Husky Athletics Expands with the Addition of Boys Volleyball
The International School of Minnesota (ISM) is thrilled to announce Husky Athletics' newest sports team with the addition of Boys Volleyball. Enthusiasm for the sport is high and ISM quickly filled up both JV and varsity teams with a co-op of 13 students from ISM, eight students from Chesterton Academy, two students from Heritage Christian Academy, and one student from Providence Academy. The goal for this latest addition is to “give our players the best possible experience where they can be challenged, learn what it takes to win and grow their commitment and passion for volleyball” says De Hanuman, Athletic Director at ISM.
As for the teams' coaches, ISM is lucky to have retained quality coaches who care deeply about the well-being of our student-athletes. Mr. Hanuman shares, “We wanted coaches who genuinely showed interest in developing each student for lifelong learning and would help these young adults become better athletes and people. Secondly, we wanted coaches who would challenge each player to dive deeper into the knowledge of the game while also pushing them to work as hard as possible. These coaches preach commitment and have set high expectations for this year and for many years to come.”
Introducing our Boys Volleyball Coaches:
Head Coach, Amber Kansou – Entering her first year as Boys Head Volleyball Coach, Amber shares her passion for the game with our players with an extensive playing career in high school, club and college volleyball and multiple years of coaching. She takes the time to teach fundamentals, and is also developing a lower school program to get interest in the game starting at an earlier age. She has a vast range of experience coaching girls starting in middle school up to men’s college club volleyball. Amber has coached the ISM girl’s volleyball team for the past two years along with Joel Carufel.
Assistant Head Coach, Anna Carufel – Anna enters her 2nd coaching season with ISM and brings the energy and high standards each day. She has great playing experience that ranges from high school club to college. She currently coaches club volleyball and offers individuals lessons for players in her free time. She is a ball of passion, and we are very grateful to see her working with our players.
The ISM Boys Volleyball team competes in the Minnesota Boys High School Volleyball Association league this year until the transition to a fully sanctioned sport in the Minnesota State High School league in 2025. The Huskies compete in the Southwest Conference with the following high schools: Edina, Minnetonka, Benilde St. Margeret’s/Blake, Eden Prairie, DeLasalle, Chaska/Chanhassen, Breck, New Prague, Hopkins, Mound/Orono/Waconia, United Christian Academy.
The season kicked off with a win (3-0) at the team's first game on April 8 against DeLaSalle.
We hope to see everyone cheering on our Boys' Volleyball teams at our first home game on Tuesday, April 16th at 5:00pm (JV) and 6:30pm (Varsity).
To learn more about the game schedules and conference, click here - SouthWest Conference.
