Ani Michalski

C O A C H

SUNSHINE

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Ani Michalski

Coach

Team

12 Westside

sunshine years

11 years and counting!

Personal wins

Four-sport varsity athlete at Marymount High School
2011-2013 PeeWees coach
2013-2016 12-Westside assistant coach – All Junior National Qualifying teams
2020-2021 12 Westside assistant coach – Volleyball Festival Champions

Team Wins

Volleyball Festival Championship

Coaching Philosophy

Little things make big things happen.

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About Ani

Ani has been a part of Sunshine VBC since its inception as a member of some of the first Sunshine teams (before any of our current players were born!) Also works at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic Surgery Center as a nurse in the recovery room.

Ani Michalski was on one of the first Sunshine Volleyball Club teams in 1998 and played through 2006. She was a four-sport varsity athlete at Marymount High School, playing volleyball for Cari Klein. She continued her studies at UCLA and graduated with a BS in Nursing in 2012. She attended Cal State – Long Beach (2015-2017) and received her MS in Nursing.

In 2011 she continued her connection with the Sunshine Volleyball Club but this time in the role of coach. From 2013-2016 each of her teams qualified for the Junior National Championships. Her team in 2021 won the Volleyball Festival Championship.

Ani’s coaching philosophy goes directly to being a lifelong Bruin and student of sport; she looked up to the late, great john Wooden and his theory that little things make big things happen. She believes that it is her responsibility as a coach to be a positive role model both on and off the court.

She loves watching her players grow and develop as athletes. She takes pride in coaching them at such a young age and cementing solid fundamentals.

Ani has been a nurse for 10 years, its how she met her husband. They have a new baby, Matthew, born in October; he is a regular at practices. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her Maltese, Bella, and following UCLA athletics.