Lisa joined the JVA Staff in December 2013. She has a solid volleyball background at all levels. After completing her volleyball career at Purdue University, she served as the Student Assistant Coach followed by three seasons as the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Samford University where her responsibilities included recruiting, aiding in day to day team training, managing community service functions, and coordination of camps. In 2011 she helped guide the program to its first NCAA appearance.
Message of the Week
Message of the Week
How is it October this week already? Maybe it’s just me, but this year has absolutely flown by. And when I look at what’s coming next, I’m not sure things are slowing down anytime soon.
We are officially 36 days away from registration opening for the inaugural JVA Boys National Championship on November 2.
We are 53 days away from the JVA boys event season officially beginning in Atlanta at JVA The Reckoning, one of our Open consideration events.
And sometime in October, registration will open for ALIGN 2027, which is heading to Las Vegas during the Men’s NCAA Championship. Clearly, JVA likes to have a little fun along the way, so what better place to bring our volleyball community together than a city built around entertainment, with some pretty great volleyball happening at the same time?
It’s exciting. But looking at all of those things on the calendar also has me asking…where did this last year go? So much has happened at JVA. There have been changes, new partnerships, new events, new systems and some pretty significant additions. And what I’m most proud of is that so much of it has come directly from listening to all of you.
Your feedback. Your ideas. Your frustrations. Your “have you ever thought about…” conversations. Your willingness to pick up the phone, answer a survey, sit down with us at an event or tell us when something could be better.
We hope you have been pleased with the direction we are heading. We also know that growth and change come with a responsibility to get the details right.
It reminds me of one of my favorite John Wooden quotes: “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
That one feels especially appropriate right now. There is a lot happening at JVA, but our goal isn’t simply to do more. It is to do it well.
As we launch a Boys National Championship, grow our event season, bring ALIGN to a new city, improve our systems and continue adding resources for our clubs, we have to make sure the details don’t get lost in the excitement of what’s next.
We won’t get every single thing perfect. But we will ask questions. We will listen. We will think things through. And when something needs to be better, we will work to make it better.
This is going to be a big year for JVA. But when I sit down to write this message at this same time next year, I hope I’m not simply talking about how much we grew or how many new things we launched.
I hope I’m talking about bigger results, stronger relationships, better experiences and happy clubs.
Because ultimately, that’s how we’ll know we did it right.
Here’s to October…somehow already.
With a lot of gratitude,
Lisa
How is it October this week already? Maybe it’s just me, but this year has absolutely flown by. And when I look at what’s coming next, I’m not sure things are slowing down anytime soon.
We are officially 36 days away from registration opening for the inaugural JVA Boys National Championship on November 2.
We are 53 days away from the JVA boys event season officially beginning in Atlanta at JVA The Reckoning, one of our Open consideration events.
And sometime in October, registration will open for ALIGN 2027, which is heading to Las Vegas during the Men’s NCAA Championship. Clearly, JVA likes to have a little fun along the way, so what better place to bring our volleyball community together than a city built around entertainment, with some pretty great volleyball happening at the same time?
It’s exciting. But looking at all of those things on the calendar also has me asking…where did this last year go? So much has happened at JVA. There have been changes, new partnerships, new events, new systems and some pretty significant additions. And what I’m most proud of is that so much of it has come directly from listening to all of you.
Your feedback. Your ideas. Your frustrations. Your “have you ever thought about…” conversations. Your willingness to pick up the phone, answer a survey, sit down with us at an event or tell us when something could be better.
We hope you have been pleased with the direction we are heading. We also know that growth and change come with a responsibility to get the details right.
It reminds me of one of my favorite John Wooden quotes: “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
That one feels especially appropriate right now. There is a lot happening at JVA, but our goal isn’t simply to do more. It is to do it well.
As we launch a Boys National Championship, grow our event season, bring ALIGN to a new city, improve our systems and continue adding resources for our clubs, we have to make sure the details don’t get lost in the excitement of what’s next.
We won’t get every single thing perfect. But we will ask questions. We will listen. We will think things through. And when something needs to be better, we will work to make it better.
This is going to be a big year for JVA. But when I sit down to write this message at this same time next year, I hope I’m not simply talking about how much we grew or how many new things we launched.
I hope I’m talking about bigger results, stronger relationships, better experiences and happy clubs.
Because ultimately, that’s how we’ll know we did it right.
Here’s to October…somehow already.
With a lot of gratitude,
Lisa
