Coach Bios
Our Coaching Staff is the Best
Our coaches don’t just love volleyball—they live it. With a mix of high-level playing experience, coaching expertise, and serious passion for the game, they’re here to help every player grow, grind, and have a blast doing it.
From pros to seasoned vets, each coach brings their own flavor and fire to the court. Whether you’re new to volleyball or looking to level up your game, our coaches are all about support, motivation, and skill-building—on and off the court.
Take a scroll through our Coach Bios and get to know the awesome humans leading our teams. We’re proud of the crew we’ve built and can’t wait for you to meet them. Let’s get to work—and most importantly, have fun while doing it!
We want your kids to have fun.
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
Tim Allen
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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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Joseph 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 dedicated athlete and coach, deeply loved by the E3 community. He studied Film & Digital Media Arts at UNM while continuing his lifelong passion for sports, which began at The ASK Academy with volleyball. Thanks to attending a charter school, he also competed in varsity soccer, wrestling, and track at Rio Rancho High School. Tiger joined E3 during his senior year, participating in summer clinics with the U16–18 girls’ teams. It was through E3 that he discovered his love for coaching and quickly became a valued member of the staff. He was committed to teaching athletes that success comes not only from physical skill, but also from heart and mindset. Tragically, Tiger passed away on July 1, 2024. His impact, positivity, and passion will always be remembered by everyone at E3.