Plum Junior High Volleyball Coaches Bios:
Kelsey Bonk
Kelsey has been coaching club volleyball at Westmoreland Elite Volleyball Club for 5 years, high school volleyball at Plum Senior High School for 4 years, and middle school volleyball at O’Block Junior High for 3 years. She is a graduate of Valley High School. Kelsey then continued her volleyball career at the Division II level at Carlow University. Kelsey was a four-year starter and two-year team captain at Carlow. During all four of her collegiate seasons, Carlow qualified for the USCAA Volleyball National Championships. Kelsey earned a bachelor’s degree in Mass Media Communications at Carlow University and is currently a social media coordinator for AT&T SportsNet.
Rachel Satira
Rachel has been coaching club volleyball at Keystone Volleyball Club and Westmoreland Elite Volleyball Club for 4 years and high school volleyball at Plum Senior High School for 1 year. She is a graduate of Plum Senior High School. Rachel then continued her volleyball career at the Division II level at Seton Hill University. During her senior season at Seton Hill, the team won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championship Title, as well as, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Southwest Regional Champion Title. Rachel earned a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education at Seton Hill and is currently a kindergarten teacher at a private school.
Expectations/Goals
Rachel and I are looking for young athletes, eager to learn volleyball. Our passion for the game has led us to love the fundamentals! We want to teach pristine form for passing, serving, attack approach, and arm swing. We are coaching the skills we ask our varsity and junior varsity athletes to perform at a high level. In 7th and 8th grade, we value practices as much, if not more, than the games because practices are where you learn skills, get the majority of repetitions and can continue to grow mentally and physically as a student-athlete. Our goal is to grow, develop and continually improve the high school program through the middle school team.
Practice Times: School ends at 2:55 pm. Practice will begin around 3:10 and will end by 5:00 pm so girls can catch the activity bus.