseph |
Calumet, Ind. |
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Tues., Oct. 13 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Mon., Oct. 19 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Thur., Oct. 22 |
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Dearborn, Mich |
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Sat., Oct. 24 |
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Romeoville, Ill. |
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Sat., Oct. 24 |
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Romeoville, Ill. |
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Tues., Oct 27 |
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Livonia, Mich. |
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Wed., Oct 28 |
@ Rochester College |
Rochester, Mich. |
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Fri., Oct 30 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Tues., Nov. 3 |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Tues., Nov. 10 |
WHAC Quarterfinal vs. UM Dearborn |
Grand Rapids, Mich. (#) |
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Fri., Nov. 13 |
WHAC Semifinal vs. Madonna |
Fort Wayne, Ind. |
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(#) -- denotes home contests being played at Forest Hills Northern HS North Gym
Forest Hills Northern Map
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| No. |
Photos |
Name |
Pos |
Yr |
Ht. |
Hometown/High School |
| 2 |
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Jessica Curtis |
OH |
SO |
5’9 |
North Branch, Mich./North Branch |
| 3 |
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Tayler Spellis |
DS |
FR |
5'4 |
Mason, Mich./Mason |
| 4 |
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Katie Vander Meer * |
S |
JR |
5’7 |
Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood |
| 6 |
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Sam Hankinson |
MB |
FR |
6'0 |
Spring Lake, Mich./Spring Lake |
| 7 |
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Taylor Rudland |
OH |
SO |
5'9 |
Holland, Mich./West Ottawa |
| 8 |
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Sarah LeClair |
DS |
SO |
5’6 |
Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven |
| 9 |
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Jackie Overton |
RS |
FR |
6'0 |
Southfield, Mich./Southfield |
| 10 |
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Mollie Lounds* |
MH |
JR |
6'0 |
Mason, Mich./Mason |
| 11 |
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Chelsea Phillips |
MB |
SO |
5’11 |
Holland, Mich./West Ottawa |
| 12 |
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Jessica Bredeweg |
DS |
FR |
5’4 |
East Moline, Mich./South Christian |
| 13 |
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Emma Erickson |
OH/S |
FR |
5'9 |
Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central |
| 16 |
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Lexi Jones |
RS/OH |
FR |
6'0 |
Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern |
* Denotes Captain
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| Coaches: |
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David Rawles - Head Coach
Coach David Rawles enters his third season as head volleyball coach for Aquinas after a successful 2008 season 22-13 overall, 10-4 in the WHAC. A volleyball enthusiast, Coach Rawles is very active in all facets of the game. He retired from playing competitively as one of the top ten players in the Midwest Professional Volleyball Association. Ranked as high as number 3 on the tour in 2006. 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 an 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.
This past AAU season Coach Rawles started his own AAU program called Saints Juniors. (www.saintsjuniors.com) In addition to his responsibilities as the Owner/Director, he has been hired by Division I volleyball programs to help run camps and clinics, such as the University of Notre Dame, University of Mississippi, and Michigan State University.
David is married to Kari Rawles. The couple resides in Norton Shores, MI with their daughter Peyton.
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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 third year as Director of Volleyball Operations (DOVO) and her secound 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 Director of Saints Juniors.
In 2002-2003 she was part of the Grand Valley State University Club team as a starting libero.
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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. |
| Outlook for 2009: |
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| 2010 Signings: |
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Jenn Skinner - South Christian High School/Iowa Western CC |
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Kristin Woods - Grand Haven - Middle Hitter |
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Carly Sansone - Port Huron High School - DS |
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Nicci Thomas - Whitehall High School - Setter |
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Kelly Flietstra - Wayland Union High School - Outside Hitter |
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Molly Pelak - Mattawan High School - Outside Hitter |
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Megan Toth - Battle Creek St. Philip - RS Hitter |
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