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COACHES
Natalie Egan
Head Coach 13-1
Coach Egan has had a love of the sport of volleyball since an early age and began playing when she was twelve years old. As she pursued volleyball throughout the years and became an outside hitter and libero for Shawnee Mission Northwest High School from 2013-2017, she was able to help lead her team to the 6A state tournament her senior year. That same year, she also qualified for the 6A state meet for the first time in track and field and placed in the long jump. After high school, she decided to pursue track and field at Fort Hays State University and competed for one year before retiring the sport due to an injury. She is now a junior at FHSU and is studying Communications with an emphasis in PR and Advertising.
In 2015, Coach Egan had the opportunity to coach at Southwind Rising Volleyball Club. Ever since then she has been coaching and now has five years of experience coaching very successful teams in both the Kansas City and Hays areas. Most recently, she coached the 7B team for Hays Middle School and led them to a league championship title. She began coaching for Elite in 2018 and looks forward to more exciting coaching experiences in the future!
In her free time, Coach Egan loves to cook, go to the gym, and spend time with her family, friends, and rescue dog, Koda.
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Email: natalieegan88@gmail.com
Phone: 913-515-2614
Brianna sammons
Asst. Coach 13-1
Coach Sammons is a freshman at Fort Hays State University. She played volleyball for eight years and has been coaching for four years so far. Coaching in her first season at Western Kansas Elite, she plans to continue to exhibit her strong leadership skills while helping her athletes achieve their goals.
Volleyball is her favorite sport and she is majoring in Animal Science with the hope of becoming a Veterinarian someday!
Email: briannasammons318@gmail.com
Tiffany ragsdale
head coach 13-2
Jennifer Ortiz
asst. coach 13-2
Coach Ortiz comes from Macksville, KS where she lived with her parents and two younger sisters. She played volleyball basically her entire life for MHS and club teams and it became her favorite sport to play. Her senior year of high school, she coached a successful team of 5th and 6th graders and enjoyed every minute of it, so she's excited to have the opportunity to coach again at Elite!
She is currently a freshman at Fort Hays State University and is majoring in Health and Human Performance.
Email: jenniferortiz23@gmail.com
Phone: 620-352-1359
Savannah yost
head coach 14-1, Asst. Coach 17-1
Coach Yost is currently a full time student at Fort Hays State University. She is a Nursing major and decided to not continue her volleyball career through college so that she could focus on her schooling. She has been involved with the sport of volleyball since she was a little girl and it has always been her favorite sport to participate in. Coach Yost built the greatest friendships throughout her volleyball career. She has played since she was about nine years old and continued all the way until her senior year of high school, finishing with a 3A state championship. She has been involved with Western Kansas Elite since her middle school years, with this being her second year coaching club volleyball.
Not only does she love playing the sport, but she loves coaching it even more!
Email: Savannahyost11@gmail.com
Phone: 785-259-8394
hannah swihart
asst. coach 14-1
Coach Swihart attended Clay Center Community High School and played volleyball throughout her four years. She received a scholarship to play volleyball at Cloud County Community College and played there for one year. While attending Cloud, she also coached a 17's club team for Cloud Juniors.
Coach Swihart appreciates girls who are ready to have fun and get better! She is very excited to be a part of this organization.
Email: hannahswihart16@gmail.com
Phone: 785-630-1441
madison prough
head coach 14-2
Coach Prough is from Hays, KS and was a setter at Hays High School and a setter one year at Fort Hays State University. This is her second year of coaching at Western Kansas Elite, and her first season as a head coach. She graduated from FHSU with a degree in Elementary Education.
Fun Fact: Her sister is her assistant coach at Elite and she can also sing!
Email: madisonprough20@gmail.com
Phone: 785-639-3471
cassidy prough
asst. coach 14-2
Coach Prough is a senior in high school. This is her first year of coaching and she is the assistant coach to her sister, Madison. She played for Western Kansas Elite for five years and she was a setter and defensive specialist.
Email: cassprough55@gmail.com
Sierra Bryant
coach 14-3
Olivia schremmer
coach 14-3
Coach Schremmer has been playing volleyball for twelve years, but couldn't play is year due to an ACL injury. She has not coached volleyball before this season, but she has coached other events.
For fun, she likes to play volleyball and ride horses!
Email: oliviadollar@gmail.com
Phone: 785-389-2563
Carrie Kennedy
Head coach 15-1
Cecelia Beck
Asst. coach 15-1
Mallory mcqueen
Head coach 16-1
Coach McQueen graduated from Plainville High School and then played one year of volleyball at Barton Community College as a setter. She then transferred back to Fort Hays State University and graduated in 2019 with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing. She has coached club volleyball for about four years now. She works at Hays Med as a nurse on the Acute Care and Pediatrics Unit.
Email: mallorymcqueen96@gmail.com
hunter meyers
asst. coach 16-1
Coach Meyers started playing volleyball when she was in sixth grade and then all the way until she graduated high school at Plainville Jr/Sr High. She had previously coached at NCK Club last year and has coached along a few recreational teams throughout high school.
Email: Huntermmeyers@yahoo.com
kamri nehls
Head coach 17-1
Coach Nehls is in her seventh year of coaching volleyball. She started coaching club her senior year of college. After graduation, she became the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Dodge City Community College for two years, and then moved to Head Coach for two years. While at DC3, she was awarded 2017 Coach of the Year. Along with coaching college, she was a club director and coach for Western Winds Volleyball for five years. She then spent a season as the Assistant Coach at Fort Hays State University. She is now the Head Coach at Russell High School along with being a Middle School Counselor.
Prior to coaching, she played for two years at Barton Community College where they won back-to-back regionals and made two national appearances. She then transferred to play at Missouri Southern State University where she received her Bachelor's from.
In her free time, Coach Nehls enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and dog, Ripken.
Email: nehlsk@yahoo.com
Phone: 785-483-3174
lauryn davis
Head coach 17-2
Coach Davis started playing volleyball in fifth grade playing at NCK. In seventh grade, she started to play high school volleyball and continued until she graduated from Phillipsburg High School. Her senior year she started to coach club volleyball and has been doing that for three years. Coach Davis coached the Hays Middle School 8B team this past fall!
Email: lauryn55davis@gmail.com