Varsity Girls Volleyball
Schedule
Current Record
Inter-Academic Athletic League
Fall Season Guidelines
Roster
# | Name | Class | Grade |
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20 | Kendall Bennett | 2023 | Grade 10 |
16 | Rebecca Booth | 2021 | Grade 12 |
4 | Alexandra Della Franzia | 2024 | Grade 9 |
36 | Colleen Gibbons | 2021 | Grade 12 |
6 | Zoe Hersh (captain) | 2022 | Grade 11 |
24 | Emily McKenna | 2023 | Grade 10 |
28 | Julia Peters | 2021 | Grade 12 |
18 | Kaitlin Pokorny | 2024 | Grade 9 |
14 | Natalie Schildt (captain) | 2021 | Grade 12 |
30 | Elizabeth Smith | 2023 | Grade 10 |
23 | Mackenzie Smith (captain) | 2021 | Grade 12 |
7 | Angie Wang | 2024 | Grade 9 |
Coaches
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Kristen JohnsonHead Coach
“Kristen impressed our committee and student-athletes right from the start,” said MacArthur. “Her background, experience, and philosophy will be a terrific fit for our program and GA. She will be able to hit the ground running and our student-athletes will be ready as we head into fall pre-season.”Germantown Academy Director of Athletics Josh MacArthur has announced the hiring of Kristen Johnson as the new head coach of the Girls Varsity Volleyball program. Johnson will also serve as an Upper School history teacher and Upper School assistant girls lacrosse coach.
“I am really excited to resume coaching at the high school level and to work with talented athletes,” said Johnson. “GA volleyball has had some great accomplishments in the past and I am eager to continue to move the program forward."
Johnson brings 10 years of coaching experience to the Patriots. She was most recently the head varsity coach at Gwynedd Mercy University. Johnson improved the Griffins’ record from 9-19 (2017) to 12-15 (2018). In 2019, the Griffins advanced to postseason play for the first time since 2007.
Johnson also served as the head varsity coach at Westtown School and led the West Windsor Winter Volleyball Club. She has also coached at a number of summer camps, including camps at Gwynedd Mercy, Princeton University, Wheaton Academy, and Hope College.
Johnson first started playing volleyball over 15 years ago and her passion for the game still continues to grow. During her senior year at Wheaton Academy in West Chicago, Illinois, she received the award of All-Area Honorable Mention leading her team as captain to a conference championship.
She went on to play Division III volleyball for Hope College where she was a crucial part in the team's Final Four NCAA finish in 2009. She currently holds Hope College’s record for the most digs in a match (36) and is ranked in the program’s history for the highest digging average per game (7th), and the highest serving percentage (2nd). In 2009, as a senior, she received the Defensive Player of the Year Award along with Second Team All-Conference and an All-Regional Honorable Mention from the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion, Classical Studies, Sociology from Hope College. She also earned her Master’s in Divinity from Princeton University.
The new coach takes over a 2019 Patriot team that went 17-2 (7-1 Inter-Academic Athletic League) and won a share of league title by splitting with Academy of Notre Dame de Namur. GA went on to the championship game of the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association Tournament where they fell to the Irish.
GA lose three seniors to graduation, including First Team All-League selection Caitlyn Priore ’20 and Second Team All-League selection Kelli Ramer ’20, but will see a solid nucleus of 10 underclassmen return, including First Team selection Natalie Schildt ’21 and Second Team selection Fiona McKenna ’23.
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Brian GradyVarsity Assistant Coach
Facility
Home to the Patriots' varsity basketball teams and girls' volleyball teams, the Big Gym is located on the far corner of the GA campus and has several entrance points. It can host a full-court basketball game or a full-court volleyball match with a total square footage of 8,915. When pulled out, bleachers can seat approximately 420. The standing room only capacity for the space is 1,626. When used as event space, the Big Gym can hold tables and chairs for a sit-down meal for 524 people. Concession stand space is located right outside of the Big Gym entrance and the restrooms are located below the gym floor. There is no formal ticket booth, but there is an area outside of the main entrance to the Big Gym where a ticket table could be erected as well as a place to sell snacks and drinks.
Big Gym - 8,915 sq. ft.
- Basketball court - 94x50'
- Volleyball court - 60x30'
- Bleacher seating - 420
- Standing capacity - 1626
Season Records
YEAR | COACH | OVERALL | OVERALL | LEAGUE | LEAGUE | CHAMPS? | CAPTAINS | |
1987-88 | Dave Martin | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | . | GRETCHEN PLATT BROOKE HINKSON | |
1988-89 | Dave Martin | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | YES | GRETCHEN PLATT BROOKE HINKSON ELIZA BUYERS | |
1989-90 | Dave Martin | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | YES | KATE DELP JEANNE HARRINGTON | |
1990-91 | Dave Martin | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | YES | KATE DELP JEANNE HARRINGTON | |
1991-92 | Dave Martin | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | MEGGIN OVERCASH JENNIE POLITZ | ||
1992-93 | Dave Martin | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | MEGGIN OVERCASH ANGELA COHEN | ||
1993-94 | Dave Martin | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | YES | COURTNEY THOMSON MELLISA URDANG | |
1994-95 | Dave Martin | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | JENNIFER DAVIS ARIANA STIRLING | ||
1995-96 | Dave Martin | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | YES | CATHERINE GRAF JENNIFER WERNER | |
1996-97 | Dave Martin | 15 | 3 | 9 | 1 | YES | HEIDI BROWN BETH TARGAN JESSICA WEISBEIN | |
1997-98 | Dave Martin | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | CHRISTINA SOLDO EMILY deGROOF | ||
1998-99 | Dave Martin | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ELLEN COX MELISSA O'NEILL ANITA DHAND | ||
1999-00 | Dave Martin | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | JACKIE ROTH BREE WEXLER | ||
2000-01 | Dave Martin | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | YES | LIZA HANSON MIKAELA WHITMAN | |
2001-02 | Dave Martin | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | YES | GRACE FITCH ADREINNE ROTH | |
2002-03 | Patrick David | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | YES | JULIET BRONSTEIN BETH JENSEN | |
2003-04 | Patrick David | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | YES | BETH JENSEN REBECCA FITCH | |
2004-05 | Patrick David | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2nd | DANIELLE DAVID, | |
2005-06 | Patrick David | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2nd | RACHEL KLOSS KATIE SOBON CATE DAVID | |
2006-07 | Patrick David | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2nd | CATE DAVID RACHEL KLOSS LAUREN LADOV | |
2007-08 | Patrick David | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | YES | ALLISON BECKER LAUREN LADOV LISA LOTITO | |
2008-09 | Patrick David | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | YES | MONICA DEWAN JENNIFER HOY BRIDGET MCILVAIN | |
2009-10 | Patrick David | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2nd | Stephanie Seybert Hannah Hayes Shelby Hightower | |
2010-2011 | Patrick David | 7 | 7 | 2nd | Lily Cramer | |||
2011-12 | Patrick David | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Yes (3-2 over Shipley in championship game | Natalie Cunningham Tyler Wellington Kelli Stack | |
2012-13 | Patrick David | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3rd | Katie Tanner Shannon Robins | |
2013, fall | Dan Sullivan | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2nd | Shannon Robins Megan McCloskey Brianna Seravalli | |
2014, fall | Dan Sullivan | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2nd | Carly Pruitt Erin Lindahl Grace Polisano | |
2015, fall | Dan Sullivan | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Inter-Ac Champs, 2nd in PAISAA Tournament | Erin Lindahl '16 Carly Pruitt '16 Grace Polisano '16 | |
2016, fall | Dan Sullivan | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2nd | Emma Rapp '17, Abby Starzecky '17, Katie Weiss '17 | |
2017, fall | Dan Sullivan | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2nd | Regina Porter '18, Jenna Schumann '18, Alison Weber '18 | |
2018, fall | Chris Chung | 7 | 11 | 2 | 6 | Semifinalists | Taylor Putnam '19, Natalie Schildt '21, Shannon Topley '19 |
History of Captains
1987-88: Gretchen Platt Brooke Hinkson
1988-89: Gretchen Platt Brooke Hinkson Eliza Buyers
1989-90: Kate Delp Jeanne Harrington
1990-91: Kate Delp Jeanne Harrington
1991-92: Meggin Overcash Jennie Politz
1992-93: Meggin Overcash Angela Cohen
1993-94: Courtney Thomson Mellisa Urdang
1994-95: Jennifer Davis Ariana Stirling
1995-96: Catherine Graf Jennifer Werner
1996-97: Heidi Brown Beth Targan Jessica Weisbein
1997-98: Christina Soldo Emily DeGroof
1998-99: Ellen Cox Melissa O'Neill Anita Dhand
1999-00: Jackie Roth Bree Wexler
2000-01: Liza Hanson Mikaela Whitman
2001-02: Grace Fitch Adreinne Roth
2002-03: Juliet Bronstein Beth Jensen
2003-04: Beth Jensen Rebecca Fitch
2004-05: Danielle David Rebecca Fitch Emily Goodwin
2005-06: Rachel Kloss Katie Sobon Cate David
2006-07: Cate David Rachel Kloss Lauren Ladov
2007-08: Allison Becker Lauren Ladov Lisa Lotito
2008-09: Monica Dewan Jennifer Hoy Bridget McIlvain
2009-10: Stephanie Seybert Hannah Hayes Shelby Hightower
2010-11: Natalie Cunnighan Tyler Wellington Kelli Stack
2012-13: Shannon Robins Katie Tanner
2013-14: Shannon Robins Megan McCloskey Brianna Seravalli
2014: Carly Pruitt Erin Lindahl Grace Polisano
2015: Carly Pruitt Erin Lindahl Grace Polisano
2016: Emma Rapp, Abby Starzecky, Katie Weiss
2017: Regina Porter, Jenna Schumann, Alison Weber
2018: Taylor Putnam, Natalie Schildt, Shannon Topley