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Wonder Jessica
Jessica Isanell
Coach
Education
- University of California Los Angeles 2009-2013
- B.S. Biology-Pre Medicine, Double major Evolutionary Biology and Psychobology
Sports Background
- Current Semi-Pro Beach Volleyball Competitor
- Played in every 2022 AVP Tour stop, coming 1 set away from qualifying for the Manhattan Open
- Sponsored Athlete in Kerri Walsh’s Development program for 2 years- finished 4th overall in the program and earned prize money at the end of the 2019 season
- Competitor at the Open level (CBVA, Platform 1440, and AVP)
- Started playing beach after college in 2014
- D1Rower
- Learned the sport as a walk-on at UCLA
- Novice to varsity in 1 year & earned 3 year scholarship
- Made UCLA history leading my varsity boat to the highest ranked #1 position going into NCAA’s as a junior captain -Earned the highest UCLA team finishes to date (8th and 9th in the nation and 1st, 2nd and 3rd at PAC-12’s)
- Invited to US National Team Trials by my sophomore year (top 12 rowers in my age group)
Soccer Player Clubs
- Celtic, Arsenal ‘05-‘09
- Soccer Player for 12 years ‘98-‘09
Coaching Background
- Multi-sport Coach PE Teacher
- Notre Dame Academy HS ‘21-‘22 Indoor Volleyball
- Harvard Westlake Middle School indoor coach
- Surfside Volleyball Club 13s/14s ‘18-‘20
- Private Lessons- ‘20-‘22
- Beach Volleyball
- Westcoast Beach Volleyball Club Coach 2020-2022
- Notre Dame Academy High School Beach Volleyball JV/Developmental Coach ‘22
- Sinjin Smith Beach Volleyball Camps Coach and Marketing Director ‘14/‘19
- Rowing
- Row LA- Middle school rowing coach and advocate for inner-city, disadvantaged kids ‘14-15
- LA Rowing Club- adult Master’s rowing ‘14-‘15
- Indoor rowing instructor at Revolution Fitness ‘14-‘16
- Soccer
- Pacifica High School Varsity Soccer ‘14-‘15
Coaching Philosophy
Learning how to be coachable has gotten me further in my athletic career than any other skill. If I can teach kids how to humbly accept short-term “failures” for long-term progress, they can tap into potential they never knew was possible.
“When you fall, get right back up.
Just keep going, keep pushing it.“

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“You control your own wins and losses.”
– Maria Sharapova
