OWNER OPERATOR

Hi, everyone! I’m Christianne Burns (soon to be Butler), and I’m the Owner Operator of Rocktown Volleyball Club aka RoVo. RoVo began as a passion project for me, and now I can’t imagine my life without it! After graduating high school, I got connected with the adult volleyball circuit in Harrisonburg, VA , and I started quickly started coaching. I’ve had the privilege of coaching middle school, JV, and varsity teams throughout the valley, including coaching girls volleyball teams and boys volleyball teams. I am currently the JV Head Coach at Spotswood High School, and I work full time as the Catering Director at Crossroads Cafe & Catering.

My role at Rocktown is to oversee all operations, including indoor travel teams and outdoor grass tournaments.

ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT COACH

Dallas has coached high school track and field for 7 years, specializing in coaching hurdles and high jump. Starting right out of high school, he coached at Turner Ashby before continuing on to Spotswood, where he led YoungLife.  Dallas became obsessed with volleyball watching the 2008 summer olympics, but never had opportunity to play organized volleyball until adulthood. In recent years, Dallas has become a student of the sport, watching and analyzing matches for indoor and outdoor volleyball, while also learning the ins and outs of the sport through media. Dallas helps at many of our grass volleyball events, and his role for RoVo Juniors is to aid in the athletic development of our players, including injury prevention. Dallas recently accepted a position as a Firefighter in Rockingham County, so he is around volleyball as much as his schedule allows!

ROVO JUNIORS OPERATIONS SUPPORT

Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Owen first came to the Shenandoah Valley to play college basketball at Eastern Mennonite University. Upon graduation, he immediately entered the coaching world with a desire to help athletes reach their potential. 

8 years ago his path led him to become the Varsity Assistant for the Spotswood Volleyball program where he helped coach them to a District title and state appearance. Owen is now the Head Coach for Spotswood Volleyball and has continued to grow his love and appreciation for this sport. This past season, Owen was our 14U Head Coach this past season, but he is now moving into an administrative role to assist in club operations.

ROVO JUNIORS DEVELOPMENT COACH

Colton has been around competitive volleyball for 14 years.  From Lancaster, PA Colton started playing as a freshman in high school after years of being devoted to soccer. After 4 years of high school ball, Colton played Libero/DS for 4 years at Eastern Mennonite University. He quickly entered the coaching scene as the assistant at EMU, and started his high school coaching career at EMHS.

He has since become well known in the area as the varsity coach at Broadway High School. Colton loves to work on skill development with athletes and believes in the wholistic power of coaching to empower young athletes to succeed in life. Most recently, Colton was named as the first head men’s volleyball coach at Bridgewater College. Colton’s role in RoVo Juniors is to work as an advisor to our coaching staff and to assist with the development of the indoor programs, including boys and girls volleyball.

18U Boys Head Coach

Josh is a local of Rockingham County, where he attended TAHS and then Bridgewater College. In college, he was first able to play the sport he loved watching as he grew up. He went on to play in intramural volleyball competitions at Bridgewater with every opportunity, and after graduating, he has continued to find local volleyball, including pickup and tournaments.

Josh teaches Chemistry at Fort Defiance High School, where he has been part of the volleyball coaching staff as an assistant coach for 7 years, helping coach his team to 4 state playoff appearances. Josh was the head coach for our 16U girls team, and he was the assistant for our developmental boys team. This upcoming season, he will be the head coach for our 18U boys team. Josh is excited to share his knowledge and love of the game with his team this club season.

Josh is also a passionate Ultimate Frisbee player and coach, playing for “Fog of War” in Winchester and coaching his high school club team to play in the state competition in 2022.

Developmental Boys Head Coach

Ben is originally from Hampton Roads Virginia. He started playing volleyball in high school and continued in his career at EMU. After graduating he was an assistant coach at EMU for a couple of years.

He now is the career coach at Harrisonburg High school and is also going into his second year of being the assistant varsity volleyball coach at Rocktown high school. In the spring he also helps run the Rocktown High school boys volleyball club team. He is looking forward to sharing his experience love of the game with his developmental team this year.

Ben is a big sports fan all around and enjoys supporting his favorite teams during their various seasons. He also is a major Star Wars fan and loves anything and everything to do with it.

15U, 16U, or 18U Girls Head Coach

Sydney was brought to Harrisonburg by JMU! She is currently an elementary school teacher and the varsity head coach at Broadway High School. Sydney has experience coaching high school volleyball and travel volleyball, and she excels at coaching pin hitting positions. We look forward to having Sydney on staff this season working with our 18U girls!

17U Head Coach

Ashlie is from the Shenandoah County, and she is going into her seventh year as a second grade teacher. She has coachd at Central High School for 10 years. In her first two years, she coached their JV team, leading her team to a district championship. When she earned the head varsity coaching position, she led her team to a district championship, two regional championships, and a state runner up. She is super excited to be with RoVo this year as our 17U head coach!

15U or 16U Head Coach

Born and raised in Staunton, Virginia. Jayden started her volleyball career in elementary school at the local ymca and then played volleyball for Stuart Hall School and Fort Defiance High School. She also played for the Shenandoah Valley Juniors club and the Roanoke Star Elite Club. During her high school years, Jayden grew a passion for blocking and playing the middle position which lead her to receive 3 school blocking records, 2 VHSL blocking records and a best blocking award at Capitol Hill Classic. After High School Jayden continued her college career at Eastern Mennonite University. Jayden suffered a critical labrum injury her first year at EMU.

Because of the long recovery process, Jayden took up coaching during her free time. She started with travel coaching and eventually moved to assistant coaching the JV team at FDHS. Being able to give back to her volleyball community and provide a welcoming atmosphere for player’s  is what sparked her 7 year coaching career! Jayden has been involved in many volleyball organizations such as being the Head Varsity Coach at Stuart Hall School, Head JV coach at Fort Defiance High School, Lead volleyball coordinator/instructor at the Waynesboro ymca, Horizons edge volleyball coordinator, SVJ Club Coach and now ROVO club coach!!

Jayden lives in Harrisonburg with her partner Nathan McGhee (who is the EMU men’s volleyball assistant coach) and works at Friendly City Psychology. When Jayden is not coaching she loves to compete in volleyball tournaments, play pick up volleyball, go hiking, eat some good food and just enjoy the simple things in life with her family and friends!

14U Head Coach

Laney is originally from Radford, Virginia, but moved to the Valley to attend Eastern Mennonite University, where she played collegiate volleyball. Her passion for the game and desire to invest in the next generation of athletes brought her to Rocktown Volleyball Club, as well as to her role as a volunteer JV assistant coach at Spotswood High School. Outside of volleyball, Laney works as a financial paraplanner and is currently pursuing further education to become a Certified Financial Planner. She is excited to continue growing as a coach while giving back to the sport and community that have played such a big role in her journey.

13U Head Coach

Andrea grew up in the Shenandoah Valley and fell in love with volleyball at the age of three, watching her older sisters play. She competed for Broadway High School and played club volleyball with the former Stonewall Volleyball Club from 12U through 18U. One of her favorite club volleyball memories is the lasting friendships formed among teammates from six different local schools.

After high school, Andrea played collegiately for four years at Eastern Mennonite University. She returned to Broadway High School as the Varsity Assistant Coach for the 2024 season and also served as the 17U Assistant Coach for RoVo Juniors during the recent travel season. Andrea is now the Head JV Coach at Broadway and is excited to step into a head coaching role this upcoming travel season!