Meet Your Coaches

Jen Garinger

Allison Roberts

Playing experience:

Various Adult indoor and sand tournaments (2000-present)
USAV, Adult Nationals (Minneapolis, Atlanta, New Orleans, Phoenix & Columbus, OH)
University of Louisiana Lafayette (1996-97)
Scottsdale Community College (1994-95)
Arizona Juniors Volleyball Club (1990-94)
Central High School (1990-93)

Professional experience:

2019-Present Master Coach 12-15's
Art of Coaching VolleyballMember (December 2015 – Present)
CrossFit Trainer – Level 1/Level 2 (Certified February 2015, 2019)
CF Kids (Certified 2012)
Clarksville Volleyball Club (2015 – Present)
Clarksville Volleyball Youth League, Clinics & Camps @ Acme Athletics (2012 – Present)
Sycamore Middle School Summer Camp 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Northwest High School Camp 2020, 2021
Davidson Academy, Lady Pumas (2014-15)
Pat Powers Camp, Assistant Coach (2014)
Club West VBC, Clarksville Club Director (2012-14)
Kerri Walsh-Jennings Camp, Volunteer Coach (2013)
Alliance VBC, Clarksville Club Director (2009-12)
Rossview High School, Head Volleyball Coach (2006-07 & 2011-13)
Club Red 15U (AZ), Assistant Coach (2007-08)
AZ Sky 15U, Assistant Coach (2009-10)
AZ Sky VBC, Club Director (2005-06)
Mid South Volleyball Academy 18U, Head Coach (2006)
NJCAA DII Championship, Site Director (2005)
FAVA VBC (NC), Volunteer Coach (2005)
Scottsdale Community College, Assistant Coach (2003-05)
Arizona Juniors VBC 12U, Head Coach & Tournament Director (2002-04)
Rocky Mountain VBC, Director & Head Coach (1999-02)

Jen married her amazing husband, Daniel, in November 2004. They have 2 children Davin and Keira.

Fun Fact:

Volleyball took Jen to France her senior year to travel and play.

Jen has continued to play volleyball as an adult with USA Volleyball Adult Nationals. It has taken her to Minneapolis, Atlanta, New Orleans, Phoenix & Columbus, OH. Jen plans to play in the 75 & older division some day!

Allison Roberts

Playing experience:

Various adult tournaments 2013-present
4 year starter at Presbyterian College (2009-2012) RS/MB
Plano East Senior High Varsity (2006-2009)
7 years of club playing experience

She played for the Blue Hose from 2009-12, starting 60 of 61 matches during the final two years of her career. Roberts ranks among the top five in several Division I-era career records at Presbyterian, including kills, assists and blocks. She ranks second in career blocks and fourth in kills with 860. She ranked among the top three on the team in kills in each of her four seasons. Roberts was a two-time Most Outstanding Offensive Player at Plano East High School, where she also garnered second-team all-district accolades. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Presbyterian College in May 2013 and completed her master's degree at SWOSU in 2015.

Professional experience:

2019-Current Master Coach for 16U-17U CVC teams
Coaching
2018-2019 CVC 17 Smack Head Coach
2017-2018 CVC 16 Smack Head Coach
2017-2018 Middle & High School League Coach
2015-2017 Head Coach St. Gregory's University, Shawnee, OK
2014-2016 Oklahoma Charge Volleyball Clun 16 American Head Coach
2013-2015 Assistant Coach Southwestern Oklahoma State University
2011-2013 United Performance Volleyball Club 18 Head Coach

In her first year as the head coach, St. Gregory's finished 7-18 overall with a pair of all-conference players, and in her second year she led the Cavs to a 19-16 record and the team's first conference tournament bid in 3 years. The Cavaliers had five athletes earn All-SAC honors in 2016, and three of those athletes returned for the 2017 season which finished 17-13 overall. She broke the all-time wins record for St. Gregory's volleyball. A decorated athlete from Plano, Texas, Roberts joined the Cavaliers after serving two seasons on the coaching staff at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK. Roberts helped SWOSU match its program's third-highest win total in 2013. The Bulldogs shattered several school records for blocking that season.

Allison and her husband, Ian, were married December 2015. They have 2 future athletes Abby & Izzy

Fun Fact:

Allison played percussion for 6 years from middle school through high school. She has also played the piano, the harp, and the guitar.

Amber Horning

Allison Roberts

Amber Horning

Playing experience:

2019 USAV Nationals in Columbus, OH
Various Adult Leagues/Charity Tournaments 2003-2012
North High School Varsity 2001-2003 Captain
Senior year and Co-Captain Jr year
Position: DS and OH
North High School JV 1999-2001 moved up to Varsity the end of sophomore year for finals.
Kern River Volleyball Club 1997-2001
Open Team for Norris Middle School 1997-1999

Professional experience:

Clarksville Volleyball Club 2018-Current Asst Coach 16 Smack
Bakersfield Volleyball Club 2008-2012
Head Coach for all ages 12’s- 18’s
North High School Asst Varsity Coach 2009-2011. Provided Passing/Serving clinics and Lessons during this time.
Clovis Volleyball Club 14 Silver
Asst Coach 2007-2008
Norris Middle School Open Head Coach 2003-2005

Fun Fact:

Amber is an American Sign Language Interpreter

Ginny Busse

Charlsie Moss

Amber Horning

Playing Experience:

· Various Adult indoor and beach tournaments (2014- present)
· First Austin Peay player named the OVC Defensive Player of the Year.
· Recorded career-best 572 digs in final season at Austin Peay, the fifth-best single season performance in program history.
· Finished top 25 in the NCAA in digs per set in 2019
· Govs 2nd defender to record over 2,000 career digs.
· Set career-high with 43-dig performance in 2019
· 1st team all OVC
· NC State All-Tournament Team, 2019
· Evansville All-Tournament Team, 2018
· Music City All- tournament Team, 2017
· Played Thail Professional Volleyball teams in 2016
· Played for the Beach Volleyball team at Austin Peay for 3 years.
· Played on the 1’s pair for 90% of her career.
· Help her high school team finish in the top four in the State of Illinois back-to-back years (2014-2015) Class 4A.
· Was named to the All-State team and earned all-district honors. As a senior and junior.
· Earned all-district recognition and was a Pantagraph All-Area second-team selection
· Played club volleyball with the Illini Elite Volleyball Club.
· Started on her High School volleyball team all four years.

Professional Experience:

· Ensworth High School, Interim Head Volleyball Coach (2019- Present)
· New South Volleyball, Head Volleyball Coach (2016-2020)
· Illini Elite Volleyball Club, Assistant to Director, (2017)
· Illini Elite Volleyball Club, Assistant 14U Coach, her team Placed 3rd at Nationals in the Club division. (2018)
Ginny is a Real Estate agent for Nashville Home Guru at Compass. She is married to Michael Busse and has lived in Clarksville for 5 years.

Fun Fact:

Ginny loves to travel during her time off. She has been to Kenya, Switzerland, Japan, Thailand, Canada, Spain, and Italy. Kenya was her favorite by far.

Abby Sickel

Charlsie Moss

Playing experience:

Various Club Teams in Clarksville/Nashville (2010-2015)
Clarksville High School Varsity Team (2011-2015)
King University in Bristol, TN (2015-2019)

Professional experience:

Various Clinics/Camps at CVC 2015-Present
CVC 15 Smack Team 2019
CVC Setting Coach 2020-Present

Fun Fact:

During College, I was able to travel to Costa Rica with my volleyball team on a mission trip. We were able to run camps for local communities and play against some of their professional and university teams.

Charlsie Moss

Playing experience:

Various sand tournaments
Alabama performance 2007-2010
Hayden high school 2006-2010

Professional experience:

Clarksville High School 2018-present
Clarksville Volleyball Club (indoor and sand) 2018- present
Acme Athletics middle school league 2018-present
North Alabama Juniors 2013-2015
Hayden High School 2010-1016

Fun Fact:

Loves her dogs

Kiki Coombs

Jacqueline Thornton

Playing experience:

2019 USAV Nationals in Columbus, OH
Northeast High School- I started on the freshman team my first year and was a starting varsity player for the remainder of my high school career. I was also team captain my senior year of high school.
I played club for Ethos in Nashville for two years Junior year I played for both the 17 & 16 Elite teams. Senior year played on the 17 Elite team
Faulkner University Montgomery, AL 2014-16. Middle and right side hitter. Junior year Kiki was averaging 10 kills per game on the right side.

Professional experience:

2014-2017 Assistant Coach
Northeast, Kenwood and Fort Campbell High Schools
2016 Capital City Juniors(CCJ), Montgomery, AL
2016-current Clarksville Volleyball Club
Head Coach CVC 14Blue
Youth Development Coach
Middle School League Coach
High School League Coach
Private Lessons

Fun Fact:

Played volleyball in the Clarksville area, now back to coach it!

Jacqueline Thornton

Playing experience:

4 years High School, Michigan
4 years Club Volleyball

Professional experience:

2019-2020 16 Blue Head Coach
2018-2019 17 Smack Assistant Coach
2017-current Volleyball Development Academy at Acme Athletics

Fun Fact:

Got married Summer 2021

Sarah Perry

Colleen Shepherd

Playing experience:

Professional experience:

Fun Fact:

Colleen Shepherd

Playing experience:

2 years middle school league
4 years High School Varsity (Libero)
2016 Texas UIL State Tournament
2016 KSA Fall Classic Tournament (Orlando, FL)

Professional experience:

MSL coach at Acme Athletics 2020-current
Clarksville High School Freshmen Coach 2020-Current

Fun Fact:

Ellie Frye

Shelby Gibson

Playing Experience:

2019-2020 Cumberland University MB/RS Conference Champs
2018-1019 New South OH
2016-2017 Ethos
2014-2016 Clarksville VBC
2015-2019 Sycamore HS Team Captain, MVP, Most Blocks
2012-2014 Sycamore MS

Professional Experience:

Clarksville VBC 14 White Coach 2020/21
Acme Athletics Assistant Clinic Coach

Fun Fact:

Ellie was the first person from Sycamore HS to receive multiple offers to play college volleyball. Ellie has recently transferred from Cumberland University to APSU and is pursuing her degree in Social Work.

Shelby Gibson

Playing experience:

Four years of high school, two years JV and two years Varsity.

Professional experience:

2019 CVC 16w Coach

Fun fact:

I am a sophomore at Austin Peay, majoring in Mathematics and Statistics and minoring in Education.

What We Do

Whether athletes are part of Clarksville Volleyball CLUB or through year-round training at Acme Athletics. At Acme Athletics our Clarksville VBC coaches provide Skill Specific Clinics, Volleyball Development Academies, Middle or High School Leagues or Private Lessons. At Clarksville VBC we share some key principles with USA Volleyball (USAV). They call them the Five F’s

FUN-Learn
FAMILY-Unite
FAST-Prepare
FEROCIOUS-Compete
FORTITUDE-Adversity

Clarksville Volleyball Club endorses and enforces all existing USAV Rules and Regulations, Code of Ethics and Conducts, and sound principles of Performance Training. As a club we demonstrate humility, integrity, teamwork and the passion for the games of volleyball. We promote all around skills, place the best coach at the appropriate age level, support multi-sport athletes, encourage athletes to play in appropriate age group, hire passionate coaches that are IMPACT certified and have either coached/competed at the college, club or high school level. All coaches are SafeSport trained and have had a background checks through USAV.

We strive to provide a competitive, fun and positive learning environment for to prepare athletes for Middle School, High School or College Volleyball. We believe in developing the entire student athlete; mental, physical and social. Our coaches focus on developing strong volleyball fundamentals, humility, integrity, teamwork and the love of competition. As such, each athlete earns her position/court time through their own work ethic, positive attitude and commitment for excellence.

We believe in developing leadership skills, teamwork and sportsmanship on and off the court. All coaches use the same keys in practice and follow club philosophy to have continuity over the last 5 years. Coaches work together to share ideas, philosophies and drills because we want to develop our coaches as well as our athletes and provide quality instruction at all levels.