The SportsWorld coaching staff is sourced from the world stage of volleyball.

Mina Guirguis

Mina comes to SportsWorld with a 13 year history of remarkable individual achievements and team victories in volleyball on the local, national, international and world stages.

Beginning in high school, Mina repeatedly earned the ranking of “Best Setter in the country” at the high school level and continued being recognized for his stand-out performance at the club level, college level, university level, state level, national level, and more.

As a Setter (“play maker” outside the US), Mina led his teams to medal in national competitions, the Mediterranean International Tournament, the Middle Eastern Nations Cup, the World Military Cup, the African Nations Cup, and the Tour de France.

Mina's repeated success comes from his depth of knowledge about the rules, skills and strategy of the game. He has a calming personality that masks his fanatic approach to volleyball. He is an “on the court” coach who naturally motivates athletes of all ages by demonstrating and explaining what is expected.

Mina also owns and operates his own business, Comfort-Pedic Mattress Factory, and lives in the Inland Empire with his wife and twin sons.

Athens Abary

High School Volleyball Experience
High School Varsity 1982-1986 St. John Bosco Manila, Philippines
Positioned played: Setter
Captain Varsity Team 1983-1986

- Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) Freshman of the Year Award 1982-1983
- Most Promising Setter Achievement Award 1982-1983
- Setter of the Year Award 1983-1986 Averaging 8.32 APG
- Inter City Volleyball League Setter of the Year Award 1985-86
- Inter City Volleyball League MVP 1986
- Inter City League Finals MVP 1986

Assistant Jr. Varsity Volleyball Coach
St. John Bosco Manila, Philippines 1986
Scouted opposing teams in preparation for games
Responsible for recruitment of potential student athletes
Participated in all phases of coaching, training and preparation of JV and Varsity Team

HS Varsity Coach 1988-1990
St. John Bosco Manila, Philippines

Collegiate Volleyball Experience 1986-1990
Don Bosco Technical College Manila, Philippines
Positioned Played: Setter / Middle
Nickname: “Froggy”

Starting Varsity Setter 1986-1990
Outstanding Setter Award 1988 and 1990
PAVA ( Philippines Athletic Volleyball Association ) Div II 1st Team 1988 - 1990
Captain Varsity Team 1988-1990
Regional Setter of the Year 1988

Additional Experience and Education
SPEAR Program ( Sports Physical Education Athletics and Recreation ) 1986-1988
Coed Volleyball League La Canada Flintridge 1998
Assistant coach with a local Inland Empire volleyball club during the 2008/2009 season

Sunny Marcum

Sunny began her volleyball career at the age of 11 playing for her elementary school then continued playing through her middle school and high school years.

After graduating from high school, she was recruited by Club Midopa where Sunny contributed to the teams' ranking as the #1 club team in South Korea year-after-year.

Sunny and her teams' consistent track record allowed them to play in the Hiroshima Cup in Japan where they competed against the Japanese National Team in 1981. From her performance at the Hiroshima Cup, Sunny was chosen to represent South Korea in the 1981 World Cup where she and her national team competed against national teams from China, Russia, Peru, USA, Brazil and Japan.

In 1983, Sunny played throughout Europe in the Dinamo International Volleyball Tournament which has hosted in the Netherlands, Belguim and Germany.

Sunny's soft-spoken style is reassuring to young athletes just beginning to play volleyball, while her depth of knowledge and meticulous attention to detail allow her to take the experienced player to higher levels of performance and strategy.

Sunny is also an accomplished professional golfer who has placed within the Top 10 on the money list of the Korean LPGA.

She is currently certified by the KLPGA as a Teaching professional and Professional Club Fitter(tm) and has been a golf instructor for Juniors and Adults at Empire Lakes Golf course in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca since 2000.

Sunny is married to Michael Marcum who is also a professional golfer with the PGA and Director of Instruction, Master/Professional Club Fitter at Empire Lakes Golf Course.

Joseph Gurgis

Joseph began playing volleyball as a Setter and Right-Side Hitter during high school in Alexandria Egypt where he helped capture six Gold Medals in their High School Games. During the same time, he also played club volleyball for the Alexandria Sporting Club and helped to earn a Silver Medal in the Egyptian Clubs Under 14 age division.

Joseph continued in the sport after high school, as he helped his teams take the Silver Medal in the Egyptian Companies Championship, a Gold in the Egyptian Colleges League and Silver in the Egyptian Universities League.

Joseph was then selected for the Alexandria National Team four consecutive years, where he and his teams earned a Gold and Silver in the Egyptian States League.

While contributing as a teammate with the National teams, Joseph also coached successful boy's teams in the 12 & Under and 14 & Under age brackets for three years.

His breadth of personal experience in the sport of volleyball from the high school to national levels and his longstanding interest in helping young players grow into the sport make Joseph a natural fit on the SportsWorld coaching roster.

Bonita Wise

LP Kangasala (2009-2010)
   Team Leader in points
   5x Player of the Game
   Regular Season Champions

Police Team (Maldives National Championship Oct-2009)
   National Champions
   Awarded Best Blocker of Tournament
   Undefeated in Tournament

CECELL Camp Escolar, A-2 Spain (2008-2009)
   Current team leader in blocks
   5x nominee of the Ideal Siete De La Jornada (Ideal Seven Players of the Week)
   Superliga B Finalists

OTP Banka Pula, A-1 Croatia (2006-2008)
   Team leader in points (Two Years)
   2007- 7th Place
   2008- 3rd Place Croatian Cup
   2008- 3rd Place Croatian League
       Asst Coach: Goran Jovanovich

VC-Tirol Volleyball Club, A-1 (2005-2006)
   Team Leader in points
   7th Overall in Austrian league points
       Head Coach: Therese Achammer

At University of Cincinnati (1999-2001)
   1999 Conference USA Champions
   1999 Conference USA Tournament Champions
   2000 Conference USA Co-Champions
   2001 Conference USA Champions
   Four NCAA Tournament Appearances

Individual Awards
   2001, 2002, & 2003 First Team All-Conference USA
   2001 & 2002 AVCA All-Region
   2002, 2001, & 1999 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
   1999 AVCA District 6 Freshman of the Year
   1999 AVCA Conference USA Freshman of the Year
   1999 Second Team All-Conference USA
   1999 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
   Posted 30 kills 11-5-1999

Team Awards
   1999, 2001 & 2002 Most Outstanding Offensive Player
   2001 Most Outstanding Blocker
   2002 Team MVP

Ashley Ogle

Sometimes it's the small things that change the course of a person's life.

When Ashley Ogle was a freshman at Las Vegas High School, some of her friends called her and asked her if she'd like to go to volleyball tryouts with them. Ogle went, discovered volleyball, and the rest is history.

Ogle is probably pretty glad she went that day. The sport has helped her earn two full-ride scholarships and made her the strong coach she is today.

• MVP for 2 years
• Hammer award for 2 years
• All Conference player for 2 years
• Nevada Regional Player her senior year and was a scholar athlete

Ogle was also a 4 year varsity softball player for Las Vegas and was a second-team all-conference selection in both her junior and senior years.

Ogle was recruited by Taft College in Taft, Calif., to play volleyball by the Lady Cougars and head coach Kanoe Bandy, who offered her a full-ride scholarship.

"I went to Taft because of the fact I could play volleyball and softball," Ogle said. "I absolutely loved the coach (Bandy). She is absolutely awesome. In my sophomore year we went undefeated. We were CVC (Central Valley Conference) champs."

In her sophomore year at Taft, Ogle had 159 kills, 62 blocks and 309 digs in 100 games and was a second-team all-CVC pick in 2003. Ogle was an all conference player both years and awarded most inspirational player. On the Lady Cougars softball team, Ogle was captain and earned an honorable mention on the all-conference team for her play.

After leaving her mark at Taft, Ogle decided to transfer to Hope where she also was offered a full-ride scholarship. Ogle stressed the need to go to a place where she could still play both volleyball and softball.

"I went to Hope because it was closer to home than Bakersfield was actually and my sisters live around the area and so it was close to them," Ogle said. "And it was another place that I could play softball and volleyball."

In her first year at Hope this fall as a junior, the 5-foot-9-inch Ogle helped the Royals make the National Christian College Athletic Association Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, a feat that the team accomplished for the first time that year.

Hope tied for third for the second-straight year in the tourney, losing to fellow Golden State Athletic Conference member The Master's College in four games. The tourney's top-seed and host, Palm Beach Atlantic University (Florida), won the NCCAA championship by beating The Master's in a five-game match.

"Going in we weren't really expected to do much. We're in a really, really tough conference down here. So we went as the seventh-seed out of 10 teams," Ogle said. "Other teams were really mad that we got put in as the wild card as the number-seven seed."

Ogle graduated with a degree in Kinesiology and then left to play volleyball in Europe.

Since returning from Europe, Ogle has coached high school, college and club teams.

Ogle has also trained 2 years for beach volleyball and the AVP with her partners Tarin Keith, Monica Lynch, and Natalie Melcher; finishing as high as 37th.

Ogle, whose brother Austin now plays at Las Vegas High, cites her parents as one of the big reasons she plays sports.

"My family is very, very sports-related," Ogle said. "My dad played every sport in high school that he could, and my mom played softball. And my mom and dad never missed any of my high school games. They are huge sports fans."

Fredrick Nash

• Riverside Community College
• Women's Volleyball Assistant Coach

• SportsWorld
• Junior Boys U18 Coach

• Redlands High School: 2009-2010
• Varsity Girls Volleyball Coach
• Boys Volleyball Coach

• Arroyo Valley High School
• Assistant Girls / Boys Soccer Coach Head Boys/Girls Volleyball
• Boys Volleyball 3rd place Inland Empire Invitation
• First Boys Trophy School Girls 1st Round CIF Playoffs (only time in 5 years) 2006

• Rialto Youth Soccer League: 1999-2004
• U-12 boys 2nd place, 2nd in commissioner's cup-2000
• U-18 boys 1st place, 2nd place in all-stars-2003
• U-18 Girls 1st Place, 1st in all-stars - 2004
• U-18 Girls 1st Place

• Eisenhower High School Rialto, Ca: 2001-2002

• SportsWorld Volleyball Nike Camp Ontario, Ca: July- 2010
• San Bernardino Unified School District: Sept-2008 - Feb. 2010
• California Beach Volleyball Association: July- 2008
• Desert Of Industries Calimesa, Ca Sept 2008
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Youth Sports Director-2006

• Nike Coaches Network: May-2010
• USAV Impact Certification: June-2010

Mark Matthews

El Rancho High School
Boys' Varsity Coach 1994-2002
Girls' Varsity Coach 1992-2005

CIF Playoffs:
Girls - 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005
Boys - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Del Rio League Championships
Girls' - 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005
Boys' - 2000, 2002

Awards
2000 Our Times Magazine (L.A. Times) Area All-Stars Coaching Staff
1999 Our Times Magazine (L.A. Times) Area All-Stars Coach
2004 Whittier Daily News Coach of the Year
2002 Whittier H.S. Boys' Varsity Tournament Championship Coach
1994 Santa Fe H.S. Hansens Girls' Summer Volleyball Tournament
Championship Coach
2002 Teacher of the Year at El Rancho High School

Training
Participated in the USA Volleyball Coaches Clinic in 1995
Participated in the Specifit Coaching Clinic in 1999
USA Volleyball IMPACT Clinic certification in 2010

Chris Goryl

(bio coming soon)

Dr. Phu Tran

(bio coming soon)

Chris Kleen

Chris started playing volleyball at 16 years old with a church league, continued playing through the US Army and is now active in several church and community leagues throughout southern California.

He has played 2 Man Beach Volleyball recreationally and in tournaments across the country; placing 4th in a Spike It Up! tournament in Arlington, Texas and 1st in a US Army base-wide tournament at Fort Hood, Texas.

Chris has remained an active player in volleyball and had also coached junior girls prior to coming to SportsWorld.

He was born and raised in Ontario California, where he currently lives with his wife and five children - just 1 player short of a team.

Pamela Tinz

(bio coming soon)

Lauren Regaldo

Playing History and Experience
Lauren Regaldo has been playing volleyball for about 10 years. Her career started in the 6th grade at Mesa Robles Middle School where she fell in love with the sport. In each of her high school years, Lauren played for the varsity team. As a freshman and sophomore years at Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights her team made it to the second round of CIF tournament. Lauren transferred to La Serna High School in Whittier, to finish out her junior and senior years where the team managed an appearance in the first round of CIF.

As a player, Lauren's ball control and court vision served as an advantage over other players. Coupled with her strong hitting and setting skills, Lauren developed as a solid overall player with killer instincts. As important as playing skills, Lauren learned early that winning takes both individual and team effort. This is a characteristic she continues to practice and encourage whether she's playing or coaching.

While playing for La Serna High School, Lauren was named to the second team all league team for high school players. At Wilson High School, she was the Most Valuable Player and Best Offensive Player.

Coaching History and Experience
Lauren's passion for volleyball has naturally led her into coaching younger players both at the high school and club level. Currently, Lauren is in her third year of coaching the La Habra High School freshmen girl's team. In her first two years, her teams went undefeated. No small feat considering that the majority of freshmen players have had little or no prior competitive playing experience.

Lauren coaching techniques utilizes positive reinforcement to go along with rigorous training, especially for players just starting out. She finds that players can still develop into formidable athletes but also gain a positive lifelong experience, even if they decide to move on from volleyball.

Lauren's immediate goals are to utilize her skills, experience and more importantly, her positive attitude to build and develop players to their full potential while making volleyball a fun activity for kids of all ages.

Summary Experience and Highlights
2008-Present Volleyball Coach Freshmen Girls Team, La Habra High School, La Habra, CA
2008-Present Record: Undefeated
2007-2008 Assistance Coach, Club Green, Record: 18-3
2004-2005 Varsity Girls, Wilson High School, Hacienda Heights. Named MVP & Best Offensive Player
2006-2007 Varsity Girls Team, La Serna High School, Whittier, Second Team All League
2005-2007 Club Volleyball Team Protégé
2004 Club Volleyball San Gabrielle Elite

Amanda Vialpando

VIALPANDO-DIFFINE WIN COLLEGIATE CLASH EVENT (5/22/2010)
Riverside's Amanda Vialpando and Brittney Diffine won the City of Riverside Collegiate Clash sand volleyball tournament hosted at SportsWorld this past weekend.

Vialpando and Diffine outlasted 11 other teams to take home the first-place trophy. In the finals, they knocked off a team from Cal State San Bernardino, 21-19, 21-12.

VIALPANDO SIGNS WITH UC RIVERSIDE (4/23/2010)
Riverside head volleyball coach Monica Hayes-Trainer announced today that all-state player Amanda Vialpando has signed a scholarship with UC Riverside. Vialpando, a graduate of Notre Dame High School in Riverside, will have three years of eligibility at UC Riverside.

Vialpando, the Division 5 Player of the year her senior year, led the Tigers in kills (387), hitting percentage (.362), service aces (25) and blocks (98). She averaged nearly four kills a game for Riverside, which finished 14-11 overall last season and 7-6 in conference play.

CONFERENCE HONORS THREE RIVERSIDE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS (12/9/2009)
The Orange Empire Conference announced today that three Riverside volleyball players have been selected to the 2009 all-conference team.

Leading the list of honorees is freshman sensation Amanda Vialpando, a graduate of Notre Dame High School. The former CIF player of the year led Riverside in kills (387), attempts (857), digs (273) and block assists (81). She averaged 3.83 kills a game, easily a team best.

Two Tigers made second team - freshmen setter Brittney Diffine and outside hitter Savannah Breazile. Diffine, a graduate of Riverside Poly High School, finished the season with 918 assists, 60 kills and a team-leading 31 service aces. Breazile, a graduate of Rim of the World High School, recorded 1192 kills, 30 service aces, 286 digs and 18 blocking assists.

Riverside advanced to the regional tournament where the Tigers were eliminated by Bakersfield in five games.

Bree Mayes

• Freshman
• Junior Varsity as a Middle
• Most Improved player
• C.I.F Qualifier

• Sophomore
• Varsity player as a Left Side
• Second team all league
• C.I.F Qualifier

• Junior
• Varsity player as a Left Side
• First team all league
• C.I.F Qualifier
• Co-captain

• Senior
• Varsity player as a Left Side
• First team all league
• League MVP
• C.I.F qualifier
• Co-captain

Club Experience

• 2005-2006: Riverside Volleyball Club 18-Elite

• 2006-2007: Top Gun Volleyball Club 18-1s and 18-2s

• Chaffey College: 2008-2009 Starting Left Side, Conference Champs, First Team All Conference

Hannah Comeau (Junior Coach)

Hannah began playing volleyball through a local city program and quickly realized her love for the sport. She spent the following four years playing club volleyball for three different organizations in the Inland Empire.

Hannah has also been a stand-out volleyball player throughout her high school career:

• Los Osos High School:
  • Freshman Team - League Champions

• Carter High School:
  • Varsity Team - 3 years
  • Team captain
  • 2009 Most Valuable Player

Britney Hargrove (Junior Coach)

Britney began playing volleyball at the age of twelve and it quickly became a big part of her life.

• High School Experience
  • Senior: Varsity Summer League - Outside Hitter and Setter
  • Junior: Varsity Team - Outside Hitter and Setter. Team made it to CIF Qualifiers
  • Sophomore: Varsity Team - Right Side and Setter
  • Freshman: Junior Varsity Team - Setter

• Accomplishments
  • Junior: Varsity Team - Awarded All-League First Team
  • Junior: Varsity Team - Awarded Best Offense
  • Sophomore: Varsity Team - Awarded All-League Second Team

• Club Experience
  • 4 years in SCVA
  • Each year Team Captain
  • Positions played: Setter, Right Side, Outside hitter