TEAM

Allison Hayward
Director of Operations/Co-Owner
Club Director

Allison is an experienced manager with many years of successful involvement in a variety of businesses – from small start-ups to major global firms. Allison has been involved with club volleyball for over seven years, initially as team mom, then as a part-time organizer and finally as Operations Director. Her background in business management and marketing and her talent for organization and her passion of working with young athletes make her the go-to-person for planning, scheduling, marketing, budgeting and most club matters unrelated to coaching.

Cindy Rivera
Club Director/Head Coach/Co-Owner

Coach Cindy began playing volleyball in High School and continued at Hunter College Women's Varsity team.  After college she played both beach and indoor. 

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Coach Cindy has coached several open/national teams over the past few year bringing her teams to finish in the top percentile of the region; in 2019 her 16 purple/open team finished in 1st Place in the GEVA Region. In addition, to many years coaching club/travel Coach Cindy was a volunteer coach for the Mount Olive Volleyball Association Recreation and coach for the Mt. Olive Girls Travel Team for many years. Outside, she was instrumental in starting the beach volleyball program in Mt. Olive and Xtreme and has served as head coach for the Xtreme Beach Volleyball for the past 5 years, promoting beach volleyball is another passion of Coach Cindy's as this is one of the fastest grown sport for young girls. 

Her philosophy promotes player development, make hard work your passion, respect yourself and members of your team, and most importantly, make winning an attitude.

Braulio Rivera
Director of Operations/Co-Owner

With over 25+ years of experience, Coach Braulio's Volleyball career started in High School, continued through College (Hunter College) and throughout various venues in NY and NJ where he participated as a player, as an assistant coach and a Coach for Indoor, Grass and Beach Volleyball.  Over the years, he has coached at Pope John High School, PowerZone, RVC, for the Mt Olive Girls Travel volleyball team, at the Mount Olive Volleyball Association Recreation (MOVBA) as a volunteer coach and the Xtreme beach volleyball for the last 5 years.

Coach Braulio, a CAP II USAV and Gold Medal Squared Coach, has brought his Open/National teams to finish in the top percentage each year. Most recently, his 14's team finished 9th overall and his 13 National team in the top percentile in their division.

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He has recently been named the Assistant Coach for the Women's Volleyball team at Centenary University.  He is looking forward to building a strong team and competing against the best in their division.

Coach Braulio’s philosophies include promote respect for yourself and others, take full responsibility, change is a must and makes hard work your passion which is all qualities for a successful career in life and volleyball.

Deb Cox
Head Coach - National Team

Coach Deb Cox has more than 20 years of coaching experience - from high school to club and even collegiate teams.  From her years as Assistant Coach at NYU, as well as sending her own daughter to play collegiate volleyball, she has recruiting expertise and knowledge that can benefit athletes looking to play in college. More than a dozen of her players have gone on to compete as an NCAA athlete.   Coach Deb is a highly technical coach who focuses on perfecting fundamental skills and developing a hard work ethic in each of her players.

Lynette Chen
Head Coach - National Team

Coach Lynette has played competitive volleyball at the high school and collegiate levels, including Boston University, Penn State (Div 3-smaller campus) and Hunter College.  Her coaching experience expands 25+ years with a focus on girl’s junior volleyball. Over the years she has had many successes including coaching the 14 National Team which came in 2nd in the Region and qualified for Nationals. At Xtreme, she has brought her National teams to place in the top percent of the region.

Coach Lynette is extremely passionate about volleyball and she hopes it shows in her coaching; which anyone who trains with her knows it does.  Her goal is to make sure her players improve their volleyball skills to the best of their ability.

Mark Stingle
Head Coach

As a volleyball enthusiast since college over 20 years ago, Coach Mark has worked with volleyball teams ranging from Under-12 to Varsity level over the past 18 years, all in schools overseas in Taiwan, Thailand, and China. He has also served as an assistant coach and head coach for U15 and U16  teams here in New Jersey and led a Boys volleyball club at the high school level.  

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Coach Mark has been with Xtreme since the beginning; assistant coach to Coach Braulio in year one and year two to the 18's Team Legacy. The past few years he has been Head Coach to our 14's team.

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His philosophy "I strive to promote hard work while having fun, commitment to the team, continuous improvement and sportsmanship in all facets of the game."

Jerry Chen
Head Coach - National Team

Coach Jerry joined Xtreme in its second year.  He is Head National Coach and most recently brought his 14 National Team to win the GEVA Regionals.  His many years of experience playing and coaching has led to many titles and we are proud to have him as a part of the Xtreme family.

Alison Correnti
Head Coach - National Team

Coach Ally began her volleyball career at the age of 12 in her hometown of Bowling Green, Missouri. Alison was a 4 year varsity member and served as a 3 year captain of her high school team. She earned all conference and all district honors in 2010, 2011, and 2012. While in high school she was involved in club volleyball, track, and basketball. After graduating high school Alison continued playing volleyball at East Central College in St. Louis, Missouri and later graduated from Missouri State University. Alison majored in Public Relations with an emphasis in crisis communication in 3 years. Alison moved to New Jersey in 2017 and began education classes at Rutgers University to pursue teaching. Currently, Alison is a 5th grade math teacher in Roxbury, NJ and the assistant coach for the Roxbury Gaels. 

Joshua Bugtai
Coach

Coach Josh started his volleyball career during Freshman year at Clifton High School, throughout his years there his love for the game grew exponentially.  He played club for NJVBC and played at the collegiate club level at Montclair State. Coach Corey Meyer and Coach Josh have maintained contact after his time at Clifton and he invited Coach Josh to join him at Morris Catholic as his Assistant/JV Girls Volleyball coach. Coach Corey & Josh helped lead the school to their first ever State Sectional Title. Although an amazing feat; his favorite part of of his 2nd year at Morris Catholic was seeing all of the girls he coached at the JV level step up their game and fill in roles at the Varsity level.

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Sharing his knowledge and perspective about the game, while striving for good technique and fundamentals; is why he enjoys coaching so much. Allowing his athletes to experience and discover their love for the game is what he hopes to do at Xtreme. 

Kelly Waterman

Kelly comes to Xtreme from Montclair State where she is a setter for the Women's Volleyball Team. Kelly also played at Xtreme for  on the 18 national Team. Kelly's drive, passion and dedication to the sport and players is what makes her a great addition to Xtreme.   

Alyssa Bizzarro
Coach

Xtreme Alumni, Coach Alyssa is a Hackettstown High School graduate where she played all four years on the varsity team. In addition, Alyssa played for Xtreme as a National player from the start of the club.  She is now attending Centenary College where she was recruited to play and is majoring in Psychology and hopes to work career to becoming a Criminal Justice Lawyer. 

Poppy Skjonnemand
Coach

Coach Poppy is an Xtreme alumni and currently playing on the Centenary University Women's Volleyball team.  She has been at Xtreme for years as a player, mentor, court coach and now full-time Coach. Her ability to share her experience and show players the ins and outs from a player's perspective and a coaches perspective is unique.

Stefanie Jaxheimer
Coach

Coach Stefanie has adapted to every role that has come her way throughout her high school career at Hackettstown.

On the volleyball court, that has meant serving as the team's libero, or defensive specialist. On the basketball court, she was a trusted scorer and constantly came through when her team needed her most. The same way that she has risen to the occasion throughout her athletic endeavors o the court is also the same way that she handles herself as Assistant Coach of the Lady Tigers, Hackettstown. While consistently performing at the highest level on the playing field, Coach Stefanie instills that passion, desire and never give up attitude to those she is coaching.

Kim Stallworth
Coach

Coach Kim has played from middle school to high school, club/travel and now playing at Centenary University. Her experience on the court as a player has given her a great perspective and advantage to transition off the court as a coach.  Her positivity, love to encourage others and am a team player attitude is contagious. "I love being part of a team and getting close with people who I would've never even known existed. When a coach tells me I am doing something wrong, it motivates me to show them my capability." 

Quinn Longo
Coach

Coach Quinn started her volleyball career at the age of 9, right here in her hometown Roxbury, NJ. Quinn was a 4 year varsity starter and was a captain for 3 years in high school. She received multiple awards at the conference and state level, including state awards for 2 separate positions (setting and outside hitter). After graduating high school Quinn began her academic journey to becoming a Registered Diagnostic Sonographer. Quinn is currently pursuing her degree at Eastwick College in Ramsey, NJ to become a Registered Diagnostic Cardiovascular Sonographer. Quinn is a coach who loves to share her passion for the game with players of all levels. 

Kylianne Philip
Coach

Coach Kyli began playing volleyball at the age of 13 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Kyli played club volleyball on the national team at DME Sports Academy for 5 years. In addition, she was invited to tryouts for the Florida National Team with USAV during her final two club seasons. She has also played beach volleyball in Daytona for 3 years, qualifying for nationals her third year. After graduating high school, she continued her volleyball career as a setter at Davis & Elkins College, a Division 2 college in West Virginia. Kyli has coached a club team and assisted in camps with her collegiate team for several years. She coached the first ever club volleyball team in her collegiate town and worked with local middle and high school teams. She majored in Elementary and Special Education in 4 years.  

Taylor Schaefer
Coach

Xtreme alumni, Coach Taylor started playing club/travel volleyball in middle school throughout high school, and played competitively 4 years at Hood College. And played beach volleyball for East Coast Beach Volleyball Academy for 3 years and beach volleyball with Xtreme for 1 year. She received a Bachelors degree in Social Work and is a current Certified Social Worker in the state of New Jersey. Her passion for the sport and lead her to coach and hopes to share her knowledge and the mindset of never giving up on and off the court. 

Allison Dombrowski
Coach

Allison has been playing volleyball since her freshman year of high school and currently plays on a women’s league in town. A recent graduate of Centenary University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and  continued her volleyball career playing with the Cyclones. A past player at Xtreme returning to coach. She enjoys spending time outside and being active and have a passion for volleyball.

Operations & Board Members
Internal Staff

Mark Hayward, Business Manager

Cathy Ring-Choy, Board Member

Deb Cox,  Board Member

Susan Miller, Advisory Board