Courtney Thornburg
Coach Courtney will be entering her third year at VAVA. She brings over 10 years of playing, as well as adding onto her 8 years of coaching experience to VAVA. Having learned so much from her own coaches growing up, she is dedicated to passing on that knowledge and passion to those in her community.
She played volleyball at Brentsville District Highschool as an Outside/Middle/Opposite, where she was varsity captain for 3 years. She then went on to play DIII volleyball as a Setter/Libero/DS at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, VA. She now plays Middle/Opposite for the 9Man volleyball club PHICIA, that competes all over North America.
Coaching Accomplishments2
022 Nike National Showdown U13 Open Division – Silver
2022 Maryland Juniors U13 Open – Silver
2022 Maryland Juniors U17 Open – Bronze
2022 Columbia 17 Open U17 – Bronze
2022 Maryland Juniors Open/Club U13 – Bronze
2022 North East Qualifier U13 – Finalist/Silver
2022 AAU National Championship U17 – Aquamarine/Champion
2021 ACPL Championship Grand Prix U16 – Champion
2021 Atlantic Coast Grand Prix U16 – Finalist/Silver
2021 Maroon and Orange Winterfest U16 – Champion
2021 NVPL U16 – Champion
2019 Northeast Qualifier U16 USA Division Finalist/Silver
2019 Capitol Hill Classic U16 Open Division – Bronze
2018 Capitol Hill Classic U18 Open Division – Bronze
2018 Northeast Qualifier U18 USA Division- Bronze
2018 MVSA U18 Invitational – Gold
2017CHRVA Regionals U16 – Finalist/Silver
Player Accomplishments
Team PHICIA 2022 New York Mini – Gold
Team PHICIA 2022 CIA Mini – Gold
Team PHICIA 2022 DC Mini – Gold
Team PHICIA 2022 Philly Mini – Gold
Team PHICIA 2022 NACIVT Rhode Island Natioanls – 4th overall
Team PHICIA 2019 New York Mini – Gold
Team PHICIA 2019 D.C. Mini – Finalist/Silver
Team PHICIA 2019 NACIVT Toronto Nationals – 9th overall
Team PHICIA 2018 New York Mini- Gold
Team PHICIA 2018 NACIVT Montreal Nationals – 5th overall
Brentsville District Highschool 2012 – Most Valuable Player Award
Brentsville District Highschool 2013 – Most Valuable Player Award
Brentsville District Highschool 2013 – Second Team All-District
Brentsville District Highschool 2014 – First Team All-Conference
Brentsville District Highschool 2014 – First Team All-district
Brentsville District Highschool 2014 – Most Valuable Player Award
Coach Courtney is IMPACT and Safe Sport certified.