Building Champions. Building Character.

Elaine Robinson

Club Director & 16-navy head coach

Coach Robinson played volleyball at Baker University from 2000-2003, where she was named an All-American libero and Academic All-American, in addition to multiple all-conference and all-region teams. She coached at Barton County Community College in 2007-2008, when the team finished 8th at the NJCAA Tournament. Coach Robinson has coached at Washburn Rural and Kapaun Mt. Carmel high schools, as well as for a variety of clubs for a combined 23 seasons. This will be her 11th season as club director.

Michelle Harrod

17-navy head coach

Coach Harrod has spent the last 30 years coaching athletes, aged 8-18. Her greatest passion and enthusiasm lie within the sport of volleyball where she's spent 11 years coaching at both Maize and Maize South high schools. This year will be her sixth coaching club volleyball.

Whitney Dawson

17-navy assistant coach

Coach Dawson played volleyball at Sterling College from 2013-2016. She was a four-year varsity starter and earned the Champion of Character award during her collegiate career. Coach Dawson previously coached at Conway Springs High School and Maize South, and she is currently coaching at Bishop Carroll. She has coached high school for six years, and is in her ninth year of coaching club.

Angelisa Sexson

17-orange head coach

Coach Sexson played volleyball at Andover High School, earning a 4A State Championship her senior year, as a setter. She played as a middle hitter at Bethany College. She has coached club volleyball for two seasons previously, and is looking forward to getting back into it. This is Coach Sexson's third year with Legacy.

Maura Garrison

17-orange assistant coach

Coach Garrison played volleyball at Campus High School where she was named AVCTL I honorable mention. She graduated from KU, and is currently attending WSU for her Master's in Physician Associate degree. This is her first year with Wichita Legacy.

Greta Lies

16-navy assistant coach

Coach Lies has played volleyball competitively for 8 years. She attended Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School where she was named first-team All City hitter. She went on to play and manage at Butler Community College. She has played at multiple clubs, and has previous club coaching experience. This is her fourth year with Wichita Legacy.

Payje Dymond

16-orange head coach

Coach Dymond has played volleyball competitively for over 10 years. She attended Pratt-Skyline where they were HOPL league champions two years in a row and had three appearances at state volleyball. She also played volleyball & basketball at Bethel College before retiring due to an injury. She is currently one of the assistant coaches at Haven High School. She’s coached club for three years and this will be her first year at Wichita Legacy.

Rustin Dymond

16-orange assistant coach

Coach Dymond has been assisting his wife, Payje, with coaching club for the past couple of years. This will be his first year at Wichita Legacy.

Robyn Jaso

15-navy co-head coach

Coach Jaso played volleyball at Bethel College from 2004-2007, where she was named NAIA All-Region IV and part of the KCAC All-Academic team. She was the head freshmen coach at Newton High School from 2008-2011 and the JV coach at Maize South High from 2018-2020. Coach Jaso currently teaches at Maize South High. This will be her third season with Wichita Legacy.

Abby Mavarez

15-navy co-head coach

Coach Heimerman is from Conway Springs, Kan. She played middle hitter at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College from 2018-2020, then transferred to Southwestern Christian University, and played from 2020-2022, where she was team captain. She graduated with a Bachelor's of Science, summa cum laude. She has played competitive volleyball for 10 years and this will be her third year coaching at Wichita Legacy. She also coaches at Andover Middle School.

Taryn Scott

15-orange head coach

Coach Scott played volleyball at Friends University during her collegiate career. After coaching for two years at Kapaun Mt. Carmel, she was an assistant coach at Friends University for three seasons. This is her ninth year of coaching club volleyball.

Tessa Lies

15-orange assistant coach

Tessa Lies played volleyball at Bethel College, and at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. This is her second year with Legacy.

Emily Ryno

15-teal head coach

Coach Ryno played as a setter and libero at Maize High School. She is currently finishing up her nursing degree at Wichita State University, and works at Wesley Woodlawn as a nurse extern. This will be her second year coaching.

Sydney Le

15-teal assistant coach

Coach Le played volleyball at Kapaun Mt. Carmel as a setter and a libero, and was named All-City honorable mention. She currently attends Newman University. She has coached one season previously with Legacy, and is excited to return after taking a year off to study overseas.

Terri Hessman

14-navy head coach

Coach Hessman coached at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School for 20 years, in addition to leading youth summer camps and conditioning. Hessman has more than 500 career wins and has coached more than 30 athletes who obtained college scholarships for volleyball. She has also coached club volleyball for the past 12 years.

Maddy Strecker

14-navy assistant coach

Coach Strecker played volleyball at Trinity Catholic High School and club volleyball for Salt City Smash and Shockwave for nine years. She is currently playing at Friends University. She has helped with numerous grade school and middle school volleyball camps, and this is her fifth year coaching club.

Nasser Nazaran

14-orange head coach

Coach Nazaran has played doubles sand volleyball, and has been involved in the Wichita volleyball community for years. He has coached club for more than 20 years, for a variety of clubs, including Shocker, Fiesta and Xesspress. Coach Nazaran also coached at Collegiate and Wichita North. At North, his team won the City League and finished third at state. He was also named GWAL Coach of the Year twice. He is also currently doing individual sand training and coaching at Kapaun Mt. Carmel. This is his third year with Wichita Legacy.

Tiana Nice

14-orange assistant coach

Coach Nice is from Wichita where she played competitively for seven years. She played for Heartland and Shockwave clubs prior to playing at Southwestern College. This is her third season coaching club.

Shelby Treft

13-navy head coach

Coach Treft played volleyball at Friends University where she was a Champion of Character for two years and on the AD's Honor Roll for three. She is currently a behavior specialist at Heartspring. This is her 10th year coaching club volleyball.

Sydney Henning

13-navy assistant coach

Coach Henning is currently playing volleyball at Newman University. She played at Derby and for Wichita Legacy as a setter. This is her third season as an assistant for Legacy.

Courtney Allen

13-orange head coach

Coach Allen has played competively and recreationally since fourth grade. She has coached middle school volleyball for the last five years, bringing home league medals the last two seasons. Her passion lies in developing not only good players, but good people. This is her first year coaching club volleyball.

Ozi Ajekwu

13-orange assistant coach

Coach Ajekwu is a senior middle at Newman University. She graduated from Lawrence High School and played club for Starlings and Lawrence Juniors. This is her first year coaching with Wichita Legacy.

Madison Austin

13-teal head coach

Coach Austin started playing club volleyball in 6th grade and is a Rose Hill High School alumnae. She has spent the past five years coaching athletes of all ages and competition levels. She was most recently the head coach at Conway Springs High School. Coach Austin's passion is developing girls in becoming the best versions of themselves both on and off the court. She recently completed her Master's Degree in Education and is a high school business teacher. This will be her fifth year of coaching club volleyball.

Melainy Kennard

13-teal assistant coach

Coach Kennard graduated from Conway Springs High School and attends Crave Beauty Academy to become a Paramedical Esthetician. She played volleyball all throughout high school and club ball for Legacy. Due to knee injuries, her volleyball career ended her senior year. This allowed her to do stats and help manage the team for Coach Austin. Her goal as a coach is to push players to be confident, resilient, and hardworking, both on and off the court. This is her second year coaching club.

Cassidy Hessman

12-navy head coach

Coach Cass played volleyball for Wichita Legacy for seven years, and was the volleyball manager at Pittsburg State for three years. She has helped with numerous clinics, camps and open gyms for the last five years. This is her fourth year coaching with Legacy.

Ella Puckett

12-navy assistant coach

Coach Puckett played volleyball at Augusta High School and for her summer school team for three years. She graduated from Butler Community College and is now attending Wichita State to get her degree in elementary education. She is also a para at Ewalt Elementary School. This is her second year coaching club volleyball.

Melesa Coffey

12-orange head coach

Coach Coffey grew up playing both club soccer & club volleyball through high school. She earned All-City and All-State Awards at Kapaun Mt. Carmel. She has coached soccer and volleyball teams off and on over the past 10 years totaling 10 seasons and coached ages ranging from grade school through high school. This is her third year with Legacy.

Scout Washington

12-orange assistant coach

Coach Washington grew up in northwest Kansas, where she played volleyball for Hoxie High School and Kansas Twisters Volleyball Club. After high school, she played for Tabor College from 2016-2019. This is her first year with Wichita Legacy.

Emily Malmquist

11-navy head coach

Coach Malmquist is from Manhattan, Kansas, where she played volleyball at Manhattan High School. She went on to play for Manhattan Christian College, as a DS/Libero. She has previous coaching experience with younger players. This is her first season with Wichita Legacy.

Haley Ziser

11-navy assistant coach

Coach Ziser played volleyball seven years prior to college and is playing at Friends University. She played at Andover High School and for Legacy. This will be her first year coaching.