Triangle Coaching Staff

Jessica Aycock

Aycock is originally from Clayton, NC and began playing volleyball as a freshman at Corinth Holders HS (4A). A three-year starter (OPP) for the Pirates, Aycock earned All-Conference Player of the Year and Conference MVP her senior season. She also has local club playing experience at JOCO ONE and KAT.

Academics became her priority upon graduation and she enrolled at NC State where she also joined the NCSU Women's Club Volleyball team. This fall will begin her fourth and final season with NCSU Club volleyball as she is finishing her BS in Genetics at NC State in December.

Logan Barber

Assistant Director | Boys

Barber joined Triangle in 2006 and has coached in the 13s, 14s, 15s, 16s, and 18s age groups. Highlights of his previous seasons include multiple trips to USAV Junior Nationals, a Carolina Region championship, five gold finishes at national qualifiers (including 16 Blue's top five finish at the Big South Qualifier and Lone Star Classic in 2014), and three second-place finishes at MAPL events. In addition to team coaching, Barber leads many camps and clinics at Triangle and at various colleges and universities.

Lauren Bissette '20

Bissette '20 returns to Triangle as a member of the coaching staff, having played five years of junior club volleyball with her final season on Triangle 18 Black. Bissette was also a prep standout at Fuquay-Varina High School where she served as varisty captain her senior year. Bissette was second in the South Wake 4A conference for hitting percentage at 0.333. 

Jaclyn Brewington '15

Brewington is a Triangle alum and was a member of Triangle 18 Blue who double-qualified in 2015 by finishing 3rd in the USA division at Big South and winning the Disney Volleyball Showcase (USA division). At the USAV Junior National Championships 18 Blue went 7-3 finishing 13^th place overall in the USA division. Their finish was the highest of any second level team in the USA field.

In high school Brewington played varsity all four years at Holly Springs High School earning First Team All-Conference Honors her junior and senior seasons.

Bekah Brinkley

Brinkley, a native North Carolinian, grew up in Asheville where she had an outstanding prep career. At Asheville Christian Academy, Brinkley led her team to five NCISAA state championships. She was named to the NCISAA All-State team four seasons and earned the prestigious 2004 N.C. Gatorade Player of the Year. Her accolades earned her the 2004 MAAC 1A/2A Major Sport Female Athlete of the Year  and the 2004 Asheville Citizen-Times Player of the Year.

Breanna Cary

Cary was born and raised in Indianapolis prior to moving to Charlotte in 8^th grade. Cary played setter on the varsity squad at Hickory Ridge High School for three years, earning All-Conference honors her senior year. She began her junior club volleyball career at the age of nine at Circle City Volleyball Club. After moving to Charlotte, she played for multiple clubs in the Charlotte area as both a setter and defensive specialist. After graduating high school, Cary attended William Peace University where she played all four years as a setter, defensive specialist and libero.

Chad Christensen

Christensen joined Triangle in 2011 after moving to Raleigh from Chicago. He has served as an assistant coach in the 15s and 17s age groups, as well as a resource coach in Groups 1 and 2. He has also been a vital part of Triangle's growing boys program, where he worked as a resource coach and assistant for the 14u Boys and 16u Boys. Christensen played for the All-Marine and All-Armed Forces Teams from 2008-2013. He has been an assistant coach at Club Fusion in Chicago and coached varsity high school in Illinois.

Paige Cox

Cox was born and raised in Roxboro, NC. While playing for Person High School, she helped her team win back-to-back state championships in 2006 and 2007. She spent her seven-year club career at NC Challengers, which later became NC Elite.

Bridget Dunnivan

Bridget is originally from the Philippines where her interest in volleyball began at a young age. Since moving to the United States in 1994 she has continue playing the sport both indoors and sand. Most recently her interests have focused on the outdoor game where she remains an avid beach volleyball player.

Michael Frank

Frank joined Triangle in 2012 after relocating from Boston, and brings a wealth of positional expertise and experience to the gym. Frank has played and coached volleyball since high school where he was a three-year varsity member and all-conference selection, going on to play at Northeastern University and earning all-conference honors before graduating in 2002 with a degree in electrical engineering.

Austin Frese

Frese joins Triangle with considerable playing experience including four years as a setter/opposite at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills, California. A two-sport athlete, Frese also played basketball for the Trojans.

Frese attended Wichita State University, graduating in 2020 with a BA degree in Sport Management. Frese attended graduate school at Long Beach State University where he earned a Master of Business Administration.

Megan Fuhr '17

Fuhr returns to Triangle where she played six seasons. A prep standout at South Granville HS, Fuhr helped her team to the finals of the 2A NCHSAA State Championship in 2014. The following year, Fuhr led her team to capture the 2A NCHSAA State Championship and earned MVP honors. She earned All-Conference honors and set school records her senior season for sets played, digs, and kills.

Greg Gasper

Gasper formally joined Triangle’s staff in 2014 after coaching YVP and other Triangle programs for many years. Gasper has coached junior girls for over 18 years and is CAP I certified. Gasper was an avid USA Volleyball men’s team player after college and continued playing in the Carolina Region. Gasper is currently the middle school coach at St. Raphael where he has been coaching for 13 years. Gasper's prior club coaching experience includes many years at CCVC and TCA. Gasper works at IBM as a software engineer.

Theo Gioles

Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach, NASM-PES, CES

Gioles grew up in Long Island, NY playing a variety of sports including volleyball (setter). He attended and played 4 years of college tennis at Farmingdale State College in New York earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management (2011).

Barry Gower

Gower joined Triangle in 2013 and has served as an assistant coach, most recently of 14 Silver. Previously Gower served as head coach at Haviland Middle School in New York for three years and as a resource coach at Apex Volleyball Club in Poughkeepsie, New York, for one year. Growing up in Michigan, Gower graduated from Michigan Technological University in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in computer science. Gower works for IBM and resides in Holly Springs with his wife, Nikki, and two children, Riley and Liam.

Geoff Hannert

Geoff Hannert originally hails from Michigan, where his primary athletic endeavor was rowing/crew. As a junior crew member at Detroit Boat Club, he earned 7 medals, 2 golds, in 4 years at junior national competitions and competed in the Junior Olympics. Hannert attended Rutgers University and was part of the Nationally ranked lightweight crew. He founded and grew the first junior rowing program in the area with Raleigh Charter HS in 1999. 

Emily (Hendricks) Hermanson '12

Hendricks, a Triangle alumna from the Class of 2012, joined the Triangle coaching staff in 2012 and has served as an assistant and head coach in the 11s, 12s, 13s, 15s, and 17s age groups. Most recently, she served as the head coach of 17 White for the 2020 seasons and 15 Blue for the 2019 season. In 2016 Hendricks helped to lead 17 White to a second-place finish in the American Division at the Big South Qualifier and a top 20 finish at AAU Junior Nationals.

Anna Grace Holdford

Holdford is originally from Wilimington, NC where she began playing volleyball at the age of 12. As a setter and prep standout at Coastal Christian High School, Holdford served as team captain her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. She was a three-time All Conference honoree being named Coastal Rivers Conference Player of the Year in 2017. Holdford was selected as a NCISAA 2A All-State honoree in both 2015 and 2017. She totaled 3000 career assists for the Centurions, with 883 as a senior setter.

CJ Hunter

Assistant Director

IN LOVING MEMORY...

Our hearts were deeply saddened when we lost CJ (Ceej) on February 8, 2021. His memory, spirit and love of all things volleyball will forever live in our gym. He will always be a part of Triangle and his bio will remain in its space.

#play4CJ  |  #livelikeCJ  |  #ceejtheday

April 8, 1991 - February 8, 2021

Gabby Isaacs

Isaacs is originally from Holly Springs and began playing volleyball at a young age. She was a setter for Holly Springs HS and played club volleyball her 14’s through 18‘s seasons. She was recruited to Pitt Community College in Greenville, NC where she set the Bulldogs for two seasons. Isaacs was team captain for 2-years and helped lead the Bulldogs to earn the most wins in the school's volleyball program. She was named Second Team All-Region, and finished first in assists per sets in the conference.

Greg Kabbes

A native of the Raleigh area, Kabbes began his career at Triangle in 2010. He returned in 2021 after attending graduate school. Kabbes has served as an assistant coach for 14 Black, and 15 Black, and 17 Black. In the 2018 season, Kabbes was part of the 17 Black coaching staff when the team qualified in the Open Division and finished the season ranked 23rd in the nation by prepvolleyball.com. Kabbes has also spent time as a resource coach at multiple levels and is a lead coach for many camps and clinics, including working with Powercore 360.

Rob Kent

Kent joined the Triangle coaching staff in 2020 with over 10 years of youth coaching experience in the Triangle area. In total, Kent has coached over 40 different teams in three different sports (volleyball, basketball, and soccer). Before coming to Triangle, Kent coached two years at NC Elite. Rob has coached over 25 youth volleyball teams, with student-athletes ranging in age from 7 to 16 years old. His youth volleyball teams have won multiple regular season and tournament championships.

Brendan Koslowsky

Koslowsky joined Triangle in 2013 and has served as an assistant coach in the 15s, 17s, and 18s age groups. In 2015 Koslowsky was an assistant coach of 17 Blue, which finished 12th in the Premier Division at AAU Junior Nationals. In 2016 he helped lead 17 Black to qualify in Open for USAV Junior Nationals, and in 2017 he helped guide 18 White toward a third-place finish in the Club Division at the JVA World Challenge.

Beverly Lineberger

Lineberger, a North Carolina volleyball mainstay, achieved tremendous success while serving as head coach at Apex High School for 11 years and at Peace College for two years. While leading the Apex program she was awarded Tri-7 Coach of the Year in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2006, and led her team to the 4A state semifinals in 2001 and 2005. During her two years at Peace she guided the Pacer program to its best season since joining the NCAA in 2002.

Julia Mainwaring

Mainwaring is a local of the area and joined Triangle in 2012. She was a four-year varsity member, three-year starter, two-year captain, and two-time all-conference member at East Chapel Hill High School. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Elon University with a bachelor's degree in Sport and Event Management in 2016. While at Elon, she was a three-year member of the club volleyball program and served as the club’s vice president her senior year.

Bruna Maraccini

Bruna is originally from Brazil and moved to Apex when she was 15. While at Apex High School, she played as a setter, was the captain of the varsity volleyball team, and helped the team win three Conference Championships (getting very close to the State Championship each year). She was a member of USAV and an active club player in the Carolina Region where she received a few accolades for setting and serving. She supported multiple volleyball camps during that time, coaching younger kids and sharing her love for the sport.

Lindsey (Hall) Marsh

Marsh (formerly Hall), a North Carolina native, joined Triangle in 2014. She has served as head coach of 13 White and 13 Silver for numerous years. She has also been an assistant coach in the 12s and 13s age groups. She played libero at South Granville High School and competed in club for several years, finishing her career with Jammers Volleyball Club. Marsh played intramural indoor and beach at NC State while earning degrees in sport management and business marketing. She graduated in 2011 and is currently the marketing coordinator at PNC Arena.

Katie McCullough '15

Assistant Director

McCullough (fondly referred to as "Katie Mac") is a Triangle alumnae having played in Triangle blue for 5 years beginning at 14s through her senior year. McCullough was a two-sport athlete in high school finding success both on the volleyball court and the soccer field.

Lauren McManus

McManus, originally from Raleigh, brings considerable club coaching experience to Triangle. She played as a setter/opposite in both club and high school at Garner Senior High School. She earned all-conference honors during her junior and senior season and was named conference player of the year her senior year. As a club player she helped her team win a Carolina Region championship and earn a bid to USAV Junior Nationals. She attended St. Andrews Presbyterian College where she was a four-year starting right side player.

Taylor Meyer

Meyer is originally from Iowa and was a standout setter at Pleasant Valley High School (maiden name Rockey). She began coaching at her alma mater under the guidance of her mentor and former coach Stacey Ruff. Meyer has seven total years of high school coaching at the JV, Freshman and Varsity levels. Her teams made three state championship appearances, winning the 5A state title in 2021.

Chris Olson '21

Olson returns to Triangle as a coach having played in Triangle's boys program for three seasons. Olson, an opposite/setter, played on Triangle 16 Boys and two years on Triangle 18 Boys. Olson remains an avid player and enjoys indoor, sand and grass competition. He is attending Wake Tech and pursuing a degree in Finance.

Shelby (Martin) Parker

Assistant Director

Martin is originally from Dallas where she played club (setter) for Skyline Juniors and helped lead Skyline 16 Black to a USA division National Championship in 2015. She played for Waxahachie HS where she produced 695 kills, 847 assists, 126 aces and 91 blocks in her three-year varsity career. Martin was recruited to East Carolina University and earned Freshman of the Year honors (2017) for the American Athletic Conference and All-AAC Second Team honors both her Freshman and Sophomore seasons.

Tori Pearce '14

Pearce (Triangle Class of 2014) returns to Triangle after an impressive playing career at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU-DI). Pearce began playing volleyball in 6^th grade and played at Riverside High School in Durham and helped to bring three conference championships to the powerhouse school during her four-year varsity career. She was a three-time team Defensive Player-of-the-Year and was named All-Conference and Team MVP as a senior.

Julianne (Juli) Peters

Peters hails from Fuquay-Varina and is a graduate of Cardinal Gibbons High School, where she lettered for four years in volleyball as a pin attacker and setter. She was the recipient of the 2015 NCHSAA 4A Sportsmanship Award and won state championships all four years at Cardinal Gibbons. Peters also competed for seven years with Triangle and during that time reached the finals match of 28 tournaments, including four national tournaments and six Carolina Region Championship tournaments. She was also a two-time All Carolina Region selection.

Reagan Petty

Petty is originally from Nashville where she played both prep and club volleyball beginning at a young age. She attended Centennial High School and won numerous accoldates, including two-time district all-tournament team and two-time first team all-state. She played for Alliance and helped her team win the 2011 Mideast Qualifier. Her club teams earned top 20 finishes at USAV Junior Nationals in three consecutive seasons, including a ninth-place finish in 2010.

Ella Philpot '22

Philpot played her 16-18 club seasons at Triangle, competing as a middle blocker on 16, 17, and 18 Black teams. Philpot helped lead both 17 Black and 18 Black to USAV Junior National's Open qualification in 2021 and 2022 respectively (2020 was cut short due to COVID-19). Philpot, along with her 17 Black teammates qualified Open in 2021 with a T3 finish at the Northeast Qualifier in Philadelphia. In 2022, Philpot and Triangle 18 Black qualified Open at SVT's Southeast 18s Qualifier in Atlanta with a T5 finish. As a standout on the D.H.

Brian Poppe

Poppe is originally from Orlando, Florida and joined Triangle in 2011. Poppe has been the head coach of Triangle 18u Boys since its inception in 2013, and has served as a resource coach for other Triangle squads. Poppe's playing experience includes juniors in Tampa and with the University of South Florida (USF) club team. He also played in sand events throughout the state of Florida. Poppe earned a bachelor's degree in psychology while attending USF. He now works as an Intensive Family Preservation Specialist with Children's Home Society of NC.

Perry Ramsey '14

Ramsey joined the Triangle staff in 2020 following an outstanding playing career at the prep, collegiate and international stage. She played at Triangle for three seasons as a pin attacker and helped her 2012 17 Black finish 11th in 17 Open at the USAV Girls' Junior National Championships. She also starred at Chapel Hill High School, and garnered numerous awards including three-time All Conference, two-time News & Observer All-Metro Player, three-time All-Academic honors, and 2012 Max Preps Player of the Year.

Lisa Riggsbee

Riggsbee joins Triangle from Clemmons, NC where she was an outstanding prep athlete in volleyball, softball, basketball, and track and field. She earned West Forsyth's High School Athlete of the Year honors as a senior. She earned All-Conference volleyball honors as a setter both her junior and senior seasons.

Amanda Robertson

Robertson is originally from Roxboro where she was a prep standout middle blocker at Person High School. She was a three-time PrepVolleyball.com All-America selection and listed among the Top 50 recruits in the country. Robertson helped Person High School win back-to-back 4A NCHSAA State Championships in 2006 and 2007.

Brieana (Brie) Saur

Saur was raised in the Charlotte area where she began playing volleyball in middle school. She played club at CUVC for three years and completed her club career at Carolina Juniors (CJV). Upon graduation from Weddington High School, Saur attended NC State and joined the NC State Women’s Club Volleyball team. She served as the club’s Vice-President, President, captain, and coach over her four-years and was an accomplished setter. She earned First-Team All-Tournament honors at Club Nationals her freshman season at NCSU and MVP at nationals her sophomore year.

Sarah Scott

Scott is originally from Broomfield, Colorado and began playing volleyball in 6th grade. Scott played for Broomfield High School earning All-Conference honors in 2015 and ranking fourth in all-time assists for the Eagles. Scott played five seasons for Juggernaut Volleyball as a setter and was recruited to William Peace University in 2016.

Lande Simpson

Simpson is a Raleigh native who previously played club locally at both Triangle and NC Elite while attending Durham School of the Arts. At DSA she played on varsity for all four years. After graduating she was recruited to Brevard College where she played as a setter/OPP her freshman year. She transferred to NC State to pursue a degree in Communications and Public Relations. She continues to play on the NCSU Women's Club team.

She has prior club coaching experience at NC Elite where she coached at the 16s age level.

Danielle Stachura

Stachura is originially from Wisconsin, where she played as a setter for Coach Charlie Berg at Westosha Central High School. She played at the University of Mount Olive, appearing in 27 matches and posting a team-leading 351 assists as a freshman. Following her sophomore year, she transferred to Lincoln Memorial, where she competed on both the indoor and sand teams. In 2018, she won 7 matches at the No. 4 flight spot for the Lincoln Memorial beach team. She graduated from Lincoln Memorial with her Bachelor degree in Business Administration.

Richard Tharrington

Tharrington joined Triangle in 2013 and has coaching experience at the youth developmental, high school (Apex HS, Cardinal Gibbons & NRCA) and club levels. He has coached in the 11s-14s age groups as a head and resource coach and has been highly successful in both Carolina Region and interregional competition. In addition, he has led and assisted numerous camps and clinics, including Triangle's Youth Volleyball Program (YVP). He holds a Master's degree in coaching education and sports science from Ohio University.

Sarah Thomas

Thomas hails from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, where she played volleyball since she was in elementary school. She played club volleyball at Synergy as a versatile front row attacker, seeing time as a middle blocker/opposite hitter and an outside hitter. For her high school, she was on the varsity team for all four seasons and earned numerous accolades, incuding Rookie of the Year, All-State team, All-District and All-Conference. Following her prep career, she enrolled at NC State University and competed on their top club team for four seasons.

Abby (Dawson) Waterbury

Waterbury (formerly Dawson) coached at Triangle Volleyball Club for three seasons (2019-2021) before relocating with her husband who is active military. Service is bringing Waterbury back to area again allowing her to rejoin Triangle's staff.

Sarah Weavil

Weavil hails from Winston-Salem, NC where she began playing volleyball in 7th grade. At William Peace University she played at both the setter and defensive specialist positions for two seasons. Weavil transferred nearer to home where she was the primary setter for Davidson-Davie Community College (DCCC). She earned her Associates degree at DCCC and entered UNC-Charlotte to continue her education and earn a Bachelor's degeree in Health Communications.

Emily Whitsett

Whitsett graduated in 2010 from Elon University with a bachelor's degree in English. Whitsett was a four-year letter winner as a setter at Elon and served as captain both her junior and senior year. She earned the coach’s award in 2010, Academic All-Southern Conference, and Athletic Director Honor Roll. Whitsett originally hails from Pittsburgh and played four years on the Pine-Richland High School varsity team. In 2005 she led her high school team as captain to a state championship and was named all-state as a senior.

Gabriella Will

Will joins Triangle having moved to the area in 2021. Originally from Maryland, she played volleyball since she was very young including club at Maryland Juniors and TCA-Maryland and prep at River Hill HS. She was recruited as a setter for Catholic University of America (DC), DIII. She played one season before choosing nursing as a major.

She has coached club level at Metro Volleyball Club while in college.

Will, her husband, Nick, and daughter, Paisley, live in Holly Springs.