Vienna Elite will field a team of (11 to 12)* highly skilled and motivated U16 players.  The team is expected to be a competitive "Open/Club" level team which will compete in 2 or 3 selected multi-day tournaments which the entire club enters.  The team will participate in several local CHRVA tournaments which will be played at our own facilities. (Refer to tentative schedule below).

The U16 L team is expected to practice twice per week with players required to participate in our Fitness and Conditioning program  before or after practice in December thru early April. (See Programs – Fitness and Conditioning program for more details).  In addition, the club may offer optional setting, hitting, DS/Libero clinics on non travel Fridays each week.  During the training months of November and December as well as on non-tournament weekends from January thru May, the Club may hold "Academy" which will focus on specific skills (i.e. serving, passing, setting, team defense etc).  Academy will be run by special instructors or by Vienna Elite coaches.

Our club strives to be the best club in Northern Virginia when considering competitiveness of teams, level of coaching, club fees, number of tournaments and overall access to court time.  Our players love to play volleyball and want to compete at a high level!

** At the discretion of the club one "practice player" will be considered depending on the circumstances of the team.

Reggie Cruz (USAV IMPACT Certified) has played volleyball for 28 years and coaching for 20 years, in which 15 seasons were of coaching middle school boys and girls, 12 seasons of coaching high school Varsity and JV, and 17 years of coaching adult and juniors level club teams. He had coached two teams to the Junior Olympics in 2008 - 18U and 2009 - 14U. He is currently the head coach for Varsity at Fairfax High School.

Originally from Guam, Coach Reggie played Varsity high school volleyball as a Middle Hitter for John F. Kennedy High School on Guam and for the Guam National team playing in international competitions governed by the IOC (International Olympic Committee). After moving to Hawaii, he taught kinesiology as a graduate assistant at University Hawaii. Four years ago, Coach Reggie moved to Northern Virginia and is now an adapted physical education specialist for Prince William County Public Schools.  Coach Reggie was the Head Coach at Fairfax HS for several years then moving to be Asst Coach at Riverside HS in 2021.  This season he bacame the interim Head Coach of Riverside HS for the 2022 season.  Reggies has been the Head Coach of Vienna Elite 15's and 16's during the past four years. Contact: reggie.cruz@viennaelite.org

Yula Tamashiro (USAV IMPACT certified) has been playing volleyball for over 25 years. She has competed in and won various tournaments throughout Hawaii, Nevada, California, Texas, DC, Maryland, and Virginia, including women's 6s USAV sanctioned tournaments, women's and coed sand doubles tournaments, coed 6s and reverse coed 4s tournaments. She continues to compete in various tournaments and leagues in the DMV area throughout the year.

Yula's love of playing volleyball has finally transitioned to coaching. She is excited to be a part of the Vienna Elite coaching staff again this season having been the Asst Coach for U13F, U16L, U17L and Vienna 18's last season.  She is looking forward to guiding the younger generation in learning the sport, improving their game, becoming better athletes, and loving volleyball as much as she does. She believes that having strong work ethics, a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn and improve are the fundamentals of being successful in volleyball as well as life in general. (Contact: yula.tamashiro@viennaelite.org)

Jordyn Park (USAV IMPACT Certified) is a Vienna Elite Alum. She won two high school varsity volleyball state championships with Langley High School and Flint Hill School and was named VISAA division I second team all-state in 2016. Over the course of her six-year-long club career with Vienna Elite she competed at the Girls Junior National Championships twice, at U15 and U18, and went on to play Division III volleyball at Dickinson College as an outside hitter. She has coached clinics for Vienna Elite since 2018 and is currently an assistant coach for our U16 team.  Contact: jordyn.park@viennaelite.org

In addition to the above tournaments, the team expects to play in 1 to 2 local one day CHRVA sanctioned tournaments January thru May.  Tournaments will be determined three weeks prior to play date at the discretion of club director.