Technical Coach- AShley Weik

Head Coach/Technical Coach- Michael Rainbow

Michael hails from Wilmington, Delaware and was a High School & Collegiate Volleyball player. He began coaching in 2004 at the club level, and continued on to coach at the high school and collegiate levels. Michael has coached players to All-American accolades at the college level, and numerous recognition’s within the state, conference & county levels. He has had his players recruited to colleges such as Tennessee, Quinnipiac, UMBC, Towson, Bucknell, Clarion University, Colgate, Delaware State, Liberty, Wilmington University, Holy Family, LaSalle, and Shepherd University. Currently he teaches and served as the Head Coach at Liberty High School in Eldersburg, MD from 2013- 2018 where he was named 2014 & 2015 Carroll County Times Coach of the Year while winning back to back conference championships and a Regional Championship in 2015, and before that at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville. Michael is an AVCA member, CAP 1 Certified, IMPACT, and First Aid & CPR/AED certified. He more recently was a Head Coach and served as the Head Technical Setting Coach at Virginia Elite in McLean, Virginia before moving back into the area as the Head Coach & Technical Directory for Columbia Volleyball Academy in Columbia, Maryland. 

 

Technical Coach- Monica Owensby

Coach Monica has been coaching volleyball for over 16 years. She is originally from Arizona where she played for the University of Arizona “A” club team and graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Physical Education and completed her Masters in Sports Psychology from Capella University in 2009. Upon arriving in Maryland in 2004, Coach Monica began coaching at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville, MD. She coached the JV squad from 2005-2008 as well as assisting then Varsity Coach Kenny Mills to the 2008 IAAM “A” Conference Championship Title. In 2009, she became the Varsity Head Coach and coached the Sailor team to IAAM “A” Conference Championship Title in 2009, 2010, and 2015. She also helped lead the team to the finals in 2011, 2013, 2014- while also being named the Baltimore Metro Coach of the year in 2015. She has been part of the CVA coaching staff since 2007, coaching age groups of 15,17, and 18s. Coach Monica is IMPACT/CAP I certified, AVCA/USAV member, and CPR/AED certified and is currently teaching middle school Physical Education for Lindale Middle School in Anne Arundel County, and is currently the Assistant to the Head Coach at Columbia Volleyball Academy in Columbia, Maryland. 

 

Guest Clinician- Ross Bickelmaier 

Originally from Alamonte Springs, Florida, Brickelmaier began his playing career as a setter at Longwood Volleyball Club and for Lyman High School, where he captained his team to an FHSAA state title in his senior year. Brickelmaier then went on to play four years of club volleyball at the University of Central Florida, contributing as both as a libero and middle blocker. He has been an active player on the PVL CHRVA roster since the team’s initial inception and he travels along the east coast to play in competitive sand tournaments during the summer months. Brickelmaier spent a year playing indoor and sand for Bournemouth University and indoor for Wessex Volleyball England. While living in England, he trained with some of Europe’s most elite players, including members of England’s National Beach Team.

Ross currently resides in Washington, D.C. and continues to play on a men’s USAV team. He earned a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Business Administration from Bournemouth University.

Technical Coach- Ashley WEik

Ashley is a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts where she began her volleyball career under the tutelage of coach Tom Turco, the 2008 AVCA and 2012 NHSCA National Volleyball Coach of the Year. During her high school career, Ashley was a member of the team that earned accolades as the 2008 and 2009 Old Colony Champions, 2008 South Sectional Champions, and the 2008 Division I State Champions. During her club years, Ashley played multiple seasons for Cape Cod Juniors in addition to playing for Pilgrim Volleyball Club. After high school, Ashley continued her volleyball career playing for Bridgewater College, a Division III school in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, where she was a Defensive Specialist. Ashley has experience coaching numerous high school level skills camps and has coached at the 15s, 16s, and 17s levels for club – most recently serving as the Head Coach for CVA 15 Red in the 20222 season. Ashley is excited to begin her second year with M2!

Technical Coach- Autumn Jenkins

Autumn Jenkins attended and graduated from the University of Delaware in 2017. She was a four year starter for the University of Delaware Volleyball where she garnered not only CAA Player of the Week Honors multiple times, but was also named to the CAA All-Conference Team twice during her collegiate career.  While at UD she also coached and worked with athletes at Delaware Juniors as a Head and Assistant Coach. She then went overseas to London to study for her Masters in Business at the University of East London. During her time there she played for the University and Semi-Professionally. Following graduation she came back home to the states where she decided to keep pursuing a volleyball career. The next 2 years she played professionally in Copenhagen, Denmark and Limassol, Cyprus. In her off seasons over the summer she fills her time with coaching summer camps through All American Volleyball which spends 3 days at various high-schools along the East coast designing and running individualized camps. Volleyball has been so much more than a sport for Autumn, and she wants to be able to share and help create those same opportunities for athletes in the future!