Women's Volleyball

Kealia (Rosa) Nahale-a '15, Head Coach

Coach Rosa was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and has been playing volleyball since the 3rd grade. She graduated from Central Catholic in 2015 and was a part of the Varsity Volleyball team all four years. Throughout her years at Central Catholic, Kealia won a State Championship, was First Team All League setter and libero, and was the Mt. Hood Conference Player of the Year in 2014. 

After high school, she attended Warner Pacific University and was a 5-1 setter all four years of college. Kealia broke every single setting record at WPU, having only sat out for two points during her entire collegiate career. In college, she was named Red Lion Player of the Week five times and All CCC Honorable Mention. 

After college, Kealia went on to receive her Masters from Concordia University where she was the Women’s Volleyball team graduate assistant. Kealia coached at the collegiate level again in 2022 for Western Oregon University. She has been coaching club volleyball since 2015 and is currently coaching at Athena Volleyball Academy.

Kealia is passionate about creating a program that is driven by the phrase, "Better People, Play Better Volleyball." Kealia is excited to be returning to her alma mater to give back to a school and program that gave so much to her. 

Emma Adams, Varsity Assistant Coach

Emma Adams started with the Rams in 2019 and served as the Assistant JV Coach for three seasons. During the 2022 season, she was the JV Head Coach. In July 2023, she accepted the Assistant Varsity Coach position. During the off-season, you can find her with Oregon Juniors Volleyball Club coaching in their 12U POD, currently coaching the 12-2 Regional team. She has also assisted both a 14-3 Regional team and a 14-1 National team at OJVA in previous seasons. When she is not coaching, she is writing for PrepDig Oregon as their lead writer, providing volleyball coverage on high school athletes. Emma went to high school at St. Mary's Academy where she was a part of the volleyball program all four years. She graduated from Portland State University in 2019 with Honors and a B.S. in Child and Family Studies. During her time there, she was a part of the Vikings traveling club team. Aside from volleyball, she loves trying new restaurants, cooking, reading, and spending time with family, friends and her dog. 

Sarah Gram, JV Co-Coach

Paige Cooper, JV Co-Coach

Ellen Ridgeway, JV II Gold Head Coach

Sydney Hilario, JV II Gold Assistant Coach

This will be Sydney's second season as the JV2 Gold Assistant Coach. She brings over 6 years of coaching experience in a variety of roles. She began coaching immediately following her juniors career as the Freshman Head Coach at her alma mater. She continued to play for the University of the Pacific women's volleyball club team. After graduating with her B.S. in Speech Language Pathology, she remained active in competitive indoor and grass adult leagues where she was able to gain more knowledge and experience in her personal goal of being a well rounded player. She currently coaches for the Oregon Juniors Volleyball Academy at the 14u level, most recently the 14-2 Regional team 2 years in a row and 13-1 National team prior.

Her goals are to instill confidence in her players and promote a growth mindset. She puts an emphasis on positive attitude and mental discipline in efforts to develop life skills that go beyond volleyball.

Sydney loves to spend time with her fiance and 2 dogs. She volunteers with Oregon Dog Rescue's puppy foster program and her hobbies include cooking, gardening and traveling.

Head Coach Carsen Nies
Assistant Coach Anna Parker