We got our first STATE CHAMP in the house y'all!! She's all about making history: being our first ever Volleyball guest, ending her team's 30 Year playoff drought this past season, or getting that championship ring as she came oh so close to bowling a perfect game....Team Player Nation let's welcome Carmen Solis Martinez!
Pasadena born and raised, including 3 generations of Solis women at Pasadena High School next fall
Being coached by her mom in High School while also having her dad being her most passionate fan at all of her Volleyball games
Coach racked up all the Turkeys throughout her career on her way to winning the State Bowling Championship in her senior year
5 out of 5 now Team Player alumni who were not planning on coaching when they first entered college - Coach recounts how the love for her brother helped keep her close to home
Making the playoffs for the 1st time in 30 years!! Listen to coach recount that storybook season and how the boys basketball team helped set the tone
Coach drops all kinds of truth bombs about the relationship between High School and Club Volleyball. We know she's all about making history including taking the 13yo team to nationals for the first time in club history....oh and did I mention for an encore she also earned 2019 COY
Listen to Carmen give some great advice regarding the 4 different roles that exist at every game and how best those roles should be filled
This week instead of Start/Bench/Cut we did our 1st ever Fav5 - Coach tells us who she would roll with in a 1-game winner take all Volleyball match with $1million on the line, you might be surprised to hear who she picked!
it was like the movie Love and Basketball in the Jackson Intermediate gymnasium when Coach went from tutor to partner, listen to the incredibly romantic story of how she met her husband who plays pro basketball in El Salvador as well as being a member of the National Team!
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