Perry Girls Volleyball

Varsity Head Coach
Andrew Yamashiro
This is Coach Andrew's third year at Perry High School. Andrew is also the head coach at Chandler Gilbert Community College and has 13 years of High School and Club coaching experience. Andrew is the assistant director and a coach at Aspire Volleyball Club. Previously, he was the Head Coach at Crimson High School, before that he was at Mountain Pointe High School and Higley High School where he won a state championship in 2018 and was a runner-up state finalist while at Mountain Pointe. Andrew also coached at the NAIA level with Benedictine University. Benedictine was NAIA National Runner-Up in 2018 and won the National Championship in 2019. As a player, Andrew prepped at Hamilton High School before playing at Arizona State University on the club team for one season.

Varsity Assistant Coach
Jeff Nelson

JV Head Coach
Kale Rubin
Coach Kale started his coaching career right after high school for Aspire boys club in 2018 and Club One girls in 2019. Worked mostly with 16 & 17 year old boys and girls. This is his fourth year coaching at Perry and 2nd year as Head JV Coach. Kale has also been Head Freshman coach for Perry boys volleyball the last four years. Kale played 2 years at Molten as a setter but finished off his junior and senior year at Aspire as a libero. Kale also played 4 years at Perry high school with 3 of those years on Varsity. Kale then went on to play at Park University Gilbert as the starting libero for the next three years getting his bachelor’s degree in Fitness and Wellness. Kale currently holds 3 records at Park with total career digs, digs per set and most digs in a match. He was also awarded two-time Cal-Pac defender of the week while nominated once for NAIA defender of the week. He has played with the professional Arizona men’s volleyball team, Ascension since August 2022 to present day mainly as a libero and sometimes as a setter. Outside of coaching, Kale enjoys spending time with his family and friends and competing in sand and indoor tournaments.

JV Assistant Coach
Hailey Mink

Freshman Head Coach
Joanna Murella
Joanna started playing volleyball in 6th grade, and continued throughout all 4 years of high school. Jo played a key role on her team as both an outside hitter and libero, winning back-to-back State Championships at Lincoln Preparatory Academy. She was named to the 2018 CAA All-State Team, and was named team MVP twice. After high school, Joanna continued playing volleyball on the ASU Women’s Club team. She began coaching in 2019, and has previously coached at Lincoln Prep, Arizona College Prep, and multiple small clubs in the valley. This is her eigth year coaching, and her third season coaching at Perry.

Program Assistant Coach
Alexis Keith
Coach Lexi played club volleyball in the valley from the 13s through 18s and was a standout player at both Campo Verde and Perry High School. She earned numerous district, regional, and academic awards, helping Perry reach its first-ever state semifinal during her senior year. In 2017, Alexis was named to the All-Arizona Girls Volleyball Team and was one of the finalists for Arizona Volleyball Player of the Year. She continued her volleyball career at Eastern Washington University and the University of the Pacific before medically retiring due to a knee injury. Coach Lexi currently coaches at Club One Volleyball and has been coaching at Perry for the last 6 years.

Program Assistant Coach
Noel Wolman
Coach Noel played Varsity for all four years at Liberty High School, earning the Varsity MVP title each season. In 2011, she was honored as a member of the All Arizona Team and named 1st Team All State. That year, she also received recognition as the West Valley Preps Player of the Year and 1st Team All Section. Other high school accolades include 2nd Team All State in 2010 and Region Player of the Year. In 2009 Noel was selected to 2nd Team All State and Region Player of the Year and named the MaxPreps AVCA Arizona Player of the Week. After high school, she continued my volleyball journey at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, where she was part of the 2014 Pacific West Conference Championship team. Her collegiate career also included reaching the NCAA Division II National Championship as the runner-up in 2013 and winning multiple conference titles during her time at BYU-Hawaii. Noel was recently inducted into Liberty High School Inaugural Athlete Hall of Fame. She has coached club in Hawaii, Utah, California, Colorado and high school in Arizona, currently at Perry High School. She loves competing and helping athletes get better every time they step on the court!