Magic City Thunder Volleyball Coaching Staff
 

Coaches and Staff

Co-Directors: Marc Tortorici, Stan Palla

Volleyball Operations: Donna Burke, Hoover Varsity Head Coach

Training Coordinator:

14-Blue – Lauren Tortorici

14-Blue Assistant Coach – Anna Garrison

16-Blue – Justin Dee

16-Silver:  Danielle Graff
16-Silver Assistant Coach:  Sheriden Stangohr

Danielle Graff

Danielle is from Cincinnati, Ohio where she had a successful career in high school and club.  As a high school student-athlete she garnered multiple awards that helped land her a full scholarship to Division I Birmingham Southern College.  During her 4 years at BSC Danielle again continued to set multiple records, currently ranked top 5 in nine different categories for career totals.  She led the team in hitting percentage 3 of the 4 years there as well digs per game and blocks per game her senior year.  Danielle was named to the All-Tournament Team multiple times and All-Academic all 4 years.  She was named the Big South Player of the Week, becoming the first female student athlete ever at BSC to achieve that honor.  Her senior year she was also named to the All-Conference Team and All-Conference Academic Team, while being nominated for Academic All-American.  She has coached multiple age groups these last 5 years, each with a very successful record, and is looking forward to another exciting season.  Danielle will graduate Medical School this May from UAB.

Justin Dee

Coach Dee has been coaching volleyball for 10 years at every level from high school to NCAA I.  He is currently the Head Volleyball Coach at Briarwood Christian School.  He led the lions to a 37-11 record this season and a 2^nd place finish at the AHSAA State tournament.  He was honored this year with Birmingham News Metro Coach of the Year.  His last four years before returning to Birmingham were at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas.  While in Batesville, Dee also coached Arkansas Juniors Volleyball Club.  He also was a member of the Magic City family in 2003, coaching the Magic City 17s to nationals in Houston, TX.  In 2003, Dee was an assistant at Birmingham-Southern College.

Sheriden Stangohr

Sheriden is from Shawnee, Kansas where she played for Mid-America Volleyball (MAVS) club team and attended St. Thomas Aquinas HS, where her team placed 3rd in 6A state finals.  She was awarded a scholarship to Samford University and has made a huge impact on the team during her first two seasons.  This past season (2007) Samford had its best season in school history.  During her two years at Samford Sheriden has made All-Tournament Teams at UCF and USA Jaguars Tournaments in 2006 and All-Tournament Teams at DePaul Tournament and Samford Barber's Classic Tournament in 2007, where she was also named the tournament MVP.  This past season she was named to 1st Team All-Conference Ohio Valley and was voted co'MVP on the team for overall season.  In addition, Sheriden ranked 53rd in Country in NCAA DI stats for blocks per game in 2007 while at the same time she set the school record for number of blocks in a season.  This will be her second year with Magic City!

18-Blue:  Haven O'Quinn

As a student-athlete for Daphne High School and member of the Bay Area Juniors club team, Haven received the Mobile Register's Alabama Player of the Year award prior to committing to Division I Troy University as a high school senior where she was awarded a full scholarship.  While at Troy, Haven started every match of her four year tenure and is currently 2nd all time in digs per game in the Troy record books, as well as in the top five in six different record categories. Haven coached the Magic City 16-1 team last year, and is looking forward to another fantastic season this year. Haven is now married and teaches first grade at Helena Elementary School.