The Normandy Invaders Varsity Volleyball team comes into the 2024 season facing the
challenge of replacing 9 seniors who graduated from last year’s GLC Eastern Conference
Championship team.
Returning starters who are being counted on to lead the team this year are Senior Libero
Hannah Moseley, Senior Middle/Right Side Hitter Mikaela Young, Junior Middle Hitter Ariana
Valentin Rivera, and Junior Outside Hitter Anais Valentin Rivera. Setting for the Invaders this
season are Heidi Yanagisawa, Megan Chura, and Adriana Shelley. Others expected to play key
roles are front row attackers Alya Ibrahim, Lindsay Meriwether, Morgan Seeley, Karolina Kciuk,
Jess Chuba, and defensive specialists Olivia Gentile, Grace Kazimore, and Sophia Feliciano.
The varsity is coached by Carolyn Holt Balis, who last season notched her 400 th career victory
while leading the team to its 5 conference championship in her tenure here at Normandy. She
is assisted by serving & offensive coordinator Tim Balis, and defensive coordinator Diana
Crihalmean. Also assisting are JV coach Carla Zampedro and Freshmen coach Delaney Sullivan.
The team has a lot of new players, the new/ restructured conference is tougher, but we know
one thing about Invader volleyball teams, they never let up and they never give up.

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