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.

14000 Park Center Road

Herndon, Virginia 20171

info@vavolleyball.com