Juliana Todescan

About

Juliana Todescan is a native from São Paulo, Brazil who has played and coached volleyball at the high school, club and college level.
Juliana is known in the volleyball circle as Jú, and she has been coaching for over 15 years. Ju began her coaching career at Ozark Juniors while earning her degree and playing volleyball at John Brown University (JBU), Arkansas. After earning her B.A. and B.S. Jú moved to Kansas to coach at Colby Community College for a year before she decided to move back to Arkansas to earn her M.A. in Spanish Literature and become a Spanish and Portuguese instructor at the University of Arkansas. While earning her degree, Ju had the opportunity to be a volunteer at the UofA volleyball program for a year. When Jú moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to earn her Ph.D., she was fortunate to coach at the club and high school level for 7 years. Ju has coached at Atrisco Heritage (2016), at La Cueva Bears (2017-2019), and at Sandia Preparatory School (2021). Jú also had the opportunity to develop her coaching skills at ARVC for 5 seasons.

While at JBU (2004-2006), Jú was a decorated All-American student-athlete, leading the Golden Eagle’s offense as a setter. During Jú’s years, JBU finished in the top 3 of their conference, winning the conference title in her senior year and breaking the school record with over 5,442 assists in 3 years. While at JBU, Jú won many accolades including MVP for region two years, and Setter of the Year awards for SEC and Region for three years in a row.

Currently, Jú is a Spanish instructor at Sandia Preparatory School. After taking a year off from coaching to focus on teaching and getting married (which she did!) Jú is ready to coach at E3. Mainly, Jú is thankful for another opportunity to learn from her peers as well as share her knowledge and love for the sport that gave her so many chances for personal growth.