Ivanna Melendez.
Varsity Head Coach
Biography:
Coach Vonna is a proud Anne Arundel native who played all of her high school sports years in the county. She graduated in 2015 from Towson University with a Bachelors Degree in Anthropology, Sociology and Criminal Justice. She graduated from Broadneck High School in 2008 and was a former Varsity Volleyball player for the Broadneck Bruins. She continues to play Indoor and Beach Volleyball for a D1 Women's League in Maryland.
Eriel Jeffery.
Varsity Assistant Coach
Biography:
Coach Eriel is a native of Southern California and has a great love for volleyball. She was the former Head Coach for the Lady Bulldogs of Bowie State University for five years.
Before coaching at Bowie State, she coached the high school varsity volleyball team at Archbishop Carroll, a Catholic college preparatory program located in Washington, D.C., and assisted various high school programs and camps around the area.
Prior to her coaching career, Coach Jeffery played collegiate volleyball at The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, located in Princess Anne, MD, where she earned many accolades and awards. Coach Jeffery was a dominant force on the volleyball team while attending UMES and was no stranger to being a scholar athlete, as she was also in the honors program and an active member of Sigma Tau Delta (an English honor society).
Coach Jeffery earned her bachelor’s degree in English from UMES and is currently completing a master’s degree (in the same field) from Bowie State University. Additionally, she is a full-time employee of Prince George’s County, who works as a high school English teacher.