Meet The Coaches
Sam O'Malley - 12 Mizuno Head Coach
Program Director
Coach Sam grew up in Houston, TX. She began playing volleyball in 7th grade and fell in love with the sport from day 1. She went on to play all 4 years in High School, Varsity Lettering 3 out of 4 of those years. Coach Sam went on to earn a volleyball scholarship to Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi as an Outside Hitter. During her time at Belhaven she earned herself a starting spot in 3 different positions during her 4 years there (Outside, Libero & Middle!). Her senior season Coach Sam and her team broke the school record making them the winningest team in their volleyball history, and Coach Sam finished the season in the top 5 of her conference in blocks as 5'8 middle. After assisting with some club teams during her college years, Coach Sam immediately began coaching after graduating from college back in Houston, TX. Coach Sam was one of the original coaches from Katy United (formerly known as FO1 Revolution) where she coached their National teams for 12's,13's and 14's for 8 seasons. The 2021-22 season marks her 9th season coaching club volleyball and her first season here with us at CTX Juniors. She is so excited to be here CTX Juniors and to help us be a top club here in Austin! When Coach Sam isn't coaching she loves to play sand volleyball, going to concerts and cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers!
Natalie Leal - 12 Apex Head Coach
Meagan Dees - 12 Blue Head Coach
Reagan Chance - 12 Silver Head Coach
Robert Simien - 13 Mizuno Head Coach
Coach Robert has been a USAV coach for 25 years, and played on a Men's USAV team for 20 years. He is currently a Regional Referee and has been a UIL referee for 10 years. He coached for A TAPPS for 2007 & 2008, finishing 3rd in the State in 2007. He was nominated as the Blue South All Star Head Coach in 2007, after winning the All Star Game. He coached Volleyball, Basketball, and Track (High Jump) at Lockhart High School from 2016-2018. He was the camp Director for Nike Volleyball Camps for 2 years. His hobbies include coaching or training volleyball, fishing, and watching sports and The Investigation Discovery Channel. His favorite foods include MOST of his Girlfriend's Cooking, fried catfish, chicken fajitas, German chocolate cake, little Debbie oatmeal pies, and Goobers.
Jessica Cantu - 13 Mizuno Asst. Coach
Coach Jessica grew up in the small town of Gonzales. She graduated from Texas State University, with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sports Science with a second teaching field in Chemistry. Her experience as a volleyball coach includes being the Head Coach for both Austin Performance and High Tech club volleyball, and the Assistant Coach for Austin Juniors Volleyball. For three consecutive years, she interned with the San Marcos High School volleyball program which included assisting with volleyball clinics and camps. She grew up playing and competing in sporting events with her family. In high school, Jessica played volleyball, softball, and basketball. In college, she participated in intramural volleyball, flag football, and basketball. Some of her hobbies include playing sports, going on outdoor adventures, and spending time with family and friends.
Shauntia Carr - 13 Apex Head Coach
Coach Shauntia has been involved in all levels of volleyball, including primary, collegiate, club, and recreation. She graduated from Bowie High School and played volleyball under Jason Landers. In high school, she was named to coaching titles and lead volleyball camps/clinics. Additionally, she became an Assistant Coach for AJVS 14's Red team, and UT Club Volleyball White team upon graduating Southern University A&M College with her Bachelor's in Business Management. Shauntia has many hobbies that she enjoys doing in her free time, including playing video games, appreciating art & sports, listening to music, and watching movies. She also lives her life following a few philosophies, including You'll Never Know If You Don't Try, Effort Goes a Long Way, Get out of Your Own Way, Each of us Needs All of us... and more to come.
Hannah Hansen - 14 Mizuno Head Coach
I’m Coach Hannah. Born and raised in south Austin. I graduated from Akins HS, and went on to Texas State in San Marcos, where I graduated with an Education degree. After taking a couple of years off after college, I am now in my 6th year of teaching at Oak Hill Elementary. I was a classroom teacher for 1st & 2nd grade, and now I am in my first year as a Special Education Resource teacher.
I’ve been playing volleyball since middle school, but I did not get into the club world until my freshman year of high school (I wasn’t aware of what club was). I played club throughout highschool, and went to play on the women’s club team at Texas State. I only played 1 year and then I stopped and started coaching. This will be my 9th (maybe 10th) season. I started back when it was Shock, then AJVS, and now CTX!
Abby Valderrama - 14 Mizuno Asst. Coach
Maggie Scott - 14 Apex Head Coach
Jordyne Bigan - 14 Blue Head Coach
Taylor Beltz - 15 Mizuno Head Coach
Club Director
Coach Taylor grew up in Austin, Texas. She started playing volleyball when she was 12 when her dad, Mike Beltz, started Texas Shock Volleyball. She attended Bowie High School where she played volleyball and softball. After high school, she attended Temple College and played as a libero. After one year at Temple College, she moved on to Division 3 volleyball at Southwestern University in Georgetown. During her time at Southwestern, her team was ranked in the top three on the AVCA polls. Taylor started her coaching career during senior year of high school, and has been coaching ever since. In the past, she coached the top team for Texas Shock in the 13's-15's age groups. She is excited to continue her coaching career with CTX Juniors.
Micaela Mirabal - 15 Mizuno Asst. Coach
Coach Micaela (Mic) grew up in Austin, TX but is originally from Southern
California. She fell in love with volleyball in the 5th grade watching the UT Volleyball team win a National Championship in 2012. She grew up playing different sports in middle school and high school such as volleyball, basketball, softball, tennis, dance, and track and field. She attended Bowie High School where she played volleyball and basketball and played club volleyball at Austin Juniors as an outside/defensive specialist. Her freshman year of high school she was introduced to the sport of beach volleyball and fell in love with the sport after her first practice. Her senior year of high school, she left club indoor and pursued a future in beach volleyball collegiately. She was recruited by a few beach programs but committed to Grand Canyon University. She attended GCU all four years of undergrad while competing for a top ten beach volleyball program. In 2020, Covid hit and Coach Mic decided to transfer to Texas A&M- Corpus Christi to be a part of a Division I program while obtaining her masters in communication- organizational leadership. While at TAMUCC, Micaela was a 2022 team captain, 2022 All-Conference First-Team, 2022 SLC All-Academic Team,2021 All-Conference Third-Team, SLC Pair of the Week 3/22/21, SLC Pair of the Week 3/10/22, NCAA’s 2022 Appearance, and SLC Conference champion. The highlight of her senior season was qualifying for the 2022 NCAA National Championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama through her team’s accomplishment of winning a conference championship. This was a great achievement as only 16 teams in the country qualified for NCAA’s. Coach Mic has experience coaching beach athletes, and she is excited for the 2023 season to be her first season coaching indoor with Coach Taylor, who was her high school teammate and friend. Coach Mic hopes her experience, competitiveness, and love for the game translates to her players and how they develop as young athletes and as people.
Alex Castillo - 15 Apex Head Coach
KK Ruiz - 15 Apex Asst. Coach
Kailey Bickel - 15 Blue Head Coach
Kelli Hardge - 16 Mizuno Head Coach
Coach Kelli played her only club volleyball season in 1986 with her high school team through Austin Juniors Volleyball. She continued her playing experience with the TAMU Club Volleyball program from 1988 – 1992. In 1992, Kelli traded in her playing shoes for a whistle and has been coaching volleyball ever since. Kelli worked for St. Michael’s Episcopal school for two years, where she took the volleyball team to regional round of TAPPS 1A. She also coached 13's and 14's Regional teams at Brazos Valley Juniors. When Kelli moved back to the San Marcos Area, she began to get back into playing volleyball for about 10 to 12 years. During this time, Kelli also joined the San Marcos Area Volleyball club, where she coached the 13's, 14's, and 15's National Teams. She also worked for various local clubs which included Outlaw Volleyball and San Marcos Volleyball Club. She coached at Del Valle High School as the JV/Varsity Assistant from 2002 - 2005, as well as, San Antonio College, as the Assistant Coach from 2007-2009. In 2012, Kelli’s moved to New Orleans, LA and coached the 13’s, 14’s and 17’s National teams at Cajunland Volleyball. She also worked part-time coaching 5th- 7th grade at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School. Kelli has a 5-year-old son, Alonzo, and a 3-year-old daughter, Rebekah and a Lab-Sheppard mix named Buddy.
Sarah O'Neal - 16 Mizuno Asst. Coach
Coach Sarah is a former Texas Shock/Austin Juniors volleyball player from Kyle, Texas. She started playing volleyball her freshman year of high school, and played all four years. She started playing club her sophomore year of high school. Sarah continued her volleyball career at Temple College where she played 2 years. Throughout her career, she has been a MB, a RS hitter, and a setter. She is still currently in school working toward her bachelors in education. She has done many camps and clinics of all ages. She also has experience coaching 12’s and high school age athletes. After suffering a knee injury, she hasn’t lost her eagerness to win or her love for competition and this sport.