TIER ONE STAFF
Director (Emeritus), Coach
Technical Clinician
Head Volleyball Coach, Penn State University - Shenango
John Senchak
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Coach Senchak is currently the head volleyball coach at Penn State University at Shenangto. He recently completed his fourth year as head coach of the Loudoun County High School Varsity volleyball program, leading the LCHS VB team to four consecutive state titles. Previously, he led the Tuscarora High School program for two seasons, earning a state championship in his second season with the program. He also led the Dominion High School Volleyball program for five years, taking a nondescript program and leading the Titans to the first Conference championship in the school's history. John has also coached with several clubs in Northern Virginia throughout the past nine years. Realizing that most clubs were not properly focused on the development of athletes as both players and young adults, Coach Senchak and Coach Ingersoll established Tier One Volleyball Club as an option for players committed to growth as leaders and athletes. Coach Senchak began playing two-man volleyball on the beaches of the Mediterranean while assigned to Athens, Greece, and has played competitively for more than 15 years. He has also coached youth hockey, baseball, and football. Coach Senchak is a retired U.S. Army First Sergeant, having served with Intelligence and Special Operations Commands; he recently departed service to the Central Intelligence Agency to spend more time with his family and focus on coaching volleyball.
Coaching History:
2022: Head Volleyball Coach, Penn State University - Shenango
2021/2020/2019/2018: Virginia Class 4 State Champions (Loudoun County High School)
2019/2018: Virginia 4A Coach of the Year
2019/2018: Region 4C and Dulles District Coach of the Year (Loudoun County High School)
2017: Virginia 5A State Champions (Tuscarora High School)
2017: Virginia 5A Coach of the Year
2016: 5A Conference 14 Champions, VA State Semi-Finalists (Tuscarora High School)
2015: Conference 21 East Coach of the Year
2015: 4A Conference 21 Champions (Dominion High School)
Director, Coach, Clinician
2024 U16 Coach
Kaitlyn Senchak
Coach Kaitlyn Senchak led the Tier One U15 Team through the 2023 season. She coached our U16 Gold team through the 2022 season.
Kaitlyn is the former Freshman Coach at Loudoun County High School where she led her team to an undefeated season.
Kaitlyn played volleyball at Dominion High School for three seasons. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Public Relations and Communications; she is currently working for The Building People in Leesburg.
Co-Director
Samantha Ingersoll
Ashburn, Virginia
Former Head Coach, Riverside High School Volleyball
2016 Conference Champions
2015 Conference Champions. Advanced through the Regionals round of HS Varsity playoffs.
Coach Ingersoll was the head coach of the Riverside High School Volleyball program; she has also coached Varsity softball in the past at three area high schools. During her high school career at Stone Bridge, she was selected to the all-district, all-region, and all-state teams multiple times between the two sports. Coach Ingersoll began her college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she played softball for two seasons. She transferred to West Chester University to play both volleyball and softball. At West Chester, Coach Ingersoll set several school and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) softball records, including marks for single-season home runs, single-season and career batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. She was named the PSAC East Player of the Year.
Coach
2024 Team TBD
David Schulte
Coach Schulte brings 17 years of club level experience and has coached teams at the 13s through 17s age groups. Additionally, he coached 14 seasons for Loudoun Youth Volleyball including 7 seasons for the High School Girls Division. Coach Schulte is USAV IMPACT and CAP I certified and is completing his USAV CAP II certification. He is Gold Medal Squared trained. He is a certified VHSL and USAV Regional referee. David is a member of AVCA and JVA.
In addition to coaching, Coach Schulte served 8 years as a Director for NVVA and several seasons as a middle school and high school representative on the Loudoun Youth Volleyball Board of Directors. He has sought to grow and create opportunities for players to get involved in volleyball including leading the creation of the High School Girls Division of LYV. As a Director at NVVA, David started the first sanctioned "Certapalooza" in the CHRVA Region as a means to get more players certified as junior referees.