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 Kent State Volleyball CampsCoaching Staff Tarah Beyer, Assistant Coach
While at Auburn, Beyer served as Director of off-campus volleyball camps, coordinated travel plans for the Tigers, created and maintained all correspondence with alumni and booster and served as equipment manager for the team. She also founded the Auburn Volleyball Club where she served as director and coach for three years. The club was the first Junior Olympic volleyball club in East-Central Alabama. She also served as the coach of Auburn’s Women’s Club Volleyball team. Beyer completed her Master’s in Business Administration at Auburn in December 2005. Prior to her tenure at Auburn, Beyer was the Coach of the Chikara Volleyball Juniors team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Beyer is a 2002 graduate from Marquette University, where she was a three-year letterwinner and two-year captain. She was a setter and defensive specialist for the Golden Eagles. She resides in Cuyahoga Falls. ________________________________________________________ Earnest Vasquez, Assistant Coach  Vasquez joins the KSU volleyball program after being a member of the coaching staff at Virginia Commonwealth University for two seasons.Vasquez joined the VCU Rams in 2006 as Director of Operations, handling various administrative duties, including travel arrangements, budgeting and scheduling. He served as an assistant coach during the 2007 season. Prior to joining VCU, Vasquez served as an assistant on VCU Head Coach James Finley’s staff at Arizona Western College in 2005, a year in which the Matadors were ranked as high as third nationally. Before his time at AWC, Vasquez was an assistant coach for a highly successful Phoenix College program from 1999-2005. During his tenure at Phoenix, the team racked up numerous accolades, including a third-place finish at the 1999 Junior College Division 2 National Tournament in Battle Creek, Michigan. A Phoenix, Ariz. native, Vasquez was a setter on his high school team at St. Mary’s and also played as a civilian on the Air Force Club team. In addition to his coaching experience, Vasquez has served as a referee for Junior National Indoor for the last 13 years, as well as the pro beach tour for the last five seasons. Vasquez earned his undergraduate degree in fine arts from Arizona State in 2003, and also received an associate’s in massage therapy from Arizona Western in 2006. He currently resides in Akron. ________________________________________________________
 Varsity coach at Stow High School from 1972 to 2002. Record 618-133. 26 first place and five second-place league finishes in those 31 seasons. 10 State final four appearances including four state championships and two second-place finishes. 19 All State athletes. 33 college scholarship athletes. Inaugural inductee into Ohio Volleyball coaches Hall of Fame. NOVA Juniors club director 1970 – 2002, AAU National Champions in 1981. Director of Development Renaissance Cleveland Volleyball Club 2005 to present. ________________________________________________________
 Heather Dixon enters her second season as a student-assistant with the Golden Flashes’ coaching staff.Dixon spent 2006 and 2007 as a member of the Golden Flashes. She missed most of the 2007 season after suffering a knee injury during preseason. She returned and appeared in 32 games. She totaled career-highs in hitting percentage and service aces as a sophomore. As a freshman, she showed great promise in limited action totalling 84 kills, 32 digs, 13 blocks and 94.5 points. ________________________________________________________ Danny Doherty, Student Assistant Coach
Doherty is a 2003 graduate of Archbishop High School
in Akron, Ohio and was a letter winner in track. He currently resides
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Danny enters his second season helping with the
volleyball team and his first as a student assistant. He also has has
experience as a middle blocker on the Kent State men’s club team from
2006-08. He was a co-captain on the club team his final season.Powered by MyOnlineCamp.com & The Donation Registry