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The Hawks Staff is Dedicated to Making Basketball Fun! |
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Bryan Shumock, Hawks Scheduler & Coordinator Bryan is Club President and director of the Lehigh Valley Hawks girls basketball club. He founded the Streetball program in the Valley and has over 10 years experience in coaching girls basketball. His Hawks team has won over 84% of their AAU games since 2003 & took 2nd place (out of 36 teams) in the 2007 Hershey USJN tourney. bshoes@verizon.net |
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Larry Weber. Lehigh Valley AAU Director. Coach Weber has been running the Lehigh Valley AAU and skills and drills for over 15 years. His primary focus and responsibilities lie with tournament planning and implementation in the Lehigh Valley. Each year he coordinates several boys and girls Super Regional, District Qualifier and National-level AAU tournaments. larryweber@rcn.com |
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LEHIGH VALLEY HAWKS COACHES
“Good People Make Good Coaches; Great People Make Great Coaches!”
We believe the Lehigh Valley Hawks coaches listed below are the very best youth/middle school & AAU coaches in the state of PA. Our coaches are all professional, experienced coaches that have one goal…. Make you a better ballplayer while treating you with dignity and respect!
If you want to learn the game, play with some of the best players in the Lehigh Valley and be part of a program that you can be proud of, these are the coaches you need to be playing for! |
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Jess Mulberger, Streetball & Hawks Coach. Jess has been a Streetball and Hawks coach since 2007. She was the team captain at Messiah College where she played from 1998-2002. From 1996 thru 2006, Jess coached and mentored youth players as a Messiah and Penn State camp counselor and Raleigh, NC youth coach. She also served as an assistant varsity coach at Salisbury HS and Pius X before joining the Hawks. ponch2132@yahoo.com |
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Mike Petruny, Streetball & Hawks Coach. Mike has been with the Hawks and Streetball since 2006. He’s coached a local CYO 8th grade program for many years and runs the top Christmas tournament, The Wildcat Challenge, each year at Cathedral School, Allentown, Pa. Mike has coached virtually every youth age group and is looking forward to another great year of Hawks AAU. poconotwins@rcn.com |
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Tara Belfield, Hawks & Streetball Coach. Coach Tara is one of the most popular local basketball celebrities in the Lehigh Valley. After her playing days at William Allen HS., Tara went on to Millersville where she played both softball and basketball. As a coach, Tara spent time at Allen as an assistant varsity coach, many, many years as a local AAU coach as well as her current position as an Assistant Women’s coach at NCCC. Tara is also a teacher in the Allen School District. |
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Mel Leaver, Hawks & Streetball Coach. Coach Leaver played Ice Hockey for Penn State and upon graduation, began coaching CYO & AAU basketball. He’s coached all ages of AAU with the last 10 yrs. primarily HS age. Over the last 7 years in CYO District 2 HS league, his teams have won 3 district and league titles. Mel brings a tremendous amount of energy and knowledge to the Hawks and Streetball and is a great addition to our program. psuleav@aol.com |
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Will Robertson. Streetball Director & Hawks Coach. Coach Robertson has been a Hawk’s coach & the Director of our popular Fall Streetball program since 2006. In addition to his many years as a youth coach in the Parkland area, Will is an English teacher and track coach and has coached volleyball at Parkland HS. Will also runs a very successful Club Volleyball team which competes with some of the top volleyball clubs in the nation. wrrk@msn.com |
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If You Don’t Play You Won’t Get Better. If You Don’t Get Better, You Won’t Play!
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Billy Rodriguez, Streetball & Hawks Coach. Billy brings some excellent experience to the Hawks program. Coach Billy and Coach Shumock started out coaching the Lehigh Valley Hawks together nearly 8 years ago. He’s played ball at the highest level, Puerto Rico’s National Olympic team member, and has coached throughout the valley at several high schools and AAU programs. Billy is our resident expert and has a season pass to help out with any of our AAU teams, Streetball & clinics. |
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Jackie Yandrisevits, Hawks AAU Coach. Jackie was a two-time All Area Player; Express Times Player of the Year & 1000 Pt Scorer at Nazareth HS. At East Stroudsburg University, Jackie is the All Time Leading Scorer with 1784 pts; 4 Year All-Conference Honors; ESPN Magazine’s Academic All-District; Dakotronic All-Region Team Honors & ESU’s Scholar Athlete & Female Athlete Award winner. As an Elementary school teacher in Nazareth and current coach in the Nazareth HS feeder program, Jackie has the experience and energy everyone needs and wants in a girls AAU basketball coach. jyand4314@yahoo.com |
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Tony Semler, Streetball & Hawks Coach. Tony is one of the most successful boys coaches in recent Emmaus HS history. From 1998-2004, his HS Boys team won two League Championships, two District XI Runner-up, two-time PIAA State tourney participant while posting a 101-60 Win/Loss record! As a MS guidance counselor and 20 years of coaching, including the last three with Will Robertson & the Hawks, Tony brings great background and experience into the Hawks program. |
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John O’Neil, Hawks AAU Coach John joins our staff having 23 years of High School Coaching experience as both a Head and assistant coach. He has coached at both Phillipsburg Catholic and Belvidere High School in New Jersey and most recently served as Head JV Girl’s Basketball coach at Easton Area High School from 2006-20099) In addition to being a feeder program coach for the Nazareth HS girls program, John brings tons of experience and energy to help develop our young players. John40@rcn.com |
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Joe Rocco, Assistant Hawks Coach. A graduate of Allentown Central Catholic High School and the University of Scranton, Joe is in his first year with the Hawks. Joe is very active on the CYO girls coaching staff at Cathedral School in Allentown. He has also played a key operational role in the Wildcat Holiday Challenge, the most popular girls tournament for grades 5 - 8 in the Lehigh Valley during the winter holiday season. Joe's basketball strengths are his attention and belief in teaching fundamentals, and outside shooting. |