Coach Bios
Our Coaching Staff is the Best
Our coaches are passionate about the game of volleyball and are committed to helping our players improve their skills both on and off the court. With years of experience and a wealth of knowledge, our coaches are here to provide guidance, support, and encouragement to our players.
Each of our coaches brings a unique perspective and set of skills to the table, and we’re proud to have them as part of our team. From former professional players to experienced coaches, our coaching staff is second to none. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced player, you’ll find that our coaches are approachable, knowledgeable, and committed to helping you achieve your goals.
We invite you to take a few minutes to read through our Coach Bios and get to know our team. We’re confident that you’ll be impressed by their experience, expertise, and dedication to the game of volleyball. Thank you for considering our volleyball club, and we look forward to seeing you on the court!
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Our Leadership
Christa Faris
Christa is a former Canadian National Volleyball Team Member and Indoor Professional National Champion. Her USAV AAA indoor team won a National Championship and she was voted to the All- American team in doing so. Christa is a very accomplished sand player. She has maintained an “Open” Level Sand Doubles rating for over 20 yrs. She played college volleyball at the Univ. of Georgia, a Div 1 top 20 team.
Patrick Young
Patrick has coached at Cibola High School and at various middle schools in the Albuquerque area, over the past 30+ years. He has also played at various levels and aspects of volleyball, since the age of 16. Patrick started his crazy volleyball journey at Cibola, while they had a boys team. He was awarded a partial scholarship to BYU of Hawaii, but had already enlisted in the military, so onto the Air Force it was..
Miah Alfaro
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Our Coaching Staff
Trella Deryn Cain
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MJ Trujillo
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Cadence Mosher
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Amaya Walters
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Luis Pacheco
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Michele Perry
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Kaitlynn Biassou
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Joe Davila
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Kimber Morales
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Ayden Sterritt
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Mia Duran
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Jordyn Groover
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Julian Falcon
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Shyann Morris
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Ashley Rhoades
Ashley is a well-known volleyball figure in the state of New Mexico. She started her volleyball career playing middle in high school and went on to play at the collegiate level at the University of New Mexcio (UNM) 2008-2011.
Janelle Torres-Groover
Janelle Torres-Groover has been playing and coaching volleyball for over 20 years. She is a former UNM Lobo Volleyball player that hailed from Albuquerque, NM.
Doug Deming
Doug started his volleyball career over 22 years ago. He was a middle hitter for Purdue University on their NIRSA men’s team. Since then, he has played indoors, grass and sand competing at various events, including USAV Nationals and other large tournaments. Doug has coached at E3 for 3 years and enjoyed successes as Head Coach, with a very talented 13’s team last year.
Anthony (Tony) Perea
Tony has played volleyball for over 30 years, competing Nationally and Internationally. His experience includes sand and grass doubles, as well as 6’s and 9-man indoor. He has coached 8 years in USAV (youth) level, coaching at Ardent VC and E3 Volleyball. Tony has 2 daughters (Maya/Gabby) who are playing for E3.
Juliana Todescan
Juliana Todescan is a native from São Paulo, Brazil who has played and coached volleyball at the high school, club and college level.
Alex Tennison
Alex has played volleyball for 30 years. Alex played under Christa for club, winning 2 regional championships in a row, competing in nationals in Dallas and New Orleans and finishing 4th place at Crossroads. She started on varsity at Moriarty High School for 5 years.
Craig Collins
Born and raised in NM, Craig fell in love with the game of volleyball at a young age. While his sister was in high school, he just grabbed a ball from the cart and started to play.
Jorge Alarcon
Jorge has been playing and coaching volleyball, since the dinosaurs roamed the earth. He was introduced to volleyball when his older sister made the high school volleyball team. He helped the coaches during his sister’s practice, and soon after, he was helping run practices.
Grace Harris
I was born and raised in Rio Rancho, NM, lived here my whole life. I started playing volleyball in 6th grade as well as club volleyball. My 8th grade year, we went to nationals in Indianapolis, I played all 4 years of high school as a outside/middle/right side hitter, I played sand volleyball during the summers for four years, I graduated in 2020 and in 2021 I played one year of college volleyball at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kansas.
Maleah Alfaro
Maleah has been playing volleyball for over 15 years. She had a strong high school career, while at Sand Creek HS in Colorado Springs, CO. She started all four years and was voted captain and team MVP for her last two years.
Joseph Davila
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Rob Pierce
Growing up, Rob played many sports, but at age 20, he fell in love with volleyball. In his 20s and 30s, he played indoor for the UNM Men’s Club, Team Boss, and Team Tribe. He played extensive sand doubles in AVP Qualifiers and pro-am/semi-pro tournaments in Colorado, Arizona, and Texas.
Jenny Ross
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Brittney Del Angel
Brittney Del Angel has been involved with volleyball for over 25 years. Growing up in Las Cruces, she played four sports for Las Cruces High School, and was a part of back-to-back state championships for volleyball.
Nate Casas
I’ve been playing sand and court volleyball for over 20 years. I started the boys program at Nipomo High School my sophomore year in Nipomo, California. I relocated to Albuquerque with the military 2011-2019 and have played with Lobo League, Kirtland air base team, and many other tournaments with friends. From 2019-2021 I played in Japan with Yokota air base.
Cecilia Onetto
Cecilia Onetto is originally from Lima, Peru. She got interested in volleyball at a young age. At 11 years old she joined Alianza Lima Volleyball Club. In 1998, the Peruvian Volleyball Federation (FPV) selected her to join the Peruvian National team in the junior category. This was her first proudest moment in her personal and volleyball career.
Maria Hultquist
Maria started playing volleyball 28 years ago. She played at Sandia High School as a middle blocker. After high school she continued to play competitive volleyball, going to adult nationals as an outside hitter and libero. She eventually moved to outdoor doubles volleyball (grass and sand), winning many local and national events.
Amilya Sandoval
Amilya is entering her tenth year of coaching club volleyball, having coached local, academy and regional teams ages 10-14. Amilya coached at the middle school level for three years prior to moving on to a head high school position from 2020-2022 at Hope Christian where her team obtained back-to-back district championships, semi-finalist finish and state runner-up in 2021.
Lindsay Samora
Lindsay brings a wealth of experience to the program. She played competitively for 12 years, excelling as MVP and captain in high school and playing in college on a full scholarship.
DJ Armijo
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Allie Karnopp
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Taneya Garcia
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Jim Farmer
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Sienna Engelhardt
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In Memoriam
Tiger Gutierrez
Tiger Gutierrez was a student at UNM, studying FDMA. Tiger started playing volleyball at The ASK Academy in high school and has been playing sports his entire life. Because Tiger went to a charter school, he was allowed to play other Varsity sports like soccer, wrestling, and track, at Rio Rancho High School. Tiger started playing at E3 his senior year of high school with the U16-18 girls teams during summer clinics and continued to learn from the coaching staff here at E3. Tiger started coaching at E3 found a love for coaching. Tiger had hopes to continue coaching at E3 for as long as possible and hoped to teach his players the love of sports and the importance of being an athlete, not just physically, but mentally.
Sadly, we lost Tiger on July 1, 2024. He will be missed by all at E3.