Grand Valley State University Volleyball Camps
Craig Vlietstra is in his second year of his second stint at Grand Valley State after re-joining the Laker coaching staff in January 2009 as the team's top assistant coach. Vlietstra was on the GVSU coaching staff during the 2005 season when the Lakers won the program's first national championship. In 2009, the Lakers finished with a winning record (16-13) for the 17th consecutive season, as GVSU went 11-5 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), placing second in the North Division. Grand Valley State advanced to the GLIAC Tournament and earned a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament for the 10th straight year. Among other duties, Vlietstra will assist Scanlon in most aspects of the volleyball program, including planning practices, recruiting, coordinating summer camps, and breaking down film. One of his specialties on the court is training the team's setters. Vlietstra came to GVSU after a two-year stint as the head coach of Judson University, an NAIA institution in Elgin, Ill. In his two years with the Eagles, Vlietstra owned a 20-49 record, had two all-league performers in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) and one NCCAA All-America honoree. Prior to his time at Judson, Vlietstra spent a year at GLIAC North Division rival Michigan Tech as the top assistant coach, helping MTU to its first NCAA Tournament berth in 10 years. This came a year after he was the second assistant coach with Scanlon and GVSU for the 2005 national championship season. During that season, Vlietstra trained the setters on a Laker team that went 32-6 and won both the GLIAC championship and the Great Lakes Regional tournament title. Before spending two seasons in NCAA Division II, Vlietstra was the head coach at Siena Heights, an NAIA school in Adrian, Mich., from 1999 to 2004. His six-year tenure solidified a program that had seen five different coaches in five years prior to his arrival. In 2000, Vlietstra was named as the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. He also served as the academic liaison and intramural director at SHU. Vlietstra also spent a year as an assistant coach at Michigan State in 1998. While at MSU, the Spartans tallied a 23-6 record and hosted an NCAA Tournament sub-regional during his time. Vlietstra began his collegiate career at Glen Oaks Community College in 1996 and totaled an 82-27 record in two seasons. On the club level, he has worked with the Sports Performance 18-Blue team in Illinois and the Premier Volleyball Club in Ohio for four years as the Director of Player Development. Vlietstra is from Kalamazoo, Mich. and received a bachelor's of business administration degree in management from Western Michigan in 1994. He earned his master's degree in organizational leadership from Siena Heights in 2006. Craig was married to Laker assistant coach Mayme Vlietstra in August 2009.
Mayme Vlietstra enters her second year as a Laker assistant coach after ten years of experience with high school teams and junior olympic programs. In 2009, the Lakers finished with a winning record (16-13) for the 17th consecutive season, as GVSU went 11-5 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), placing second in the North Division. Grand Valley State advanced to the GLIAC Tournament and earned a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament for the 10th straight year. Along with other requirements, Vlietstra will be in charge of the Laker setters this season. She will play a large role in recruiting potential athletes and in scouting opponents, which will include film exchange and retrieval. Vlietstra spent four years at Waubonsie Valley High School in Naperville, Ill., where she coached both the boys' and girls' teams. She was the head coach of the jayvee team and an assistant with the varsity squad. Vlietstra never won fewer than 20 matches each year and led three players to all-state honors. She also guided the Sports Performance Volleyball Club out of Aurora, Ill., which is one of the most successful junior club teams in the country. While there, Vlietstra led teams from 12-18 years old, organized the training schedule, and worked primarily with the setters and defensive players. She won a pair of silver medals and a bronze medal at national championship tournaments. Vlietstra coached eight All-Americans during her last three years at the club level. Vlietstra received a bachelor's of arts degree in english literature with a focus on business communication and secondary education from Aurora in 2007. Mayme was married to GVSU assistant coach Craig Vlietstra in August 2009.
Brian Netzler is entering his second year on the coaching staff at Grand Valley State. In 2009, the Lakers finished with a winning record (16-13) for the 17th consecutive season, as GVSU went 11-5 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), placing second in the North Division. Grand Valley State advanced to the GLIAC Tournament and earned a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament for the 10th straight year. Netzler came to GVSU after coaching at Grand Rapids Community College in 2008. He helped lead the team to a perfect record (13-0) in conference play and the second regional title in school history. GRCC finished 10th in the country at the NJCAA National Tournament. Netzler helped train three all-region players, including GRCC's first-ever All-American. Netzler also works at the Michigan Volleyball Academy, where he is the private lesson coordinator and creates practice plans and oversees practices for the 12 to 17 year-old teams. He also coached the MVA 15-Black team to a JVDA National Championship this past spring. Netzler also has been a coach at Fruitport, Forest Hills Northern, and Mona Shores high schools. |
Craig Vlietstra
Mayme Vlietstra
Brian Netzler