Varsity Volleyball - Girls
Team Information
Volleyball has been an important part of my life since childhood. I was fortunate enough to be one of the first females to develop as an athlete under Title Nine. I am thrilled to share my experience and passion for the sport with the MKA community and to continue the development of young female athletes, both as players and as role models. The persistence and resilience of an athlete are skills that will shape her life on and off the court. I am humbled to lead this team through an experience that will not only enrich the players' high school volleyball careers but their futures as young women.
Head Coach: Molli Dowd
Head Coach Since: 2018
College(s) or University(s) Attended & Degree: University of California Santa Barbara - BA; New York University - MFA
Prior Coaching Experience: Created the first youth volleyball program in Verona NJ in 2005 (still going strong); Head Coach Varsity Girls Volleyball- Verona High School; Assistant Varsity Coach MKA Girls Volleyball
Other Athletic Accomplishments: NJ State Mixed Platform Tennis Champion 2016; NCAA DIV 1 volleyball player at Arizona State University (back in the 80’s :); High School Sports Hall of Fame Athlete - Salpointe High School, Tucson, Arizona; High School 'Student Athlete of the Year' Tucson Citizen Award, Arizona 1984
Schedule
Athletics Roster
1 - PJ Dowd* (Jr.) -- Verona
3 - Lucy Jacobowitz (So.) -- Livingston
6 - Vanessa Amsinger (Jr.) -- Montclair
11 - Katie Hipp (Jr.) -- Verona
13 - Amara Lerner (Fr.) -- South Orange
23 - Samiyah Abdur-Rahim (Fr.) -- Short Hills
26 - Alina Smith* (Sr.) -- Morristown
31 - Hailey Fouche (Fr.) -- Montclair
32 - Courtney McCants (Sr.) -- Bloomfield
34 - Samantha Bodmer (Sr.) -- Pine Brook
Yevgeniya Doluda (Fr.) -- West Orange
*Captain