Ali brings over 15 years of experience as a volleyball player, coach and administrator. A native of Lake Oswego, Oregon, Ali played NCAA Division I volleyball first at North Carolina State and later at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ali graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and a minor in International Business. In 2004, Ali became an assistant coach at UAB and later interim head coach. Ali was the second-youngest head coach in NCAA Division I volleyball and led the UAB Blazers to a 14-13 record in 2005, snapping an eight-year slide of sub-.500 finishes. After receiving a Masters in Business Administration from UAB in 2006, Ali ended her coaching tenure at UAB.  She coached for 2 years as an assistant at Western Carolina University before she accepted a leadership role at the Academy of Art University, the only art school that is a member of the prestigious NCAA. Ali was a founding member of the university’s NCAA Division II athletic department and served as head coach of the volleyball program and Assistant Athletic Director.

Ali is a co-founder of the LEMO Foundation and currently the Head Volleyball Coach at Sacred Heart Prep - Atherton. 

ALI MAGNER

Following Torika’s first year as Director of Activated Sports Performance Volleyball, Torika Baleilekutu was promoted to her current role as the Assistant Director of Encore Volleyball Club.

A native of California, Torika grew up in the Bay Area where she actively played volleyball, soccer, and track and field growing up. Baleilekutu played NJCAA Division I volleyball first at Missouri State University - West Plains, then finished her DI playing career at the University of Memphis. Torika graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in Sociology and Business. During Torika’s collegiate career, she  earned Academic All-American honors, All-League Honors, 2 NJCAA National Tournament appearances (finishing top 10 in the country), and being a 4-year captain. 

Currently - Torika is an alumni, coach, and now Assistant Director for Encore

Volleyball Club who brings a fresh perspective on leadership, women empowerment, and social impact. Torika is also the Director of Playmaker Alumni at the LEMO Foundation, Assistant Volleyball Coach  at Sacred Heart Prep - Atherton, and the Volleyball/Track & Field Coach at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

TORIKA BALEILEKUTU

Katie was a member of the Stanford women's volleyball team from 2002-2006 where she won a national championship in 2004, was runner-up in 2002, and captained her team in 2005. She received Pac-10 All-Academic Women's Honorable Mention in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. 

She is currently the head coach for College of San Mateo indoor and beach volleyball programs. Former assistant coach for San Jose State University, and co-founded Pacific Coast Volleyball Club.

Katie has achieved great success coaching at the club level most recently taking the Encore 15 Navy team to the USAV Junior National Championships.

KATIE GOLDHAHN

Jillian is the former Program/Operations Director at The Foundry Sports Facility and currently works for Stanford University in the Student Affairs/Dean of Students Office. In addition, she coaches for Encore Volleyball Club and for the College of San Mateo.

Jillian began her sports life with Gymnastics at 3 years old, to move on to baseball/softball. She then began to play volleyball at age 8. Volleyball has always been Jillian’s favorite sport, but she could never get enough of playing all 3 sports all year around and most of the time playing 2 sports during a season. While a freshman in High School, Jillian began to be recruited to numerous Universities for Volleyball. These Universities include: University of Oregon, CAL, University of Washington, Northern Arizona University, Ohio State, Gonzaga University, University of Memphis, University of Alabama and more. She played for various volleyball clubs throughout the Sacramento area earning Open Division bids to the Girl’s Jr. National Championships. Additionally, she was excelling in Softball, she began to get recruited to Universities for softball and decided to accept a Full-Ride Softball Scholarship to Division I Sacramento State University where she was a 2nd team All-American & All Conference Player. Jillian graduated from Sacramento State with her Bachelors degree in Telecommunications and Multimedia and a minor in Marketing. 

In 2007, she earned her Masters Degree in Sports Management from the University of San Francisco.  While working on her Masters she worked as the Executive Assistant/Office Manager League/Tournament Coordinator for the Northern California Volleyball Association (NCVA) 

In the past 5 seasons coaching with Encore her teams have earned a bid to Nationals 3 times, and have finished in the top 6 in multiple tournaments at multiple age levels.

JILLIAN LONTAYAO

Denise is currently the head coach at Menlo College, where the team went 22-9 in her first season. Prior to Menlo, Denise spent 6 years running the USA Volleyball Girls’ High Performance National Team Program, directing programs for the nation’s top players and coaches and traveling internationally with the U.S. Youth and Junior National Teams.  

She served as the Team Leader for the U.S. Women’s National Team in the 2012 - 2016 quadrennial, helping Team USA earn the first ever gold medal at the 2014 FIVB World Championship and a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.  

Denise has founded and directed several volleyball clubs, served on volleyball club boards, and coached teams at all levels throughout her career.  Besides coaching club and high school teams in the United States, she has coached in countries in Central America, South America, Asia, and all over Europe through outreach programs and coaching USA Development Teams.   

Denise earned dual degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada and a masters degree in Sports Management while playing for their volleyball team.

DENISE SHELDON