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414 ELITE COACHING STAFF

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CARLOS CRUZ

Club President

Carlos’ coaching background includes:

  • Former head coach of Puerto Rico Women's National Team

  • 19 years Vaqueros Club Director, currently Vaqueros Club President

  • 22 years coaching boys and girls club teams, 5 national championships

Carlos played for the Puerto Rico professional league 97-99, played in college for Central University (PR) and is a two time All American.

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PHIL LAMBE

Club Director & 16 Elite Coach

Phil's coaching background includes:

  • Current Franklin High School Girl's Varsity Volleyball Head Coach, total of 12 years Varsity coaching experience with various schools.

  • 16 years coaching boys and girls club teams, two bronze finishes at Nationals in the Open division – two National team players. Two more bronze finishes at Nationals with 414 girl's teams (2022 and 2025).

  • Coached with collegiate and professional programs

Phil played for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Men’s team for four years, on a national qualifying club team for four years, and was a 4 year Varsity starter in High School, graduating from Franklin High School.

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Phil has a Bachelor of Science in Education with licenses in K-12 Physical Education, Health Education, Adaptive Physical Education and Coaching. He is currently the Health and Physical Education department head and teacher at Golda Meir High School.

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ANNE FREI

12 Blue Head Coach

Anne's coaching background includes:

  • Anne was named the Badger Region 12s Coach of the Year in 2024!

  • 19 years coaching club at various age groups including youth/instructional.

  • 5th season coaching with 414!

Anne played volleyball for UW-Lacrosse as well as Ripon High School including a State Championship and Runner Up. She also played 2 years of club volleyball. 

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Anne has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Physiology with a Chemistry minor from the University of Minnesota. She runs the radiation oncology research lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin studying the effects of radiation treatment on normal and cancerous tissues and has been doing this for 18 years.

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KATY MATOLA

12 Green Head Coach

Katy's coaching background includes:

  • Katy was named the Badger Region 12s Coach of the Year in 2023!

  • 3 years coaching Elmbrook Boys 6th or 7th grade teams

  • 4 years coaching Jr. Spartan girls volleyball

  • She is CAP 1 certified.

  • 5th year coaching with 414!

Katy played volleyball, basketball and softball all four years in high school.  She played two years in college and continues to play competitive sand and indoor volleyball.

 

Katy has a Bachelor in Sociology from UW-Madison. She is the Operations Director for Girls on the Run of Southeastern Wisconsin.  

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VANESSA EISENMANN

12s Assistant Coach

Vanessa's coaching background includes:

  • 3 years coaching Jr. Trojans girls volleyball

  • 8 years coaching youth soccer and softball

  • 4th season part of the 414 family but 2nd season coaching here!

Vanessa played three years of varsity volleyball, as well as basketball and softball, in high school.  She also played intramural volleyball in college and law school.

Vanessa got her bachelor's degree from UW-Madison and her law degree from UVA.  She is an attorney practicing federal criminal law and also moonlights as a substitute teacher.

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BEN SCHROER

13 Elite Head Coach

Ben's coaching background includes:

  • 8 years coaching club teams.

  • 2 years coaching boy's high school teams

  • 3rd season coaching with 414!

Ben played for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Men's team for 3 years. He continues to play in multiple co-ed and men's volleyball leagues and tournaments during the year.

Ben graduated from UW-Whitewater with a Bachelors degree in Economics with a minor in Data Analytics. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing through UW-Oshkosh at Froedtert in Milwaukee. Outside of volleyball Ben enjoys traveling, going up north and spending time with family and friends.

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MIRANDA BERGER

13 Blue Head Coach

Miranda's coaching background includes:

  • Acting Coach, Travel Secretary and Team Captain for two years at the University of Illinois

  • Lead volleyball camps and clinics throughout high school and college

  • 1st year coaching with 414 - 414 alum!

Miranda played club volleyball for 8 years, 3 of them at 414! She played for Parkland College for 1 year, winning the NJCAA National Championship in 2021. She then transferred to the University of Illinois and played club volleyball there for three years, where we came in top 5 twice nationally. Played 4 years at Brookfield East High School.

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Miranda graduated with a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design at University of Illinois where she worked with Illinois Athletics in both the Graphic Design and Marketing Departments. She is currently working as a Social Media Manager at REVIVAL in Brookfield.

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ERIC SULLIVAN

14 Elite Head Coach

Eric's coaching background includes:

  • 23 years coaching volleyball

  • Former Marquette University High School Boys Volleyball Head Coach - 2007-2020

    • ​12x Greater Metro Champs,14x Sectional Champs, 3x State Runner-Up and 6x State Champs

  • Former 18-1’s Boys Coach for North Shore Milwaukee Volleyball Club - 2002 - 2006

    • Finished top 5 in the Open Division from 2003-2006 (2003 - 2nd, 2004 - 2nd, 2005 - 3rd, 2006 - 5th)

  • Junior Spartans Girls 6th Grade Coach (Badger Region Youth Volleyball League) 2020-current

  • 5th season coaching with 414!

Eric was voted the Most Valuable Player in the State of Wisconsin in 1991.  He played 4 years as a middle blocker at Ball State University, a NCAA DI school in Muncie, Indiana (1993-1996).  Eric appeared in three D1 Final Fours in 1993, 1994 and 1996.  He played with North Shore Milwaukee Volleyball Club in 1992 and was coached by Jim Plaisted and Mike Fried.
 

Eric is married, with two children and lives in Elm Grove, WI.  He is currently the principal of Fairview Elementary School in Milwaukee.

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MARISSA KAZIK

14 Blue Co-Head Coach

Marissa's coaching background includes:

  • 5 years coaching volleyball at Franklin High School at the JV level (current).

  • 2 years JV Coach at Saint Thomas More High School.

  • 5 years of club coaching experience. 

  • 2nd season coaching with 414!

Marissa played volleyball throughout high school, club volleyball for three years, and I played 2 seasons at Alverno College while working towards my undergraduate degree in Sociology.

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Marissa has her Masters of Science in Educational Psychology and is currently working towards my Educational Specialist Degree in School Psychology and will graduate in May 2025. She is starting her first year as a School Psychologist in the Cedarburg School District! 

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MOLLY SAWICKY

14 Blue Co-Head Coach

Molly's coaching background includes:

  • 5 years coaching volleyball at Franklin High School at the Freshmen level (current)

  • 6 years coaching volleyball at Forest Park Middle School (current)

  • 3 years of club coaching experience. 

  • 2nd season coaching with 414!

Molly played volleyball throughout high school and also played club volleyball for three years. Instead of playing in college, she jumped into coaching at the middle school level. 

 

Molly graduated from UW Stevens Point with a degree in Natural Science Education with a Biology minor. She currently teaches Biomedical Science and Medical Terminology at Franklin High School. 

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ALIINA KLATT

15 Elite Head Coach

Aliina's coaching background includes:​

  • 12 years of coaching experience (club, high school and college)

  • Former Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach at MATC 

  • 8th season coaching with 414!

Aliina played for 4 years on Bradley University's club volleyball team and Oak Creek High School's Varsity team (Second Team All-Conference). She also played club for 7 years.


Aliina works for her family's business in the wealth management department. 

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STASIA KONSOER

15 Elite Assistant Coach

Stasia's coaching background includes:

  • 5th season coaching club volleyball with 414!

Stasia played as an Outside/Right side hitter at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and Plainfield North High School. She played club volleyball for 6 years. She currently plays in multiple competitive adult volleyball leagues near Milwaukee.

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Stasia recently graduated from Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) with a master's degree in Civil Engineering. She works at Lakeside Engineers.

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KRIS OLSON

15 Blue Head Coach

Kris's coaching background includes:

  • Coached the 7th and 8th grade girls volleyball team at Star of Bethlehem during 2015 and 2016 seasons including a 2nd place finish at State.

  • 5th season coaching with 414!

Kris played competitive sand and indoor volleyball around Milwaukee and was on the golf and track teams in high school.

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Kris works for Watson Health Imaging as a System Engineer on a Hemodynamics monitoring and charting medical system. He is a Veteran of the US Navy where he trained as an Electronics Technician.  His primary duties were maintenance and repair of communications and air navigation systems on two air craft carriers.
 

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CHRIS ROMINE

15 Blue Assistant Coach

​Chris's coaching background includes:​

  • Coached the men's team and was President of the UW-Madison Volleyball Club during his tenure at the school.

  • Assistant coach at Cardinal Stritch while in Grad School.

  • Coached 5th and 6th Grade girls for two years at St. Leonards and two years of club volleyball.

  • 5th season in the 414 family but 2nd season here as a coach!

Chris played 4 years at Greenfield High School and 3 years at UW-Madison.

 

Chris has a BA Psychology and BA Social Welfare from UW-Madison and a Masters Degree in Special Education from Cardinal Stritch University. He is a 31 year Special Education Teacher currently at Tosa East. Previously 26 years at Hales Corners Elementary and 3 years in MPS. Chris is married with three kids.

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KEVIN PERHACH

16 Elite Assistant Coach

Kevin’s coaching background includes:

  • 19 years coaching volleyball

  • Former Wauwatosa East Boys Volleyball Varsity Assistant Coach. Also coached with this program from 2006-2012, with a WIAA State Title in 2006

  • Former Boys Coach for North Shore Milwaukee Volleyball Club

  • Junior Raiders Girls 5-7th Grade Coach (Badger Region Youth Volleyball League) 2017-2021

  • 7th year coaching with 414!

Kevin played 4 years as a setter at Clarke College, a NCAA DIII school at the time (1998-2001).  Appeared in two DIII Final Four tournaments.  3 year varsity player for Wauwatosa East High School as a setter (’94-’96), with a State Title in ‘96.  Earned two first team all conference and two first team all state selections ’95-’96.  Played 5 years with North Shore Milwaukee Volleyball Club (’93-’97)

 

Kevin is married, with three children and lives in Wauwatosa, WI.  He is currently the Pharmacy Business Manager for Froedtert Health, Inc.

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DAVID PIOTROWSKI

16 Blue Head Coach

​David's coaching background includes:​

  • 3 years of club coaching experience

  • 1 year coaching Freshman Boys at Waukesha North High School

  • 4 years coaching Junior Pirates Volleyball 5th - 8th  grade

  • 1st season coaching with 414!

David played 4 years at Waukesha North High School, 3 years on Varsity. He has played in a number of sand and indoor leagues after high school.
 

David graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a major in accounting. He has worked for the past 25 years doing accounting primarily at an insurance defense law firm in Milwaukee. He's married and has a daughter. He enjoys spending time with family including Max (his needy Siamese cat), hiking, running, baseball and horror movies.

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MIKE WIEDEL

17 Elite Head Coach

​Mike's coaching background includes:​

  • 2 years of club coaching experience.

  • 1st season coaching with 414!

Mike has 30 years of volleyball experience. He played high school volleyball at Greendale, club volleyball at Southwest and college volleyball at MATC. He has tons of accolades including but not limited to:
—8 Years of USAV experience,  6 in OPEN including 2nd and 3rd place OPEN Division finishes as an outside hitter/libero. 
—First place Open finishes in every major grass triples tournament in the tri-state area including the Iowa Fairgrounds, Chicago Luau, Wisconsin Waupaca Boatride. 

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Mike is happily married for 19 years and the father of two girls. Mike owns and manages residential real-estate. 

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FAITH SPANNBAUER

17 Elite Assistant Coach

​Faith's coaching background includes:​

  • 1 season of club coaching

  • 1st season coaching with 414!

Faith played club and high school volleyball and went on to play on the Lakeland University Women's volleyball team in college.

 

She graduated from Lakeland University with a double major in Psychology and Criminal Justice.

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KRISTIN THOMPSON

17/18 Hybrid Head Coach

Kristin's coaching background includes:

  • 5 years coaching experience

  • 3rd season coaching with 414!

Kristin played for the UW Eau Claire Women’s Club team for 3 years. She earned a National Championship title in 2022 along with First Team All American, two time First Team All State and Rookie of the year. She has been playing for 12 years.

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Kristin graduated from UW-Eau Claire with a major in Marketing with an emphasis in professional sales and a Minor in Econ.

 

She currently works as a Client Success Manager at 2W Technologies in Pewaukee. She balances her priorities between family, work and her love for volleyball. (Ask to see her 2 Bernese Mountain Dog nephews!)

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ASHLEY HABERMEHL

17/18 Hybrid Assistant Coach

Ashley's coaching background includes:

  • 7 years coaching experience with Junior Spartans

  • 3rd season coaching with 414!

Ashley plays for the Concordia University Women’s team (3rd season). She played club volleyball for seven seasons, four of those with 414! She also played for Brookfield East High School for four years.

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Ashley is a senior at Concordia University majoring in Biomedical Sciences on the Pre-Medicine track with a minor in bioethics.

 

She currently works at a physical therapy clinic adding physical therapists with patients. During the school year, she also tutors students in Organic Chemistry.

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BRIAN KILLORAN

18 Elite Head Coach

Brian's coaching background includes:

  • Over a dozen seasons coaching youth sports including volleyball, basketball and softball.

  • Assistant Varsity Coach at Franklin High School.

  • Middle School Volleyball coach at St. Alphonsus school (4 years).

  • 7th season coaching with 414!

Brian was a multi-sport athlete with over 20 years playing in competitive basketball leagues, over 5 years playing in competitive volleyball leagues, over 15 years of competing in triathlons. He was a football, basketball and track athlete in High School.

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He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Marquette University with a Teaching Certification from UWM. He is certified to teach Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science.

 

He is currently a Pre-AP and AP Biology teacher at Franklin High School.

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KATIE MAKINA

Lead Development Program Coach

Katie's coaching background includes:

  • Current Director of Junior Sabers Volleyball Club.

  • 3 years Junior Varsity Head Coach at West Allis Central High School.

  • 5th season coaching with 414!

Katie played volleyball all four years of high school and played club volleyball. She also plays in sand volleyball leagues all over Milwaukee. 

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Katie went to Marquette University and has a Bachelor of Science in Education & Broad Field Science degree. She works as a high school science teacher at West Allis Central High School.

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WHITNEY HEIDEN

Coach

Whitney's coaching background includes:

  • 9 years Varsity Assistant Coach with Brookfield East Boys Volleyball. 3 years to state with 2 of them ending in Semi Final matches!

  • 12 years of coaching Club

  • 4 years Head 7th & 8th Grade Coach for KM Youth Program

  • 6 Years Varsity Assistant Coach for Watertown High School Girls Soccer

  • CAP 1 Certified

  • 5th season coaching with 414!

Whitney played 5 years of club volleyball for River City and played volleyball and soccer in high school. She also continued to play in multiple co-ed and women’s volleyball leagues over the years.

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Whitney graduated from UW-Whitewater with a minor in Coaching and major in Special Education. She currently works at Rogers Behavioral Health as a Behavioral Specialist.

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CULLEN LIBERSKI

Coach

​Cullen's coaching background includes:

  • Cullen was named Badger Region 17/18s Coach of the Year in 2025.

  • 10 years of coaching experience

  • 5 years as Varsity Assistant Coach at Germantown High School.

  • Marian University Women’s Assistant head coach in 2019.

  • Lakeland University Men’s
    Assistant head coach 2020.

  • Current Assistant Coach for Concordia University women’s volleyball team. 5th year with the program.

  • 6th season coaching with 414!

Cullen played on Marian University's Men's team. 4-time varsity starting Libero. 2-time Conference Defensive Player of the Year. 3x All-Conference Player. 2019 All-American. All-Time NCAA Career Digs and Digs per Set record holder. He played club at MVC and High School Germantown HS 3 – Year Varsity Player. 2-time 1st Team All Conference Libero

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Cullen is a Commercial Lines Underwriter at Acuity Insurance.

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JESSICA PEDERSEN

Coach

Jessica's coaching background includes:​

  • 3rd season coaching with 414!

  • She brings a deep understanding of the game and a commitment to fostering a love for volleyball within each player. She is dedicated to helping players develop their skills, build confidence, and foster a strong team spirit.

Jessica played 5+ years of volleyball throughout middle school and high school.

 

Jessica has a degree in Applied Health Science and a degree in Spanish. She has worked in a variety of different fields of science and health services. 

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MARISSA LAMBE

Club Director / Vice President

Marissa's background includes:​​

  • Marissa was named 2025 Badger Region Club Director of the Year!!

  • Started 414 Milwaukee Elite, Club Director 9 years.

  • 5 years of coaching club and recreation sports

Marissa was a multi-sport athlete in high school and did club gymnastics for over 10 years. Her and her husband play in competitive adult volleyball leagues around Milwaukee.

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Marissa graduated from Franklin High School. She has a Master of Business degree from Alverno and a Bachelor of Business, HR Management from UW-Milwaukee. Marissa currently works as an Assistant Director, HR Business Partner at Northwestern Mutual.

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